Financial assistance for a standard project to implement GHG emission reduction measures

• Completed EcoPerformance financial assistance application form (Excel — tabs 1 to 3, “Cost estimate” section)
• Signed and dated application form (PDF scan) by an authorized person (or a power of attorney, if required)
• Project plan, signed and dated by an engineer who is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)
• Monitoring plan, signed and dated by an engineer who is a member of the OIQ
• Any other supporting documents (e.g., technical data sheets, calculation spreadsheet, plans, related reports)

• The applicant must be a business, a group of businesses, an institution, a municipality, or an organization active in an industrial, commercial, agricultural, agri-food, manufacturing (primary/secondary), institutional, or municipal sector.
• The applicant must have a site located in Québec.
• The site must consume fossil fuels or use processes that generate fugitive GHG emissions.
• The project must implement one or more measures aimed at reducing GHG emissions through energy efficiency, energy conversion to lower-GHG sources, or reduction of fugitive emissions.
• The project must be additional (i.e., deliver a measurable impact beyond what would normally occur without the project).

Who is eligible?

• Businesses
• Groups of businesses (consortia)
• Institutions
• Municipalities
• Organizations active in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, agrifood, manufacturing (primary and secondary), institutional, or municipal sectors

Who is not eligible

• Projects that fall under the “Simplified implementation” component of the ÉcoPerformance program (those measures are not eligible under this “Standard implementation” component, except under certain conditions for partial or full electrification of heat generation systems for greenhouses).
• Bioenergy conversion projects (these must apply under the Bioénergies program instead).

Eligible expenses

• Purchase and upgrading of equipment, including equipment required to measure energy consumption.
• Engineering work costs.
• Installation costs.
• Commissioning (start-up) costs.
• Professional fees.
• Calibration costs.
• Contribution payable to the distributor to enable an energy conversion.
• Measurement costs and expenses related to drafting required reports.
• Internal expenses (in-house labour and other internal costs directly tied to the project).

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec (the applicant must have a site located in Quebec).

• Compliance with the principle of “additionality”: the project must generate a measurable impact that is above normal.
• For each measure, a payback period for the investment without financial assistance (PRIsa) that complies with the program thresholds (must be greater than PRImin or less than PRImax, according to the applicable rules).
• Amount of assistance determined based on the eligible expenses retained, the annual avoided GHG emissions (t CO2 eq.) and the agreed commitment period (1 to 10 years).
• For fugitive emissions projects: assistance calculated based on the eligible expenses, the GHG reductions (t CO2 eq.) and the commitment period.
• Compliance of the actual results and expenses with the forecasts, since the final assistance may be reduced if the results are not achieved or if expenses are lower than expected.

• The Ministry reviews the application for program compliance; if eligible, it confirms a “date of eligibility for expenses” (date of receipt of the complete application minus 30 calendar days).
• The applicant receives by email a “Confirmation of the conditions of the financial assistance agreement” to complete, along with the maximum financial assistance amount that may be granted.
• A financial assistance agreement is then sent for signature by both parties.
• After validation of required deliverables at key milestones (start-up, commissioning, final project results), the Ministry confirms each payment, including the final payment, which may be reduced if results or eligible expenses differ from what was planned.
• The Ministry conducts annual follow-up until the end of the agreement and requires an annual update report for the duration of the agreement.

• Measures eligible under the “Simplified implementation” stream are generally not eligible under this stream, except under certain conditions for partial or full electrification of heat generation systems for greenhouses.
• For bioenergy conversion projects, applicants are directed to the Bioénergies program.
• For fugitive emissions projects involving refrigerant replacement, only CO2 refrigerant is accepted.
• The program’s normative framework has been in force since October 3, 2023, and the page was last updated on October 28, 2025.