Welcome to the Québec electricity demand Dashboard, an electricity literacy endeavor from the Chair in Energy Sector Management at HEC Montréal. This public project is designed to empower researchers and scientists with access to real-time electricity demand data from Hydro-Québec, facilitating the understanding of markets and the advancement of future developments. Our initiative features comprehensive real-time data capture from the Hydro-Québec website, several insightful market dashboards, and a dedicated API for researchers. All project infrastructure, including servers and databases, is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), guaranteeing unparalleled data security, availability, and processing speed. We also appreciate Highcharts for providing us with an educational license for their responsive, fast, and accurate charts.

Data Source

Data Source: Hydro-Québec
URL: Electricity Demand in Québec
Description: The dataset includes text, numerical, and geometric data labeled accordingly. Key labels include:
- date: Date and time the measurement was taken.
- demandeTotal: Total electricity demand in megawatts (MW).
Author: Hydro-Québec
Update Frequency: Every 15 minutes
Geographic Coverage: Province of Québec, excluding regions supplied by off-grid systems.
License: Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0

Disclaimer

The data provided by Hydro-Québec is raw and comes without a guarantee of quality. It may be subject to change without notice. This dashboard is for informational purposes only and not for commercial use, in alignment with the dataset's licensing terms. The creator of this dashboard does not assume any responsibility for errors, omissions, or discrepancies in the data.

Raw data is published every 15 minutes, and hourly data calculations are based on specific intervals. Each hourly figure is derived by averaging the data from all relevant quarter-hour intervals. For instance, the hourly demand for 1:00 AM is determined by averaging the values recorded at 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, and 1:45.

API

Our data is publicly available through our unique and free API service. Access it here for free: https://api.electricite-quebec.info/

For more details and API documentation, please contact behdad.ehsani@hec.ca.

Python Integration

To install our Python package, simply execute pip install electricite-quebec.

After installation, integrate our database into your Python projects to utilize our comprehensive data for your analyses and research.

To obtain your free API Key, please send an email to behdad.ehsani@hec.ca