RGC RESOURCES, INC

POWER OF ATTORNEY

THE UNDERSIGNED DIRECTOR of RGC Resources, Inc. hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints Jason A. Field, Lawrence T. Oliver, Paul W. Nester, or any
one of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to sign, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, and to cause to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any form, report, or other document
and any amendment or supplement thereto, which is required to be filed or
which such attorney-in-fact deems should be filed under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended, and to do all other things necessary to accomplish
the foregoing; and hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power of
substitution and revocation and hereby confirmed and ratifying all that such
attorney-in-fact or his or her substitute may do by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April, 2023.

/s/Maryellen F. Goodlatte
Maryellen F. Goodlatte

Sworn to and subscribed in my presence by
Maryellen F. Goodlatte this 24th day of April, 2O23.

/s/Mary E. Martin, REG #8002034
Mary E. Martin
Notary Public

Commonwealth of Virginia, City of Roanoke
My Commission Expires 02/28/2026