Exhibit 24


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, AES NY, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, acting
in its capacity as general partner of AES Eastern Energy, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K
relating to the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dan Rothaupt and Amy
Conley, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all
amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents
in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting jointly,
full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 27th day of March, 2003.


                                                 /s/ Barry J. Sharp
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                                                 Barry J. Sharp


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, AES NY, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, acting
in its capacity as general partner of AES Eastern Energy, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K
relating to the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dan Rothaupt and Amy
Conley, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all
amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents
in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting jointly,
full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 27th day of March, 2003.


                                                 /s/ Roger F. Naill
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                                                 Roger F. Naill