Deborah Whale has been appointed to a two-year term as
a director of Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator.
She is a former Liberal candidate, part owner of
Clovermead Farms Inc. near Alma and vice-president of the Ontario Farm Products
Marketing Commission.
She served on the Minister's Advisory Committee for
the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Agriculture Research Institute of
Ontario and is a former chair of the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases
Organization.
She is a member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists and a
graduate of Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
The IESO's responsibilities include a broad range of
integrated operations, from grid operations and short-term supply planning,
security assessment and scheduling, to real time co-ordination of the power
system.