POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Peter H. Kelley, Ronald J. Endres and David J.
Kvapil, or any of them, as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and in
such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 of Southern
Union Company, a Delaware corporation, and any amendments thereto, and to file
the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.
Dated: September 20, 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
ADAM M. LINDEMANN DAN K. WASSONG
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Adam M. Lindemann Dan K. Wassong
KURT A. GITTER, M.D. RONALD W. SIMMS
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Kurt A. Gitter Ronald W. Simms
THOMAS F. KARAM
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Thomas F. Karam
