Terms
Terms used in relation to winter credits
The following terms are used in this module and come as much as possible from the official Hydro-Quebec electricity rates document (page 37):
https://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/pdf/electricity-rates.pdf
and from the “Régie de l’énergie” document:
Period
In the context of winter credits, a period is a time slot during which a specific rate or algorithmic logic is applied by Hydro-Québec.
There are 2 types of periods:
Peak
A peak period is a period during which energy consumption of all customers is generally high. In the context of winter credits, the following time slots are peak periods:
Morning peak period: 06:00 to 09:00 Evening peak period: 16:00 to 20:00
Normal
Any period that is not a peak period.