EXHIBIT 23.3
                                      
                                      
                                      
                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                      
                                      
     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the previously
filed Registration Statements on (i) Form S-3 (File No. 333-4198) and (ii)
Form S-8 (No. 33-92468, 333-36151, 33-83736 and Post Effective Amendment No.
1 to Form S-8 of Trigen Energy Corporation of our report, dated January 26,
1999 (except for Note 9, as to which the date is March 10, 1999), on the
financial statements for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997 of Grays
Ferry Cogeneration Partnership appearing in this Form 10-K.


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