Thank you very much for welcoming me to your committee.
Three minutes is not much time so I'll try to describe briefly who we are and explain why we're interested in this study.
I am the president and chief executive officer of the Association québécoise de la production d'énergie renouvelable, or AQPER. We are an industry association representing approximately 110 businesses and our mission is to increase renewable energy generation in Quebec based on sustainable development principles. Our members are active in Quebec, of course, but also in several other regions of North America and internationally.
When we established the association's vision of the way we wanted to address the Quebec government and other renewable energy stakeholders, we based it on how we thought we could meet the climate targets set by the Quebec government for 2030. They are ambitious targets. As we noted in our brief, they include a 37.5% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or GHGs, from 1990, in an environment where the electricity sector is virtually decarbonized.
As I'm sure you are aware, most of the emissions we produce come from energy generation. To enable people to understand the role that increased renewable energy generation must play in these decarbonization efforts, it's important for us to rely on the techno-economic modelling commissioned by the Quebec government and then to interpret it. That means providing our comments on necessary legislative and regulatory amendments so that each of the industrial sectors we represent at AQPER can play its market role. We represent many businesses in those sectors, particularly renewable electricity, bioenergy and hydrogen. Our strategy outlines the adjustments that must be made and the work that must be done for each sector to find its market niche.
What I will say about our vision, and what might be of interest to members of the committee, is that there's no single solution to meeting our climate targets, those of either Canada or Quebec. At AQPER, we encourage a rational modelling-based approach. Efforts to improve energy efficiency go hand in hand with efforts to increase renewable energy generation. These are complementary rather than contradictory notions. That's what the models show us.
I believe I've used up the three minutes allotted to me. Thank you very much for listening. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have in the language of your choice. I will be pleased to offer my comments.