EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC (as general partner of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP):

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-186306) and Form S-3 (No. 333-193163) of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP of our reports dated February 28, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, equity and partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, which reports appear in the December 31, 2013 annual report on Form 10-K of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas

February 28, 2014