2015 Sunshine List: Independent Electricity System Operator / Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité top earners
Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Independent Electricity System Operator / Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité , 361 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $52,509,936.30 in 2014.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Independent Electricity System Operator / Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité was President & Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction BRUCE CAMPBELL who brought home $694,468.39 in 2014.
Following BRUCE CAMPBELL was Vice President, Operations & Chief Operating Officer / Vice-président - Exploitation et directeur des opérations KIM P. WARREN, who had annual earnings of $577,000.04. Vice President, Corporate & Employee Relations / Vice-président - Relations publiques et avec les employés TERENCE YOUNG made $552,728.64, Vice President, Markets Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer / Vice-président - Directeur financier (marchés) et trésorier TED J. LEONARD made $518,565.93 and Vice President, Information & Technology Services & Chief Information Officer / Vice-président - Services et technologies de l’information et directeur de l’information DOUGLAS THOMAS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $419,039.68 for the Independent Electricity System Operator / Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité 2015 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 361 Independent Electricity System Operator / Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité 's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 57 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 200 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 79 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 11 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 5 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 9 received over $300,000 at Independent Electricity System Operator / Société indépendante d’exploitation du réseau d’électricité .
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2015 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2015 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2015 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, makes Ontario's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.