Peak Perks Smart Thermostat Contest

Official social media contest rules.

Entry Period One: No purchase necessary. This Contest is divided into four (4) separate contest Entry Periods. This first Entry Period begins on July 24, 2026 at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) and ends on July 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. There are a total of three (3) prizes available to be won for this Entry Period by three (3) different winners, each prize consisting of one (1) Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced with an approximate retail value of two hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($249.99 CAD). representation of the prize. Skill-testing question required. Open to legal residents of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of entry. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries for this Entry Period received before the Entry Period closes. Peak Perks™ is administered independently by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), and separate terms and conditions, including eligibility requirements, apply. The IESO is not responsible for the administration of this contest, the selection of winners or the provision of prizes. Please note: images shown in this contest post are for promotional purposes only and do not depict the exact prizes to be awarded. The prizes awarded will each be an Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced. Colour may vary. Full rules and entry details are as follows.

Entry Period Two: No purchase necessary. This Contest is divided into four (4) separate contest Entry Periods. This second Entry Period begins on July 31, 2026 at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) and ends on August 6, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. There are a total of three (3) prizes available to be won for this Entry Period by three (3) different winners, each prize consisting of one (1) Google Nest Thermostat with an approximate retail value of one hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($179.99 CAD). Skill-testing question required. Open to legal residents of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of entry. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries received in this Entry Period before the Entry Period closes. Peak Perks™ is administered independently by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), and separate terms and conditions, including eligibility requirements, apply. The IESO is not responsible for the administration of this contest, the selection of winners or the provision of prizes. Please note: images shown in this contest post are for promotional purposes only and do not depict the exact prizes to be awarded. The prizes awarded will each be a Google Nest Thermostat (4th Gen). Colour may vary. Full rules and entry details are as follows.

Entry Period Three: No purchase necessary. This Contest is divided into four (4) separate contest Entry Periods. This third Entry Period begins on August 7, 2026 at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) and ends on August 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. There are a total of three (3) prizes available to be won for this Entry Period by three (3) different winners, each prize consisting of one (1) Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced with an approximate retail value of two hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($249.99 CAD). Skill-testing question required. Open to legal residents of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of entry. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries for this Entry Period received before the Entry Period closes. Peak Perks™ is administered independently by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), and separate terms and conditions, including eligibility requirements, apply. The IESO is not responsible for the administration of this contest, the selection of winners or the provision of prizes. Please note: images shown in this contest post are for promotional purposes only and do not depict the exact prizes to be awarded. The prizes awarded will each be an Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced. Colour may vary. Full rules and entry details are as follows.

Entry Period Four: No purchase necessary. No purchase necessary. This Contest is divided into four (4) separate contest Entry Periods. This fourth Entry Period begins on August 14, 2026 at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) and ends on August 20, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. There are a total of three (3) prizes available to be won for this Entry Period by three (3) different winners, each prize consisting of one (1) Google Nest Thermostat with an approximate retail value of one hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($179.99 CAD). Skill-testing question required. Open to legal residents of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of entry. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries received in this Entry Period before the Entry Period closes. Peak Perks™ is administered independently by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), and separate terms and conditions, including eligibility requirements, apply. The IESO is not responsible for the administration of this contest, the selection of winners or the provision of prizes. Please note: images shown in this contest post are for promotional purposes only and do not depict the exact prizes to be awarded. The prizes awarded will each be a Google Nest Thermostat (4th Gen). Colour may vary. Full rules and entry details are as follows.

1. Sponsor

The Peak Perks™ Contest (Contest) is sponsored by Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, 14 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1K5 (“Sponsor” or “Toronto Hydro”).

The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram and Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Instagram”). Any and all information provided in this Contest, including but not limited to any personal information, is provided to Sponsor and not Instagram and will only be used for the administration of this Contest and in accordance with the Sponsor’s privacy policy (see below). Instagram are each completely released from all liability by each entrant/participant in this Contest. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to the Sponsor and not Instagram.

This Contest is being promoted by the Sponsor together with the Independent Electricity System Operator (the “IESO) with use of the IESO’s Save On Energy™ and Peak Perks™ trademarks under licence. The Sponsor and the IESO are acting independently in connection with the Contest, and neither may represent that it has the authority to act for or bind the other party. Nothing contained in this Contest, the Contest Rules, or Contest related materials and/or communications, shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture, or other form of joint enterprise, franchise, employment, master-servant, or fiduciary relationship between Sponsor and the IESO. To the extent the IESO or the Sponsor independently creates, distributes, or publishes any Contest-related content or communications, such party shall be solely responsible therefor.

