Deloitte & Touche LLP _____________________ _____________________________________________________ 50 Main Street Telephone:(801)328-4706 Suite 1800 Facsimile:(801)355-7515 Salt Lake City, Utah 84144-0458 EXHIBIT (23)b INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 33-58461 of PacifiCorp on Form S-8 of our report dated April 14, 1996, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Utah Power & Light Company Employee Savings and Stock Purchase Plan of PacifiCorp for the year ended December 31, 1995. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP June 24, 1996