Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

DPL Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333-44370) on Form S-3 and Registration Statement (No. 333-39982) on Form S-8 of DPL Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated February 27, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of results of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and all related financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company. Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for conditional asset retirement obligations.

/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
February 27, 2006