Encore Energy Partners 8-K Other Events

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-147004) pertaining to the Encore Energy Partners GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan of our reports dated September 22, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Encore Energy Partners LP and the consolidated balance sheet of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC, included in this Current Report on Form
8-K dated September 22, 2008.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Fort Worth, Texas
September 22, 2008