Attractive grants to switch to dual energy
The Government of Québec and Énergir are helping customers convert to dual energy by offering grants¹ that offset the cost of buying and installing new dual-energy heating appliances. These grants are offered under the Government of Québec’s ÉcoPerformance program. The program aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption by businesses, by funding projects and measures that focus on energy consumption and production, or process improvements.
How are the grants calculated?
Grants cover up to 80% of the extra cost of purchasing and installing equipment, and reward your efforts to decarbonize.
Grant amounts are unique to each project and based on estimated project costs. Grants are calculated based on the equipment being installed and their power. They cover up to 80% of estimated project premium cost,² or up to $250,000 per site.
Additionally, Energir's Decarbonization Incentive Program recognizes your decarbonization efforts through financial compensation to one year's worth of GHGs avoided by dual energy.
The professional you are working with will submit a detailed quote, which includes the purchase and installation costs for the project’s appliances, as well as grant amounts to which you are entitled, subject to compliance with applicable conditions.³
Custom dual-energy offer
For more complex projects requiring an engineer, the Government of Québec uses a customized calculation to determine the grant amount.
These grants cover up to 80% of the equipment purchase and installation premium cost,² or $250 per tonne of GHG emissions avoided over a 10-year period, up to $6 million per site.
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Grant amounts¹ are unique to each project and based on estimated project cost. Grants are calculated based on the equipment being installed and their power and cover up to 80% of estimated project premium cost⁴ or up to $250,000 per site. The grant helps offset the difference between the cost of a natural gas appliance and the cost of a dual-energy appliance, or the cost of adding an electrical appliance. For more complex projects requiring an engineer, the Government of Québec uses a customized calculation to determine the grant amount. These grants cover up to 80% of equipment purchase and installation premium cost⁴, or $250 per tonne of GHGs avoided over a 10-year period up to $6 million per site.
Contact your Certified Partner, contractor or engineer for a detailed quote based on premium cost⁴ project.
The “custom” dual-energy offer targets the largest buildings where engineering involvement is required (highly complex projects). The Government of Québec analyzes these dual energy conversion requests and determines the grant amounts. Grants cover up to 80% of equipment purchase and installation premium cost⁴, or $250 per tonne of GHGs avoided over a 10-year period up to $6 million per site.
The dual-energy electricity/natural gas offer for businesses is part of the Government of Québec’s ÉcoPerformance program. It aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption by businesses through financing for projects and measures relating to energy consumption and production, or process improvements.
1. Certain conditions apply. Grant amounts vary depending on the power of the appliances installed and the work done to install them.
Grant amounts cannot exceed 80% of the premium cost associated with the purchase and installation of the appliances.²
Costs for electrical work may be added to the cost of purchasing and installing the equipment.
To take advantage of the grants, you must sign a contract with your Énergir sales representative or certified natural gas partner prior to installation.
The grant amounts and program terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.
2. The premium cost for a project is the difference between the estimated cost of a project (the cost of purchasing and installing a dual-energy system) and the estimated baseline cost (the cost of purchasing and installing a natural gas appliance).
3. To take advantage of the dual-energy offer, business customers must meet the eligibility criteria below.
- The customer must have received approval of the electricity distributor, or municipal or cooperative customer network, if applicable, that it will install the electrical connection required for dual-energy conversion.
- Be an Énergir customer in the business, institutional or multi-unit property sector (buildings with 20 or more dwellings).
- Own the building they plan to convert to dual energy. The building must be connected to Énergir’s natural gas network and must use natural gas or renewable natural gas (or a combination of both) for space heating, either with a warm air (forced air) or hot water central heating system, for at least 12 months at the time of the grant application. New commercial or institutional construction may be eligible for the dual-energy offer, under certain conditions. Talk about it with an Énergir representative.
- Be registered for Hydro-Québec’s small- and medium-power dual-energy rate, or for a participating municipal or cooperative network’s dual-energy rate (contact us for information on participating municipal or cooperative networks). Eligibility requirements and details of the dual-energy rate must be discussed with your electricity provider.
- Commit to using the dual-energy natural gas and electricity system, at the dual-energy rate, for at least 10 years from the date of dual-energy rate registration.
- The work must:
o Involve the installation of one or more dual-energy heating systems, and the equipment installed must be new equipment used in dual-energy mode;
o Allow electricity to be used as the primary energy source and natural gas as an auxiliary source in a dual-energy system;
o Be carried out by one or more contractors with a registered Registraire des entreprises du Québec business; they must hold the appropriate Régie du bâtiment (RBQ) licences for the work and be members of the professional order responsible for the business sector in question. - To be eligible for the grant, eligible participants must:
o submit their grant application (BI business and institutional dual-energy contract) no more than 30 calendar days from the invoice date for installation of equipment in dual-energy mode, or no more than 30 calendar days from the purchase order date for equipment in dual-energy mode for the custom dual-energy offer;
o comply with the requirements of the Government of Québec’s ÉcoPerformance program.
Requests for work completed before November 6, 2023, are not eligible.
Grant recipients may be required to repay all or part of the grants received if the accepted terms and conditions are not followed through to completion, or if the information provided is considered false or a misrepresentation.
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