For greater certainty, although the Contest is jointly promoted by the Sponsor and the IESO, the Contest is administered solely by the Sponsor. The IESO is not responsible for the administration of the Contest, the selection of winners or the provision of the Contest prizes (set out in Rule 6 below). For further clarity, the IESO Peak Perks™ program and associated incentives are administered independently by the IESO and do not form part of this Contest. Separate terms and conditions for participation, including eligibility requirements, apply.

2. Eligibility

This Contest is open to legal residents of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, with the exception of employees of the Sponsor, its parent, related and affiliated companies, subsidiaries, departments or agencies, franchisees, suppliers, advertising and promotional agencies, contest administrators, and any other parties engaged in the development, production or distribution of Contest materials, and those living in the same household. By participating in this Contest, entrants acknowledge compliance with, and agree to be bound by, these Contest Rules. Entrants who do not comply with any of the Contest Rules are subject to disqualification by the Sponsor, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, at any time.

3. Contest dates and times

The Contest begins on July 24, 2026 at 9 a.m. EDT and ends on August 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (the “Contest Period”) after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries will be accepted.

The Contest Period will be divided into four (4) periods during which Contest entries will be accepted (“Entry Periods”) with the following start and end dates:

  • Entry Period One: July 24, 2026, at 9 a.m. EDT to July 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
  • Entry Period Two: July 31, 2026, at 9 a.m. EDT to August 6, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
  • Entry Period Three: July 31, 2026, at 9 a.m. EDT to August 6, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
  • Entry Period Four: August 14, 2026, at 9 a.m. EDT to August 20, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Each Entry Period will have a corresponding random prize draw, which is open to entrants who entered the Contest during the Entry Period.

4. How to enter

  1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
  2. To participate in this Contest, entrants must have a valid Instagram account. Entrants may only use one (1) Instagram account (the “Account”) to participate in this Contest.
  3. In order to enter the Contest, the entrant(s) must be following the official Toronto Hydro and Save On Energy channels on Instagram: @TorontoHydro and @SaveOnEnergy (the “Channel(s)”) (Note: entrants may un-follow the Channel(s) at any time).
  4. To become a follower, an eligible entrant must: (i) visit instagram.com, OR (ii) from entrant’s Instagram home page, click on the "Search" tab and perform a search for "@torontohydro” and “@saveonenergy” AND (iii) click on the "Follow" button corresponding to the Channel(s).
  5. During the Contest Period, for each Entry Period, an entrant may enter the Contest by following the official Toronto Hydro and Save on Energy Instagram Channels and, using their Instagram Account, completing the following actions on the co-authored Contest post associated with the applicable Entry Period, as posted on the Toronto Hydro or Save On Energy Channels:
    1. liking the post; and
    2. commenting on the post by tagging a friend;
    (each, a “Submission”).
  6. To be eligible, the entrant’s Submission must be in accordance with the specific Submission Requirements listed below in Rule 5.
  7. Any Submission that does not follow the requirements set out in subsection 4(b - f), or as otherwise set out in these Contest Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion, will be discarded and will not be eligible for entry in this Contest.
  8. Eligible persons will receive one (1) entry in the random prize draw for the Entry Period that is active when they fulfil the Submission requirements of sections 4(b - f), in accordance with these Contest Rules. Entries are valid for one (1) Entry Period only and Entries are not carried over to the next Entry Period. There is no limit to the number of Entries per person in an Entry Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person who has been determined to be a Selected Entrant (in accordance with Rule 9 below) and declared a winner for an Entry Period shall not be eligible to be selected as a Selected Entrant more than once in respect of that Entry Period and shall not be eligible to be selected as a Selected Entrant or declared a winner for any other Entry Period. For greater certainty, a Selected Entrant may win only one (1) prize during the Contest Period.
  9. For greater certainty and the avoidance of any doubt, you can only use one (1) Account to participate in the Contest. If it is discovered by the Sponsor, using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Sponsor, that any person has attempted to: (i) obtain more than one (1) Entry during the Contest Period; and/or (ii) use, or attempt to use, multiple names, identities, email addresses, or create multiple Instagram Accounts and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter or otherwise participate in or disrupt this Contest; then they may be disqualified from the Contest in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor.
  10. A Submission will be considered void and not be counted as an Entry if it: (i) contains false or incomplete information; (ii) the Submission is late, lost, stolen, illegible, contains false information, is damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular or that does not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions of the Contest Rules; (iii) does not comply with the applicable terms of service, rules, policies and guidelines of Instagram; and/or (iv) is not in accordance with the specific Submission Requirements listed below in Rule 5, all as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. Toronto Hydro is not responsible for contacting entrants who provide unclear or incomplete information and assumes no responsibility for Submissions that are delayed or misdirected during the Contest Period, including any failure to receive an Entry as a result of technical problems. The Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any Submission or Entry which is considered to be void in accordance with these Contest Rules.
  11. Standard text messaging and/or data rates apply to entrants who enter a Submission via a wireless mobile device. Wireless service providers may charge for airtime for each standard text message sent and received. Please call your service provider for pricing and service plan information and rates before mobile device participation.
  12. All Submissions are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility, in a form acceptable to the Sponsor, including, without limitation, government issued photo identification: (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual’s eligibility to participate in this Contest; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Submission entered (or purportedly entered) for the purposes of this Contest; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Contest Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the satisfaction of the Sponsor in a timely manner may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of a valid Submission in this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s).
  13. The Sponsor further reserves the right to select a winner of the Contest using a third-party social media randomizing service which shall collect and process entrants’ public social media comments and profile information, and by entering into this Contest through their Submission/Entry, the entrants acknowledge and consent to the Sponsor’s use of the third-party social media randomizing service.

