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 20, 1999, 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  G. L. Gillette, D. E. Schwartz 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 connec-
tion  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  attorneys  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.

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


/s/ G. F. Anderson                                January 21, 1999
    G. F. Anderson, President,
    Chief Executive Officer and
              Director

                                                  January 22, 1999
/s/ G. L. Gillette                 
    G. L. Gillette, Vice President-
              Finance
    and Chief Financial Officer
   (Principal Financial Officer)

                                                  January 21, 1999
/s/ W. L. Griffin                  
    W. L. Griffin, Vice President-
             Controller
   (Principal Accounting Officer)

                                                  January 20, 1999
/s/ C. D. Ausley                   
    C. D. Ausley, Director

                                                  January 20, 1999
/s/ S. L. Baldwin                  
    S. L. Baldwin, Director


                                                      Exhibit 24.1

/s/ H. L. Culbreath                               January 20, 1999
    H. L. Culbreath, Director


/s/ J. L. Ferman, Jr.                             January 20, 1999
    J. L. Ferman, Jr., Director


/s/ E. L. Flom                                    January 20, 1999
    E. L. Flom, Director


/s/ H. R. Guild, Jr.                              January 20, 1999
    H. R. Guild, Jr., Director


/s/ T. L. Rankin                                  January 20, 1999
    T. L. Rankin, Director


/s/ R. L. Ryan                                    January 20, 1999
    R. L. Ryan, Director


/s/ W. P. Sovey                                   January 20, 1999
    W. P. Sovey, Director


/s/ J. T. Touchton                                January 20, 1999
    J. T. Touchton, Director


/s/ J. A. Urquhart                                January 20, 1999
    J. A. Urquhart, Director


/s/ J. O. Welch, Jr.                              January 26, 1999
    J. O. Welch, Jr., Director




















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