M-30.001 - Act respecting the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs

Section 10.2 Disposition versions

2024-03-27

10.2. Identified energy distributors must submit to the Minister, for the Minister’s approval and within the time specified by the Minister, the programs and measures they propose to make available to their clients for a five-year period to make it possible to achieve the targets referred to in section 17.1.2 of the Act respecting the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (chapter M-25.2).

The programs and measures submitted must contain a description of the actions to be carried out, and the budgetary estimates, method of financing and time frame for carrying them out.

The Minister may, before approving a program or a measure and in order to ensure consistency among the programs and measures or if the Minister considers that they will not make it possible to meet the policy directions, general objectives and targets referred to in section 17.1.2 of the Act respecting the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, request that an identified energy distributor make the necessary changes to the programs or measures for which it is responsible.

For the purposes of this section, “identified energy distributor” means

(1)  Hydro-Québec when carrying on electric power distribution activities; or

(2)  a natural gas distributor as defined in section 2 of the Act respecting the Régie de l’énergie (chapter R-6.01).

2024, c. 5, s. 22.