AMERIPRISE CERTIFICATE COMPANY
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

City of Minneapolis

State of Minnesota

Each of the undersigned as an officer of Ameriprise Certificate Company, a
face-amount certificate company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, hereby constitutes and appoints William F. (Ted) Truscott, Scott R.
Plummer, and Christopher O. Petersen or any one of them, as his
attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign for him in his name, place and stead any
and all registration statements and amendments thereto (with all exhibits and
other documents required or desirable in connection therewith) that may be
prepared from time to time in connection with said Company's existing or
future face-amount certificate products, and periodic reports on Form 10-K.
Form 10-Q and Form 8-K required pursuant to provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and any necessary or appropriate states or other
jurisdictions, and grants to any or all of them the full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act required or necessary or appropriate in
connection with such signatures or filings.

Signed on this 1st day of August, 2006
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/s/ Brian J. McGrane
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    Brian J. McGrane

/s/ David K. Stewart
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    David K. Stewart