FileVault stuck on "Encryption Paused"

After upgrading my MPB to Yosemite, I elected to turn on FileVault. In the Security & Privacy panel of System Preferences, the status shows "Encryption paused" and the text under the progress bar reads, "Connect power adapter to resume encryption." Trouble is, I am running from the power adapter!
I have rebooted and tried another power adapter. The battery icon in the menu bar correctly changes from battery to power adapter as I connect and disconnect. However, the encryption status never changes. I have left the machine running overnight with no change.
Any ideas?

My happened exactly the same thing. Stuck at Encryption Paused, and already tried all the recommendation in this post.
It's no longer moving anywhere now.
/dev/disk0
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.7 GB   disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *999.3 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
90C69512-39D4-41EE-B93F-424BDA646B84
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 3F73020C-B0BB-40B7-8D43-ECCCB4719184
=========================================================
Name:         Macintosh HD
Status:       Online
Size:         999695822848 B (999.7 GB)
Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
+-< Physical Volume 43DDC4A3-57A3-4127-8259-0ADD4C11D746
| ----------------------------------------------------
|   Index:    0
|   Disk:     disk0s2
|   Status:   Online
|   Size:     999695822848 B (999.7 GB)
    |
+-> Logical Volume Family 8B03FB6A-B3C3-426D-9484-8C0A4730DDA1
Encryption Status:       Unlocked
Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
Conversion Status: Converting
Conversion Direction:    forward
Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
Fully Secure:            No
Passphrase Required:     Yes
|
+-> Logical Volume 90C69512-39D4-41EE-B93F-424BDA646B84
Disk:                  disk1
Status:                Online
Size (Total): 999324516352 B (999.3 GB)
Conversion Progress:   Paused
Revertible:            No
LV Name:               Macintosh HD
Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

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