EcoPerformance: Financial assistance to set up an energy management system
$150,000.00
Grant, Loan
Description:
The Energy Management component of the EcoPerformance program provides financial assistance for the implementation of an energy management system and practices aimed at improving the energy efficiency of a site or organization to reduce their GHG emissions.
Comments on Funding:
Funding amount ranges from $10,000 up to $150,000 depending on the eligible project category.
Continuous Intake. No specific deadline was identified.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you may be a company, or a group of companies, an institution, a municipality or an organization active in one of the following sectors of activity:
Industrial;
Commercial;
Agricultural;
Agri-food;
Manufacturer (primary and secondary sectors);
Institutional;
Municipal.
You must also:
Have a site located in Quebec;
Be a consumer of fossil fuels or use processes that generate fugitive GHG emissions. If you only consume electricity or renewable natural gas (RNG), contact the EcoPerformance program to check if you are eligible
You can be:
A small or medium energy consumer (energy consumption less than 36,000 gigajoules [GJ], other than electricity);
A large energy consumer (energy consumption greater than or equal to 36,000 GJ , other than electricity).
This consumption must be based on the site’s reference scenario, i.e. the situation that would exist in the absence of the project.
Application Steps:
Step 1 – Submit your project
To submit a project, you must provide:
Tabs 1 and 3.1 (section “ Cost Estimate ”) duly completed from the financial assistance application in Excel format. The financial assistance application (XLS 0.97 MB) must be scanned in PDF format, signed and dated by an authorized person. This person must appear in the Quebec business register. Otherwise, you will need to provide a power of attorney;
Description of the implementation of an energy management system (DOCX 106 KB) , signed and dated by an engineer who is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ);
The overall assessment of the energy management situation (XLS 87 KB) , duly completed.
Send the documents
transitionenergetique.affaires@environnement.gouv.qc.ca
Step 2 – Analysis of your request
If your application meets the program criteria, you will be provided with an expense eligibility date (also called a “cut-off date”), which will allow you to begin your project.
This eligibility date corresponds to the date of complete receipt of your application for financial assistance, minus 30 calendar days. Therefore, purchase orders produced up to 30 calendar days before the date of receipt of your application are accepted.
You will receive by email the document Confirmation of the conditions of the financial assistance agreement . You will need to complete it to finalize your application. You will also be informed of the maximum amount of financial assistance that may be granted to you.
Finally, the financial assistance agreement (PDF 614 KB) will be sent to you for signature by both parties.
Step 3 – First payment of financial aid
To receive the first payment of financial assistance, you must provide:
A dated and signed copy of the purchase order authorizing the selected company to carry out the analysis;
The corrected financial assistance application form with the mention of the amounts and dates of all purchase orders and all paid invoices (if applicable).
The first payment corresponds to 50 % of the financial aid granted .
Step 4 – Submission of the analysis report
Within 24 months of the effective date of the Agreement, you will be required to provide:
The implementation report of an energy management system (DOCX 113 KB) , signed and dated by an engineer who is a member of the OIQ;
The overall assessment of the situation in terms of energy management (XLS 87 KB) updated;
Tabs 2 and 3.1 (section “ Cost Tracking ”) of the financial assistance application form, duly completed and updated;
Invoices and declaration of internal expenses (DOCX 1.18 MB) .
Step 5 – Second payment of financial aid
After validation of the conformity of the analysis report and other documents, the second and final payment will be confirmed to you. This amount will be the maximum of the residual financial aid awarded during the analysis.
Step 6 – Monitoring the implementation
Until the end of the agreement, annual monitoring of the measures identified during the development of the continuous improvement plan will be carried out by the EcoPerformance program administrator.
You will need to provide Tab 2 of the Financial Assistance Application Form, duly completed.
Documentation Needed:
Documents are mentioned in the Application Steps.
Other Things to Note:
For a detailed description of each of the participation steps, see the “ Application Process ” section in the EcoPerformance and Bioenergy Participant Guide.
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