EXHIBIT 23.1
                                      
                                      
                                      
                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                                      
                                      
     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Form 10-K of our report dated February 8,
1998 included in the Company's previously filed Registration Statements No.
333-4198 on Form S-3; and No. 33-92468 and No. 333-36151 and No. 33-83736 on
Form S-8 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 of Trigen Energy 
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998.



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                              ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

March 29, 1999
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