Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The  undersigned,  members of the Board of  Directors  and  Officers of
SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION,  a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the
following companies:

         Salton Sea Brine Processing L.P.       Salton Sea Power Generation L.P.
         Fish Lake Power LLC                    Vulcan Power Company
         CalEnergy Operating Corporation        Salton Sea Royalty LLC
         VPC Geothermal LLC                     San Felipe Energy Company
         Conejo Energy Company                  Niguel Energy Company
         Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power Company     Leathers, L.P.
         Del Ranch, L.P.                        Elmore, L.P.
         Salton Sea Power L.L.C.                CE Turbo LLC
         CE Salton Sea Inc.

hereby  constitute  and appoint  Steven A.  McArthur and Douglas L. Anderson and
each of them, as his/her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent, with full
power of substitution and  resubstitution,  for and in his stead, in any and all
capacities,  to sign on his behalf the Company's Form 10-K Annual Report for the
fiscal year ending  December 31, 1999 and to execute any amendments  thereto and
to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and all  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable
stock  exchanges,  with the full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing  necessary  or  advisable  to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated as of March 29, 2000.

/s/ Robert S. Silberman                         /s/ Larry Kellerman
ROBERT S. SILBERMAN                             LARRY KELLERMAN

/s/ Patrick J. Goodman                          /s/ John Harrison
PATRICK J. GOODMAN                              JOHN HARRISON

/s/ Joseph M. Lillo
JOSEPH M. LILLO



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                                                                    Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The  undersigned,  members of the Board of  Directors  and  Officers of
SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION,  a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the
following companies:

         CalEnergy Minerals LLC
         Salton Sea Minerals Corp.


hereby  constitute  and appoint  Steven A.  McArthur and Douglas L. Anderson and
each of them, as his/her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent, with full
power of substitution and  resubstitution,  for and in his stead, in any and all
capacities,  to sign on his behalf the Company's Form 10-K Annual Report for the
fiscal year ending  December 31, 1999 and to execute any amendments  thereto and
to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and all  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable
stock  exchanges,  with the full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing  necessary  or  advisable  to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated as of March 29, 2000.

/s/ Gregory E. Abel                             /s/ Joseph M. Lillo
GREGORY E. ABEL                                 JOSEPH M. LILLO

/s/ Patrick J. Goodman                          /s/ Robert S. Silberman
PATRICK J. GOODMAN                              ROBERT S. SILBERMAN