EX-24.1 11 exh241k03.htm SCE POWER OF ATTORNEY 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, LOWELL B. REINSTEIN, DARLA F. FORTE, EILEEN B. GUERRERO, BONITA J. SMITH, 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, 2003, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first three quarters of fiscal year 2004, any
Current Reports on Form 8-K from time to time during 2004 and through January 20, 2005, or in the event this
Board of Directors does not meet on January 20, 2005, 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 15th day of January, 2004.

                                                 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY


                                                 By:      /s/ John E. Bryson
                                                          ----------------------------
                                                          John E. Bryson
                                                          Chairman of the Board


Attest:


/s/ Beverly P. Ryder
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Beverly P. Ryder
Secretary


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                                      2004 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                     Director           /s/ James M. Rosser                 Director
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Alan J. Fohrer                                            James M. Rosser


/s/ Bradford M. Freeman                Director           /s/ Robert H. Smith                 Director
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Bradford M. Freeman                                       Robert H. Smith


/s/ Bruce Karatz                       Director           /s/ Richard T. Schlosberg, III      Director
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Bruce Karatz                                              Richard T. Schlosberg, III


/s/ Luis G. Nogales                    Director           /s/ Thomas C. Sutton                Director
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Luis G. Nogales                                           Thomas C. Sutton


/s/ Ronald L. Olson                    Director           /s/ Daniel M. Tellep                Director
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Ronald L. Olson                                           Daniel M. Tellep



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