Daniel D. Yueh

• 
  County OKs more bonds for power plant - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/26/2004    Last Visited: 11/26/2004  

  "We must ... commence construction and achieve certain very important milestones by the middle of next year," company Vice President Daniel D. Yueh told commissioners.
  
  The plant will generate 310 megawatts of power from Campbell County waste coal, which is fuel that is not sold to utilities and is reburied in the mine reclamation process.
  
  The plant, planned for a location about 20 miles southeast of Wright, could generate more than 50 permanent jobs in the area if it is completed, officials have said.
  
  Yueh told commissioners that a market in the Southwest has been secured for distribution of its power.Also, the first of two agreements has been signed with PacifiCorp to provide transmission service on a 20-year basis, he added.
  
  "If you don't have a buyer for your product, there's no point in building the plant," Yueh said.
  ...
  The company is waiting to determine the appropriate amount of taxable versus tax-exempt bonding to attain "financial optimization" for funding the project, Yueh said.
  
  "If we choose to increase that fraction of tax-exempt bonds, we need to go back to the governor's office," he told commissioners.
  
  E-MAIL THIS STORY

• 
  Environmental review of proposed power line delayed - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/6/2002    Last Visited: 2/6/2002  

  NAPG Vice President Daniel Yueh said his company has spent the last seven months focusing on finishing the review for the council.He said the process has been tedious.

• 
  Headline News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/18/2003    Last Visited: 1/18/2003  

  o Construction on the 280 megawatt coal-fired plant was to begin, North American Power Group Vice President Daniel Yueh said.With funding in place thanks to a partnership between BAPG and DTE Energy services, Yueh said construction was pending the finalization of contracts.Not long after that, North American Power Group predicted construction would begin the third week of August, explaining that not all its funding was in place.In October, the Budget reported the site had no apparent construction underway.Officials explained plans to build the power plant were on hold due to the loss of major funding partner, DTE Energy Services.Meanwhile, the Department of Environmental Quality determined its permit for construction of the plant had expired.

• 
  Headline News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/7/2002    Last Visited: 6/7/2002  

  Construction on a 280 megawatt, coal-fired power plant near Wright should start this summer, North American Power Group Vice President Daniel Yueh said Thursday.With funding for the $450 million project in place thanks to a much-awaited partnership between NAPG and Michigan-based DTE Energy Services, Yueh said on-site construction is pending the finalization of several business contracts.At the Wyoming Counties for Responsible Energy Development meeting May 30 in Wheatland, Yueh outlined those last details, which couldn't be resolved until a partner was lined up.
  ...
  DTE will oversee the construction of and then operate and manage the Wright plant, named Two Elk Unit One, Yueh said."We're delighted to have DTE involved in Two Elk Unit One," Yueh said."They bring an incredible amount of resources."
  ...
  Bechtel Power Corp. will be the construction contractor for Two Elk Unit One, and PacifiCorp has secured transmission service out of eastern Wyoming, Yueh said.All major federal and state permits are in place, except the one which would allow Two Elk Unit One to transmit power across several miles of national grassland to the Antelope Substation, Yueh said.That permit must be approved by the U.S.Forest Service Douglas Ranger District.Yueh confirmed the project will apply for additional government bonds to fund the work.Already, $126 million in tax-exempt bonds have been issued by Campbell County.Two Elk Unit One construction will take 30-36 months, Yueh said.The unionized construction force will peak at 750 workers, who will likely reside in modular project housing in Wright with some spill over in Converse County, Newcastle and Gillette.Once construction is complete, the plant will employ about 50 full-time people.Two Elk Unit One will use an estimated 1.5 to 1.6 million tons of coal annually, converting mine waste product into electricity.NAPG and DTE have contracted with Arch Coal for the noncommercial grade material, Yueh said.NAPG has a permit in hand for a backup gas turbine generator which would operate off pipeline-quality gas, Yueh said.Also on NAPG's table is a large capacity transmission line and two commercial grade coal generator plants in the Powder River Basin.The estimated $375 million 345 kilovolt (KV) transmission line would span the 350 miles between the Powder River Basin and Colorado's Front Range, Yueh said.The line would start in Campbell County and end at the Western Area Power Administration's Ault substation in Weld County, Colo.The exact route has not been finalized, and that has delayed the permitting process, but NAPG and WAPA are collaborating on the project's environmental impact statement, Yueh said.Other projects include two 500 megawatt commercial coal plants.Middle Bear would be located next to Kennecott holdings, and Two Elk Unit Two would be adjacent to Two Elk Unit One and in proximity to Black Thunder, Jacob's Ranch and North Antelope/Rochelle Complex mines.For both projects, NAPG already has air quality permit applications in to the Department of Environmental Quality.

