ÉcoPerformance — Standard Analysis Stream

• Tabs 1 and 3.1 (Estimation des coûts section) of the Demande d’aide financière, duly completed
• A PDF copy of the Demande d’aide financière, signed and dated by an authorized person listed in the Registraire des entreprises du Québec
• A power of attorney if the signatory is not listed in the Registraire des entreprises du Québec
• The Description de l’analyse, signed and dated by an engineer who is a member in good standing of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Who is eligible?

• Businesses or groups of businesses active in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, agri-food, manufacturing, institutional, or municipal sectors
• Institutions, municipalities, or organizations active in those sectors
• Applicants registered with the Registraire des entreprises du Québec
• Small and medium energy consumers with non-electric energy consumption under 36,000 GJ, based on the site’s reference scenario
• Large energy consumers with non-electric energy consumption of 36,000 GJ or more, based on the site’s reference scenario

Who is not eligible

• Ministries, budget-funded bodies, and Québec government enterprises listed in Annexes 1 and 3 of the Loi sur l’administration financière
• Persons designated by the National Assembly, and federal departments or agencies listed in Annexes I and I.1 of the Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques
• Applicants in bankruptcy or insolvency, applicants listed in the Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics (RENA), or applicants that fail the program’s integrity requirements
• Applicants active in the production or marketing of a cannabis product not approved by Health Canada, or applicants that previously failed to meet obligations tied to prior Québec government financial assistance
• Owners of ineligible residential building types, including single, semi-detached, row, mobile, duplex or triplex homes, certain cottages, new multi-residential buildings of 10 storeys or less, multi-residential buildings with fewer than 20 dwellings, and small existing apartment buildings of under 600 m² and under 4 storeys when both conditions are met

Eligible expenses

• Professional fees for external consultants
• Salaries and employee benefits for the participant’s employees working on the analysis
• Employee travel and accommodation costs, up to Québec public service rates
• Measurement equipment rental costs
• Purchase costs for measurement equipment used to carry out the analysis, where the participant becomes the owner

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Studies whose profitability or benefits are already known
• Studies of measures that have already been implemented
• Analyses produced by an energy service company for a turnkey project
• All types of taxes and duties, and expenses incurred to prepare the financial assistance application
• Expenses that are not necessary, not justifiable, not directly associated with the project, or committed before the expense eligibility date, including spending with a subcontractor listed in the RENA or in default on a prior Québec government financial assistance file within the previous two years

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec

• Complete tabs 1 and 3.1 (Estimation des coûts section) of the Demande d’aide financière.
• Prepare a PDF copy of the Demande d’aide financière signed and dated by an authorized person listed in the Registraire des entreprises du Québec, or include a power of attorney if needed.
• Have the Description de l’analyse signed and dated by an engineer who is a member in good standing of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.
• Email the application documents to transitionenergetique.affaires@environnement.gouv.qc.ca.

• If the application meets program criteria, the applicant is given a date d’admissibilité des dépenses, set at 30 civil days before the receipt date of a complete application.
• After the full evaluation, the applicant is informed whether the project is admissible and receives the Confirmation des conditions de la convention d’aide financière to complete the file.
• The convention d’aide financière is then sent for signature, and the applicant is informed of the maximum financial assistance that may be granted.
• The first payment is made after the signed agreement and a dated, signed purchase order authorizing the selected company to carry out the analysis are provided.
• Within 24 months after the agreement comes into force, the participant must submit the signed analysis report and updated tabs 2 and 3.1; after validation, the second and final payment of the residual assistance is confirmed.

• This stream includes two categories: standard analyses and complex analyses.
• A participant may carry out several analyses at the same time if they address different subjects.
• Participation in this stream is not a prerequisite for applying to the program’s other streams.
• Analyses must meet the content requirements set out in the appendix to the financial assistance agreement.