EXHIBIT 23-1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses
constituting  part of the Registration  Statements on Form S-3 (Nos.  333-23659,
33-53435, 333-23653,  333-04813, 333-53501, and 2-76135) and in the Registration
Statements  on  Form  S-8  (Nos.  333-23981,   333-23645,  333-12827,  33-62892,
333-23655,  and  33-43838) of our report dated  February 17, 1999,  appearing on
page 33 of  Pennsylvania  Enterprises,  Inc's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
two years in the period ended December 31, 1998 and 1997.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1999