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                                                     EXHIBIT 24
 
 
                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, Lone Star Energy Plant Operations, Inc., a Texas corporation
 (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 1996, with such amendment or amendments thereto in each case as may be
 necessary or appropriate, together with any and all exhibits and other
 documents having relation to said Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Company, does hereby appoint D. R. Martin, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or
 attorneys with power to act with or without the other and with full power
 of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead
 in his capacity as a director of the Company, said Form 10-K and any and
 all amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in
 connection therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of
 said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the
 name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act
 whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and
 to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
 the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys
 and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on
 this 27th day of March, 1997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                              /s/ D. W. Biegler
                                        ______________________________
                                                D. W. Biegler
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
     WHEREAS, Lone Star Energy Plant Operations, Inc., a Texas corporation
 (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 1996, with such amendment or amendments thereto in each case as may be
 necessary or appropriate, together with any and all exhibits and other
 documents having relation to said Form 10-K;
 
     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Company, does hereby appoint D. R. Martin, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or
 attorneys with power to act with or without the other and with full power
 of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead
 in his capacity as a director of the Company, said Form 10-K and any and
 all amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in
 connection therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of
 said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the
 name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act
 whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and
 to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
 the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys
 and each of them.
 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on
 this 27th day of March, 1997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 /s/ D. R. Long
                                        ______________________________
                                                   D. R. Long
 
 
 
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, Lone Star Energy Plant Operations, Inc., a Texas corporation
 (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 1996, with such amendment or amendments thereto in each case as may be
 necessary or appropriate, together with any and all exhibits and other
 documents having relation to said Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Company, does hereby appoint D. R. Martin or W. T. Satterwhite, and each of
 them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act
 with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
 resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in his capacity as
 a director of the Company, said Form 10-K and any and all amendments
 thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith
 and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall
 have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
 of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever necessary
 or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and
 purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on
 this 27th day of March, 1997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
                                                /s/ M. E. Rescoe
                                         ______________________________
                                                  M. E. Rescoe
 
 
 
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, Lone Star Energy Plant Operations, Inc., a Texas corporation
 (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 1996, with such amendment or amendments thereto in each case as may be
 necessary or appropriate, together with any and all exhibits and other
 documents having relation to said Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Company, does hereby appoint D. R. Martin or M. E. Rescoe, and each of them
 severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with
 or without the other and with full power of substitution and
 resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in his capacity as
 a director of the Company, said Form 10-K and any and all amendments
 thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith
 and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall
 have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
 of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever necessary
 or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and
 purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on
 this 27th day of March, 1997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                             /s/ W. T. Satterwhite
                                         ______________________________
                                               W. T. Satterwhite
 
 
 
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, Lone Star Energy Plant Operations, Inc., a Texas corporation
 (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 1996, with such amendment or amendments thereto in each case as may be
 necessary or appropriate, together with any and all exhibits and other
 documents having relation to said Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as an officer of the
 Company, does hereby appoint W. T. Satterwhite or M. E. Rescoe, and each of
 them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act
 with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
 resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in his capacity as
 an officer of the Company, said Form 10-K and any and all amendments
 thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith
 and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall
 have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
 of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever necessary
 or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and
 purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on
 this 27th day of March, 1997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                /s/ D. R. Martin
                                         ______________________________
                                                  D. R. Martin
 
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, Lone Star Energy Plant Operations, Inc., a Texas corporation
 (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 1996, with such amendment or amendments thereto in each case as may be
 necessary or appropriate, together with any and all exhibits and other
 documents having relation to said Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as an officer of the
 Company, does hereby appoint D. R. Martin, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or
 attorneys with power to act with or without the other and with full power
 of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead
 in his capacity as an officer of the Company, said Form 10-K and any and
 all amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in
 connection therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of
 said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the
 name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act
 whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and
 to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
 the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys
 and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on
 this 27th day of March, 1997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                              /s/ J. W. Pinkerton
                                         ______________________________
                                                J. W. Pinkerton