Paul Afonso to Serve on Mainspring Energy Strategic Advisory Board
Jul 20 2026
Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Paul Afonso is the newest Strategic Advisory Board Member for Mainspring Energy.
Afonso is a nationally recognized regulatory and energy lawyer with 30 years of experience serving as a trusted advisor and counselor to boards of directors, C-Suite, and management teams across several regulated industries, managing the complex intersection of regulatory, legislative, and political issues.
He also serves as Chairman of WBD Strategies, a full-service government and public affairs firm located in Boston that provides government relations and policy solutions to clients who deal with government in heavily regulated industries. WBD Strategies helps clients achieve their business objectives while navigating the political, regulatory, and policy process to deliver concrete results
About Mainspring
Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.