R-6.01 - Act respecting the Régie de l’énergie

Article 79.1 Versions de la disposition

2025-06-07

79.1. The Minister may, after consulting with the Régie and on the conditions the Minister determines, exempt a natural gas distributor from following up on a request of a person referred to in section 77 where the distributor demonstrates to the Minister that it can supply or receive and distribute to such a person

1°  renewable natural gas using a vehicle; or

2°  by pipeline,

a)  gas from renewable sources, excluding renewable natural gas; or

b)  thermal energy generated from renewable sources or reclaimed by means of a system to recover residual materials.

Before granting an exemption, the Minister shall ensure, in particular, that the distributor can offer an equivalent and safe energy supply at a reasonable cost, complies with the policy directions and enables achievement of the objectives and targets established by the integrated energy resource management plan referred to in section 14.2 of the Act respecting the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (chapter M-14.1).

Where the Minister grants the exemption, the Régie shall fix the rate for the supply of gas referred to in subparagraph 1 and subparagraph a of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph in accordance with section 52.5, excluding subparagraphs 1 and 3 to 5 of the first paragraph of that section. The Régie shall also fix the rate for the supply of energy referred to in subparagraph b of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph, which it shall establish taking into account the costs assumed by the distributor or in such a manner that ensures that those costs reflect the market costs for comparable products.

In addition, the cost of the distribution referred to in the first paragraph, required from the consumer by a natural gas distributor, shall not be less than the natural gas distribution rate fixed by the Régie and applicable to the same class of consumers, and the rate referred to in section 52.6 applies to a producer for the injection of gas from renewable sources that is referred to in subparagraph a of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph, with the necessary modifications.

2025, c. 24, s. 69.