HUBBELL INCORPORATED

POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REPORTS ON FORMS 4 AND
5


		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned in his
capacity as set forth below, hereby constitutes and appoints RICHARD W.
DAVIES and JOHN F. MULVIHILL, and each of them severally, his true and
lawful attorneys and agents with power to act with or without the other to
execute on behalf of the undersigned Reports on Form 4 or Form 5, and any
amendments thereto, filed under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and relating to securities of Hubbell Incorporated.  This Power
of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until any recipient
hereof receives an instrument executed by the undersigned terminating it.


		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this eighteenth day of February, 2002.




	/s/William T. Tolley

	   William T. Tolley
	   Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer