POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, a member of the Board of Directors of

CalEnergy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),

hereby constitutes and appoints Steven A. Mcarthur, John G.

Sylvia and Douglas L. Anderson and each of them, as his/her true

and lawful attorney-in-face and agent, with full power of

substitution and resubstitution, for and in his/her stead, in any

and all capacities, to sign on his/her behalf the Company's Form

10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1996

and to execute any amendments thereto and to file the same, with

all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection

therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and

applicable stock exchanges, with the full power and authority to

do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or

advisable to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do

in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-

in-fact and agent, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                
Executed as of March 11, 1997

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DAVID L. SOKOL                     RICHARD R. JAROS


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EDGAR D. ARONSON                   DAVID MORRIS


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JUDITH E. AYRES                         BERNARD W. REZNICEK


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JAMES Q. CROWE                     WALTER SCOTT, JR.


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RICHARD K. DAVIDSON                JOHN R. SHINER


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DAVID H. DEWHURST                  DAVID E. WIT


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BEN HOLT