EXHIBIT 23.1

                                                 [Stone & Webster Letterhead]

June 27, 2000

AES Red Oak, L.L.C.
1001 North 19th Street
Arlington, Virginia  22209

Re:     AES Red Oak Project

Dear Sirs:

            Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc. hereby submits our
Independent Technical Consultant's Report of the AES Red Oak Project (the
"Project"), dated March 10, 2000 (the "Report"). We understand that our Report
will be used by (i) purchasers of AES Red Oak L.L.C.'s (a) 8.54% Senior Secured
Exchange Bonds Series A due 2019 (the "Series A Bonds") and (b) 9.20% Senior
Secured Exchange Bonds Series B due 2029 (the "Series B Bonds," and together
with the Series A Bonds, the "Bonds") and (ii) subsequent purchasers of the
Bonds, in evaluating the technical, operating, and economic aspects of the
Project, and that it will be included, in reliance upon our experience in the
review of the design, construction, and operation of electric generating
facilities, as an appendix to the Prospectus included in a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by AES Red Oak, L.L.C. in connection with the exchange of outstanding
(a) 8.54% Senior Secured Bonds Series A due 2019 and (b) 9.20% Senior Secured
Bonds Series B due 2029 for (a) Series A Bonds and (b) Series B Bonds,
respectively. We hereby consent to such inclusion and to the reference to us as
experts under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.


                                Very truly yours,



                             /s/ Debra Richert for K. H. Applewhite
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                             Name: K. H. Applewhite
                             Title: Vice President