Paul Albert Centolella

Mr. Centolella has more than 35 years of experience as a practitioner, policy maker, and innovator in energy and environmental economics, market design and analysis; energy technology and standards development; utility regulation; and public utility and environmental law. His work has contributed to the development of environmental and electric power markets, modernization of power systems, and the evolution of utility business and regulatory models. Mr. Centolella was a Commissioner on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and has been nationally recognized for his contributions as a utility regulator. He has served on a range of expert committees and task forces, including the Secretary of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Determinants of Market Adoption of Advanced Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Smart Grid Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Utility of the Future Study Advisory Committee, the Electric Power Research Institute’s Advisory Council, and the Governing Board and Board of Directors for the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP).