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EXHIBIT 24-3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being all of
the members of the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Central
Maine Power Company pursuant to the Central Maine Power Company Savings and
Investment Plan for Union Employees and the Central Maine Power Company Savings
and Investment Plan for Non-Union Employees, hereby constitutes and appoints
L. Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file a
Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
in connection with the proposed offering of 2,500,000 shares of Energy East
Corporation's Common Stock ($.01 Par Value) through the Central Maine Power
Company Savings and Investment Plan for Union Employees and the Central Maine
Power Company Savings and Investment Plan for Non-Union Employees, and the
interests of the participants in such Plans, any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, and any and all other documents requisite to be filed
with respect thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection
therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes
or substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have set his hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
/s/ PETER J. MOYNIHAN
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PETER J. MOYNIHAN
/s/ LAWRENCE A. BENNIGSON
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LAWRENCE A. BENNIGSON
/s/ WILLIAM J. RYAN
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WILLIAM J. RYAN
/s/ LEE M. SCHEPPS
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LEE M. SCHEPPS
