EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Dennis K. Morgan and David J. Kvapil, acting
individually or together, as such person's true and lawful attorney(s)-in-fact
and agent(s), with full power of substitution and revocation, to act in any
capacity for such person and in such person's name, place and stead in executing
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any amendments thereto, and filing
said Registration Statement, together with all exhibits thereto and any other
documents connected therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission for
the purpose of registering the additional shares of Southern Union common stock
to be eligible for grant under the Southern Union Company Valley Resources
401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Dated: September 19, 2000
GEORGE L. LINDEMANN ADAM M. LINDEMANN
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George L. Lindemann Adam M. Lindemann
PETER H. KELLEY ROGER J. PEARSON
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Peter H. Kelley Roger J. Pearson
JOHN E. BRENNAN GEORGE ROUNTREE, III
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John E. Brennan George Rountree, III
FRANK W. DENIUS DAN K. WASSONG
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Frank W. Denius Dan K. Wassong
AARON I. FLEISCHMAN THOMAS F. KARAM
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Aaron I. Fleischman Thomas F. Karam
KURT A. GITTER, M.D. RONALD W. SIMMS
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Kurt A. Gitter Ronald W. Simms
