POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Keith R. McKennon
                                           Keith R. McKennon



                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Kathryn R. Braun
                                           Kathryn R. Braun




                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Frederick W. Buckman
                                           Frederick W. Buckman




                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ C. Todd Conover
                                           C. Todd Conover




                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Nolan E. Karras
                                           Nolan E. Karras




                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 14th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Robert G. Miller
                                           Robert G. Miller




                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Verl R. Topham
                                           Verl R. Topham




                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Don M. Wheeler
                                           Don M. Wheeler




                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Nancy Wilgenbusch
                                           Nancy Wilgenbusch




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



               /s/ Peter I. Wold       Peter I. Wold




                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Richard T. O'Brien
                                           Richard T. O'Brien




                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 11th, 1998.



                                       /s/ W. Charles Armstrong
                                           W. Charles Armstrong




                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned constitutes and 
appoints Kathryn A. Braun, Nolan E. Karras, Alan K. Simpson, Don M. Wheeler, 
and Nancy Wilgenbusch, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys 
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her 
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign 
the Annual Report of PacifiCorp on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys and agents, 
and each of them, full power and authority to do any and all acts and things 
necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes 
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

     Dated: February 17th, 1998.



                                       /s/ Alan K. Simpson
                                           Alan K. Simpson