EXHIBIT 24.1

                               VECTREN CORPORATION
                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

                    (To Sign and File Registration Statement)

         The  undersigned  director  and/or officer of VECTREN  CORPORATION,  an
Indiana  corporation (the "Company"),  which intends to file with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission,   Washington,  D.C.,  under  the  provisions  of  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  a  Registration  Statement  and  related
prospectus for the registration of Common Stock of the Company and guarantees of
debt securities issued by its  subsidiaries,  does hereby appoint each of Ronald
E.  Christian  and  Jerome A.  Benkert,  Jr. as such  person's  true and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for such  person and in such  person's  name,  place and  stead,  in any and all
capacities,  to sign said Registration  Statement and related prospectus and any
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  granting  unto  said  attorney-in-fact  and  agent  full  power  and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done,  as fully to all intents and  purposes as such person might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent,  or a substitute or  substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney this 18th day of January, 2001.


/s/ John M. Dunn                              /s/ Niel C. Ellerbrook
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John M. Dunn                                  Niel C. Ellerbrook

/s/ John D. Engelbrecht                       /s/ Lawrence A. Ferger
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John D. Engelbrecht                           Lawrence A. Ferger

/s/ Anton H. George                           /s/ Andrew E. Goebel
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Anton H. George                               Andrew E. Goebel

/s/ Robert L. Koch II                         /s/ William G. Mays
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Robert L. Koch II                             William G. Mays

/s/ J. Timothy McGinley                       /s/ Donald A. Rausch
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J. Timothy McGinley                           Donald A. Rausch


/s/ Richard P. Rechter                        /s/ Ronald G. Reherman
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Richard P. Rechter                            Ronald G. Reherman

/s/ James C. Shook                            /s/ Richard W. Shymanski
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James C. Shook                                Richard W. Shymanski

/s/ James S. Vinson                           /s/ Jean L. Wojtowicz
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James S. Vinson                               Jean L. Wojtowicz