Exhibit 23.2


                         Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment No.
3 to Registration  Statement (No.  33-16238) on Form S-8 relating to Long Island
Lighting Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan,  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to  Registration  Statement  (No.  2-87427) on Form S-3  relating to Long Island
Lighting  Company's  Automatic  Dividend  Reinvestment  Plan and in the  related
Prospectus,  Registration  Statement  (No.  2-88578) on Form S-3 relating to the
issuance  of  Common  Stock  and  in the  related  Prospectus  and  Registration
Statement  (No.  33-52963)  on Form S-3  relating to the issuance of General and
Refunding Bonds, Debentures,  Preferred Stock or Common Stock and in the related
Prospectus,  of our report  dated May 22, 1998,  with  respect to the  financial
statements and schedule of Long Island Lighting  Company  included in the Annual
Report (Form 10-K) of  MarketSpan  Corporation  for the year ended  December 31,
1998.





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