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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ E. R. Brooks
E. R. Brooks
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by E.R. Brooks.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ James E. Davison
James E. Davison
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by James E.
Davison.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison 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 1998 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
suchattorneys-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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ Glenn Files
Glenn Files
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by Glenn Files.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ F.E. Joyce, M.D.
F.E. Joyce, M.D.
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by Dr.
Frederick E. Joyce.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ John M. Lewis
John M. Lewis
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by James M.
Lewis.
/s/ Linda Carmack Catron
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 5-1-2001
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison and R.
Russell Davis, and each of them severally, her 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ Karen Adams
Karen Adams
General Manager and Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by Karen Adams.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life
EXHIBIT (24) 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ William C. Peatross
William C. Peatross
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by William C.
Peatross.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of Southwestern Electric Power Company (the
"Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael H. Madison and R.
Russell Davis, and each of them severally, her 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 1998 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 26th
day of January, 1999.
/s/ Maxine P. Sarpy
Maxine P. Sarpy
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1999 by Maxine P.
Sarpy.
/s/ Judith W. Culver
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: My Commission is for Life