Harneet Panesar, Chief Operating Officer of the Ontario Energy Board, joined the podcast in November 2023 for a conversation about the changing world of the energy regulator. We talk about the modernization of the Ontario Energy Board, their increased use of delegated decision making, the importance of speed in decisions, and the move to more customer-centric models. He also shares perspectives on regulation as we move into a net zero paradigm drawing from his experience at the OEB, at Hydro One, and from his academic perch. We end the conversation with a seemingly timeless book recommendation for an addition to the Flux Capacitor Book Club.

Links:

Ontario Energy Board: https://www.oeb.ca/

Harneet Panesar at the OEB: https://www.oeb.ca/about-us/who-we-are/executive-leadership/harneet-panesar

Harneet Panesar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harneetp/?originalSubdomain=ca

Electricity Canada report: Back to Bonbright: Economic Regulation Fundamentals can Enable Net Zero: https://issuu.com/canadianelectricityassociation/docs/ec_sel_frame_-_2023_21_

Book recommendation

The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making, Scott Plous: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226665.The_Psychology_of_Judgment_and_Decision_Making