It makes good business sense to increase energy efficiency. And now it can also be profitable to reduce energy use during peak periods by participating in the Ontario Power Authority's demand response program. Under this program, companies are contracted to deliver a set amount of power reduction when called upon during peak periods and are paid on a per kilowatt basis as well as receiving annual fees. Click here for more information on the OPA's demand response programs.

One of the simplest ways for a business to particpate in the OPA's program is to sign on with a "market aggregator" that will work with a number of companies to deliver larger energy savings. There are a number of experienced aggregators approved by the OPA (see chart below).

There are also utility and private sector programs that can help your company improve its energy performance. See the list of programs below the chart.

Make your business a PeakBuster, reduce costs and improve efficiency!

Demand Response Aggregators

Company Name	Contact Name	Email Address	Phone Number
Constellation NewEnergy	Robert Reale	robert.reale@constellation.com	416-595-5733
ConsumerPowerline	Michael Mindell	mmindell@consumerpowerline.com	416-214-7591
Direct Energy Business Services	John Lambert	John.Lambert@directenergy.com	416-780-2669
Energy Curtailment Specialists	Glen Smith	gesmith@ecsny.com	1-877-711-5453
EnerNOC Ltd	Dayel Peterson	dpeterson@enernoc.com	226-220-1222
EnerShift Corporation / Rodan Energy	Dan MacDougall	DR@enershift.com	905-625-9900
NRGen Inc.	Ian Graham	ian.graham@nrgen.com	416-365-9990

Utility and other business efficiency programs

• Toronto Hydro
  
  
• Hydro Mississauga
  
  
• Powerstream
  
  
• Horizon Utilities
  
  
• Hydro Ottawa
  
  
• Hydro One Brampton
  
  
• Hydro One Networks
  
  
• Every Kilowatt Counts program for Businesses (Ontario Power Authority)
  
  
• Cool Shops (Clean Air Foundation)
  
  
• GreenTBiz (Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas)
  
  

 

Peak Busters - Ontario companies participating in OPA demand response programs

• Abitibi Consolidated Company of Canada
• Air Products Canada Limited
• Algoma Steel Inc.
• Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.
• Bowater Canadian Forest Products, Inc.
• Cascades Boxboard Group - Toronto
• CPower Inc.
• CVRD Inco Limited
• Direct Energy Business Services Limited
• Energy Advantage Inc.
• Energy Curtailment Specialists Inc.
• EnerNoc Inc.
• Enershift Corporation
• Essroc Canada Inc.
• Flakeboard Company Limited
• Lafarge Canada Inc.
• Marathon Pulp Inc.
• Norampac Trenton
• Northern Dynamic Inc.
• NRGen Inc.
• Praxair Canada Inc.
• Sobeys Capital Incorporated
• St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada)
• St. Marys Paper Corp.
• Tembec Industries Inc.
• Wescast Industries Inc.