EX-24 4 0004.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis K. Morgan and David J. Kvapil, acting individually or together, as such person's true and lawful attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), with full power of substitution and revocation, to act in any capacity for such person and in such person's name, place and stead in executing the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any amendments thereto, and filing said Registration Statement, together with all exhibits thereto and any other documents connected therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering the additional shares of Southern Union common stock to be eligible for grant under the Southern Union Company Valley Resources 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Dated: September 19, 2000 GEORGE L. LINDEMANN ADAM M. LINDEMANN ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- George L. Lindemann Adam M. Lindemann PETER H. KELLEY ROGER J. PEARSON ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- Peter H. Kelley Roger J. Pearson JOHN E. BRENNAN GEORGE ROUNTREE, III ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- John E. Brennan George Rountree, III FRANK W. DENIUS DAN K. WASSONG ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- Frank W. Denius Dan K. Wassong AARON I. FLEISCHMAN THOMAS F. KARAM ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- Aaron I. Fleischman Thomas F. Karam KURT A. GITTER, M.D. RONALD W. SIMMS ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- Kurt A. Gitter Ronald W. Simms