5. Submission requirements

BY ENTERING A SUBMISSION, YOU AGREE THAT THE SUBMISSION COMPLIES WITH ALL CONDITIONS STATED IN THESE CONTEST RULES AND THE APPLICABLE TERMS OF SERVICE, RULES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF INSTAGRAM. THE RELEASED PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) WILL BEAR NO LEGAL LIABILITY REGARDING THE USE OF ANY SUBMISSION ENTERED BY YOU. THE RELEASED PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY YOU IN THE EVENT IT IS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED THAT YOU HAVE DEPARTED FROM OR NOT FULLY COMPLIED WITH ANY OF THESE CONTEST RULES.

By entering a Submission/Entry, each entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may obtain many Submissions in connection with this Contest and/or other promotions staged and/or promoted by Sponsor, and that such Submissions/Entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to other Submissions/Entries made in connection with this Contest and/or other promotions promoted by Sponsor or submitted for other reasons, or to other materials developed by Sponsor. Each entrant waives any and all claims that any Submission/Entry and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used may be similar, or that any compensation is due to any entrant in connection with such Submission/Entry or other works used by Sponsor.

By participating in the Contest, each entrant hereby warrants and represents that their Submission:

  1. is original to the entrant and that the entrant has obtained all necessary rights for the purposes of entering the Submission in the Contest;
  2. does not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
  3. does not contain any reference to or likeness of any identifiable third parties;
  4. will not give rise to any claims of infringement, invasion of privacy or publicity, or infringe on any rights and/or interests of any third party, or give rise to any claims whatsoever; and
  5. is not defamatory, trade libelous, pornographic or obscene, and further does not contain, include, discuss or involve, without limitation, any of the following: nudity; alcohol/drug consumption or smoking; explicit or graphic sexual activity, or sexual innuendo; crude, vulgar or offensive language and/or symbols; derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual, religious or other groups; content that endorses, condones and/or discusses any illegal, inappropriate or risky behaviour or conduct; personal information of individuals, including, without limitation, names, telephone numbers and addresses (physical or electronic); commercial messages, comparisons or solicitations for products or services other than products of Sponsor; any identifiable third party products, trade-marks, brands and/or logos, other than those of Sponsor; conduct or other activities in violation of these Contest Rules; and/or any other content that is or could be considered inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive, all as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion.

For greater certainty and the avoidance of any doubt, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and at any time, to modify, edit or disqualify any Submission if a complaint is received with respect to the Submission, or for any other reason. If such an action is necessary at any point, then the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify the Submission, and corresponding Entry, and/or the associated entrant.

6. Contest prizes

There are a total of twelve (12) prizes available to be won. During each of the four (4) Entry Periods, three (3) different Selected Entrants will each receive one (1) prize, for a total of twelve (12) prizes awarded during the Contest Period, as follows:

  • Entry Period One: July 24, 2026 to July 30, 2026 – Three (3) prizes available to be won, each consisting of one (1) Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced with an approximate retail value of two hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($249.99 CAD).
  • Entry Period Two: July 31, 2026 to August 6, 2026 – Three (3) prizes available to be won, each consisting of one (1) Google Nest Thermostat with an approximate retail value of one hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($179.99 CAD).
  • Entry Period Three: August 7, 2026 to August 13, 2026 – Three (3) prizes available to be won, each consisting of one (1) Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced with an approximate retail value of two hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($249.99 CAD).
  • Entry Period Four: August 14, 2026 to August 20, 2026 – Three (3) prizes available to be won, each consisting of one (1) Google Nest Thermostat with an approximate retail value of one hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($179.99 CAD).

