EXHIBIT 16.1


                                                           Deloitte & Touche LLP
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August 30, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 11-3
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4 of Beacon  Power  Corporation's  Form 8-K dated  August  30,
2004, and we agree with the  statements  made therein,  except  paragraph (b) on
which we have no basis to agree or disagree.

Yours truly,
/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP