alea-institute/kl3m-data-sample-004-shuffled huggingface dataset:
| POWER      OF ATTORNEY                                    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Annual      Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended |
| December      31, 2007                                    |

| Company                              |   | State of Incorporation |
|--------------------------------------|--------|------------------------|
| Appalachian      Power Company       |   | Virginia               |
| Columbus      Southern Power Company |   | Ohio                   |
| Ohio      Power Company              |   | Ohio                   |

| /s/ Brian X.      Tierney                                                                 |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Brian      X. Tierney                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-77603 and 333-38004) and Form S-8 (File Nos.
333-26813, 333-26823, 333-26831, 33-46519, 33-49956, 33-51851, 33-57553,
333-75781, 333-78949, 333-78951, 333-78979, 333-94717, 333-94719, and 33-52100)
of El Paso Corporation of our report dated March 19, 2001, appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of El Paso CGP Company (formerly The Coastal
Corporation) for the year ended December 31, 2000.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP




Houston, Texas
March 22, 2001
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