Exhibit 23-1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of our report dated February 27, 2008 relating to the consolidated
financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule of Public
Service Electric and Gas Company (which report expresses an unqualified opinion
and includes explanatory paragraphs relating to the adoption of Financial
Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes - an Interpretation of FASB Statement 109 and Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans as described in Note 2), appearing in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Public Service Electric and Gas Company for
the year ended December 31, 2007, incorporated by reference in the Prospectuses,
which are part of this Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under
the heading "Experts" in the Prospectuses which are part of this
Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey

November 25, 2008