EXHIBIT  23.1


                    Consent of Independent Public Accountants





The  Board  of  Directors
SEMCO  Energy,  Inc.

We  consent  to the inclusion of our report dated January 21, 2000, with respect
to  the  combined statements of financial position of ENSTAR Natural Gas Company
(a  division of SEMCO Energy, Inc.) and Alaska Pipeline Company (a subsidiary of
SEMCO  Energy,  Inc.) as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related combined
statements  of  income  and  cash  flows for each of the years in the three-year
period  ended  December  31, 1999, which report appears in the Form 8-K of SEMCO
Energy,  Inc.  dated  March  20,  2000.


KPMG  LLP


Anchorage,  Alaska
March  20,  2000