All winners assume any and all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by entering, participating in this Contest, or the use or redemption of a prize. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute an alternate prize of equal or greater value if an advertised prize is unavailable at the time of award, including, without limitation but at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, a cash award. The prize will only be awarded to the person who is verified as the person assigned to the Instagram Account associated with the selected Entry in question.

Image(s) shown in Contest promotional materials, including the Contest posts for each Entry Period are for illustrative and promotional purposes only. For greater certainty, the Contest prizes available to be won for each Entry Period shall be as described above in these Official Contest Rules. Prize colour may vary.

7. Odds of winning

The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received before the end of each applicable Entry Period.

8. Skill-testing question

Selected Entrants (as defined below) will be required, as a condition of winning a prize, to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, the Sponsor’s time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by through the Winner’s Release. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate based on the circumstances and/or to comply with applicable law.

9. Winner selection and confirmation

The Contest Period is divided into four (4) Entry Periods and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. on the last day of an Entry Period to be eligible for the random prize draw associated with that Entry Period. For each Entry Period, three (3) potential winners will be selected from the eligible entries for that Entry Period within three (3) business days following the end of the Entry Period (each a “Draw Date, and together the “Draw Dates”). The potential winners will be selected at 1 p.m. EST on each Entry Period Draw Date at the offices of the Sponsor at 14 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1K5. The Sponsor, or an employee, agent or other representative of the Sponsor, will conduct a random draw using a third party social media contest winner randomizing service chosen by the Sponsor at its sole discretion from all eligible Entries received before the end of the Contest Period and select the potential winners (“Selected Entrants”). There will be three (3) draws held for each of Sponsor’s four (4) Entry Periods. For clarity, through the administration of this Contest, Sponsor will conduct a random draw using a third-party social media randomizing service which shall collect and process entrants’ public social media comments and profile information, for the purposes of randomly selecting a winner.

Selected Entrants will be deemed winners if they meet all of the eligibility criteria set out in these Contest Rules. If a Selected Entrant does not meet the eligibility criteria, they will be disqualified and will not receive a prize and another entrant will be selected by way of a random draw from the remaining eligible Entries submitted in connection with the applicable Entry Period.

Before being declared a winner, Selected Entrants will be required to: (i) correctly answer the Sponsor’s skill-testing question; (ii) sign and return the Sponsor’s Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release form (“Winner Release”) within five (5) business days of receipt of Sponsor’s Winner Release form; and (iii) comply with all other Contest Rules, all in the sole discretion of Sponsor.

Selected Entrants will be notified within three (3) business days of each Contest Entry Period Draw Date and will be contacted using a personalized message and/or @reply to the Instagram Account used to submit the corresponding selected Entry. The Sponsor or its designated representative will make a minimum of two (2) attempts to contact the Selected Entrant in the manner described above within five (5) business days of the applicable Contest Entry Period Draw Date. If the Selected Entrant cannot be contacted within five (5) business days of the applicable Contest Entry Period Draw Date, or if there is a return of any notification as undeliverable; then the Selected Entrant may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor, be disqualified and forfeit all rights to the prize, and the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and time permitting, to randomly select a new alternate eligible Selected Entrant from among the remaining eligible Entries, in which case the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to such newly Selected Entrant. Sponsor is not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a Selected Entrant to receive notification or for the Sponsor to receive a Selected Entrant’s response.

No correspondence will be entered into except with Selected Entrants. Proof of transmission (for example, screenshots or captures) does not constitute proof of Entry or receipt of an Entry.

If the identity of a Selected Entrant is disputed, the Entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the individual assigned to the Instagram Account associated with the selected Entry in question (the “Authorized Account Holder”). Each Selected Entrant may be required to provide proof of identification in a form acceptable to the Sponsor, including, without limitation government issued photo identification, that they are the Authorized Account Holder associated with a selected Entry.

