EXHIBIT 24-1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th day
of May, 2001.


                                           /s/  WESLEY W. VON SCHACK
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                Wesley W. von Schack









                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 11th
day of May, 2001.

                                              /s/ ROBERT E. RUDE
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                  Robert E. Rude








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
of May 2001.

                                           /s/  RICHARD AURELIO
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                Richard Aurelio








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 16th
of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  JAMES A. CARRIGG
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                James A. Carrigg








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  ALISON P. CASARETT
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                Alison P. Casarett








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  JOSEPH J. CASTIGLIA
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                Joseph J. Castiglia










                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  LOIS B. DEFLEUR
                                          -----------------------------------
                                                Lois B. DeFleur








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  PAUL L. GIOIA
                                          -------------------------------
                                                Paul L. Gioia








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 14th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  DAVID M. JAGGER
                                          --------------------------------
                                                David M. Jagger








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  JOHN M. KEELER
                                          -----------------------------
                                                John M. Keeler









                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 10th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  BEN E. LYNCH
                                          -----------------------------
                                                Ben E. Lynch








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 14th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  PETER J. MOYNIHAN
                                          --------------------------------
                                                Peter J. Moynihan












                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Energy East Corporation, a New York corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.W. von Schack, K.M. Jasinski, Esq., R.D. Kump, L.
Blum, Esq. and F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his
or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign, execute and
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration of up to $1 billion of
securities of the Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or
substitute, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order
to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand this 30th
day of May, 2001.

                                           /s/  WALTER G. RICH
                                          -----------------------------
                                                Walter G. Rich