EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement of our report,
dated February 21, 1997, except for Note 11, as to which the date is March 11,
1997, on our audits of the December 31, 1996 and 1995 financial statements of
Oglethorpe Power Corporation. We also consent to the references to our firm
under captions "EXPERTS" and "SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA."
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Atlanta, Georgia,
December 16, 1997.