Oshawa Power Group of Companies is pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Tang as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2025.
Amanda brings extensive expertise in performance and risk management, transformation execution, and team development. As a seasoned strategic business partner and advisor, she has played a key role in shaping the vision and strategy of both established organizations and high-growth start-ups, particularly across the Real Estate, Energy/Utility, and Financial sectors. In her new role, Amanda will support Oshawa Power in enhancing financial and operational performance, mitigating risk, and solving complex business challenges.
Before joining Oshawa Power, Amanda held progressively senior roles in finance and risk management, most recently serving as SVP, Finance, Strategy, and Risk at Blackstone Energy Services. Her career also includes leadership positions at Fidelity Canada and major financial institutions such as BMO, CIBC, and National Bank Financial.
Amanda holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics and a Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo, as well as a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).
Oshawa, ON – Oshawa Power supports the call for Canadian goods and materials, prioritizing procurement from domestic suppliers and vendors.
Serving one of Canada’s fastest-growing municipalities, Oshawa Power supplies electricity to more than 63,000 residential and commercial customers. Committed to a “local first” purchasing philosophy, the company invests over 95% of its budget with Canadian suppliers and vendors.
As part of its commitment to resource stewardship and advocacy, Oshawa Power is strengthening its procurement process to further prioritize Canadian vendors where possible. The company’s upcoming capital investments will focus on enhancing safety and reliability through projects designed to enhance our smart-grid technology.
“Strengthening our domestic supply chain will continue to be a priority during these uncertain times.”
– Daniel Arbour, President & CEO, Oshawa Power
By adopting a “Canada-first” approach, Oshawa Power is reinforcing its commitment to a resilient supply chain while delivering safe, reliable, and affordable electricity to its customers. We encourage all of our partners to use Canadian made components in their supply chain where possible.
Oshawa Power is dedicated to the evolving needs of our customers as a leading enabler of integrated critical energy and infrastructure. Oshawa Power is wholly owned by the great City of Oshawa.
As our community continues to grow and electrification increases energy demand, Oshawa Power is committed to ensuring a more reliable, resilient, and efficient electrical grid to power our city’s future. Our investments in SmartGrid technology, integrating automation and realtime analytics, has led to significant improvements in outage duration and frequency and better service for customers across Oshawa.
A Smarter, Stronger Grid for Oshawa
Traditional power grids were designed decades ago and relied on manual intervention to detect and fix outages. Today, with the implementation of Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR) technology, we’ve made significant advancements in how we respond to power disruptions. Integrating automation, sensors, and data-driven insights, our SmartGrid allows us to identify faults quickly, reroute power, and restore service faster than ever before.
Oshawa Power’s Len Koech monitors the FLISR system that he played an integral role in developing and integrating.
How FLISR Works
FLISR technology improves grid performance by:
Automatically detecting faults and voltage losses and isolating affected areas.
Rerouting electricity to minimize the number of customers impacted and reducing many outages to momentary ‘flickers’.
Providing realtime monitoring that enables faster response times through more accurate fault locating.
With this technology in place, Oshawa residents benefit from a more responsive and reliable grid that keeps the lights on and businesses running smoothly.
The Impact: Measurable Improvements in Reliability
Our investment in FLISR integration has already delivered impressive results:
78% reduction in yearly average customer downtime (System Average Interruption Duration Index – SAIDI) from 88 minutes to 19 minutes since 2022.
72% decrease in yearly outages per customer (System Average Interruption Frequency Index – SAIFI) from 1.04 to 0.28 since 2022.
Faster outage response times, reducing downtime for homes and businesses.
Improved communication during outages through our live Outage Map and social media channels.
FLISR went live in December 2021, contributing to an overall SAIDI decrease of 78%.
In 2024 approx. just 1 in 4 customers experienced an outage.
Enhancing Our Service & Supporting Electrification
Our grid modernization efforts aren’t just about reliability. We are focused on meeting the needs of our customers and preparing for a more sustainable, increasingly electrified future. Through realtime monitoring and predictive maintenance, Oshawa Power can optimize load distribution to meet our community’s needs while minimizing disruptions.
Key benefits include:
Customers receive faster, more accurate outage notifications.
More sustainable energy management in preparation for increases in adoption of renewable energy sources like solar and battery storage.
Support for electric vehicles as adoption grows and electricity consumption shifts.
What’s Next?
