You'll be getting back some of the money Hydro-Quebec allegedly overbilled you last year - but not in the way you may think.
The power utility told the Journal de Montreal that after the Quebec government had balanced its budget, it'll be giving back about half of the amounts overpaid last year and the other half will go into the Quebec government's coffers.
Hydro-Quebec said it'll come back to you collectively through a reduction in the next fare increase it'll be asking for that'll take effect next year, so it'll be like a credit except there won't be any personal cheques delivered to clients.
Last year, the CAQ had come out with calculations showing that Quebecers overpaid by $1.5B between 2008 and 2016. In 2016, it was $36M alone.
Hydro-Quebec had said that the amounts overpaid were handed over to the provincial government and therefore went into paying for services to the population so they would not be refunded.