Gil Quiniones

Chief Executive Officer & President of Commonwealth Edison Company, Exelon

Search every verified Gil Quiniones interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Gil Quiniones, president and CEO of Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), has discussed the utility's strategies for managing significant growth in electricity demand driven by data centers. In a January 2026 interview with Bloomberg, he stated that ComEd's load is growing between 2 and 4 percent over the next 5 to 10 years after being flat for 15 years. He described a proposed tariff submitted to the Illinois Commerce Commission that would increase data center application fees and require deposits, such as letters of credit or cash, to protect other customers from stranded investment risk if projected revenues do not materialize. Quiniones also noted the acquisition of the former Chicago Board of Trade building to build a substation expected to add over 200 megawatts of capacity between 2027 and 2030. In a May 2026 podcast appearance, Quiniones said ComEd has received around 100 data center applications totaling over 30,000 megawatts, nearly double the utility's highest recorded peak demand of 23.7 gigawatts. He described northern Illinois as an increasingly important market for data center buildout, citing the region's reliability and workforce. Quiniones also highlighted ComEd's community solar program, stating the utility has over 250 operating installations and is number one in that area. He predicted that the amount of change in the utility industry over the next 10 years will be more significant than all changes to the grid since Thomas Edison's time. In earlier remarks from 2025, Quiniones emphasized the importance of centering customers and communities in business strategy and described ComEd as the most reliable utility in the United States.