Crosstex Energy 10-K 2006 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Crosstex Energy, Inc.

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements No. 333-134713 and 333-136734 on Forms S-3 and Form S-8 of Crosstex Energy, Inc. and subsidiaries (No. 333-114014) of our reports dated February 28, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Crosstex Energy, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and all related financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006 annual report on Form 10-K of Crosstex Energy, Inc.

     As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2006, Crosstex Energy, Inc. and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share Based Payment.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 28, 2007