Exhibit 23.1



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




To AmeriGas Partners, L.P.:



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-83942) of our reports dated November 16, 2001, on the financial
statements and schedules of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and subsidiaries included in
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.'s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001
and our report dated November 2, 2001 on the audited financial statements of
Columbia Propane Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999
and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2000 included
in AmeriGas Partners, L.P.'s Form 8-K dated August 21, 2001, as amended on Form
8-K/A dated November 5, 2001, and to all references to our Firm included in or
made part of this Registration Statement.




/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

     April 15, 2002