Bright Moves: How U.S. Utility Innovation Is Driving the Cleantech Transition

Thomas J. Flaherty, a retired senior partner at Strategy&, enjoyed a global consulting career that spanned more than forty-five years, leading utilities consulting practices at several top-tier firms. Focusing on all sectors of the utilities industry, he specialized in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business models, organization architecture, and innovation. He is currently a senior advisor to EY-Parthenon, focusing on these same areas.

Starting in 2013, Mr. Flaherty assisted numerous utilities in identifying market trends that would drive reshaping industry market position; evaluating emerging technologies and use cases that could benefit grid and network performance, flexibility, and insight; and supporting the introduction of utility innovation models, stand-up of focused innovation centers, and adoption of potential methods to embed a culture of innovation within the business.

He is also the author of Roll-Up: The Past, Present, and Future of Utilities Consolidation, a look at how industry consolidation developed and was executed through the modern era of utility mergers and acquisitions.