Exhibit 23(b)


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



To UGI Utilities, Inc.:

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
November 10, 2000, included in UGI Utilities, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2000, and to all references to our Firm included in
this Registration Statement.


                                    ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 30, 2001