SREPs — Critical Regional Priorities & Indigenous-Led Streams
Supports Canadian clean electricity infrastructure through regional and Indigenous-focused deployment contributions.
The Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREPs), administered by Natural Resources Canada, is a CAD 4.5-billion federal programme launched in 2021 to support deployment of clean electricity infrastructure across Canada, with a programme end date of March 31, 2036. SREPs operates through three streams: the Critical Regional Priorities (CRP) Stream for projects identified by provin…
Funds deployment of clean electricity infrastructure in Canada — wind, solar, small hydro, biomass, energy storage, and grid modernisation — through repayable contributions to provincial, Indigenous-led, and utility-scale projects.
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