Exhibit 24.01
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, LG&E ENERGY CORP., a Kentucky corporation, is to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998 (the 1998 Form 10-K); and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned holds the office or offices in LG&E ENERGY
CORP. set opposite his or her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ROGER
W. HALE, R. FOSTER DUNCAN, and MICHAEL D. ROBINSON, and each of them,
individually, his attorney, with full power to act for him and in his name,
place, and stead, to sign his name in the capacity or capacities set forth
below to the 1998 Form 10-K and to any and all amendments to such 1998 Form
10-K and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and seals
this 3rd day of March 1999.
/s/ Roger W. Hale /s/ Anne H. McNamara
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ROGER W. HALE ANNE H. McNAMARA
Chairman and Chief Director
Executive Officer
/s/ Mira S. Ball /s/ T. Ballard Morton, Jr.
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MIRA S. BALL T. BALLARD MORTON, JR.
Director; Director;
/s/ William C. Ballard, Jr. /s/ Frank V. Ramsey, Jr.
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WILLIAM C. BALLARD, JR. FRANK V. RAMSEY, JR.
Director Director
/s/ Owsley Brown II /s/ William L. Rouse, Jr.
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OWSLEY BROWN II WILLIAM L. ROUSE, JR.
Director Director
/s/ Carol M. Gatton /s/ Charles L. Shearer, Ph.D.
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CAROL M. GATTON CHARLES L. SHEARER, PH.D.
Director Director
/s/ Jeffery T. Grade /s/ Lee T. Todd, Jr., Ph.D.
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JEFFERY T. GRADE LEE T. TODD, JR., PH.D.
Director Director
/s/ J. David Grissom /s/ R. Foster Duncan
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J. DAVID GRISSOM R. FOSTER DUNCAN
Director Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 24.01
POWER OF ATTORNEY (cont.)
/s/ David B. Lewis /s/ Michael D. Robinson
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DAVID B. LEWIS MICHAEL D. ROBINSON
Director Vice President and Controller
STATE OF KENTUCKY )
)ss.
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON )
On this 3rd day of March 1999, before me, Margaret L. Cowan, a Notary Public,
State of Kentucky at Large, personally appeared the above named directors and
officers of LG&E ENERGY CORP., a Kentucky corporation, and known to me to be
the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they
severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their own free
act and deed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal
on the date above set forth.
My Commission expires: /s/ Margaret L. Cowan
July 28, 2000 --------------------------------
Margaret L. Cowan, Notary Public
State of Kentucky at Large
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