EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Peter A. Darbee, the undersigned, Director of PG&E Gas Transmission,
Northwest Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas B. King as his
attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to sign and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in his capacity as Director of said
corporation the Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2001,
required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any
and all amendments and other filings or documents related thereto, and hereby
ratifies all that said attorney-in-fact does or causes to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this document this 19th day of
February, 2002.

                                           /s/ PETER A. DARBEE
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                                             Peter A. Darbee



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Bruce R. Worthington, the undersigned, Director of PG&E Gas Transmission,
Northwest Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas B. King as his
attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to sign and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in his capacity as Director of said
corporation the Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2001,
required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any
and all amendments and other filings or documents related thereto, and hereby
ratifies all that said attorney-in-fact does or causes to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this document this 19th day of February
2002.

                                         /s/ BRUCE R. WORTHINGTON
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                                            Bruce R. Worthington