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Exhibit 23.(a)
Independent Auditors' Consent
The Board of Directors
Florida Progress Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of Florida Progress Corporation of our report dated January 20, 2000,
except as to paragraph 1 of Note 2, which is as of March 3, 2000, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Florida Progress Corporation as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash
flows and common equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1999, and all related schedule, which
report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of Florida
Progress Corporation, and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
St. Petersburg, Florida
June 13, 2000
