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ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream
Supports business decarbonization project implementation
Offered by
Funding available
$ 5,000,000
Deadline
Open continuously
Location
Quebec, Canada
Who can apply
Legally constituted businesses under the laws of Quebec or Canada with an active establishment in Quebec, including businesses in the commercial, institutional, industrial, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors.
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Overview
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream supports Quebec businesses, institutions, municipalities, and other eligible organizations with up to 75% of eligible costs, to a maximum of $5M per project, for projects that reduce GHG emissions. Eligible projects include fossil-fuel energy efficiency measures, lower-emission energy conversions, and reductions in fugitive or process emissions.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Implement environmental initiatives
- Reduce environmental footprint
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Quebec
Legal structures
- For-profit business
- Public or Parapublic institution
- Social economy enterprise
- Non-profit
- Non-financial cooperative
- Sole proprietorship
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- All industries
Target groups
- All the groups
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- All dimensions
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Energy efficiency measures that save fossil fuels to reduce GHG emissions.
- Energy conversion measures, including conversion from a fossil fuel to renewable electricity, to a less GHG-emitting fossil fuel for industrial process heat only, or to bioenergy.
- Fugitive emissions reduction measures, including refrigerant replacement only when the refrigerant is R-744 (CO2).
- Process emissions reduction measures.
- Renewable energy production if it is self-consumed on the same site.
Documents Needed
- A completed financial assistance application form, signed and dated by the authorized signatory, plus its electronic version.
- A complete project plan signed by an engineer.
- A complete monitoring plan signed by an engineer.
- Energy invoices and calculation files.
- If an energy services company applies for a client, documents proving the contractual relationship before any funding is awarded.
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Legally constituted businesses under the laws of Quebec or Canada with an active establishment in Quebec, including businesses in the commercial, institutional, industrial, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors.
- Institutions and establishments in the health, social services, higher education, education, and educational childcare networks.
- Municipal organizations such as municipalities, metropolitan communities, intermunicipal boards, intermunicipal transport corporations, and mixed-economy corporations.
- Consortia of legal persons represented by a delegated participant, social economy enterprises, and sole proprietors.
- Indigenous communities or nations recognized by the National Assembly.
Who is not eligible
- Quebec ministries, budget-funded bodies, and government enterprises listed in annexes 1 and 3 of the Loi sur l’administration financière, persons designated by the National Assembly, and federal ministries or agencies listed in annexes I and I.1 of the Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques.
- Applicants that have failed to meet obligations related to previous Quebec government financial assistance after being formally put on notice.
- Applicants in bankruptcy or insolvency within the meaning of the Loi sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité.
- Applicants active in the production or marketing of a cannabis product not approved by Health Canada, applicants that do not meet the expected standards of integrity for recipients of public funds, and applicants listed in the Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics.
- Owners of certain residential buildings, including single, semi-detached, row, or mobile homes, duplexes or triplexes, cottages for personal use or without an operating permit, new multi-residential buildings of 10 storeys or less, multi-residential buildings with fewer than 20 units, and existing small apartment buildings with both less than 600 m2 projected floor area and fewer than 4 storeys.
Eligible expenses
- Purchase and upgrading costs for equipment, including equipment required to measure energy consumption.
- Engineering work, installation costs, commissioning costs, and calibration costs.
- Professional fees.
- The contribution payable to the distributor so that an energy conversion can take place.
- Measurement costs, report-writing expenses, and internal expenses.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Production losses, scrap and other losses caused by project activities, all taxes and duties, maintenance expenses, energy purchases, land purchases, application preparation costs, and any expense made before the expenditure eligibility date.
- Expenses to bring equipment or buildings into compliance with standards, laws, or regulations, any non-measurable or non-quantifiable measure, and any expense not directly associated with the project.
- Installation of an efficient boiler in a new building, insulation or building-envelope sealing projects, installation of a centralized control system when it is the only measure, installation of a control system in a greenhouse, and installation of a heat recovery system coupled with a refrigeration system in a supermarket.
- Off-site material transport logistics or projects requiring travel on roads, and any transport activity between different sites.
- Projects to reduce fugitive or process emissions for oil and gas extraction or distribution companies, covering components normally stored outdoors, replacing mobile equipment on a site except for full electrification, and projects eligible for the programme d’accès au réseau triphasé.
Eligible geographic areas
- Quebec.
- The project site must be located in Quebec.
How to apply
- Complete tabs 1 to 3, section Estimation des coûts, of the Formulaire de demande d’aide financière ÉcoPerformance for a project that does not involve bioenergy, or the Bioénergie application form in Excel format for a project involving bioenergy.
- Prepare a PDF copy of the financial assistance application, signed and dated by an authorized person who appears in the Registraire des entreprises du Québec; otherwise, provide a power of attorney.
- Prepare the plan de projet, signed and dated by an engineer who is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.
- Prepare the plan de surveillance, signed and dated by an engineer who is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.
- Include any other relevant supporting documents, such as technical sheets, spreadsheets, plans, or related reports.
- Send the documents by email to transitionenergetique.affaires@environnement.gouv.qc.ca.
Processing and Agreement
- If the application meets the program criteria, the applicant is informed of the date d’admissibilité des dépenses, which is the complete application receipt date minus 30 calendar days; invoices issued up to 30 calendar days before the receipt date are accepted.
- The applicant then receives the Confirmation des conditions de la convention d’aide financière by email to finalize the request and is informed of the maximum financial assistance that could be granted.
- The convention d’aide financière is sent for signature by both parties.
- After validation of the required post-submission documents, the Ministry confirms each payment: 35% after the first required documents, an optional 25% after the progress report, 20% after the commissioning report, and the final residual amount after the project report.
- The Ministry conducts annual follow-up until the end of the agreement, and the participant must submit an annual update report for the duration of the agreement.
Additional information
- The normative framework has legal value and prevails over the participant guide and other complementary documentation.
Contacts
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Frequently Asked Questions about the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream Program
What is the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream?
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream supports Quebec businesses, institutions, municipalities, and other eligible organizations with up to 75% of eligible costs, to a maximum of $5M per project, for projects that reduce GHG emissions. Eligible projects include fossil-fuel energy efficiency measures, lower-emission energy conversions, and reductions in fugitive or process emissions.
How much funding can be received?
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream Funds up to 75% of admissible expenses, capped at $5,000,000 per project.
Who is eligible for the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream program?
To be eligible for the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream program, you must:
The applicant must be active in an eligible sector and be a fossil fuel consumer or use processes generating fugitive GHG emissions.
The project site must be located in Quebec.
The project must reduce GHG emissions and meet the stream’s additionality and PRIsa requirements.
What expenses are eligible under ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream?
Energy efficiency measures that save fossil fuels to reduce GHG emissions.
Energy conversion measures, including conversion from a fossil fuel to renewable electricity, to a less GHG-emitting fossil fuel for industrial process heat only, or to bioenergy.
Fugitive emissions reduction measures, including refrigerant replacement only when the refrigerant is R-744 (CO2).
Process emissions reduction measures.
Renewable energy production if it is self-consumed on the same site.
Who can I contact for more information about the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream?
You can contact Government of Québec by email at transitionenergetique.affaires@environnement.gouv.qc.ca or by phone at 1 866 266-0008.
Where is the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream available?
The ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream program is available the province of Quebec.
Is the ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream a grant, loan, or tax credit?
ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream is a Grant and Funding