Vice President -
Electric & Gas Delivery
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Bill Whale was named vice president of Electric & Gas Delivery for Tampa Electric Company in August 2009. Before that, he was vice president of Energy Delivery since 2006. Prior to that, he served as vice president of Energy Supply and earlier as vice president of Business Development for TECO Energy's TECO Transport subsidiary.
In his career with TECO Energy, Whale also has served as vice president of Operations for TECO Bulk Terminal (formerly Electro-Coal Transfer), director of Operations for TECO Power Services (now, TECO Wholesale Generation) and general manager of Hardee Power Station. He also held a variety of engineering, administrative and technical positions within Tampa Electric's fleet of power plants.
Whale received his bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a Master of Business Administration from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Tampa. Before joining Tampa Electric, Whale sailed as a marine engineer on various vessels under the flag of the United States. Whale retired from the United States Naval Reserve with the rank of Captain. He held three Commanding Officer tours and one Executive Officer tour.
Whale holds a professional engineer's license with the state of Florida and a United States Coast Guard Third Assistant Engineer License.
He is married and has two daughters and two sons.
