Mike Del Casale
Executive Vice President, Power Operations
Mike Del Casale has served as Calpine’s Executive Vice President of Power Operations since January 2023. Previously, he served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Power Operations since October 2017, and his role was expanded in January 2021 to include Asset Performance Management. Previously, Mr. Del Casale had served as Vice President of Regional Operations and Construction since October 2016 and as Vice President of Engineering and Construction beginning in February 2015. Mr. Del Casale joined Calpine as a part of the Conectiv Energy acquisition in 2010 and earlier served as Calpine’s East Region Asset Manager and Plant Manager at the York Energy Center. Before the acquisition, he was involved with a number of plant construction and commissioning projects along with other operations and engineering positions throughout his career. Mr. Del Casale worked at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for several years before joining Delmarva Power and Light, which later become Conectiv Energy. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University.