Since launching with 8% of our grid integrated in December 2021, our FLISR system has expanded to cover 40% of our local electrical grid. As part of our Strategic Asset Management Plan, every new build, rebuild, and capital project will be integrated with a goal of 100% integration, ensuring continuous improvement in service reliability and grid resiliency.
Our journey toward a smarter, more reliable local SmartGrid is just beginning. By combining automation, data analytics, and a customer-focused approach, Oshawa Power is striving to set a new benchmark for electricity reliability in Ontario.
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Oshawa Power customers experienced 83% less downtime than the average customer in Ontario.
In 2024, Oshawa’s local electric grid posted one of our best years on record and we’re excited to share the highlights with you. This year, we once again posted a near-perfect reliability score, ensuring that power continued flowing to your homes and businesses with minimal interruption. While our team’s hard work on system upgrades and grid management have laid the foundation for this success, we have to admit — we also got a little lucky with the weather and fewer unexpected challenges than we’ve experienced in the past. 🍀
Let’s dive into some key numbers and take a look at what made 2024 such a strong year for our system’s reliability:
Reliability Score: 99.99%
Just like our customers have come to expect, we once again posted a near-perfect Reliability Score of 99.99%, or what is known as ‘four nines’ in our industry, the golden standard for reliability.
While we came even closer to a 100% score in 2024, realistically near-perfect is the best that we can aim for. Through our long-term planning, our team has made significant upgrades to our local electricity grid including investing in building one of Ontario’s leading SmartGrids (approx. 40% of Oshawa’s grid is integrated), replacing aging infrastructure, and developing programs to mitigate animal and tree contact outages. These strategies have laid the foundation for one of Ontario’s most reliable local grids but can never protect our infrastructure from external risk factors like extreme weather, lightning, or motor vehicle accidents.
Average Number of Outages: 0.28
Based on our System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) metric, Oshawa Power customers experience just 0.28 outages in 2024.
What does this number mean? This metric means that approx. 3 in 4 Oshawa Power customers didn’t experience a single outage during the past year!
Average Yearly Downtime: 19 Minutes
In 2024, we surpassed 63,000 customers. From the smallest bachelor apartments to large manufacturing plants, actual downtime and outages experienced throughout the year varies. But on average, the residents and businesses that call Oshawa home experienced an average of just 19 minutes in the dark.
Oshawa Power customers experience much less downtime than the Ontario average:
Outage Minutes Per Customer
Year
Oshawa Power
Ontario Avg.
2024
19
–
2023
48
110
2022
88
160
2021
34
151
2020
88
163
2019
59
158
2018
80
155
2017
44
171
2016
157
167
2015
73
167
Ensuring that our city doesn’t get left in the dark is fundamental to our success. Not only is this measure important to us but based on your feedback from our 2024 Customer Priority Survey, this is what matters most to you. We were proud to post our best performance on record during 2024!
Outage Response Time: 34 Minutes
When the power goes out, you count on us to act. In 2024, our team’s response averaged just over half an hour.
You may have noticed that this is higher than previous years. Last year, we adjusted how we measure our response time to more accurately account for the time it takes to be onsite to begin restoration of a sustained outage. Previously, this metric included the automated response to momentary outages and we made this adjustment to increase transparency and provide a realistic expectation for you, our customer. Our 34 minute response time will act as our baseline moving into 2025.
With our team always at the ready, we know that a swift response is crucial to your satisfaction. When an issue occurs and your family is left without power, you can be sure our team is springing into action, from our Control Room to our crews, to investigate, determine the issue, and safely restore power as soon as possible and get your lights back on.
Total Number of Outages: 413
Over the course of the year, our grid saw a grand total of 413 outages ranging from a single service to our largest outage affecting more than 3,300 customers. This number includes all outages, planned and unplanned.
Momentary Outages: 88
Those dreaded brief flickers that knock the power out just long enough to mess with your clocks are what we refer to as ‘momentaries’. And trust us, we know these can be a nuisance, but in reality these are the sign of our grid doing what it is designed to do.
Momentary outages occur when our grid automation is at work to avoid a potentially larger, and lengthier outage. With self healing and isolating technologies expanding across more of our city’s grid, these devices are designed to help us detect outages as soon as they happen and automatically restore service to as many homes as businesses as possible almost instantly. This allows us to isolate the smallest possible area affected by the ongoing issue while our team gets to work on repairs and restoration.
