H-5, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the rates for using the public fast-charging service for electric vehicles

Updated to 14 January 2023

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chapter H-5, r. 1

Regulation respecting the rates for using the public fast-charging service for electric vehicles

Hydro-Québec Act

(chapter H-5, s. 22.0.2).

The rates prescribed in the Regulation have been indexed pursuant to the notice published in Part 1 (French) of the Gazette officielle du Québec of 14 January 2023, page 29. (Sch. I) (Effect from 1 January 2023)

1. The rates for using the public fast-charging service for electric vehicles are those provided for in Schedule I. The rates are fixed on an hourly basis and vary according to the power of the station used and, for certain stations, according to the other parameters in the tables in Schedule I.

O.C. 496-2019, s. 1; O.C. 1471-2021, s. 1.

2. The rates are adjusted by operation of law on 1 January of each year by a rate corresponding to the annual variation in the average all-items Consumer Price Index for Québec excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and recreational cannabis for the 12-month period ending on 30 September of the year preceding the year for which the rates are to be adjusted. That rate may not be less than zero.

The Minister publishes the results of the adjustment, which must be rounded to the nearest whole cent, in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

O.C. 496-2019, s. 2; S.Q. 2020, c. 5, s. 214; O.C. 1471-2021, s. 2.

3. (Omitted).

O.C. 496-2019, s. 3.

Schedule I

(s. 1)

RATES FOR USING THE PUBLIC FAST-CHARGING SERVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

1. For the use of a 24 kW fast-charging station: $6.55/hour.

2. For the use of a 50 kW fast-charging station:

Vehicle battery charge level	Hourly rate
Equal to or less than 90%	$11.10
Greater than 90%	$22.20

3. For a fast-charging station of 100 kW or more:

Power used during charging	Vehicle battery charge level	Hourly rate
Less than 50 kW	Equal to or less than 90%	$13.68
	Greater than 90%	$27.36
Equal to or greater than 50 kW and less than 60 kW	N/A	$17.36
Equal to or greater than 60 kW and less than 70 kW	N/A	$21.03
Equal to or greater than 70 kW and less than 80 kW	N/A	$24.71
Equal to or greater than 80 kW and less than 90 kW	N/A	$28.39
Equal to or greater than 90 kW	N/A	$32.06

O.C. 1471-2021, s. 3.

REFERENCES

O.C. 496-2019, 2019 G.O. 2, 811

S.Q. 2020, c. 5, s. 214

O.C. 1471-2021, 2021 G.O. 2, 4943