Exhibit 24(a)

Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, officers and/or directors of UniSource Energy Corporation, an Arizona corporation, which corporation proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, does each for himself and not for one another, hereby constitute and appoint Kevin P. Larson, Todd C. Hixon, and Karen G. Kissinger and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys, in his name, place and stead, to sign his name to said proposed Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to grant and hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any act and thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present; and each of the undersigned for himself hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys, or any one of them, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set their hand as of the 27^th of February 2012.

/s/ Paul J. Bonavia	/s/ Robert A. Elliott
Paul J. Bonavia Principal Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors	Robert A. Elliott, Director
/s/ Kevin P. Larson	/s/ Daniel W.L. Fessler
Kevin P. Larson Principal Financial Officer	Daniel W.L. Fessler, Director
/s/ Karen G. Kissinger	/s/ Louise L. Francesconi
Karen G. Kissinger Principal Accounting Officer	Louise L. Francesconi, Director
/s/ Lawrence J. Aldrich	/s/ Warren Y. Jobe
Lawrence J. Aldrich, Director	Warren Y. Jobe, Director
/s/ Barbara M. Baumann	/s/ Ramiro G. Peru
Barbara M. Baumann, Director	Ramiro G. Peru, Director
/s/ Larry W. Bickle	/s/ Gregory A. Pivirotto
Larry W. Bickle, Director	Gregory A. Pivirotto, Director
/s/ Harold W. Burlingame	/s/ Joaquin Ruiz
Harold W. Burlingame, Director	Joaquin Ruiz, Director