Top Outage Cause: Foreign Interference
In 2024, approximately 32% of all outages were classified as being caused by Foreign Interference:
2024 Outages by Cause
Outage Cause
% of Total Outages
Foreign Interference
32%
Tree Contact
29%
Equipment Failure
24%
Scheduled Outages
14%
Adverse Weather
1%
We know it may sound scary but Foreign Interference is nothing to fret over! This classification captures outages that are caused when an object that shouldn’t be in contact with our infrastructure does make contact, causing a fault and a corresponding outage and includes things like animal contacts and motor vehicle accidents.
Largest Outage: June 26th (3,303 customers)
The largest outage of the year occurred on June 26th in the wee hours of the morning. The outage was caused by a large tree limb falling on our lines in the area of Ritson Rd. and Given Rd. around 3 a.m. This interference caused a fault that left 3,303 customers without power for almost 3 hours.
Under normal circumstances, our grid would have been able to isolate the issue and automatically restore most customers affected in a short timeframe. However, ongoing maintenance left our system unable to reroute power and isolate the issue, causing an extended outage for all affected customers.
Despite this hurdle, our on call crews jump into action and dispatched to the area. After patrolling the lines and pinpointing the issue, teams went to work on the removal of the limb and repairs to our infrastructure, restoring power to our customers just before sunrise!
Other Notable Outages:
January 1st
We didn’t have to wait long for the first notable outage of 2024. On January 1st a primary cable fault briefly left a small chunk of our city without power. However our team was able to restore service in less than an hour and (luckily!) this outage was not a sign of things to come…
June 10th
After making it through winter and much of the spring without any major events, increasing wildlife activity as we transitioned to summer caused our next notable issue. On June 10th a squirrel made contact with our lines, causing a fault that knocked power out to a large number of customers. Despite the relatively large area affected, the outage didn’t last long as crews were able to complete restoration very quickly!
July 16th
Another tree contact outage, this time our system was operating under normal conditions and was able to isolate the issue, restoring most customers quickly. Crews were once again called into action to remove debris and restore service to the area directly affected.
September 8th
The second largest outage of the year occurred right as the summer was coming to a close. On September 8th a transmission line was dislodged, falling on and becoming intertwined with one of our 44KV lines.
Knocking out a key feeder, this outage left more than 3,000 customers in South and West Oshawa without power. Our crews worked together with the team from Hydro One to clear the fallen line and make repairs, restoring service to most customers in about an hour!
Looking Forward
As we move forward into an increasingly connected future, we understand the role we play in making sure our customers are connected to local grid they can count in. We will continue to pursue advancements to our grid including the further development and implementation of our SmartGrid and additional system upgrades to replace aging infrastructure. In 2025, we will also complete our 3-year Vegetation Management Plan, focusing on Oshawa’s eastern neighbourhoods.
Heading into the new year, we’re not slowing down. We’ll continue investing in technology, upgrading our grid, and finding new ways to make your power even more reliable.
Thanks for trusting us to keep our city’s lights on for more than 130 years. Here’s to another great year together!
To compare how we measure up to LDCs across the province and our own previous performance, check out the OEBs Scorecard Comparison Tool.
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Thank you to the more than 2,000 customers who dedicated their time and knowledge to completing our electricity plan survey. We deeply value your feedback, which is critical in helping us understand your priorities. As we move forward with finalizing our 2026-2030 electricity plan and filing it with the Ontario Energy Board, your insights allow us to align our efforts with your needs and expectations, ensuring we plan to deliver the community the highest reliable and quality service at an affordable rate.
Your participation demonstrates your commitment to shaping the future of our services, and we are truly grateful for your valuable contribution. An analysis of the more than 1500 comments received revealed three trends: more communication is desired, our customers are cost-sensitive, and a renewed focus on customer service is needed. As result, our plan will include investing in our communications and customer service while continuing to offer low electricity rates when compared to other Ontario electricity utilities.
Overall, you think positively about us as your utility:
78% believe Oshawa Power is a financially responsible business
81% think Oshawa Power fosters a positive culture in its interactions with its customers
93% believe that Oshawa Power considers safety as paramount in its operations and in regard to the public
86% view Oshawa Power as an environmentally responsible business
88% responded with appropriate, well or very well when asked “How well do you think Oshawa Power is planning for the future?”
As thanks, congratulations to our two winners who each won a $250 Amazon Gift card – right in time for the holiday season!
