Exhibit 24(a)
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Principal Executive
Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer,
officers and / or directors of UniSource Energy Corporation, an Arizona
corporation, which corporation proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2001, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, does each for
himself and not for one another, hereby constitute and appoint Kevin P. Larson,
Vincent Nitido Jr. and Karen G. Kissinger and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys, in his name, place and stead, to sign his name to said proposed
Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to cause
the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being
intended to grant and hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any act and thing necessary and proper
to be done in the premise as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do if personally present; and each of the undersigned for
himself hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys, or any one of
them, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set their hand as
of the 7th day of March, 2002.
/s/ James S. Pignatelli /s/ Lawrence J. Aldrich
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James S. Pignatelli Lawrence J. Aldrich, Director
Principal Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board of
Directors
/s/ Kevin P. Larson /s/ Larry W. Bickle
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Kevin P. Larson Larry W. Bickle, Director
Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Karen G. Kissinger /s/ Elizabeth T. Bilby
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Karen G. Kissinger Elizabeth T. Bilby, Director
Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Harold W. Burlingame
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Harold W. Burlingame, Director
/s/ Jose L. Canchola
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Jose L. Canchola, Director
/s/ John L. Carter
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John L. Carter, Director
/s/ Daniel W.L. Fessler
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Daniel W.L. Fessler, Director
/s/ Kenneth Handy
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Kenneth Handy, Director
/s/ Warren Y. Jobe
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Waren Y. Jobe, Director
/s/ Martha R. Seger
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Martha R. Seger, Director
/s/ H. Wilson Sundt
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H. Wilson Sundt, Director