EXHIBIT 24-1
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Power of Attorney
FORM 10-K
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
(Annual Report)
The undersignedDuke Energy Corporation, a North Carolina corporation and certain of its officers and/or directors, do each hereby constitute and appoint David L. Hauser, Judy M. Mayo and Keith G. Butler, and each of them, to act as attorneys-in-fact for and in the respective names, places, and stead of the undersigned, to execute, seal, sign, and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report of said Duke Energy Corporation on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned, or any of them, might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys-in-fact.
Executed as of the 22nd day of February, 2005.
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ PAUL M. ANDERSON | |
Chairman and | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
(Corporate Seal)
ATTEST:
/s/ SUE C. HARRINGTON |
Assistant Secretary |
/S/ PAUL M. ANDERSON Paul M. Anderson | Chairman and | |||
/S/ DAVID L. HAUSER David L. Hauser | Group Vice President and | |||
/S/ KEITH G. BUTLER Keith G. Butler | Vice President and | |||
/S/ ROGER AGNELLI Roger Agnelli | (Director) | |||
/S/ G. ALEX BERNHARDT G. Alex Bernhardt | (Director) | |||
/S/ ROBERT J. BROWN Robert J. Brown | (Director) | |||
/S/ WILLIAM T. ESREY William T. Esrey | (Director) | |||
/S/ ANN M. GRAY Ann M. Gray | (Director) | |||
/S/ DENNIS R. HENDRIX Dennis R. Hendrix | (Director) | |||
/S/ MAX LENNON Max Lennon | (Director) | |||
/S/ LEO E. LINBECK, JR. Leo E. Linbeck, Jr. | (Director) | |||
/S/ JAMES G. MARTIN James G. Martin | (Director) | |||
/S/ MICHAEL E. J. PHELPS Michael E. J. Phelps | (Director) | |||
/S/ JAMES T. RHODES James T. Rhodes | (Director) |