If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to visit our project page with contact information. We are always here to listen and learn.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
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Oshawa, Ontario – The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43 and Oshawa Power have finished installing more than 100 banners across Oshawa’s Downtown core recognizing honoured veterans from our local community ahead of Oshawa’s Remembrance Day Parade and Ceremony.
Entering the 8th year of the partnership between Oshawa Power and The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43, an additional 14 banners were added in 2024. Beginning with only 9 banners in 2017, the program has grown to honour 114 veterans and The Unknown Soldier.
“Originally planned to line the Remembrance Day Parade route, our program has received so much community support that banners have begun to line King St. as well. We are thrilled by the success of this program that would not be possible without the assistance of Oshawa Power’s team to install the banners as a community service. Moving forwards, we’d like to challenge our local business community to consider honouring a past employee or important community member that served our country and help expand this program even further.”
– Stu Jarvis, Branch 43 RCL Sgt. At Arms and Banner Coordinator
Branch 43 RCL Sgt. At Arms and Banner Coordinator, Stu Jarvis, presents Oshawa Power’s Manager of Distribution Construction, Kent Fulling, with The Royal Canadian Legion’s Friendship Award
For their participation and support of the program, The Royal Canadian Legion has honoured Oshawa Power with the prestigious Friendship Award for their efforts in delivering The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43’s annual Veterans Banner program. The award, established by Dominion Command of The Royal Canadian Legion, recognizes individuals or organizations who show their support of the activities and work in the community of Legion Branches, Zones, Districts, and Provincial Commands.
“We are incredibly honoured to be one of the first organizations to receive this recognition from The Royal Canadian Legion, but for us this program goes much deeper than awards or acknowledgements. Our organization values the contributions and sacrifices made by each and every veteran. The individuals recognized by these banners are heroes in our community and we are proud to play a small part in helping them receive the recognition that they have earned.”
– Daniel Arbour, President & CEO, Oshawa Power
We offer our sincere gratitude to the brave individuals who fought for our freedoms and for the great nation of Canada. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.
To honour a veteran through the Veteran Banner Program, please visit our Community page or access the application form.
Honoured Veterans
Doris (Dolly) Arsenau
Thomas Bruce Baird
Eleanor Beck
Shawn Bowe
William Ernest Boyce
Eric C. Branton
Winnifred A. Branton
Ronald George Brent
Elam Brinson
S/Sgt. Alfred C. Brisebois
Ed Brisebois
Jack (Fuzz) Brisebois
Ken Brisebois
Nancy C.M. Brisebois
George Brocanier
Orval Earl Brock
Gordon James Brown
Harry Arthur Brown
Norman Edward Brown
Violet Brown (nee Taylor)
William Robert Brown
Frank Buller
Earl K. Campbell
Frederick Edmond Carey
WO2 Don Chapman
Leslie W.B. Childerhose
Sgt. Ray Eugene Cowan
Edward J. Crawford
George Hayward Crawford
James Convery
John Thomas Dalby
Archie S.D. Dean
James Essex
George Elmer Ferguson
Kevin Ferguson
Harry L. Ferneley
D. Craig Finney
Douglas J. Finney
Roy Foster
Henryk K. Fraczek
William Roy Gillman
John (Jack) F. Goulding
Edward C. Halcomb
Thomas Hopkins Hammond
Francis Charles Hannan
William Thomas Harding
Joseph Hart
Henry J. “Chick” Hewett
John H. Hodgson
Norman Roy Hodgson
Ben Jacklin
William Henry Kellar
Ted Kelly
George W.B. Kingsland
Lt. Alan Edward King
Bernard Kinlin
James Kinlin
Lawrence Kinlin
Thomas Kinlin
William Kinlin
Gordon H.E. Kitchen
Malcolm W. Knocker
Bill Kurelo
Henry Samuel Lee
William James Lee
Elmer Eirra Lewis
Victor P. Lockie
Sgt. John A. Lowry M.M.
Terry Macdonald
William “Sam” Magee
John Manning
Glen Wm. Maunder
Ted McComb
James Claude McPhee
Ronald W. McTague
Daniel D. Normoyle
Gregory Francis Normoyle
Patrick J. Normoyle
Robert D. Normoyle
Robert James Normoyle
Harold H. Nugent
WO1 Fred Palmer
John Edward Parr
Major Zane Piekenbrock
Henry Hatton Price
Harold Power
Maurice Bruce Proctor
Alexander Reid
Calvin Cecil Reid
James Reid
Ronald F. Rice
Allen W. Robinson
James M. Scott
George James Simmons
Cecil Henry Smith
William James Somerville
Gordon Thomas Stacey
Evan Strait
Charles William Taylor
Frederick Charles Taylor
Frederick George Taylor
Walter Taylor
Bedford David Thomson
Davey Thompson
Private Nelson Train
Harry A.C. Turner
Kenneth Bertram Twaites
Charles Alfred Wells
Gren Williams
Fredrick William Willis
Earl “Bus” William Wilson
Robert E. Woodward
Bishop Alfred Woolcock
The Unknown Soldier
Beginning on November 1, 2024, electricity consumers will be paying less for their electricity usage.
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has announced new electricity rates for customers on a Regulated Pricing Plan (RPP) will take effect on November 1. The new pricing represents a decrease in the cost of electricity for the consumer. Delivery and regulatory charges will remain unchanged for Oshawa Power customers.
Alongside the new RPP rates, customers will see their electricity pricing switch to the winter pricing schedule.
Residential and small commercial customers enrolled in Time-of-Use (TOU) or Ultra Low Overnight (ULO) pricing plans will see the pricing periods for electricity use switch to the winter schedule. For customers enrolled in the Tiered pricing plan, winter electricity pricing tiers will take effect.
The winter pricing schedule will remain in effect until May 1, 2025 when customers will see the return of the summer pricing schedule.
New RPP rates and usage schedules for each pricing plan are outlined in the following charts:
Time-of-Use (TOU) Pricing
Pricing Period
Schedule
Rate
Change
Off-Peak
Weekdays 7 p.m. – 7 a.m., all day weekends and holidays
7.6 ¢/kWh
-1.1 ¢/kWh
Mid-Peak
Weekdays 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
12.2 ¢/kWh
0 ¢/kWh
On-Peak
Weekdays 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
15.8 ¢/kWh
-2.4 ¢/kWh
Tiered Pricing
Pricing Period
Schedule
Rate
Change
Tier 1
Residential – first 1,000 kWh/month Non-residential – first 750 kWh/month
To learn more about your electricity pricing, visit our Rates & Billing page:
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Oshawa Power and Lakefront Utilities have announced a new partnership, with Oshawa Power providing electric distribution operational leadership assistance and support to Lakefront Utilities in Cobourg and the Village of Colborne. This collaboration aims to enhance efficiency, service reliability, and overall utility management for customers in both regions.
The agreement includes various services, such as capital construction oversight, operations and maintenance oversight, coordination of field staff and subcontractors, and health and safety. The partnership is expected to benefit ratepayers by improving services at a cost-effective rate, while positioning Oshawa Power and Lakefront Utilities as leading energy partners.
This partnership underscores both companies’ dedication to customer service, safety, and operational excellence. As this partnership continues to expand and evolve, we remain steadfast in our values of safety, stewardship, and customer focus.
“I am excited for the partnership and collaboration of our two utilities. It reflects a forward-thinking approach, focusing on sustainable and mutually beneficial outcomes for the regions involved.”
– Daniel Arbour, President & CEO, Oshawa Power
“We deeply appreciate the dedication, hard work and ability of our teams quickly collaborating and creating efficiencies for the customers of the City of Oshawa, Cobourg and the Village of Colborne.”
– Dereck Paul, CEO, Lakefront Utilities
“Flexing our skills as Powerline Technicians and Supervisors keeps our knowledge current, and expanding our scope of operations will support the developmental growth of both of our teams.”
– Kent Fulling, Manager, Distribution Construction, Oshawa Power
About Oshawa Power
Oshawa Power is dedicated to the evolving needs of our customers as a leading enabler of integrated critical energy and infrastructure. Oshawa Power is wholly owned by the great City of Oshawa.
About Lakefront Utilities
A regulated utility through which we distribute electricity and promote energy conservation to approximately 11,500 customers in the Town of Cobourg and Village of Colborne.
Beginning on October 28, 2024, your monthly electricity bills are getting an updated look to match our new branding and make electricity charges easier to understand.
The bill redesign is part of Oshawa Power’s effort to simplify the customer experience and provide customers easy access to their electricity data. Designed to be easy-to-read and understand, the new bills feature all the information customers are used to seeing in a new, simpler format.
