INDIANA ENERGY, INC.  

                         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                 (To Sign and File Registration Statement)

          The undersigned director and/or officer of INDIANA ENERGY,
     INC., 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 or Statements and related
     prospectus for the registration of Common Stock of the Company in
     connection with the Indiana Gas Company, Inc. Retirement Savings
     Plan, does hereby appoint each of Lawrence A. Ferger and Niel C.
     Ellerbrook 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 or
     Statements 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 30th day of September, 1994.


     /s/ Duane M. Amundson              /s/ Paul T. Baker
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     Duane M. Amundson                  Paul T. Baker


     /s/ Gerald L. Bepko                /s/ Howard J. Cofield
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     Gerald L. Bepko                    Howard J. Cofield


     /s/ Niel C. Ellerbrook             /s/ Loren K. Evans
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     Niel C. Ellerbrook                 Loren K. Evans


     /s/ Lawrence A. Ferger             /s/ Otto N. Frenzel III
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     Lawrence A. Ferger                 Otto N. Frenzel III


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     Anton H. George                    Don E. Marsh


     /s/ Richard P. Rechter             /s/ James C. Shook
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     Richard P. Rechter                 James C. Shook






     STATE OF INDIANA    )
                         )  SS:
     COUNTY OF MARION    )


          Before me, a notary public, in and for said County and State
     personally appeared Messrs. Duane M. Amundson, Paul T. Baker,
     Gerald L. Bepko, Howard J. Cofield, Niel C. Ellerbrook, Loren K.
     Evans, Lawrence A. Ferger, Otto N. Frenzel III, Richard P.
     Rechter, and James C. Shook who executed the above and foregoing
     Limited Power of Attorney on September 30, 1994.

          Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 30th day of
     September, 1994.

                                        /s/  Ronald E. Christian
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                                        Ronald E. Christian,
                                        Notary Public
     My Commission Expires:             Residing in Johnson County
     October 21, 1997