EXHIBIT 23a

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No.
333-115100 on Form S-3 of our report dated February 27, 2007 which expresses an
unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph for the adoption of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, EMPLOYERS' ACCOUNTING FOR
DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT PLANS, appearing in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Public Service Electric and Gas Company for the year
ended December 31, 2006.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey
February 27, 2007