“In re-assessing our current bill design after many years in market, we realized the opportunity to simplify our bills and present our customers with a more transparent and easier to understand snapshot of their monthly electricity charges. We believe that a well-informed customer is better equipped to make decisions about their pricing plan and electricity usage that will align with their lifestyle and help manage electricity costs”
– Daniel Arbour, President & CEO
Bills will feature detailed usage graphs showing energy used in each Time-of-Use (TOU) pricing period, Ultra-Low Overnight (ULO) pricing period, or usage Tier depending on the customers chosen pricing plan, a clear indication of the current amount owing, a full breakdown of charges, and much more.
Understanding Your Bill
To help customers understand their new bill, we have developed an Understanding Your Bill resource. This webpage breaks your bill down in sections to explain exactly what you will see on your bill.
About Oshawa Power
Oshawa Power is dedicated to the evolving needs of our customers as a leading enabler of integrated critical energy and infrastructure. Oshawa Power is wholly owned by the great City of Oshawa.
Oshawa Power is proud to announce that our organization was presented the Innovation Award at the 29th Annual Business Excellence Awards Gala by the Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. This award recognizes some of our organization’s core values, the pursuit of Innovation and the Courage to Act.
Through our pursuits of digital transformation, grid automation, and low-carbon solutions, Oshawa Power is working to position our organization as a future-focused utility. Throughout 2023, these pursuits led to outcomes that improved service for the more than 63,000 homes and businesses we serve across the City of Oshawa.
“We are honoured to receive this award from the Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, highlighting our pursuit of innovation, one of our core values. The Innovation Award is a testament to the continuing efforts of our team to become a leader in the electrical distribution industry. As we move forward through the accelerating energy transition, we understand that we must remain focused on preparing our grid for the future to enable growth and development in our community, while maintaining and improving on the level of service that our customers expect.”
– Daniel Arbour, President & CEO
These efforts include the expansion of our industry-leading SmartGrid in order to enable improvements in automation and remote control, leading to a reduction in outage frequency, duration, and response times. By expanding our SmartGrid and integrating additional infrastructure with our FLISR system, our team can pinpoint potential or existing faults in our system instantly, isolate problem areas, and restore power to customers, minimizing disruptions in our local power grid.
Innovation will also help us to build a more sustainable community for the future. In 2023, we worked to expand our EV charging network, increase awareness around transportation electrification, and entered a strategic partnership with Durham Region Transit to pilot electric buses across our region. These projects are aimed at modernizing our local transportation infrastructure, reducing fuel consumption, and lowering emissions.
Thank you to the Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce for hosting the 29th Annual Business Excellence Awards Gala recognizing the many great organizations across our city.
About Oshawa Power
Oshawa Power is dedicated to the evolving needs of our customers as a leading enabler of integrated critical energy and infrastructure. Oshawa Power is wholly owned by the great City of Oshawa.
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Denise Carpenter, ICD.D, GCB.D
Chair, Board of Directors
Denise Carpenter is a highly accomplished Board Chair, Committee Chair, Director, and Executive Coach with extensive expertise in governance, strategy, risk management, acquisitions, and integrations. Denise is adept at leading transformational change initiatives and driving organizational growth in diverse industries including health, financial services, cybersecurity, utilities, and renewable energy and has been recognized for significant contributions in ESG, diversity & inclusion, and sustainability. As a BMO Honouree and member of the Diversity 50 Cohort, Denise is also active in Women Get on Board, the Institute of Corporate Directors, and the International Coach Federation.
Denise’s board experience is both deep and expansive. She has been instrumental in driving growth, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enhancing stakeholder relations in various industries, including electricity, mining, energy, renewable energy, healthcare, and digital health. She serves as the Independent Board Chair of Oshawa Power, Blue Cross of Canada, Chair for Ronald McDonald House Charities Toronto, and Director of the Ontario Medical Association and CashCo Financial Inc. Denise’s numerous board appointments mark her authority and expertise in governance and leadership.
Donna Kingelin
Member, Board of Directors
Donna Kingelin is a Senior Executive who has dedicated her career to serving the elderly. She has held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Revera where she provided oversight to 26,000 employees and over 200 seniors’ residences including long-term care homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living residences, independent retirement residences, and was accountable for the home care division. She also served as Managing Director for Holiday Corporation where she was responsible for the Canadian portfolio of independent retirement communities. In these roles, she provided leadership in human resources, operations, financial management, program development, capital investment, and quality improvement. Donna is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and currently holds board positions at Kinark Child and Family Services, Pallium Canada, Extendicare Inc. and Oshawa Power.
