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Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

 

 
The Board of Directors
General Electric Company:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 33-50639, 33-39596, 33-39596-01, 33-29024, 333-59671, 333-120155, 333-72566 and 333-130117), on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-107556), and on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-01953, 333-42695, 333-74415, 333-83164, 333-98877, 333-94101, 333-65781, 333-88233, 333-117855, 333-99671, 333-102111 and 333-142452) of General Electric Company of our report dated February 20, 2008, with respect to the statement of financial position of General Electric Company and consolidated affiliates as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of earnings, changes in shareowners’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which report appears in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of General Electric Company.
 
Our report refers to a change in the methods of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes and for a change or projected change in the timing of cash flows relating to income taxes generated by leveraged lease transactions in 2007, and to a change in the methods of accounting for pension and other post retirement benefits and for share based compensation in 2006.
 

 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
 
KPMG LLP
February 20, 2008
Stamford, Connecticut