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EXHIBIT 24-1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, a New York corporation,
hereby constitutes and appoints R. R. Tedesco, S. J. Rafferty, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead,
to sign, execute and file a Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration of up to $300 million
of senior unsecured debt securities and preferred stock of New York State
Electric & Gas Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, granting
unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand this 18th of
March, 2003.
/s/ Kenneth M. Jasinski
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Kenneth M. Jasinski
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, a New York corporation,
hereby constitutes and appoints R. R. Tedesco, S. J. Rafferty, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead,
to sign, execute and file a Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration of up to $300 million
of senior unsecured debt securities and preferred stock of New York State
Electric & Gas Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, granting
unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand this 18th of
March, 2003.
/s/ Wesley W. von Schack
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Wesley W. von Schack
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, a New York corporation,
hereby constitutes and appoints R. R. Tedesco, S. J. Rafferty, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead,
to sign, execute and file a Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration of up to $300 million
of senior unsecured debt securities and preferred stock of New York State
Electric & Gas Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, granting
unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand this 18th of
March, 2003.
/s/ Sherwood J. Rafferty
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Sherwood J. Rafferty
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, a New York corporation,
hereby constitutes and appoints R. R. Tedesco, S. J. Rafferty, L. Blum, Esq. and
F. Lee, Esq., and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone)
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead,
to sign, execute and file a Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration of up to $300 million
of senior unsecured debt securities and preferred stock of New York State
Electric & Gas Corporation, any and all amendments to such Registration
Statement and any and all other documents requisite to be filed with respect
thereto, with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, granting
unto said attorneys, and each of them or their substitutes or substitute, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand this 18th of
March, 2003.
/s/ Ralph R. Tedesco
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Ralph R. Tedesco