Optimum Électrique | Électricien à Québec
Based in Lac-Beauport, the electrician installs generators and carries out panel upgrades, serving Québec, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Charny and Saint-Romuald. Open weekdays.
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Backup power in Québec City
Electricians for generators and transfer switches.
9 pros in Québec City
These electrical contractors say on their own websites that they install generators in the Québec City area. Hydro-Québec requires a permanent backup system to be installed by a CMEQ member, with a compliant transfer switch and notice to Hydro-Québec. Outages here can come in deep cold: Québec/Jean Lesage airport averages 26.5 days a year below −20 °C, and the Christmas 2022 windstorm left 380,758 customers in the dark at once, mainly in the Outaouais, the Laurentides and the Capitale-Nationale.
Sources: Environment and Climate Change Canada (source, opens in a new tab), Hydro-Québec (source, opens in a new tab)
Electricite Yves Gingras Inc
Based in Québec City, the company installs generators and works weekdays.
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Marois Electricien & Fils Inc
Based in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, the electrician takes on panel upgrades and serves the Québec area.
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Trottier Electric, Inc.
Emergency service is offered in English and French, with panel upgrades and power outage work in Québec City.
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E3 Électricité
With emergency service in English and French, the company handles backup power and panel upgrades in Québec City.
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Électricité P.C.
Generator work sits alongside panel upgrades in its electrical services, and free estimates are offered.
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GME Électrique
Kohler standby generators are a focus here, and the firm is open around the clock, every day.
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Marceau Électricien
Electrical renovation is its specialty, and generator sales and installation are offered too.
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Newtec Électricité
Electrician installing home generators, with a 24/7 emergency line, Québec City.
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Before you hire
A permanent backup system must be installed by a CMEQ master electrician, who fits a compliant transfer switch and tells Hydro-Québec.
Québec City bans water-powered sump pumps: in an outage they must run on a generator or a backup battery.
Questions about hiring in Québec City
Who can install and connect a standby generator?
Hydro-Québec says a permanent backup system must be installed by a member of the Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec (CMEQ). The electrician makes sure a compliant transfer switch is in place, so power can't feed back into the lines, and notifies Hydro-Québec. Ask for the contractor's RBQ licence number and look it up in the register before you sign. Hydro-Québec (source, opens in a new tab)
Can I run a portable generator in the garage during an outage?
No. Hydro-Québec warns that gas and propane generators give off carbon monoxide, an invisible, odourless gas. Use a portable generator only outdoors, away from doors, windows and air intakes, and never in a garage, even with the door partly open. Ask your electrician about an inlet and transfer switch if you want it to feed household circuits. Hydro-Québec (source, opens in a new tab)
Should my sump pump be on backup power in Québec City?
The City says sump pumps, backup pumps included, may not run on water-main pressure, and must be powered by a generator or a backup battery during an outage. If you're planning a standby generator, ask the electrician to put the sump pump circuit on it, along with heating and the other circuits you can't do without. Ville de Québec (source, opens in a new tab)