Exhibit 2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements
Nos. 2-74018, 33-4780 and 33-44581 on Forms S-8 of Public Service
Enterprise Group Incorporated of our report dated June 26, 1996 
appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Public Service
Electric and Gas Company Thrift and Tax-Deferred Savings Plan for the
year ended December 31, 1995.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey
June 27, 1996