Ontario public pay
Darren Byers
Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché at Independent Electricity System Operator. On Ontario’s disclosure list 13 years between 2013 and 2025.
Salary disclosure2025
Darren Byers
Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché
Independent Electricity System Operator
Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché
Independent Electricity System Operator
- Salary paid
- $177,612.16
- Taxable benefits
- $359.74
- Total disclosed
- $177,971.90
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: −$6,885 (−3.7%)13years on
the list
Change from 2024: −$6,885 (−3.7%)13years on
the list
Among 1,002 people at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025
255th highest paid. Their median: $155,810.
$177,612$100,160$708,319
Paid more than 90% 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
$178K
Show as a table
| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2013 | $120,000 |
| 2014 | $120,000 |
| 2015 | $126,691 |
| 2016 | $134,206 |
| 2017 | $136,655 |
| 2018 | $143,574 |
| 2019 | $145,257 |
| 2020 | $145,676 |
| 2021 | $145,526 |
| 2022 | $146,898 |
| 2023 | $174,524 |
| 2024 | $184,497 |
| 2025 | $177,612 |
History
| Year | Employer and job | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché | $177,612 | $360 | −$6,885 |
| 2024 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché | $184,497 | $349 | +$9,973 |
| 2023 | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéSenior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché | $174,524 | $392 | +$27,626 |
| 2022 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché | $146,898 | $454 | +$1,372 |
| 2021 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal - Règles du marché | $145,526 | $451 | −$150 |
| 2020 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché | $145,676 | $440 | +$419 |
| 2019 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal � R�gles du march� | $145,257 | $458 | +$1,683 |
| 2018 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSupervisor Policy and Analysis / Superviseur – Politique et analyse | $143,574 | $531 | +$6,920 |
| 2017 | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéManager, Policy and Analysis / Gestionnaire, Politique et analyse · moved here | $136,655 | $514 | +$2,449 |
| 2016 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Policy and Analysis / Gestionnaire – Politique et analyse | $134,206 | $231 | +$7,515 |
| 2015 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Policy & Analysis / Gestionnaire – Politique et analyse · moved here | $126,691 | $507 | +$6,691 |
| 2014 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Policy and Analysis / Gestionnaire - Politique et analyse | $120,000 | $690 | $0 |
| 2013 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Policy & Analysis | $120,000 | $684 |
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