R-6.01 - Act respecting the Régie de l’énergie

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76. The electric power distributor, municipal electric power systems and the Coopérative régionale d’électricité de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rouville are required to distribute electric power to every person who so requests within the territory where their exclusive rights obtain.
The Régie may dispense the electric power distributor, a municipal electric power system or the Coopérative régionale d’électricité de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rouville, at the request of a consumer or at their request, from complying with a request under this section only if the service may be provided in an equivalent manner and under equivalent conditions by another source of energy and if the Régie is of the opinion that the cost of the service requested would not be borne by the consumer.
1996, c. 61, s. 76; 2000, c. 22, s. 29.
76. Hydro-Québec, every distributor operating a municipal electric power system and the Coopérative régionale d’électricité de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rouville are required to supply electric power to every person who so requests within the territory where their exclusive rights obtain.
The Régie may, at the request of a consumer or of an electric power distributor, dispense the distributor from complying with a request under this section only if the service may be provided in an equivalent manner and under equivalent conditions by another source of energy and if the Régie is of the opinion that the cost of the service requested would not be borne by the consumer.
1996, c. 61, s. 76.