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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Darren Byers

Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché · Independent Electricity System Operator
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$177,971.90
▲ 39.9% since 2015

Darren Byers was paid $177,971.90 in total compensation as Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025, 78% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Darren Byers has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2015, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $150,413.00 a year, up 40% over that span.

That is 11% above the average disclosed pay of $160,215.29 across 1,002 listed Independent Electricity System Operator employees.

$177,971.90
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$150,413.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+39.9%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$117K$136K$154K$173K$192K201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $184,846.26
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$150,413.00
Total growth since 2015+39.9%
Biggest raise+25.4% (2024)
Biggest drop-3.7% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché↑ role changed$177,971.90▼ 3.7%
2024★ Best
Senior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché$184,846.26▲ 25.4%
2022
Senior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché↑ role changed$147,352.27▲ 0.9%
2021
Senior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal - Règles du marché↑ role changed$145,976.67▼ 0.1%
2020
Senior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal – Règles du marché↑ role changed$146,116.24▲ 0.3%
2019
Senior Market Rules Advisor / Conseiller principal � R�gles du march�↑ role changed$145,715.25▲ 1.1%
2018
Supervisor Policy and Analysis / Superviseur – Politique et analyse↑ role changed$144,105.07▲ 7.2%
2016
Manager, Policy and Analysis / Gestionnaire – Politique et analyse↑ role changed$134,436.96▲ 5.7%
2015First
Manager, Policy & Analysis / Gestionnaire – Politique et analyse$127,197.91
9 years total$1.4M total$150,413.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Advisor, Market Rules and Market Manuals / Conseiller(ère) principal(e) – Règles et manuels du marché
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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