EX-24 6 0006.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Peter H. Kelley, Ronald J. Endres and David J. Kvapil, or any of them, as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 of Southern Union Company, a Delaware corporation, and any amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange. Dated: September 20, 2000 JOHN E. BRENNAN GEORGE L. LINDEMANN ---------------------- -------------------------------------- John E. Brennan George L. Lindemann FRANK W. DENIUS ROGER J. PEARSON ---------------------- --------------------------------------- Frank W. Denius Roger J. Pearson AARON I. FLEISCHMAN GEORGE ROUNTREE, III ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Aaron I. Fleischman George Rountree, III ADAM M. LINDEMANN DAN K. WASSONG ---------------------- --------------------------------------- Adam M. Lindemann Dan K. Wassong KURT A. GITTER, M.D. RONALD W. SIMMS ----------------------- --------------------------------------- Kurt A. Gitter Ronald W. Simms THOMAS F. KARAM ------------------------ Thomas F. Karam