Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                         INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
              Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
                                December 31, 2003


The undersigned directors of INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY, an Indiana
corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint MICHAEL G. MORRIS,
STEPHEN P. SMITH and SUSAN TOMASKY, and each of them, their attorneys-in-fact
and agents, to execute for them, and in their names, and in any and all of their
capacities, the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K, pursuant to Section
13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2003, and any and all amendments thereto, 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, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform every act
and thing required or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these presents this
28th day of January, 2004.



   /s/ Karl G. Boyd                        /s/ Susanne M. Moorman
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Karl G. Boyd                            Susanne M. Moorman


   /s/ John E. Ehler                       /s/ Michael G. Morris
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John E. Ehler                           Michael G. Morris


   /s/ Henry W. Fayne                      /s/ Robert P. Powers
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Henry W. Fayne                          Robert P. Powers


   /s/ Thomas M. Hagan                     /s/ John R. Sampson
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Thomas M. Hagan                         John R. Sampson


   /s/ Patrick C. Hale                     /s/ Thomas V. Shockley, III
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Patrick C. Hale                         Thomas V. Shockley, III


   /s/ David L. Lahrman                    /s/ Susan Tomasky
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David L. Lahrman                        Susan Tomasky


   /s/ Marc E. Lewis
Marc E. Lewis