Hydro-Quebec’s CEO Resigns: Sky-Deer Reacts

The president and CEO of Hydro-Québec, Sophie Brochu, announced that she will be stepping down from her position effective April 11th. Brochu did not specify the reasons for her departure in a letter sent to employees this morning. Ohénton ĺ:iente ne Ratitsénhaienhs Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer on what the future holds:

“I don’t know who is going to be the next CEO, but it’s just disappointing because I really felt that as 2 women in leadership we’d seen eye-to-eye on a lot of things and there was a lot of good momentum that I was hoping that we would build on moving into this year and hopefully beyond, just really disappointed. I wish her the best, obviously people come to these kind of decisions not very lightly and obviously there must have been something driving her that this was the best decision for her and maybe even the company. I don’t know, there wasn’t no expressed reasoning in her, from what I’ve seen so far in the media, so I guess time will tell.”

Brochu was instrumental in working with Kahnawake on the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line. Kahnawake and Hydro Announced back in May of 2021, a new partnership that will see the construction and joint ownership of the Hertel Line. The 58 kilometre, 400-kv underground transmission line will run from the Hertel Substation in La Prairie, Québec to the U.S. Border before heading down to NYC. Hydro released a statement from Brochu that stated: “The turmoil of the pandemic is largely behind us and Hydro-Québec is in a good position today: we have a strategic plan that sets the course for Quebec’s energy transition and the company’s financial situation is excellent. The time has come to pass the torch.”