Exhibit 23(i)
     
     
                               ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
    
    
    
                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS                  
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        As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
   incorporation by reference in this Form S-8 registration statement of the
   Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation Employee Savings Plan, of our report
   dated December 7, 1993, included in Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation's
   Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1993 and to all references
   to our Firm included in this registration statement.
     
     
     
     
                                           S/  Arthur Andersen & Co.
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                                           ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
     
     
     
     
     
   Hartford, Connecticut
   July 6, 1994