ComEd names Gil Quiniones, of NYPA, as next CEO

ComEd announced last week that its next CEO will be Gil Quiniones, formerly the president and CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), who will take on his new role as of Nov. 15, 2021.

“Gil is an experienced electric utility leader, with a proven ability to deliver world-class performance for customers and strengthen and uplift communities, including in urban areas, making him ideally suited to be the CEO of ComEd,” Calvin Butler, CEO of Exelon Utilities and interim CEO of ComEd, said of the news. “In addition, Gil is a high-integrity leader who is focused on ethics, equity and doing what is best for our diverse customers, communities and employees. We are confident that, under his leadership, ComEd will continue to be recognized as one of the cleanest, most reliable and most affordable utilities in America.”

Quiniones brings to the table more than 30 years of associated leadership and operational experience from regulated utility markets, as well as work in the private and public sectors alike. He has served as the CEO of the NYPA – the nation’s largest state-owned public power organization – for the past 10 years. He will resign from this, and all current board memberships, as he assumes his role at the helm of ComEd. In his new role, though, he will report to Butler.

“It’s an honor to be named CEO of ComEd, and I look forward to working closely with Calvin and the entire utility management team to lead this nationally recognized energy company,” Quiniones said. “I share ComEd’s vision for a clean and resilient energy future that benefits customers and communities across northern Illinois and commit to continuing ComEd’s legacy of local partnership with and investment in the communities it is privileged to serve.”

At the reins of ComEd, Quiniones will oversee decisions impacting more than 4 million customers. Yet decisions with wide impact should be nothing new for him, as in addition to serving as president and CEO of NYPA, he has previously served as its COO and spent four years as a senior vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and principal energy advisor to then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Other roles have included work with the Consolidated Edison Company of New York and ConEdison Solutions.