follow author Kent Hawkins is a principal of the MasterResource blog. He holds electrical engineering degrees from Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University. In his professional career, Hawkins specialized in communications systems engineering, operations research, and management consulting. Since retirement, Kent has devoted a substantial amount of time to the study of electricity generation and distribution policies. His commentary and studies have been published in national magazines and newspapers in Canada, and in the quarterly publication of the U. S. Association for Energy Economics, Dialogue.