INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
333-52690) of Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (the "Registrant") and in
the Prospectus Supplement of the Registrant (the "Prospectus Supplement") via
the Form 8-K of the Registrant dated June 6, 2002, of our report dated January
23, 2002 on the consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended on December 31, 2001, which report appears in the
Form 10-K of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 26, 2002 and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.


/s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
June 6, 2002