Exhibit 24
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                          CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers
of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. hereby constitute and appoint M. A. Shattuck
III and E.  Follin  Smith and each of them their true and lawful  attorneys  and
agents to do any and all acts and things and to  execute,  in their name any and
all  instruments  which said  attorneys  and  agents,  or any of them,  may deem
necessary or advisable to enable said  corporation to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended,  and any rules,  regulations  and  requirements  of the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission in respect  thereof in connection  with the
registration under said Act of not exceeding  $2,500,000,000 principal amount of
unsecured Debt  Securities of said Company,  maturing not more than thirty years
after the date as of which they are issued,  all as  authorized  by  Resolutions
adopted by the Board of  Directors  of  Constellation  Energy  Group,  Inc. at a
meeting held on January 18, 2002, including  specifically,  but without limiting
the  generality of the  foregoing,  power and authority to sign the names of the
undersigned  directors and officers in the capacities  indicated  below,  to any
registration  statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
in respect of said  Unsecured  Debt  Securities to any and all amendments to any
registration  statement in respect to said Unsecured Debt Securities,  or to any
instruments  or  documents   filed  as  part  of  or  in  connection  with  said
registration  statement  or  amendments  to  such  documents;  and  each  of the
undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or
any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed, or caused to be
subscribed, these presents this 18th day of January, 2002.

                                                           Signature

Principal Executive
Officer and Director                          /s/ Mayo A. Shattuck, III
                                                Mayo A. Shattuck, III
                                           Chief Executive Officer, President
                                                      and Director

Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer                               /S/ E. Follin Smith
                                                   E. Follin Smith
                                                 Senior Vice President



                                                           Exhibit 24
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                                                           Power of Attorney
                                                           In connection with
                                                           The registering of
                                                           Not exceeding $2.5
                                                           Billion of Unsecured
                                                           Debt Securities




                                Directors


/S/ Douglas L. Becker                               /s/ Charles R. Larson

/s/Freeman A. Hrabowski, III                        /s/ James T. Brady

/s/ Edward J. Kelly                                 /s/ Beverly B. Byron

/s/ Christian H. Poindexter                         /s/ Edward A. Crooke

/s/ Nancy Lampton                                   /s/ James R. Curtiss

/s/ Michael D. Sullivan                             /s/ Roger W. Gale







Dated:   January 18, 2002