Our History

In 2014, the Ontario Ombudsman released a report called “In the Dark” stating that Hydro One, Ontario’s largest hydro company at the time, had issued more than 100,000 incorrect bills to customers.

This included some egregious errors including one customer being billed $15 million instead of $4,000, a ski hill erroneously billed $37,000 one month in error, only to be billed $37 million the next, and CFB Petawawa being incorrectly billed for over $50 million.

The Ombudsman estimated that all utilities have a 2% error rate in their billing. At the time, Jeremy Poteck worked at Ontario’s largest hydro company, Bruce Power where he managed a team of brokers who sold electricity commodity contracts to hydro customers across Ontario, and communicating the results of transactions with over 70 utilities across Ontario. When “In the Dark” was released, he wondered if the same issues were occurring with his customer base. To his surprise, they were.

It seemed incredible that mistakes could be so prevalent, and someone should do something about it. Shortly after reading “In the Dark”, Jeremy founded Poteck Power and set off on the mission to find and correct the mistakes in every commercial & industrial utility bill in Ontario

Our Expertise

To-date, Poteck Power has returned over $50 million in refunds to our clients. We want to make sure every client in Ontario is billed correctly by their hydro company – helping them take back the money they may not know they’re owed!

We are experts in energy policy, utility billing, conservation, peak load management, and demand response. Our team has delivered millions in savings to hydro users across Ontario, and we apply our combined expertise to find every possible mistake made on your power invoices.

Our Team

Jeremy Poteck

FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

Jeremy’s goal is to educate the electricity consumers in Ontario and bring more transparency to the industry. His aim is to do this while also helping his customers make more money. He focuses on win-win opportunities, such as electricity billing audits where both Poteck Power Corp’s customers and Poteck Power reap the benefits.

Zygmunt Strawczynski

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Zygmunt has been at the forefront of Ontario’s energy conservation efforts over the past 10 years, delivering millions of dollars in savings to Ontario’s commercial & industrial customers through demand response, peak load management, natural gas efficiency programs, and now, hydro bill audits.

Tom Adams

VP OF OPERATIONS

Tom has spent over 30 years analyzing Ontario’s electricity system. He is recognized as a trusted consumer advocate and a critic of official Ontario power policies. As an independent expert, Adams is a familiar guest on television and radio shows.

Todd Savill

MANAGER, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & PAYABLE

Todd comes to Poteck Power with over 25 years of small business accounting experience. He helped to found a small fashion retail store that grew to 3 locations before moving onto helping run a growing web development company. He has spent many years working in the hospitality industry and volunteering at a youth camp while sitting on the camp’s Board of Directors. When weather permits, he appreciates getting outside and enjoying the variety of activities that are available in Southern Ontario, when it does not, a good book and a warm cup of tea will suffice.

Benji Lightstone

VP REFUNDS

Benji’s focus on what’s best for the customer has allowed him to help our clients receive millions of dollars in refunds. He prides himself minimizing the work involved for our clients so they can focus where they need to – running their business.

John Sirosky

MANAGER OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

John has a passion for renewable energy and energy conservation.  He has a background in electrical engineering and started his career with high tech design and applications engineering before moving to the solar industry where he worked for almost a decade. John now focuses on reducing energy bills and electricity bill verification for large commercial customers.