EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
Richard Bacon
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by Richard
Bacon.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-00
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
E. R. Brooks
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by E. R.
Brooks.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-00
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
Paul J. Brower
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by Paul J.
Brower.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-00
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
Glenn Files
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by Glenn Files.
L. J. Jimmerson
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
May 11, 2000
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
Tommy Morris
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by Tommy
Morris.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-00
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 31st
day of January, 1997.
Dian G. Owen
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of January, 1997 by Dian G.
Owen.
Diane K. Nichols
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
2-14-99
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
James Parker
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by James
Parker.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-00
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 2nd day
of February, 1997.
Ted Steans
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of February, 1997 by Ted Steans.
Diane John
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
October 28, 1997
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities Company (the "Company"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Floyd W. Nickerson and R. Russell Davis,
and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1996 and any and all amendments
thereto, to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any other documents and instruments incidental thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and
revocation in the premises and 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 for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of January, 1997.
F. L. Stephens
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1997 by F. L.
Stephens.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-00