Exhibit 24.1 Power of Attorney

EX-24.1 8 exh24102.htm SCE POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24.1 Power of Attorney

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a California corporation, and certain of
its officers and/or directors do each hereby constitute and appoint, STEPHEN E. PICKETT, W. JAMES SCILACCI,
THOMAS M. NOONAN, BEVERLY P. RYDER, KENNETH S. STEWART, MARY C. SIMPSON, PAIGE W. R. WHITE, TIMOTHY W. ROGERS,
DEBORAH M. FESTA, EILEEN B. GUERRERO, RAYNA M. MORRISON, BONITA J. SMITH, PEGGY A. STERN, POLLY L. GAULT, and
DOUGLAS G. GREEN, or any of them, to act as attorney-in-fact, for and in their respective names, places, and
steads, to execute, sign, and file or cause to be filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first three quarters of fiscal year 2003, any
Current Reports on Form 8-K from time to time during 2003 and through February 19, 2004, or in the event this
Board of Directors does not meet on February 19, 2004, through the next succeeding date on which this Board holds
a regular meeting, and any and all supplements and amendments thereto, to be filed by Southern California Edison
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, (the
"Act"), for the purpose of complying with Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Act, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned or any of them might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
each of said attorneys-in-fact.

Executed at Rosemead, California, as of this 20th day of February, 2003.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

By: /S/ John E. Bryson
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John E. Bryson
Chairman of the Board

Attest:

/S/ Beverly P. Ryder
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Beverly P. Ryder
Secretary

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2003 Southern California Edison Company
10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K Power of Attorney

Principal Executive Officer:

/S/ John E. Bryson
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John E. Bryson Chairman of the Board
and Director

Principal Financial Officer:

/S/ W. James Scilacci
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W. James Scilacci Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Controller and Principal Accounting Officer:

/S/ Thomas M. Noonan
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Thomas M. Noonan Vice President and Controller

Additional Directors:

/S/ Alan J. Fohrer /S/ James M. Rosser
---------------------------- Director -------------------------------- Director
Alan J. Fohrer James M. Rosser

/S/ Bradford M. Freeman /S/ Robert H. Smith
---------------------------- Director -------------------------------- Director
Bradford M. Freeman Robert H. Smith

/S/ Joan C. Hanley /S/ Richard T. Schlosberg, III
---------------------------- Director -------------------------------- Director
Joan C. Hanley Richard T. Schlosberg, III

/S/ Bruce Karatz /S/ Thomas C. Sutton
---------------------------- Director ------------------------------- Director
Bruce Karatz Thomas C. Sutton

/S/ Luis G. Nogales /S/ Daniel M. Tellep
--------------------------- Director ------------------------------- Director
Luis G. Nogales Daniel M. Tellep

/S/ Ronald L. Olson
--------------------------- Director
Ronald L. Olson