EX-24 6 a2042981zex-24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY WHEREAS, LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Kentucky corporation, is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (the 2000 Form 10-K); and WHEREAS, each of the undersigned holds the office or offices in LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY set opposite his or her name; NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints DAVID J. JACKSON, RICHARD AITKEN-DAVIES and S. BRADFORD RIVES, and each of them, individually, his attorney, with full power to act for him and in his name, place, and stead, to sign his name in the capacity or capacities set forth below to the 2000 Form 10-K and to any and all amendments to such 2000 Form 10-K and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and seals as this 20th day of March 2001. /s/ Roger W. Hale /s/ Roberto Quarta ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ROGER W. HALE ROBERTO QUARTA Chairman and Chief Director Executive Officer /s/ Sir Frederick Crawford /s/ Edmund Wallis ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ SIR FREDERICK CRAWFORD EDMUND WALLIS Director Director /s/ David J. Jackson ------------------------------ DAVID J. JACKSON Director /s/ Sydney Gillibrand /s/ Richard Aitken-Davies ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ SYDNEY GILLIBRAND RICHARD AITKEN-DAVIES Director Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Dr. David K-P Li /s/ S. Bradford Rives ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ DR. DAVID K-P LI S. BRADFORD RIVES Director Senior Vice President - Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ Paul Myners ------------------------------ PAUL MYNERS Director Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY WHEREAS, KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY, a Kentucky corporation, is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (the 2000 Form 10-K); and WHEREAS, each of the undersigned holds the office or offices in KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY set opposite his or her name; NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints DAVID J. JACKSON, RICHARD AITKEN-DAVIES and S. BRADFORD RIVES, and each of them, individually, his attorney, with full power to act for him and in his name, place, and stead, to sign his name in the capacity or capacities set forth below to the 2000 Form 10-K and to any and all amendments to such 2000 Form 10-K and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and seals as this 20th day of March 2001. /s/ Roger W. Hale /s/ Roberto Quarta ---------------------------------- -------------------------------- ROGER W. HALE ROBERTO QUARTA. Chairman and Chief Director Executive Officer /s/ Sir Frederick Crawford /s/ Edmund Wallis ---------------------------------- -------------------------------- SIR FREDERICK CRAWFORD EDMUND WALLIS Director Director /s/ David J. Jackson ---------------------------------- DAVID J. JACKSON Director /s/ Sydney Gillibrand /s/ Richard Aitken-Davies ---------------------------------- -------------------------------- SYDNEY GILLIBRAND RICHARD AITKEN-DAVIES Director Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Dr. David K-P Li /s/ S. Bradford Rives ---------------------------------- -------------------------------- DR. DAVID K-P LI S. BRADFORD RIVES Director Senior Vice President - Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting /s/ Paul Myners Officer) ---------------------------------- PAUL MYNERS Director