Exhibit 24.1

Yorkshire Power Group Limited
Wetherby Road
Scarcroft
Leeds
LS14 3HS

									8
December 1999

Mr Armando A Pena
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus  Ohio 43215

Mr Richard C Kelly
1225 17th Street
Denver  Colorado 80502

Dear Sirs

Yorkshire Power Group Limited (the "Company") proposes to
file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended
31 December 1999, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
Quarters ended 31 March 2000, 30 June 2000 and  30 September
2000, and, if necessary, any Current Reports on Form 8-K
(collectively, the "Exchange Act Reports") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The Company and the undersigned directors and officers of the
Company, individually as a director and/or as an officer of
the Company, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of you
our true and lawful attorney for each of us and in each of our
names, places and steads to sign and cause to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission the Exchange Act
Reports and any appropriate amendments thereto, to be
accompanied by any necessary exhibits.

The Company hereby authorises you or any one of you to execute
the Exchange Act Reports and amendments thereto on its behalf
as attorney-in-fact for it and its authorised officers, and to
file the same as aforesaid.

The undersigned directors and officers of the Company hereby
authorise you or any one of you to sign the Exchange Act
Reports on their behalf as attorney-in-fact and to amend, or
remedy any deficiencies with respect to, the Exchange Act
Reports by appropriate amendment or amendments and to file the
same as aforesaid.

Very truly yours.

YORKSHIRE POWER GROUP LIMITED



By  ...s/ Dr. E Linn Draper Jr.................

	Dr E Linn Draper Jr
	Chairman and Director




	...../s/ Wayne H Brunetti..................

	Wayne H Brunetti
	Director



	..../s/ Armando A Pena ...................

	Armando A Pena
	Director and Chief Financial Officer



	..../s/ Donald M Clements Jr..........

	Donald M Clements Jr
	Director



	..../s/ Richard C Kelly......................

	Richard C Kelly
	Director



	...../s/ Paul J Bonavia ....................

	Paul J Bonavia
	Director




** 	Complete only if the requested Interest Period is of an optional duration.