Quebec Government Introduces Legislation Implementing Its 2030 Energy Policy

On June 7, 2016, the Quebec Government introduced before the National Assembly Bill 106, An Act to implement the 2030 Energy Policy and to amend various legislative provisions. The 2030 Energy Policy has the principal goal of making Quebec, by 2030, a North American leader in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Bill 106 introduces four essential components to the 2030 Energy Policy:

• The creation of Transition énergétique Québec, a new Quebec-owned corporation to support the energy transition, innovation and efficiency, and to coordinate the implementation of the measures necessary to achieve the target defined by the Quebec Government. This corporation will be governed by an Act respecting Transition énergétique Québec;