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On the 2023 Sunshine List · 5 years

Denise Zhong

OntarioFirst listed 2017
2023 Total Compensation Paid
$132,442.93
▲ 28.7% since 2017

Denise Zhong was paid $132,442.93 in total compensation as an employee at Ontario Power Generation in 2023, 32% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Denise Zhong has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2017, earning $662K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,310.00 a year, up 29% over that span.

That is 22% below the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.

$132,442.93
Latest compensation
in 2023
$662K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$132,310.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+28.7%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$95K$109K$124K$138K$152K20172020202120222023
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Denise Zhong's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $147,006.39
Lifetime total compensation$662K
Annual average$132,310.00
Total growth since 2017+28.7%
Biggest raise+34.3% (2020)
Biggest drop-9.9% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2023Latest
$132,442.93▼ 9.9%
2022★ Best
Optimization Supervisor↑ role changed$147,006.39▲ 4.3%
2021
Day Ahead Optimization Supervisor$140,921.22▲ 1.9%
2020
Day Ahead Optimization Supervisor↑ role changed$138,245.38▲ 34.3%
2017First
Asset and Transmission Specialist$102,934.81
5 years total$662K total$132,310.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2023
Years on list
5

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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