tom halliburton dear words tom power engineer type previously worked northwestern us new zealand utilities various projects including asset planning hydro scheduling hired ei structuring oversee modeling efforts using sddp henwood etc recent implosion ei apache tom group effectively evaporated thus looking new home finance background asset evaluation utility rate filings almost options experience seems quite bit experience classes problems clearly obvious fit group idea see tom tool set may use research projects usual personality fit aspect examine meant casual consensus positive explore formalities transfer thanks grant