EXHIBIT 24.1

                           TECO ENERGY, INC.
                           POWER OF ATTORNEY

    WHEREAS,  the  Board  of Directors of TECO Energy, Inc., a Florida
corporation,  at  a  meeting  held on January 21, 1998, authorized the
officers  and Directors of the Corporation to execute an Annual Report
on  Form  10-K  and authorized the officers of the Corporation to file
said  Annual  Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended.

    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 R. H. Kessel, J. B. Ramil and D. R. Pokross, Jr.,
and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorneys or attorney
to  execute  in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as Director
or  officer  or  both,  as  the case may be, of said Corporation, said
Annual  Report  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
has  the  power  to  act  hereunder  with or without the other of said
a t t o r n e ys  and  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, every 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.

    I N    TESTIMONY  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  have  executed  this
instrument on the dates set forth below.


        /s/ G. F. Anderson                        January 21, 1998
       G. F. Anderson, President,
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
                    
                                   
      /s/ J.B. Ramil                              January 21, 1998
  J. B.  Ramil, Vice President-Finance
    and Chief Financial Officer                   
      (Principal Financial Officer)

              /s/ W. L. Griffin                   January 21, 1998
    W. L. Griffin, Vice President-Controller
     (Principal Accounting Officer)

          /s/ C. D. Ausley                        January 21, 1998
         C. D. Ausley, Director


          /s/ S. L. Baldwin                       January 21, 1998
        S. L. Baldwin, Director


          /s/ H. L. Culbreath                     January 21, 1998
       H. L. Culbreath, Director

        /s/ J. L. Ferman, Jr.                     January 21, 1998
      J. L. Ferman, Jr., Director

          /s/ E. L. Flom                          January 21, 1998
          E. L. Flom, Director

          /s/ H. R. Guild, Jr.                    January 21, 1998
       H. R. Guild, Jr., Director

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                                                  EXHIBIT 24.1

                                                  January 21, 1998
  T. L. Guzzle, Chairman of the Board 
              and Director 
                    

         /s/ T. L. Rankin                         January 21, 1998
       T. L. Rankin, Director


          /s/ R. L. Ryan                          January 21, 1998
         R. L. Ryan, Director
                    
               /s/ W. P. Sovey                    January 21, 1998
          W. P. Sovey, Director                   

         /s/ J. T. Touchton                       January 21, 1998
        J. T. Touchton, Director

             /s/ J. A. Urquhart                   January 21, 1998
        J. A. Urquhart, Director


          /s/ J. O. Welch, Jr.                    January 21, 1998
       J. O. Welch, Jr., Director




































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