POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitute
and appoints each of Robert L. Waldron, Chris Reitz and Christopher M.
Huffman, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitutio
and re-substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of CorEnergy
Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), and submit to the SEC
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, Forms 144 under
Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules thereunder,
and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file
in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of the Company;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, 5 or 144 or other form or report, and timely file such form
or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the
rules and regulations thereunder.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5
and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 4th day of August, 2022.

SIGNATURE: Todd E. Banks
NAME: Todd E. Banks