EXHIBIT 24
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                               SEMCO ENERGY, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Whereas,  the  Board  of  Directors  of  SEMCO  Energy,  Inc.,  a  Michigan
corporation, at a meeting held on February 20, 2002, authorized and approved the
execution  of  Form  10-K  Annual  Report for 2001 pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  and  the  filing of said Form 10-K with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  each  of the undersigned in his capacity as a Director or
officer,  or  both, as the case may be, of said Corporation, does hereby appoint
Marcus  Jackson  and John E. Schneider, and each of them severally, his true and
lawful  attorneys  or  attorney  to execute in his name, place and stead, in his
capacity  as  a  Director  or  officer  or  both,  as  the  case may be, of said
Corporation, the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, and any and all
amendments  thereto  and  all  instruments necessary or incidental in connection
therewith,  and  to  file  the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Each of said attorneys shall have full power of substitution and resubstitution.
Each  of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in
the  name  and  on behalf of each of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
each  act whatsoever requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully
and  to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned might or could do in
person,  and  each  of  the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the acts of
said  attorneys  and  each  of  them.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have hereunto set our hands as of the 20th day of
February,  2002.




/s/John M. Albertine
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John  M.  Albertine,  Director             William  L.  Johnson,  Chairman
                                           and  Director


/s/Daniel A. Burkhardt                     /s/Harvey I. Klein
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Daniel  A.  Burkhardt,  Director           Harvey  I.  Klein,  Director


/s/Edward J. Curtis                        /s/Frederick S. Moore
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Edward  J.  Curtis,  Director              Frederick  S.  Moore,  Director


/s/John T. Ferris                          /s/John E. Schneider
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John  T.  Ferris,  Director                John E. Schneider, Senior Vice
                                           President and Principal Financial and
                                           Accounting  Officer


/s/Michael O. Frazer                       /s/Edith A. Stotler
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Michael  O.  Frazer,  Director             Edith A. Stotler,  Director


/s/Marcus Jackson                          /s/Donald W. Thomason
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Marcus Jackson, President and              Donald W. Thomason, Director
Chief Executive Officer and Director


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