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Daniel J. Lorden - Principal Consultant

Dan has spent twenty years in the electricity industry performing high-level project and corporate management functions related to high-voltage transmission development, power plant development, and energy asset acquisition. Areas of expertise include transmission technologies, permitting, pricing and regulatory policy as well as combined-cycle gas turbine project development, management and asset acquisition.

Dan began his career with National Grid US (formerly the New England Electric System) and spent his time at NEES in technical and project leadership positions in the Hydro-Quebec / New England High-Voltage Direct Current (“HVDC”) Transmission Projects. These HVDC Project facilities can deliver approximately 10-percent of the electric power utilized in the entire New England region. Dan also scoped and permitted the Nantucket Cable Project - the longest submarine power and fiber-optic cable in the U.S. - which connects Cape Cod to Nantucket Island. The Nantucket cable traverses some of the most culturally and environmentally sensitive areas in New England and provides all electric and fiber-optic based telecommunication services to Nantucket Island.

Dan joined American National Power in 1997 and held management responsibilities for the 1,650-MW Midlothian Energy Project. Located near Dallas, Texas, Midlothian is the largest modern combined-cycle power plant in the U.S. Management responsibilities included EPC contract management, electric and gas interconnection negotiations, and Texas PUC, ERCOT and community relations management. During this period, Dan was elected a Vice President of ANP.

Following the Midlothian Project commissioning, Dan joined TXU Energy in Dallas as a Vice President in its U.S. Business Development function. During his tenure at TXU, Dan was responsible for pursuit of certain lignite-based Canadian generation assets and for TXU Energy’s development capital investment in the Neptune Regional Transmission System – a 1,200-megawatt merchant transmission project which proposes to connect New Jersey and New York.

Dan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University and a Master of Science in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a member of the Institute Of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He is a co-author of the EPRI HVDC Handbook and several IEEE technical papers. Dan is conducting his business for EIG from his Southlake, Texas office.