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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Charles Farmer

Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques · Independent Electricity System Operator
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$428,402.79
▲ 110.7% since 2015

Charles Farmer was paid $428,402.79 in total compensation as Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025, 328% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Charles Farmer has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2015, earning $2.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $277,081.00 a year, up 111% over that span.

That is 167% above the average disclosed pay of $160,215.29 across 1,002 listed Independent Electricity System Operator employees.

$428,402.79
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.5M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$277,081.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+110.7%
Career growth
since 2015
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9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$156K$231K$306K$381K$456K201520162018201920202021202220242025
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The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Charles Farmer's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $428,402.79
Lifetime total compensation$2.5M
Annual average$277,081.00
Total growth since 2015+110.7%
Biggest raise+39.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-2.7% (2016)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques↑ role changed$428,402.79▲ 3.0%
2024
Vice 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↑ role changed$415,988.84▲ 39.0%
2022
Vice President Planning Conservation and Resource Adequacy / Vice-président, planification de la conservation et de l’adéquation des ressources$299,378.48▲ 13.4%
2021
Vice President Planning Conservation and Resource Adequacy / Vice-président, planification de la conservation et de l’adéquation des ressources↑ role changed$264,059.18▲ 2.9%
2020
Senior Director Power System Planning / Directeur principal – Planification des systèmes d’alimentation↑ role changed$256,651.10▲ 18.7%
2019
Senior Director Power System Planning / Directeur principal � Planification des syst�mes d�alimentation↑ role changed$216,212.09▲ 2.0%
2018
Director, Stakeholder and Public Affairs / Directeur – Relations avec les intervenants et affaires publiques$211,989.60▲ 7.2%
2016
Director, Stakeholder and Public Affairs / Directeur – Relations avec les intervenants et affaires publiques↑ role changed$197,730.26▼ 2.7%
2015First
Director, Demand & Conservation Planning / Directeur – Demande et planification des mesures d'économie d'énergie$203,313.00
9 years total$2.5M total$277,081.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Executive Vice President, Power System Development / Vice-président(e) directeur(rice) – Développement des systèmes électriques
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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