Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    Richard A. Bemis   , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ R. A. Bemis

Richard A. Bemis

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    Albert J. Budney, Jr.   , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ Albert J. Budney, Jr.

Albert J. Budney, Jr.

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    Ellen Carnahan    , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ Ellen Carnahan

Ellen Carnahan

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,   Robert C. Gallagher    , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ R. C. Gallagher

Robert C. Gallagher

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,  Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale

Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    James L. Kemerling   , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ James L. Kemerling

James L. Kemerling

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    John C. Meng   , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ J. C. Meng

John C. Meng

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    William F. Protz, Jr.   , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ William F. Protz, Jr.

William F. Protz, Jr.

Director

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

        That I,    Larry L. Weyers    , hereby constitute and appoint Larry L. Weyers, Joseph P. O’Leary, and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of WPS Resources Corporation (this “Corporation”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, relating to public offerings of debt securities or Common Stock to be issued by this Corporation, and to file said Registration Statement, and any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of such debt securities and Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006.

/s/ Larry L. Weyers

Larry L. Weyers

Director