EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


	We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 33-59681 
of Enova Corporation on Form S-3 of our report on San Diego Gas & 
Electric Company and subsidiaries dated February 16, 1996 
incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of 
Enova Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1995, which is 
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, which is part of such 
Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the 
heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

San Diego, California
August 27, 1996