Utilities are being asked to build more, invest more and move faster than ever. The leaders who win will turn that capital into durable value for customers, shareholders and their people.

Paul Halley

EY-Parthenon Americas Power & Utilities Sector Leader

A power and utilities advisor who helps utility leaders turn capital, disruption and new technology into lasting value.

Paul leads the EY-Parthenon Power & Utilities Sector in the Americas. He has spent 30 years helping companies quantify critical decisions. His work spans financial modeling, financial planning and analysis, capital planning, transformation, business case creation and analysis, M&A, IPO readiness, divestitures and advanced data analytics. He advises executive teams on capital deployment, new business commercialization and long-term growth.

Paul’s approach is grounded in how utilities create value, focusing on rate base growth, regulatory recovery and disciplined capital allocation. He also champions the practical use of AI to identify and unlock value across the utility business model.

Paul serves as Global Client Service Partner for major regulated utilities in the Mountain West. He also leads delivery to independent power producers, renewables companies and small modular reactor developers.

Paul holds an MBA in Corporate Finance from Vanderbilt University and a BA in Economics from Illinois Wesleyan University.

How Paul is shaping the future with confidence

“The greatest reward in my career has come from helping clients make hard decisions with confidence, then watching those decisions pay off for their customers, their people and their shareholders.

Utilities sit at the center of nearly every challenge that matters right now, from rising demand and new technology to affordability and reliability. I believe we build a better working world when we give leaders clear, honest, data-driven advice on where value is created and how to capture it.

I care as much about how we work as what we deliver. Trust, transparency and genuinely listening to clients are the foundation of every relationship I build, and I hold myself to that standard every day.”

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