About Régie de l'énergie

Mission

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The Régie de l'énergie (the Régie) is an economic regulatory administrative tribunal that oversees and supervises the energy sector in Québec. It namely sets the rates and conditions of services for Québec electricity and natural gas consumers. It handles complaints from natural gas and electricity consumers. It monitors the prices of petroleum products. It adopts and monitors the application of electricity transmission system reliability standards. It carries out its functions in such a way as to ensure that it reconciles the public interest, consumer protection and the fair treatment of regulated entities, by promoting the satisfaction of Québec's energy needs in keeping with the principles of sustainable development.

Vision

Contribute to the energy transition and be recognized for its expertise, efficiency and the quality of its decisions.

Values

The Régie de l'énergie maintains the following three values that guide each of its actions: 

Respect internally and for participants in its regulatory functions in all occasions;

Competence of its staff and commissioners;

Impartiality that it associates with neutrality, fairness, objectivity and which is the basis of any notion of justice.

Structure

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The Régie is the economic regulatory tribunal for the energy sector in Québec. Under its constituting Act, since December 10, 2016, the Régie is composed of 12 commissioners, including the chair and vice-chair, appointed by the government on the basis of their expertise. As of March 31, 2021, it relies on a team of 10 commissioners with five-year terms. The president coordinates and distributes the work amongst the commissioners, is responsible for the administration of the board and directs its staff. For these purposes, it is advised by an executive committee composed of the vice-president and senior managers of the Régie.

The Régie, an independent and impartial administrative tribunal, examines applications submitted to it through hearings, written consultations or other mechanisms provided for in the Act and the Regulation respecting the procedure of the Régie de l'énergie. In the performance of its duties, it must respect the rules of procedural fairness.

As a specialized tribunal, the Régie must have specialized knowledge and expertise in order to accurately analyze the applications and evidence submitted before it. Thus, its commissioners and employees are specialists in the energy sector and economic regulation who are chosen and appointed on the basis of the quality and relevance of their experience and training.

The Régie has a light structure. Its employees work out of the head office in Montreal, where most of the activities and hearings take place. It also has an office in Quebec City where it can hold mediation sessions and hearings for clients in the Capitale-Nationale and surrounding regions.

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