Terry Caputo, CPA, CA, C.Dir
Member, Board of Directors
Terry Caputo is an accomplished business executive with a diverse range of experience, including strategy, accounting, finance, debt issuance, infrastructure, information management, human resource matters, government relations, and governance. He has held roles in several not-for-profit and public sector entities, driving and implementing transformational change. Terry is a CPA, CA and holds his Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation from The Directors College, which is a joint venture between the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University and The Conference Board of Canada.
Grant Buchanan
Member, Board of Directors
After graduating from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Science in Physics, Grant Buchanan had a career spanning over 30 years with S&C Electric Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of S&C Electric, an employee-owned company based in Chicago, Illinois. S&C Electric manufactures and provides services in the specialty of medium-voltage switching, control, and protection with manufacturing facilities in China, Brazil and Mexico, and an Engineering Services Centre in the UK.
In his tenure with S&C, Grant served in several Executive roles, including President of S&C Electric Canada and Executive Vice-President, International Business. In addition to his business experience, Grant has remained active in the industry serving on Boards and Committees for 30+ years, including appointments with S&C Electric, the Canadian Electricity Association, Electro Federation Canada, the Ontario Energy Network, METSCO Energy Solutions, and Oshawa Power.
Robert Watson
Member, Board of Directors
Robert Watson currently serves as Chairman of Bruce Telecom. He also serves as a board member for the Oshawa Power Group of Companies and NA Helium. Previously Robert held roles as Chief Executive Officer of the Information Technology Association, Chief Executive of the Bermuda Regulatory Authority, CEO of SaskPower, and CEO of SaskTel. Prior to that he held several senior executive positions in the Canadian communications industry. Robert is a graduate in Electrical Technologies from Toronto Metropolitan University. He has attended the International Executive Development Program at the INSEAD Centre in Fontainebleau, France, as well as the Executive Management Program at Ashridge Business School in the United Kingdom. He also holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
In the community, Robert is a recipient of the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal and the Ryerson Alumni Award of Distinction and has served as the Chairman of Prostate Cancer Canada, and Board Member for One Life Makes a Difference.
Dan Benoit
Member, Board of Directors
Dan Benoit is a corporate director and experienced financial professional. Throughout his 20-year finance career his focus has been on investment and project finance in the regulated utilities, renewable energy, and energy storage sectors. Since 2020, he has operated an independent consultancy serving global infrastructure firms seeking to raise debt capital. In this role, he is engaged by clients to devise and execute debt financing transactions for energy transition projects.
Barbara Boyd, CPA, CA, ICD.D
Member, Board of Directors
Barbara Boyd is an accomplished global finance executive with a breadth of experience in corporate strategy, enterprise risk management, and finance. She is a respected collaborative leader and champion of inclusion and diversity. Passionate about driving sustainable long-term growth, she brings 35+ years of senior leadership experience with CPG companies Diageo Plc, Pepsi Bottling Group, and KPMG. Barbara is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and recently completed the Directors Education Program at the University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management. She currently is an Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Steam Whistle Brewing and previously an Independent Director and Chair of the Audit and Governance committees of TSXV listed Lifeist Wellness Inc.
Neel Bungaroo, LLB, MBA
Member, Board of Directors
Neel has extensive experience in corporate, commercial and energy law. Having worked at global law firms, such as Allen & Overy and Mourant, Neel was involved in M&A and corporate financing transactions over US$3 billion. Neel’s expertise also extends to renewable energy. In his current role as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure LLC (GSI), Neel oversees the legal affairs and HR functions for the organization and has been involved in the development and operation of more than 300 MWs of renewable energy projects. Prior to his role at GSI, Neel served as General Counsel for the North American team of a publicly traded renewable energy company. Neel holds degrees in Economics and Law and an Executive MBA from Cornell University and Queen’s University.
John Mauti, CA, CPA
Member, Board of Directors
John Mauti is a CA and CPA professional with extensive experience in the utilities and electricity industry. John spent 30+ years with Ontario Power Generation helping steer the company to financial strength and prosperity through key transformations and evolutions, retiring as their CFO in 2022. He also currently serves on the board of Moltex Energy Canada, a company developing leading edge Small Modular Reactor technology in the nuclear energy generation field. John is an avid golfer and skier, happily married, and the father of 3 young men.
