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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 15 years

Michael Stirling

Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau · Independent Electricity System Operator
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$234,498.87
▲ 78.7% since 2009

Michael Stirling was paid $234,498.87 in total compensation as Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025, 134% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Stirling has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2009, earning $2.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $189,330.00 a year, up 79% over that span.

That is 46% above the average disclosed pay of $160,215.29 across 1,002 listed Independent Electricity System Operator employees.

$234,498.87
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.8M
Total compensation
across 15 years
$189,330.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+78.7%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

15 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$109K$150K$191K$232K$273K200920102011201220132014201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael Stirling's total compensation has moved across 15 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $257,367.49
Lifetime total compensation$2.8M
Annual average$189,330.00
Total growth since 2009+78.7%
Biggest raise+27.3% (2022)
Biggest drop-12.5% (2014)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

15 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$234,498.87▼ 7.1%
2024
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$252,375.84▼ 1.9%
2022★ Best
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$257,367.49▲ 27.3%
2021
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$202,106.91▲ 0.3%
2020
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau↑ role changed$201,449.07▲ 1.4%
2019
Senior System Operator / Op�rateur principal du r�seau↑ role changed$198,669.70▲ 3.9%
2018
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau↑ role changed$191,263.51▼ 1.9%
2016
Senior Operations Officer / Agent principal – Opérations$194,979.77▲ 18.0%
2015
Senior Operations Officer / Agent principal – Opérations↑ role changed$165,262.98▲ 0.3%
2014
Senior Operations Officer / Agent principal - Opérations↑ role changed$164,842.66▼ 12.5%
2013
Senior Operations Officer$188,366.42▲ 24.2%
2012
Senior Operations Officer↑ role changed$151,703.70▼ 1.4%
2011
Operations Officer$153,850.55▲ 1.2%
2010
Operations Officer$151,969.93▲ 15.8%
2009First
Operations Officer$131,245.10
15 years total$2.8M total$189,330.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
15

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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