Walter J. Borthwick

Owns and develops housing and vacation accommodation

The private company is based in Wasaga Beach, Canada. Wasaga Distribution, Inc. is a licensed electricity distribution utility serving the town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario, and surrounding areas, covering approximately 61 square kilometers with a customer base of around 14,000 to 15,000 residential and commercial accounts. The Canadian company operates an electrical infrastructure that includes over 235 kilometers of overhead and underground conductors, more than 1,400 distribution transformers, nearly 5,500 poles, and multiple distribution stations. Wasaga Distribution provides customer services such as outage reporting, safety information, account management, billing options, and energy-saving programs. The company supports advanced technologies and infrastructure upgrades, manages distributed energy resource connections, and offers specialized programs for customers with medical equipment and for electric vehicle charging. It adheres to regulatory frameworks to ensure fair cost-sharing and coordinated infrastructure expansion, maintains transparency through access to regulatory documents, and is governed by a board of directors with expertise in energy and community service.

AC’s investment strategies cover a diverse range of assets in public and private markets, ensuring solid returns that help fund OMERS pensions. The firm’s public investments include fixed income securities, inflation-linked bonds, government bonds and credit, along with public equities. Their private investments, through holdings in infrastructure, private equity and real estate are selected specifically for their ability to provide more predictable returns and cash flows compared to assets that may be exposed to greater market volatility. AC’s investment teams are organized in 3 strategic investment platforms: OMERS Capital Markets, OMERS Private Markets, and OMERS Real Estate & Strategic Investments.