EXHIBIT 25






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY




       WHEREAS, WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), will file in March of 1995
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its annual report on Form 10-K,
and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
D. A. Bollom, P. D. Schrickel, and R. H. Knuth or any one of them, as
attorney, with full power to act for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned as Director to said annual report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments to said annual report, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this document
this 8th day of March, 1995.





                                  /s/ A. Dean Arganbright (SEAL)
                                      --------------------
                                      Director




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 25






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY




       WHEREAS, WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), will file in March of 1995
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its annual report on Form 10-K,
and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
D. A. Bollom, P. D. Schrickel, and R. H. Knuth or any one of them, as
attorney, with full power to act for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned as Director to said annual report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments to said annual report, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this document
this 8th day of March, 1995.





                                                                            
                                                                      
                                  /s/ Michael S. Ariens   (SEAL)
                                      --------------------          
                                      Director



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                                                                    EXHIBIT 25






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY




       WHEREAS, WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), will file in March of 1995
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its annual report on Form 10-K,
and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
D. A. Bollom, P. D. Schrickel, and R. H. Knuth or any one of them, as
attorney, with full power to act for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned as Director to said annual report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments to said annual report, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this document
this 8th day of March, 1995.





                                  /s/ R. A. Bemis         (SEAL)
                                      --------------------
                                      Director


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 25






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY




       WHEREAS, WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), will file in March of 1995
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its annual report on Form 10-K,
and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
D. A. Bollom, P. D. Schrickel, and R. H. Knuth or any one of them, as
attorney, with full power to act for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned as Director to said annual report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments to said annual report, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this document
this 8th day of March, 1995.





                                                                       


                                  /s/ M. Lois Bush        (SEAL)
                                      -------------------- 
                                      Director



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                                                                    EXHIBIT 25






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY




       WHEREAS, WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), will file in March of 1995
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its annual report on Form 10-K,
and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
D. A. Bollom, P. D. Schrickel, and R. H. Knuth or any one of them, as
attorney, with full power to act for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned as Director to said annual report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments to said annual report, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this document
this 8th day of March, 1995.





                                                                            
                                                                      
                              /s/ R. C. Gallagher     (SEAL)
                                  --------------------
                                  Director          


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                                                                    EXHIBIT 25






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY




       WHEREAS, WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), will file in March of 1995
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its annual report on Form 10-K,
and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Director of the Company;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
D. A. Bollom, P. D. Schrickel, and R. H. Knuth or any one of them, as
attorney, with full power to act for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned, to sign the name of the
undersigned as Director to said annual report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments to said annual report, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this document
this 8th day of March, 1995.





                              /s/Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale (SEAL)
                                 ------------------------------
                                 Director            


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