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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ VIRGIL E. BRILL
VIRGIL E. BRILL
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ MELVIN F. CHUBB, JR.
MELVIN F. CHUBB, JR.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ R. DWAIN HAMMONS
R. DWAIN HAMMONS
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ ROSS C. HARTLEY
ROSS C. HARTLEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ JACK R. HERSCHEND
JACK R. HERSCHEND
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ FRANCIS E. JEFFRIES
FRANCIS E. JEFFRIES
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ ROY E. MAYES
ROY E. MAYES
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ ROBERT L. LAMB
ROBERT L. LAMB
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director
of THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, does hereby
constitute and appoint M. W. MCKINNEY and D. W. GIBSON, and each of
them, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned to the Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000, File Number 1-3368, to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and to any amendment thereto, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to
give and hereby giving and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and
thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally
present; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 1st day of February 2001.
/s/ MARY McCLEARY POSNER
MARY McCLEARY POSNER