Experts doubt Hydro\u002DQuébec can meet demand at home and abroad without serious compromises. Read more
Photo by Ryan RemiorzThe utility expects demand for electricity to increase by 25 TWh — equivalent to 14 per cent of Québec’s current electricity demand — by 2032. The increase is mainly the result of the province’s shift away from fossil fuels toward greener technologies such as electric vehicles and solar power.
When it comes to the green transition, the province is leaps and bounds ahead of other jurisdictions; already,This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Since the province’s electricity is already decarbonized, the priority then becomes electrifying its economy. But this largely depends on Hydro-Québec’s ability to respond to the needs of large industrial clients, who are trying to decarbonize.
The utility “is preventing big residential building owners from moving to electricity. It is saying, ‘We don’t have enough capacity,’” said Mousseau. To him, this is akin to “preventing industries away from gas.” Though the utility will turn down local contracts, it has promised to honour its overseas export agreements, Des Rosiers wrote, which include a 25-year, $20-billion contract to supply 10.5 terawatt-hours per year to New York state, and a 20-year contract to supply 9.45 TWh per year to Massachusetts.Some question the utility’s decision to continue exporting electricity abroad when there is soon to be a shortage at home.
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