LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,

constitutes and appoints Debra J Lill, Cathy L Fogale and Jackie K
Rogness
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and
stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute,
acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 (including any
amendments thereto)
with respect to the securities of Otter Tail
Corporation (the "Company"),
with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national
securities exchanges and the Company,
as considered necessary or advisable
under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
"Exchange Act");


(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such information to the
undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and



(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such

attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the

undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned

acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does
not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on
information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such
information;

(2)	any documents prepared
and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company
nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's

responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)
any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such

requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for

profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and



(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from

responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby
gives and
grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as
fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney
shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing
delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this
10th day of April, 2006.






									   /s/
Edward McIntyre
						Signature




									   Jim
McIntyre
						Print Name




STATE OF MINNESOTA


COUNTY OF OTTER TAIL




	On this 10th day of April, 2006,
Jim McIntyre personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged that s/he
executed the foregoing instrument
for the purposes therein contained.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and official seal.





Diane Merz
						Notary Public





January 31, 2010
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