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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Peter H. Kelley, Ronald J. Endres, 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, for any such person and in such person's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Southern Union
Registration Statement on Form S-4 for the merger of Fall River Gas Company with
and into Southern Union Company and to file the same, together with all exhibits
thereto, other documents in connection therewith, including amendments thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange.
Dated: May 31, 2000
JOHN E. BRENNAN GEORGE L. LINDEMANN
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John E. Brennan George L. Lindemann
FRANK W. DENIUS ROGER J. PEARSON
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Frank W. Denius Roger J. Pearson
AARON I. FLEISCHMAN GEORGE ROUNTREE, III
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Aaron I. Fleischman George Rountree, III
PETER H. KELLEY DAN K. WASSONG
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Peter H. Kelley Dan K. Wassong
ADAM M. LINDEMANN KURT A. GITTER, M.D.
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Adam M. Lindemann Kurt A. Gitter
THOMAS F. KARAM RONALD W. SIMMS
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Thomas F. Karam Ronald W. Simms