• 
  NAPG: North American Power Group: Contact Information - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/13/2006    Last Visited: 6/13/2006  

  Daniel D. YuehVice President, North American Power Group, Ltd.8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 4000Greenwood Village, CO 80111 dyueh@napg-ltd.comPh.: 303/796.8600

• 
  Power brokers warm to Wyoming lines - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/3/2004    Last Visited: 10/3/2004  

  "It means same right of way and more wire at higher voltages," said Dan Yueh, vice president of North American Power Group (NAPG) Ltd.
  
  NAPG has worked for many years to build a mine-mouth power plant in the Powder River Basin.It has also considered a Powder River Basin to Denver transmission route.Yueh said though the company has backed away from its aspirations of building transmission line, it still intends to build a power plant here.
  
  But before a new power plant can be built, there must be a delivery system for the electricity.It's a bit like having gold mine on an island and no room left on the ferry to the mainland.Yueh said that's why boosting wire capacity is such an important first step.And the chances of actually convincing companies to make the investment are better when all the stakeholders are talking.
  
  "You have the stakeholders who, by definition, will benefit the most from all of these improvements.And they already have the right of ways," Yueh said.
  
  In Wyoming, a majority of the electrical transmission lines are owned by PacifiCorp, Black Hills Corp. and Basin Electric Powder Cooperative.

• 
  The News-Record -- Gillette, Wyoming - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/17/2004    Last Visited: 11/18/2004  

  "We must ... commence construction and achieve certain very important milestones by the middle of next year," company Vice President Daniel D. Yueh told commissioners.
  
  The plant will generate 310 megawatts of power from Campbell County waste coal, which is fuel that is not sold to utilities and is reburied in the mine reclamation process.
  
  The plant, planned for a location about 20 miles southeast of Wright, could generate more than 50 permanent jobs in the area if it is completed, officials have said.
  
  Yueh told commissioners that a market in the southwest has been secured for distribution of its power with the first of three documents signed in the deal.
  
  Also, the first of two agreements has been signed with PacifiCorp to provide transmission service on a 20-year basis, he added.
  
  "If you don't have a buyer for your product, there's no point in building the plant," Yueh said.
  ...
  The company is awaiting to determine the appropriate amount of taxable versus tax-exempt bonding to attain "financial optimization" for funding the project, Yueh said.
  
  "If we choose to increase that fraction of tax-exempt bonds, we need to go back to the governor's office," he told commissioners.

• 
  Two Elk plant back for bonds - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/3/2004    Last Visited: 6/4/2004  

  NAPG Vice President Daniel Yueh said those setbacks took the project off the market for a while and it took some time to get the project back on track.
  
  "Rightly so, (Freudenthal) said, 'I need to see progress on the project,'" Yueh said.
  ...
  Yueh said the main permits for Two Elk are in place, including the air quality permit and a permit from the
  
  Industrial Siting Council.Also, NAPG is only weeks away from closing a deal with a major utility to buy power from the Two Elk plant, Yueh said.
  
  "We're still here, and we're still writing checks," Yueh said."We think this is going to be our year because we get nightmares about going into 2005."
  
  The air quality permit for Two Elk is set to expire in June 2005.
  
  To underscore the importance of the Two Elk project, Yueh noted that Xcel Energy, a major power utility in Colorado, recently predicted it would fall short of meeting the area's power demand by more than 3,000 megawatts in 10 years.
  ...
  "We're not a wire company," Yueh said.
  
  Yueh said he believes that a "newcomer" company isn't likely to fix existing bottlenecks on the electrical
  
  transmission systems connecting Wyoming to surrounding states.

• 
  Two strikes for Two Elk power project - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/25/2004    Last Visited: 7/26/2004  

  NAPG vice president Daniel Yueh recently said those setbacks took the project off the market for a while and it took some time to get the project back on track.

• 
  Upcoming Conferences - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/5/2001    Last Visited: 8/28/2001  

  Daniel D. Yueh , Vice President ,NORTH AMERICAN POWER GROUP , LTD.
  
  De-regulation has created the new business entity of an independent generating company.The business model for this new entity continues to evolve , originally as a fixed-income provider of power under firm contracts with utilities , then as merchant provider to utilities and large customers under contracts or ISO arrangements.
  
  What is the new business model for the U.S. domestic generating company.How do recent developments/issues in creditworthiness of the New Electric Utility impact generating company operations or prospects.Who is going to build the next wave of electric generating assets in the United States.

Page:  1 2