EX-24.2 6 dex242.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24.2 POWER OF ATTORNEY Each of the undersigned Directors of PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation (formerly Pacific Gas Transmission Company) hereby constitutes and appoints Robert T. Howard as his attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in his capacity as such Director of said corporation the Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2000, required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments and other filings or documents related thereto, and hereby ratifies all that said attorney-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This document may be signed in counterparts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this document this 29th day of March, 2001. /s/ Thomas B. King ---------------------------------- Thomas B. King /s/ Peter A. Darbee ------------------------------------ Peter A. Darbee /s/ Bruce R. Worthington ------------------------------------ Bruce R. Worthington POWER OF ATTORNEY THOMAS B. KING, the undersigned, President and Chief Operating Officer of PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert T. Howard as his attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in his capacity as President and Chief Operating Officer (principal executive officer) of said corporation the Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2000, required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all amendments and other filings or documents related thereto, and hereby ratifies all that said attorney-in-fact does or causes to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this document this 29th day of March, 2001. /s/ Thomas B. King -------------------------------- Thomas B. King POWER OF ATTORNEY JOHN R. COOPER, the undersigned, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert T. Howard as his attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) of said corporation the Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2000, required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all amendments and other filings or documents related thereto, and hereby ratifies all that said attorney-in-fact does or causes to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this document this 29th day of March, 2001. /s/ John R. Cooper -------------------------------- John R. Cooper