Exhibit 23.4

     In connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated May 21, 1999 (the
"Purchase Agreement"), among Caithness Coso Funding Corp. (the "Issuer"), Coso
Finance Partners, a California general partnership, Coso Energy Developers, a
California general partnership, and Coso Power Developers, a California general
partnership (collectively, the "Guarantors"), the Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Securities Corporation (the "Initial Purchaser"), relating to the Issuer's 6.80%
Senior Secured Notes due 2001 (the "2001 Notes") and the Issuer's 9.05% Senior
Secured Notes due 2009 (the "2009 Notes" and, together with the 2001 Notes, the
"Notes") and each Guarantor's guarantee of the Notes, Henwood Energy Services,
Inc. (the "Energy Markets Consultant"), hereby certifies as follows:

     1.   The Energy Markets Consultant has consented to the references to it in
          the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (as defined in the Purchase
          Agreement) and to the use of the report prepared by the Energy Markets
          Consultant, dated May 20, 1999, and contained in Exhibit B to the
          Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the "Energy Markets
          Consultant's Report").


                              HENWOOD ENERGY SERVICES, INC.


                              By /s/ Kevin Woodruff
                                ---------------------------------
                                     Kevin Woodruff
                                     Principal Consultant

Dated:  July 22, 1999