- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT OF UNITED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, INC. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit 24(b) CONSENT OF UNITED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, INC. INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERING & GEOLOGICAL CONSULTING FIRM UEDC, as an independent petroleum engineering and geological consulting firm, hereby consents to the use of it's Geologic Evaluation, dated July 31, 1996, in the Pre-Effective Amendments, for Atlas-Energy for the Nineties- Public #5, Ltd., and to all references to UEDC as having prepared such report and as an expert concerning such report. UEDC, Inc. /s/ Isaias Ortiz Isaias Ortiz September 20, 1996 President Ambridge, PA