Dale Player

Dale Player is the VP of Engineering & Smart Grid at ComEd. This role has responsibility over Central Distribution Engineering, Regional Engineering, Distribution Planning, Smart Grid Engineering, Grid Analytics, and telecom programs.<br /><br />In his 19 years at ComEd, Dale has held positions in T&S Engineering, Protection & Control Engineering, Asset Management, Distribution Automation, and Testing & Commissioning Engineering. Dale has led several strategic initiatives in efforts to increase reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the electrical grid at ComEd to better serve the needs of our customers. These initiatives include championing the ComEd 2030 vision, building the business case justification for the expansion of a fiber optic communication network to support grid assets, big data analytics programs, and analyzing the grid infrastructure needs for the next generation investment portfolios. Dale is an advocate for clean energy and is actively engaged with his team in creating grid enabling solutions that will advance green energy within the ComEd service territory.<br /><br />Dale is a value-oriented leader that focuses on development of personnel, enhancing the grid, and serving the customer.<br /><br />Dale earned both his Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. Dale is a licensed Illinois Professional Engineer.