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Steven Cavanagh

Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau at Independent Electricity System Operator. On Ontario’s disclosure list 23 years between 2003 and 2025.

Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseauEveryone at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025
Salary disclosure2025
Steven Cavanagh
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau
Independent Electricity System Operator
Salary paid
$212,720.76
Taxable benefits
$0.00
Total disclosed
$212,720.76
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$9,451 (+4.6%)23years on
the list

Among 18 people with the title “Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau” in 2025

Paid more than 27% of them. Their median: $220,526.

Among 1,002 people at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025

79th highest paid. Their median: $155,810.

Paid more than 95% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

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Salary by year

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YearSalaryMedian for the job
2003$113,539$111,963
2004$118,032$117,042
2005$127,939$118,104
2006$132,608$133,713
2007$121,329$141,746
2008$131,605$149,643
2009$154,008$148,521
2010$167,780$158,435
2011$164,447$162,519
2012$170,786$162,524
2013$162,696$168,028
2014$177,572$171,157
2015$192,116$173,411
2016$172,441$168,464
2017$190,552$169,117
2018$205,168$113,201
2019$202,915$114,171
2020$212,333$116,098
2021$218,843$116,145
2022$156,254$191,023
2023$164,910$210,252
2024$203,270$211,587
2025$212,721$220,526

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$212,721$0+$9,451
2024Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$203,270$0+$38,360
2023Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$164,910$0+$8,656
2022Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$156,254$0−$62,590
2021Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Operations / Gestionnaire - Opérations$218,843$791+$6,510
2020Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Operations / Gestionnaire – Opérations$212,333$773+$9,418
2019Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Operations / Gestionnaire � Op�rations$202,915$852−$2,252
2018Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Operations / Gestionnaire – Opérations$205,168$905+$14,615
2017Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau · moved here$190,552$621+$18,111
2016Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer / Agent principal – Opérations$172,441$683−$19,675
2015Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer / Agent principal – Opérations$192,116$685+$14,544
2014Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer / Agent principal - Opérations$177,572$909+$14,876
2013Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$162,696$929−$8,090
2012Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$170,786$839+$6,339
2011Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$164,447$705−$3,333
2010Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$167,780$688+$13,772
2009Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$154,008$671+$22,403
2008Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$131,605$805+$10,276
2007Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$121,329$761−$11,279
2006Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Operations Officer$132,608$674+$4,669
2005Independent Electricity System OperatorOperations Officer · moved here$127,939$604+$9,907
2004Independent Electricity System Op.Operations Officer · moved here$118,032$466+$4,493
2003Independent Electricity Market OperatorOperations Officer$113,539$415

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