POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors of Public Service Company of North
Carolina, Incorporated (the "Company"), hereby appoint W. B. Timmerman and K. B.
Marsh, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney or
attorney's, with the power to act with or without the other, and with full power
of substitution and re-substitution, to execute in his or her name, place and
stead in his or her capacity as director of the Company and to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
a registration statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto with
respect to the issuance and sale of up to $200,000,000 of the Company's
medium-term notes.
Dated: September 1, 2000
Columbia, South Carolina
s/B. L. Amick s/W. H. Hipp
B. L. Amick W. H. Hipp
Director Director
s/J. A. Bennett s/L. M. Miller
J. A. Bennett L. M. Miller
Director Director
s/W. B. Bookhart, Jr. s/M. K. Sloan
W. B. Bookhart, Jr. M. K. Sloan
Director Director
s/W. C. Burkhardt s/ H. C. Stowe
W. C. Burkhardt H. C. Stowe
Director Director
s/H. M. Chapman s/W. B. Timmerman
H. M. Chapman W. B. Timmerman
Director Director
s/E. T. Freeman s/G. S. York
E. T. Freeman G. S. York
Director Director
s/L. M. Gressette, Jr. s/C. E. Zeigler, Jr.
L. M. Gressette, Jr. C. E. Zeigler, Jr.
Director Director
s/D. M. Hagood
D. M. Hagood
Director
