RGC RESOURCES, INC

POWER OF ATTORNEY

THE UNDERSIGNED DIRECTOR of RGC Resources, Inc. hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints Timothy J. Mulvaney, Lawrence T. Oliver, Paul W. Nester,
C. Brooke Miles 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 5th day of February, 2024.

/s/Abney S. Boxley, III
Abney S. Boxley, III

Sworn to and subscribed in my presence by
Abney W. Boxley, III this 5th day of February, 2024.

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

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