EXHIBIT 24
    
    
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
    
        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does
   hereby appoint and constitute James P. Bolduc and Reginald L. Babcock and
   each of them as his agent and attorney in fact to execute in his name, place
   and stead (whether on behalf of the undersigned individually or as an
   officer or director of Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation or otherwise) a
   Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Connecticut Natural Gas
   Corporation Employee Savings Plan and any and all amendments to such
   Registration Statement and all instruments necessary or advisable in
   connection with such Registration Statement or amendments; and to file such
   Registration Statement and any amendments thereto with the Securities and
   Exchange Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act
   hereunder with or without the other.
    
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this
   24th day of May, 1994.
    
    

    S/ Bessye W. Bennett                    S/ Denis F. Mullane
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       Bessye W. Bennett                       Denis F. Mullane

    S/ James F. English, Jr.                S/ Richard J. Shima
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       James F. English, Jr.                   Richard J. Shima


    S/ Herman J. Fonteyne                   S/ Laurence A. Tanner
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       Herman J. Fonteyne                      Laurence A. Tanner


                                            S/ DeRoy C. Thomas
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       Beverly L. Hamilton                     DeRoy C. Thomas

    S/ Harvey S. Levenson                   S/ Angelo Tomasso, Jr.
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       Harvey S. Levenson                      Angelo Tomasso, Jr.