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. 33-29024, 33-3908, 33-39596, 33-39596-01, 33-47085, 33-50639,
33-61029, 33-61029-01, 333-46551 and 333-59671 on Form S-3; Nos. 333-01947
and 333-74417 on Form S-4; and Nos. 2-84145, 33-35922, 333-01953, 333-96287,
333-42695, 333-74415, 333-65781, 333-88233 and 333-94101 on Form S-8 of
General Electric Company of our report dated February 4, 2000, relating
to the consolidated financial position of General Electric Company and
consolidated affiliates as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, 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, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999, annual report
on Form 10-K of General Electric Company.
KPMG LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
March 17, 2000
