POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Jim Schilling and Gene Mushrush, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director of Telkonet, Inc., Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and
the rules thereunder;

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, Forms 4
or Forms 5 and timely file such form and any amendments thereto with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned; pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 1934
Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, Forms 4 and Forms 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holden of and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
     executed as of this 20 day of June, 2011.


                                        /s/ Anthony J. Paoni
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                                        Signature

                                        Anthony J. Paoni
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                                        Printed Name