Ontario public pay
Charles Farmer
Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques at Independent Electricity System Operator. On Ontario’s disclosure list 19 years between 2007 and 2025.
Salary disclosure2025
Charles Farmer
Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques
Independent Electricity System Operator
Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques
Independent Electricity System Operator
- Salary paid
- $428,009.79
- Taxable benefits
- $393.00
- Total disclosed
- $428,402.79
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$12,414 (+3.0%)19years on
the list
Change from 2024: +$12,414 (+3.0%)19years on
the list
Among 1,002 people at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025
2nd highest paid. Their median: $155,810.
$428,010$100,160$708,319
Paid more than 99% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.
middle 80%middle halfmedianthis personspacing grows with pay (log scale)
Salary by year
$428K
Show as a table
| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2007 | $173,522 |
| 2008 | $184,126 |
| 2009 | $186,803 |
| 2010 | $186,888 |
| 2011 | $193,178 |
| 2012 | $193,429 |
| 2013 | $193,429 |
| 2014 | $193,429 |
| 2015 | $202,904 |
| 2016 | $197,387 |
| 2017 | $207,675 |
| 2018 | $211,597 |
| 2019 | $215,873 |
| 2020 | $256,291 |
| 2021 | $263,680 |
| 2022 | $298,971 |
| 2023 | $360,573 |
| 2024 | $415,596 |
| 2025 | $428,010 |
History
| Year | Employer and job | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Independent Electricity System OperatorExecutive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques | $428,010 | $393 | +$12,414 |
| 2024 | Independent Electricity System OperatorVice President Planning Conservation and Resource Adequacy and Chief Energy Transition Officer / Vice-président de la planification, de la conservation et de l’adéquation des ressources et directeur du génie et des technologies | $415,596 | $393 | +$55,023 |
| 2023 | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéVice President Planning Conservation and Resource Adequacy and Chief Energy Transition Officer / Vice-président de la planification, de la conservation et de l’adéquation des ressources et directeur du génie et des technologies | $360,573 | $347 | +$61,602 |
| 2022 | Independent Electricity System OperatorVice President Planning Conservation and Resource Adequacy / Vice-président, planification de la conservation et de l’adéquation des ressources | $298,971 | $408 | +$35,291 |
| 2021 | Independent Electricity System OperatorVice President Planning Conservation and Resource Adequacy / Vice-président, planification de la conservation et de l’adéquation des ressources | $263,680 | $379 | +$7,389 |
| 2020 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Director Power System Planning / Directeur principal – Planification des systèmes d’alimentation | $256,291 | $360 | +$40,418 |
| 2019 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Director Power System Planning / Directeur principal � Planification des syst�mes d�alimentation | $215,873 | $339 | +$4,276 |
| 2018 | Independent Electricity System OperatorDirector, Stakeholder and Public Affairs / Directeur – Relations avec les intervenants et affaires publiques | $211,597 | $392 | +$3,922 |
| 2017 | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéDirector, Stakeholder and Public Affairs / Directeur, Relations avec les intervenants et affaires publiques · moved here | $207,675 | $385 | +$10,288 |
| 2016 | Independent Electricity System OperatorDirector, Stakeholder and Public Affairs / Directeur – Relations avec les intervenants et affaires publiques | $197,387 | $343 | −$5,517 |
| 2015 | Independent Electricity System OperatorDirector, Demand & Conservation Planning / Directeur – Demande et planification des mesures d'économie d'énergie · moved here | $202,904 | $409 | +$9,475 |
| 2014 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Conservation Integration / Directeur - Gestion intégrée de l’économie d’énergie | $193,429 | $1,073 | $0 |
| 2013 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Conservation Integration | $193,429 | $1,064 | $0 |
| 2012 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Conservation Integration | $193,429 | $900 | +$252 |
| 2011 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Planning Policy & Approvals | $193,178 | $878 | +$6,290 |
| 2010 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Planning Policy & Approvals | $186,888 | $886 | +$85 |
| 2009 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Conservation Integration | $186,803 | $908 | +$2,677 |
| 2008 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Conservation Integration | $184,126 | $950 | +$10,604 |
| 2007 | Ontario Power AuthorityDirector, Portfolio Development & Planning | $173,522 | $1,033 |
Years at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal