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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                              HUBBELL INCORPORATED

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned, directors
and/or officers of Hubbell Incorporated, a Connecticut corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby appoints Richard W. Davies as his true and lawful
attorney and agent, with the power to act and with full power of substitution,
to do all acts and to execute all instruments which said attorney and agent may
deem necessary or desirable to enable the Corporation to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under said Act of shares of Common Stock, par value of $.01 per
share, of said Corporation to be offered pursuant to the Corporation's Stock
Option Plan for Key Employees, including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power to sign the name of the undersigned director
and officer (whether on behalf of the Corporation or otherwise), in such
capacity, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said securities, to all
amendments to said Registration Statement, and to all instruments or documents
filed as a part of or in connection with said Registration Statement or any
amendments thereto; and the undersigned hereby ratifies all that said attorney
and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this POWER OF ATTORNEY as
of this 4th day of June, 2003.

/s/ G. JACKSON RATCLIFFE
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G. Jackson Ratcliffe
Chairman of the Board
/s/ WILLIAM T. TOLLEY
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William T. Tolley
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ TIMOTHY H. POWERS
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Timothy H. Powers
President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Chief Executive Officer)
/s/ GREGORY F. COVINO
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Gregory F. Covino
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

                                   DIRECTORS

/s/ E. RICHARD BROOKS
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E. Richard Brooks
/s/ GEORGE W. EDWARDS, JR.
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George W. Edwards, Jr.
/s/ JOEL S. HOFFMAN
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Joel S. Hoffman
/s/ DANIEL S. VAN RIPER
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Daniel S. Van Riper
/s/ ANDREW MCNALLY IV
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Andrew McNally IV
/s/ DANIEL J. MEYER
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Daniel J. Meyer
/s/ MALCOLM WALLOP
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Malcolm Wallop

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