EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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         The  undersigned,  members of the Board of Directors  of the  following
         companies:

         Salton Sea Brine Processing L.P.       Salton Sea Power Generation L.P.
         Fish Lake Power LLC                    Vulcan Power Company
         CalEnergy Operating Corporation        Salton Sea Royalty LLC
         VPC Geothermal LLC                     San Felipe Energy Company
         Conejo Energy Company                  Niguel Energy Company
         Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power Company     Leathers, L.P.
         Del Ranch, L.P.                        Elmore, L.P.
         Salton Sea Power L.L.C.                CE Turbo LLC
         CE Salton Sea Inc.

hereby  constitute and appoint Douglas L. Anderson and Paul J. Leighton and each
of them, as his/her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of  substitution  and  resubstitution,  for  and in his  stead,  in any  and all
capacities,  to sign on his behalf the Salton  Sea  Funding  Corporation's  (the
"Company")  Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002
and to execute any  amendments  thereto and to file the same,  with all exhibits
thereto,  and all other documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and applicable stock exchanges,  with the full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing  necessary or advisable
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated as of March 28, 2003.


/s/ Ian A Bourne
Ian A. Bourne

/s/ J. Thomas Coyle
J. Thomas Coyle