Peter Love
Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer

Peter Love was appointed Ontario’s first Chief Energy Conservation Officer in April 2005 to
head the Conservation Bureau, a division of the Ontario Power Authority, and is a member of
the OPA senior management team.
The mandate of the Chief Energy Conservation Officer is to provide leadership in electricity
conservation and demand management and advance a conservation culture in Ontario. This
includes championing the value of conservation and the benefit of participating in conservation
programs; acknowledging the contributions of individuals and organizations that embrace
conservation throughout the province, and advocating for higher energy efficiency codes and
standards and the appointment of Municipal Energy Conservation Officers (MECOs) in every
Ontario community.
Mr. Love has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the area of energy efficiency. As the
Executive Director of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, he was a leading advocate for
energy efficiency and its related benefits to the economy and the environment. In prior roles,
he was responsible for managing the R-2000 and Energy Star Qualified New Homes programs.
An active volunteer and community activist, Love has served on the National Advisory
Committee on Energy Efficiency, and as the director of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain.
No stranger to the concept of a “cultural shift” in the Province, early in his career Mr. Love
worked as a project coordinator for Pollution Probe with the team that developed the concept
“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
Mr. Love’s commitment to sustainable buildings and energy efficiency earned a Lifetime
Achievement Award in October 2007 from Sustainable Buildings Canada. He received his MBA
and BA from the University of Toronto.