NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints JESSICA R.
DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC F. FESS, and each of
them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in Registration Statements
on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the Investment Company Act of
l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any
and all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority,
federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of
shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of
them, 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
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set his hand this 12th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ Timothy R. Schwertfeger
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Timothy R. Schwertfeger

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 12th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public



                     NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set his hand this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ Robert P. Bremner
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Robert P. Bremner

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 16th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public



                     NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set his hand this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ Lawrence H. Brown
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Lawrence H. Brown

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 16th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public



                     NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN, GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN and ERIC
F. FESS, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set his hand this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ Jack B. Evans
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Jack B. Evans

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 16th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public



                     NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set his hand this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ William C. Hunter
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            William C. Hunter

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 16th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public



                     NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set his hand this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ William J. Schneider
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            William J. Schneider

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 16th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public



                     NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2
                 NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for her on her behalf and in her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced
organizations has hereunto set her hand this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                            /s/ Judith M. Stockdale
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Judith M. Stockdale

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )SS
COUNTY OF COOK    )

On this 16th day of November, 2004, personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to
me to be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for
the intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                        /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois            -----------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05             Notary Public




                         NUVEEN EMERGING COMPANIES FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on his behalf and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 27th day of July, 2005.

                                                  /s/ David J. Kundert
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  David J. Kundert

STATE OF ILLINOIS   )
                    )SS
COUNTY OF COOK      )

On this 27th day of July, 2005, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                              /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois                  ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05                   Notary Public




                         NUVEEN EMERGING COMPANIES FUND
                       NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND 2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of the
above-referenced organizations, hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY R.
SCHWERTFEGER, JESSICA R. DROEGER, ERIC F. FESS, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R.
ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for her on her behalf and in her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more
Registration Statements on Form N-2 under the Securities Act of l933 and the
Investment Company Act of l940, including any amendment or amendments thereto,
with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required to be filed with any
regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the registration thereof, or
the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, 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 if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set her hand this 27th day of July, 2005.

                                                  /s/ Eugene S. Sunshine
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Eugene S. Sunshine

STATE OF ILLINOIS   )
                    )SS
COUNTY OF COOK      )

On this 27th day of July, 2005, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.

"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran                              /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois                  ------------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/05                   Notary Public