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                                   EXHIBIT 23


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
General Electric Company

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements Nos.
33-47085, 33-50639, 33-61029, 33-61029-01, 333-46551, 333-59671 and 333-71778 on
Form S-3; Nos. 333-01947 and 333-42442 on Form S-4; and Nos. 2-84145, 33-35922,
333-01953, 333-96287, 333-42695, 333-74415, 333-83164 and 333-57734 on Form S-8
of General Electric Company of our report dated February 8, 2002, relating to
the consolidated financial position of General Electric Company and consolidated
affiliates as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, changes in share owners' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001, which report
appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of General Electric
Company. Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for
derivative instruments and hedging activities and impairment of certain
beneficial interests in securitized assets.



/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
Stamford, Connecticut

March 8, 2002


























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