POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Susan W.  Catherwood of Bryn Mawr, PA, do
hereby  appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR, or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                            /S/ S. W. CATHERWOOD
                                           --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, M. Walter D'Alessio of Philadelphia,  PA,
do hereby  appoint J. F.  PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR.,  or either of
them,  attorney  for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual
Securities and Exchange  Commission  report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy
Company, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  and generally
to do and perform all things  necessary  to be done in the premises as fully and
effectually in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                           /S/  M. WALTER D'ALESSIO
                                           --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that I, Richard G. Gilmore of Bradenton,  FL, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                     /S/  RICHARD G. GILMORE
                                     --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Richard H. Glanton of  Philadelphia,  PA,
do hereby  appoint J. F.  PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR.,  or either of
them,  attorney  for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual
Securities and Exchange  Commission  report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy
Company, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  and generally
to do and perform all things  necessary  to be done in the premises as fully and
effectually in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                           /S/ RICHARD H. GLANTON
                                           --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS  that I,  James A.  Hagen of  Wilmington,  North
Carolina,  do hereby  appoint J. F.  PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or
either  of them,  attorney  for me and in my name and on my  behalf  to sign the
annual  Securities and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO
Energy, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally
to do and perform all things  necessary  to be done in the premises as fully and
effectually in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                            /S/  JAMES A. HAGEN
                                            --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that I, Nelson G. Harris of Lafayette  Hill, PA,
do hereby  appoint J. F.  PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR.,  or either of
them,  attorney  for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual
Securities and Exchange  Commission  report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy
Company, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  and generally
to do and perform all things  necessary  to be done in the premises as fully and
effectually in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                             /S/  NELSON G. HARRIS
                                             --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Joseph C. Ladd of Amelia  Island,  FL, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                            /S/  JOSEPH C. LADD
                                            --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Edithe J. Levit of  Philadelphia,  PA, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                         /S/  EDITHE J. LEVIT
                                         --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS  that I,  Kinnaird  R. McKee of  Oxford,  MD, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                         /S/ KINNAIRD R. MCKEE
                                         --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Joseph J. McLaughlin of Rosemont,  PA, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                           /S/ JOSEPH J. MCLAUGHLIN
                                           --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Corbin A. McNeill, Jr. of Kennett Square,
PA, do hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL, JR., or either of
them,  attorney  for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual
Securities and Exchange  Commission  report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy
Company, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  and generally
to do and perform all things  necessary  to be done in the premises as fully and
effectually in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                          /S/ CORBIN A. MCNEILL, JR.
                                          --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS  that I, Dr. John M. Palms of  Columbia,  SC, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                         /S/ DR. JOHN M. PALMS
                                         --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Joseph F. Paquette,  Jr. of Gladwyne, PA,
do hereby  appoint J. F.  PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR.,  or either of
them,  attorney  for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual
Securities and Exchange  Commission  report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy
Company, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  and generally
to do and perform all things  necessary  to be done in the premises as fully and
effectually in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                            /S/ JOSEPH F. PAQUETTE, JR.
                                            --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that I, Ronald Rubin of Narberth,  PA, do hereby
appoint J. F. PAQUETTE, JR. and C. A. MC NEILL, JR., or either of them, attorney
for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company,  to be
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  and  generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                           /S/ RONALD RUBIN
                                           --------------------------------
      March 25, 1997
DATE:_________________



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that I, Robert Subin of Blue Bell, PA, do hereby
appoint J. F. PAQUETTE, JR. and C. A. MC NEILL, JR., or either of them, attorney
for me and in my  name  and on my  behalf  to sign  the  annual  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company,  to be
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  and  generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                         /S/ ROBERT SUBIN
                                         --------------------------------


      March 25, 1997
DATE:_______________

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that I, R. Keith Elliott of  Mendenhall,  PA, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                          /S/ R. KEITH ELLIOTT
                                          --------------------------------

      March 25, 1997
DATE:_______________

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY





KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, G. Fred DiBona,  Jr. of Bryn Mawr, PA, do
hereby appoint J. F. PAQUETTE,  JR. and C. A. MC NEILL,  JR., or either of them,
attorney  for me and in my name and on my behalf to sign the  annual  Securities
and Exchange  Commission report on Form 10-K for 1996 of PECO Energy Company, to
be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually
in all respects as I could do if personally present.

                                            /S/ G. FRED DIBONA
                                            --------------------------------

      March 25, 1997
DATE:_______________