Exhibit 23.01

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   
         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment 2 to the
registration  statement  on Form S-3 (File No.  33-44819)  of our  report  dated
February  1,  1996,  on  our  audits  on  the  financial  statements  of  Bangor
Hydro-Electric Company (the Company), which report appears in the Company's 1995
Form 10-K.

         We  also  consent  to the  reference  to our  firm  under  the  caption
"Experts".


                                            COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
    



Boston, Massachusetts
January 10, 1997


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