10. Release and indemnification

All winners must sign the Sponsor’s Winner Release to:

  1. confirm compliance with all Contest Rules;
  2. agree to accept prizes as awarded;
  3. release, discharge and hold harmless the Sponsor, its departments and agencies, parent, related and affiliated companies, subsidiaries, franchisees, advertising and promotional agencies, counsel, marketing partners, Instagram, the IESO, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, successors, sponsors, partners, licensees, subsidiaries, agents, artists, advisors, assignees, and all others associated with the administration, development and execution of the Contest (“Released Parties”) from and against any and all manner of action, cause of action, claim or demand, loss or injury, suit, debt, covenant, contract, including legal fees and expenses, whatsoever, including but not limited to claims based on: negligence; breach of contract and fundamental breach; use or misuse of a prize or any travel related thereto; the use of Entries by the Sponsor; failure of any third-party contractor or supplier used in connection with any aspect of the Contest to perform or deliver any goods or services; any act of God or any other event beyond the Released Parties’ control; any dissatisfaction of any kind by a winner, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), with any aspect of the Contest or any prize; liability for physical injury, death, or property damage which the entrants, or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), guests, their heirs, successors or assigns have, might have or could have suffered, by reason of or arising out of the entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or exercise by the entrants, of prizes as awarded;
  4. indemnify the Released Parties against any loss, damage or expense, including legal fees, that any of the Released Parties may suffer or incur as a result of any non-compliance by entrants with any of the Contest Rules or participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or exercise by an entrant of a prize, and the use of entries by the Sponsor;
  5. consent to the Sponsor collecting, using, and disclosing the winner’s personal information for the purpose of administering this Contest, as described in the Contest Rules and in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy; and
  6. agree to the publication, reproduction and/or other use of their name, address, voice, statements about the Contest and/or photograph or other likeness without further notice or compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor in any manner whatsoever, including print, broadcast or the internet, including the publishing of their name on Instagram.

The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) incorrect or inaccurate Entry information that may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest or be awarded a prize, including but not limited to human error, technical malfunctions, lost or delayed Entries for any reason, mail failures, omission, or any combination thereof, and Entries that fail to fully comply with these Contest Rules; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, websites or network hardware or software, including, but not limited to third party softwares; (iii) lost, incomplete, delayed, mutilated or misdirected Entries or Winner Releases; (iv) injury or damage to entrants’ computers or to any other individual’s computer related to or resulting from participating in, or downloading any material regarding the Contest or accepting a prize; (v) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third-party computer hackers or otherwise; or (vi) late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify a Selected Entrant.

11. Other conditions

The decisions of the Sponsor with respect to all aspects of this Contest are final and binding on all entrants without right of appeal, including, without limitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of Entries and/or entrants. By participating in this Contest, you are agreeing to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Contest Rules. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including, but not limited to television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control to the fullest extent permitted by law.

12. Publicity and entrant information

By participating in the Contest, each entrant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives storing, sharing and using any personal information submitted with their Submission and/or Entry only for the purpose of administering the Contest and in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy (available at: torontohydro.com/privacypolicy), including but not limited to the use of the entrant’s name, address, email address, postal code, telephone number, social media handle(s), comments and image, whether on videotape, photograph or any other means, for the administration of the Contest or any publicity carried out by the Sponsor, without further notice or compensation.

Any other consent that the entrant has given to the Sponsor to receive commercial electronic messages which are currently in effect, and unrelated to this Contest, shall not be affected by the request for consent made pursuant to this Contest.

13. Law

The Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable Canadian federal, provincial, territorial, municipal and local laws. This Contest shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the province of Ontario, including all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Contest Rules, rights and obligations between entrants and the Sponsor, and procedural provisions, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. Any dispute shall be adjudicated by the courts sitting in Toronto, Ontario.

14. Rule amendments

The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or modify these Contest Rules, or modify, cancel or suspend this Contest, without prior notice for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation in the event that any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor corrupts, or threatens to corrupt, the security or proper administration of the Contest. Without limiting the foregoing, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned for any reason, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Contest and conduct a random draw from all previously received eligible Entries received by the end of the Contest Period.

15. License and intellectual property

By entering the Contest and entering a Submission, each entrant: (i) without limiting the applicable terms of service, rules, policies and guidelines of Instagram grants to the Sponsor, in perpetuity, a non-exclusive license to publish, display, reproduce, modify, edit or otherwise use their Submission, in whole or in part, for advertising or promoting the Contest or for any other reason; (ii) waives all moral rights in and to their Submission in favour of the Sponsor; and (iii) agrees to release and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trade-mark infringement or any other intellectual property related cause of action that relate in any way to the Submission.

All intellectual property of the Sponsor or the IESO, including but not limited to trademarks, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, images, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Sponsor or the IESO, respectively. All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any of the Sponsor’s or IESO’s intellectual property without the express written consent of the Sponsor or IESO is strictly prohibited.