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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in registration statements on
Form S-3 (333-107295 and 333-107296) and Form S-8 (333-60124, 333-60328,
333-74754, 333-74790, 333-86608, 333-86610, 333-86612, 333-98273, 333-101471,
333-101473, 333-106097 and 333-106098) of Reliant Resources, Inc. of our:

     Report dated March 5, 2004 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion
     and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the change in method of
     accounting for asset retirement obligations, energy trading contracts,
     consolidation of variable interest entities, and the change in presentation
     of revenues and costs of sales associated with non-trading commodity
     derivative activities in 2003, the change in method of presenting trading
     activities from a gross basis to a net basis, and goodwill and other
     intangibles in 2002 and, accounting for derivatives and hedging activities
     in 2001), on the consolidated financial statements and related financial
     statement schedules of Reliant Resources, Inc. appearing in this Annual
     Report on Form 10-K of Reliant Resources, Inc. for the year ended December
     31, 2003.

     Report dated March 5, 2004 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion
     and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the change in method of,
     accounting for asset retirement obligations, and the change in presentation
     of revenues and costs of sales associated with non-trading commodity
     derivative activities in 2003, goodwill and other intangibles in 2002, and
     derivatives and hedging activities in 2001), on the consolidated financial
     statements of Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC appearing in
     this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Reliant Resources, Inc. for the year
     ended December 31, 2003.

     Report dated March 5, 2004 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion
     and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the change in method of,
     accounting for asset retirement obligations, and the change in presentation
     of revenues and costs of sales associated with non-trading commodity
     derivative activities in 2003, goodwill and other intangibles in 2002, and
     the application of procedures relating to certain disclosures and
     reclassifications related to the 2001 financial statements that were
     audited by other auditors who have ceased operations and for which Deloitte
     & Touche LLP have expressed no opinion or other form of assurance other
     than with respect to such disclosures and reclassifications) on the
     consolidated financial statements of Orion Power Holdings, Inc. as of
     December 31, 2002 and 2003 and for the periods from January 1, 2002 to
     February 19, 2002 and February 20, 2002 to December 31, 2002 and for the
     year ended December 31, 2003, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K
     of Reliant Resources, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2003.

     Report dated March 5, 2004 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion
     and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to, the change in accounting
     for energy trading contracts and its presentation of revenues and costs of
     sales associated with non-trading commodity derivative activities in 2003
     and the change in method of accounting for goodwill and other intangibles,
     and the change in method of presenting trading activities from a gross
     basis to a net basis in 2002) on the consolidated financial statements of
     Reliant Energy Retail Holdings, LLC appearing in the this Annual Report on
     Form 10-K of Reliant Resources, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2003.

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March 5, 2004