EXHIBIT 23.1
 
             INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULES
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
California Energy Company, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska
 
  We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of California Energy
Company, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 24, 1994, appearing in
the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement, and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
 
  Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
report also included the financial statement schedules of California Energy
Company, Inc., listed in Item 16. These financial statement schedules are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement
schedules, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken
as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
 
Deloitte & Touche
Omaha, Nebraska
   
March 17, 1994