Tom Levy is a professional engineer, licensed in the Province of Ontario. Tom is a Senior Technical Advisor – Offshore Renewables, and formerly the Deputy Portfolio Director, Smart Grid & Renewables, with Natural Resources Canada.
Tom’s present role is the design, management and execution of the Government of Canada’s Offshore Wind Predevelopment Program, announced in Budget 2023.
Tom has worked in the wind industry since 2003, first as a consultant, where he grew and led the wind energy consultancy business line for a waterloo-based engineering firm. In that role, Tom supported studies and assessments for over 2 GW of proposed or constructed wind projects in Ontario, New York and Illinois. From 2009 Tom spent nearly seven years as the Director of Technical and Utility Affairs for the Canadian Wind Energy Association. His work involved liaising with wind industry professionals, regulators and utilities on a variety of technical matters ranging from bats and wildlife, radar interference and grid integration.
By 2016 Tom had moved to CanmetENERGY-Ottawa, Natural Resources Canada, where he led the wind R&D research program for over five years. Under Tom’s leadership, the group tackled such issues as advanced wind plant forecasting, resource assessment for remote and northern communities, and grid integration. R&D efforts evolved to include consideration of advanced wind plant controls for the provision of ancillary services, eventually leading to proposed grid code changes and wholesale market adjustments.
Outside of work, Tom enjoys spending time with his children and partner, gardening, backcountry camping, kayaking, cross country skiing and biking – he would include hacking away at his guitar and song writing, but he’s not quite there yet – at least he isn’t tone deaf, according to his kids