POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Alan B. Arends
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Alan B. Arends
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Alan B. Arends
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Jack B. Evans
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Jack B. Evans
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Jack B. Evans
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Rockne G. Flowers
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Rockne G. Flowers
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Rockne G. Flowers
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Joyce L. Hanes
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Joyce L. Hanes
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Joyce L. Hanes
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Lee Liu
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Lee Liu
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Lee Liu
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Katharine C. Lyall
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Katharine C. Lyall
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Katharine C. Lyall
<PAGE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Arnold M. Nemirow
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Arnold M. Nemirow
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Arnold M. Nemirow
<PAGE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Milton E. Neshek
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Milton E. Neshek
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Milton E. Neshek
<PAGE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Judith D. Pyle
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Judith D. Pyle
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Judith D. Pyle
<PAGE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Robert W. Schlutz
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Robert W. Schlutz
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Robert W. Schlutz
<PAGE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Wayne H. Stoppelmoor
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Wayne H. Stoppelmoor
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Wayne H. Stoppelmoor
<PAGE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
Anthony R. Weiler
hereby constitute and appoint Erroll B. Davis, Jr. and Edward M. Gleason, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Alliant
Energy Corporation to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
securities to be offered and sold pursuant to the Alliant Energy Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and the Alliant Energy Key Employee
Deferred Compensation Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.
WITNESS my hand this 28th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Anthony R. Weiler
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Anthony R. Weiler
