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EXHIBIT 24-1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, 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 the Corporation's Common Stock ($.01
Par Value) through the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment Plan
for Union Employees and the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment
Plan for Non-Union Employees and the interests of the participants in such
Plans, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement and any and all
other documents requisite to be filed with respect thereto, with all exhibits
and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ WESLEY W. VON SCHACK
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WESLEY W. VON SCHACK
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and file a Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the
proposed offering of 2,500,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock ($.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 or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ RICHARD AURELIO
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RICHARD AURELIO
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, 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 the Corporation's Common Stock ($.01
Par Value) through the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment Plan
for Union Employees and the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment
Plan for Non-Union Employees and the interests of the participants in such
Plans, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement and any and all
other documents requisite to be filed with respect thereto, with all exhibits
and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ JAMES A. CARRIGG
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JAMES A. CARRIGG
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and file a Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the
proposed offering of 2,500,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock ($.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 or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/s/ ALISON CASARETT
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ALISON CASARETT
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, 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 the Corporation's Common Stock ($.01
Par Value) through the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment Plan
for Union Employees and the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment
Plan for Non-Union Employees and the interests of the participants in such
Plans, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement and any and all
other documents requisite to be filed with respect thereto, with all exhibits
and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ JOSEPH J. CASTIGLIA
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JOSEPH J. CASTIGLIA
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and file a Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the
proposed offering of 2,500,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock ($.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 or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ LOIS B. DEFLEUR
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LOIS B. DEFLEUR
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, 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 the Corporation's Common Stock ($.01
Par Value) through the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment Plan
for Union Employees and the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment
Plan for Non-Union Employees and the interests of the participants in such
Plans, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement and any and all
other documents requisite to be filed with respect thereto, with all exhibits
and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ PAUL L. GIOIA
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PAUL L. GIOIA
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and file a Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the
proposed offering of 2,500,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock ($.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 or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ JOHN M. KEELER
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JOHN M. KEELER
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, 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 the Corporation's Common Stock ($.01
Par Value) through the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment Plan
for Union Employees and the Central Maine Power Company Savings and Investment
Plan for Non-Union Employees and the interests of the participants in such
Plans, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement and any and all
other documents requisite to be filed with respect thereto, with all exhibits
and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ BEN E. LYNCH
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BEN E. LYNCH
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer
of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints W. W. von Schack, K. M. Jasinski, Esq., R. D. Kump, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in
his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and file a Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the
proposed offering of 2,500,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock ($.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 or she might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 31st day of
August, 2000.
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/S/ WALTER G. RICH
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WALTER G. RICH
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