Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 13th day of April, 1994.
/s/ John W. Colloton
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John W. Colloton
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 21st day of April, 1994.
/s/ Frank S. Cottrell
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Frank S. Cottrell
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 13th day of April, 1994.
/s/ William C. Fletcher
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William C. Fletcher
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 16th day of April, 1994.
/s/ Mel Foster, Jr.
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Mel Foster, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 14th day of April, 1994.
/s/ Nancy L. Seifert
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Nancy L. Seifert
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 12th day of April, 1994.
/s/ S. E. Shelton
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S. E. Shelton
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 21st day of April, 1994.
/s/ W. Scott Tinsman
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W. Scott Tinsman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Iowa-Illinois Gas and
Electric Company, an Illinois corporation, does hereby constitute and appoint S.
J. Bright, L. E. Cooper, and K. M. Giger his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
others) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director
and/or Officer, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to 2,000,000 of the Company's Common Shares, $1.00 par
value, for issuance and sale under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration
Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys
and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the
premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may
do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 14th day of April, 1994.
/s/ L. L. Woodruff
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L. L. Woodruff