“Paul advises the Board on infrastructure resilience. He provides the necessary stress-test for any strategy involving energy, utilities, or heavy industry, ensuring it stands on solid ground.””
Paul J. Scalise
Energy Sector & Political Economy Expert
Former JSPS Fellow, University of Tokyo
Regular Contributor on Japan’s Power MarketsPaul Scalise acts as a voice of scientific and economic integrity in the often emotionally charged arena of energy policy. In the wake of the 3/11 Triple Disaster, when speculation often outpaced fact, Paul emerged as a critical analyst capable of deciphering the complex interplay between Japan’s electrical grid, regulatory framework, and political mandates.
A former Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science, his work is defined by rigorous empiricism. He looks past the 'green' rhetoric to analyze the hard metrics of energy security, pricing stability, and infrastructure resilience.
Paul’s expertise extends to the liberalization of Japan’s electricity markets and the broader regulatory risks facing foreign investors in critical infrastructure. He advises the network not on what policymakers hope will happen, but on the engineering and economic realities that will dictate the outcome.