ÉcoPerformance — Standard Implementation stream

• Completed EcoPerformance financial aid application form and its electronic version
• Signed and dated PDF of the application form by the authorized signatory
• Complete project plan signed by an engineer
• Complete monitoring plan signed by an engineer
• Energy bills, calculation files, and, if applicable, documents proving the contractual link between an energy service company and its client

Who is eligible?

• Businesses
• Groups of businesses
• Institutions, municipalities, and organizations active in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, agri-food, manufacturing, institutional, or municipal sectors
• Small and medium energy consumers and large energy consumers

Who is not eligible

• Quebec ministries, budgetary bodies, and Government of Quebec 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 aid after formal notice, are bankrupt or insolvent, or do not meet the required integrity standards
• Applicants active in the production and commercialization of a cannabis product not approved by Health Canada, or listed in the Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics (RENA)
• Owners of single, semi-detached, row, or mobile homes; duplexes or triplexes; certain personal-use cottages; new multiresidential buildings of 10 storeys or less; multiresidential buildings with fewer than 20 units; and small existing multi-unit buildings with less than 600 m2 footprint and fewer than 4 storeys when both conditions are met

Eligible expenses

• Purchase and upgrading of equipment, including equipment required to measure energy consumption
• Engineering, installation, commissioning, and calibration costs
• Professional fees
• Contribution fees payable to the distributor to enable an energy conversion
• Measurement costs, report drafting expenses, and internal expenses

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Measures eligible under the Implantation simplifiée stream are not eligible under this stream, except under certain conditions for partial or full electrification of greenhouse heat-generation systems.
• Ineligible activities include installing an efficient boiler in a new building, insulation or air-sealing projects, a centralized control system as the only measure, a control system in a greenhouse, and a supermarket heat-recovery system coupled to refrigeration.
• Projects to reduce fugitive or process emissions for oil and gas extraction or distribution companies, and projects eligible under the three-phase network access program, are not eligible.
• Off-site material transport logistics, transport between different sites, and replacement of mobile equipment are not eligible, unless the replacement is a full conversion of that equipment to electricity.
• Ineligible costs include expenses incurred before the expense eligibility date, taxes, maintenance, land or energy purchases, application-preparation costs, and costs not directly associated with the project.

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec

• Complete the EcoPerformance financial aid application form and fill tabs 1 to 3, including the Estimation des coûts section.
• Prepare a signed and dated PDF of the application form, a complete project plan signed by an engineer, a complete monitoring plan signed by an engineer, energy bills, and calculation files.
• If an energy service company is applying on behalf of a client, include documents proving the contractual link before any funding award.
• Email the application package to transitionenergetique.affaires@environnement.gouv.qc.ca.

• If the application meets the program criteria, the Ministry communicates an expense eligibility date so the project can start.
• The expense eligibility date is the complete application receipt date minus 30 calendar days, and invoices issued up to 30 calendar days before that receipt date are accepted.
• The applicant then receives the Confirmation des conditions de la convention d’aide financière document to complete and the financial aid agreement for signature by both parties.
• After validation of the required reports and supporting documents, the Ministry confirms the first, optional second, third, and final payments.
• The final residual amount may be reduced if results are not as planned or if expenses are lower than expected, and the Ministry carries out annual follow-up until the end of the agreement.

• The normative framework has legal value and prevails over the participant guide and other complementary documentation.