Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The  undersigned  hereby  constitutes  and appoints  Morton A. Plawner and
James T. Foran, and each of them (with full power to act without the other), the
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for and on behalf of the undersigned,
and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in the undersigned's capacity as
a Director or Officer or both, as the case may be, of PSEG Power LLC  ("Power"),
PSEG Fossil  LLC,  PSEG  Nuclear  LLC and/or  PSEG Energy  Resources & Trade LLC
(together,  the "Registrants") to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to
be filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange  Commission for the
registration  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933  of  $500,000,000  aggregate
principal amount of Power's 67/8% Senior Notes due 2006,  $800,000,000 aggregate
principal  amount  of  Power's  73/4%  Senior  Notes  due 2011 and  $500,000,000
aggregate  principal  amount of Power's 85/8% Senior Notes due 2031, and any and
all amendments of such Registration Statement.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  each of the undersigned has executed this instrument,
this 10th day of September, 2001.

           /s/ E. James Ferland                      /s/ Frank Cassidy
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             E. James Ferland                          Frank Cassidy




           /s/ Harold W. Keiser                   /s/ Steven R. Teitelman
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             Harold W. Keiser                         Steven R. Teitelman




           /s/ Patricia A. Rado                     /s/ Thomas R. Smith
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             Patricia A. Rado                           Thomas R. Smith




                                                  /s/ Robert J. Dougherty, Jr.
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                                                      Robert J. Dougherty, Jr.




           /s/ R. Edwin Selover                   /s/ Michael J. Thomson
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             R. Edwin Selover                        Michael J. Thomson




           /s/ Robert C. Murray                    /s/ Thomas M. O'Flynn
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             Robert C. Murray                         Thomas M. O'Flynn