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                                                                    Exhibit 4.15

                              CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

         This CONSENT AND AGREEMENT (this "Consent"), dated as of November 10,
1999 among Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Consenting Party"), Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Partnership"), and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as collateral
agent, together with its successors in such capacity (the "Collateral Agent"),
for the benefit of the Senior Parties (as defined below).

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, the Partnership intends to develop, construct, lease, operate,
maintain and finance a 936 megawatt ("MW") (nominal summer rating) natural
gas-fired simple-cycle electric generating plant (the "Facility" and, together
with the Project Documents, governmental approvals relating to the Facility or
the Project Documents and any other item relating to the Facility, including any
improvements to, and the operation of, the Facility and all activities related
thereto, the "Project") to be located in Heard County, Georgia;

         WHEREAS, the Partnership intends to finance the development,
construction and start-up of the Project, through the issuance of certain bonds
(the "BONDS") pursuant to a trust indenture (the "INDENTURE"), dated as of
November 1, 1999 between the Partnership and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Trustee (the "Trustee");

         WHEREAS, the Project will be owned by the Development Authority of
Heard County, Georgia, a public corporation created and existing under the laws
of the State of Georgia (the "Authority"), and will be leased to the Partnership
pursuant to a Lease Agreement dated as of November 1, 1999 between the Authority
and the Partnership;

         WHEREAS, the Authority will issue its Industrial Development Bonds (the
"DAHC Bonds") pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1999 between the
Authority and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as DAHC Trustee;

         WHEREAS, the DAHC Bonds will be purchased by the Partnership and
pledged to the Collateral Agent, along with certain assets of the Partnership
including its rights under the Lease Agreement, to secure the obligations of the
Partnership under the Bonds;

         WHEREAS, in addition to the DAHC Bonds and related collateral, all
obligations of the Partnership with respect to the Bonds, and any other
agreements evidencing senior debt of the Partnership (collectively, the
"Financing Documents") to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, each successor to
any such person and each other person that becomes a secured party under any
Financing Document (collectively, the "Senior Parties") will be secured by a
certain Security Agreement, Pledge Agreements, Collateral Agency Agreement, Deed
to Secured Debt, Security

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Agreement and Assignment of Rents and Leases, each Third Party Consent and any
other document providing for any lien, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage or security
interest (collectively, the "Security Documents");

         WHEREAS, the Senior Parties, the Authority, and the Partnership have
entered into the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement (as amended,
restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof, the "Collateral Agency Agreement") to set forth their
mutual understanding with respect to (a) the exercise of certain rights,
remedies and options by the respective parties thereto under the above described
documents, (b) the priority of their respective security interests created by
the Security Documents, and (c) the appointment of the Collateral Agent as
collateral agent.

         WHEREAS, the Partnership and the Consenting Party have entered into
that certain Interconnect, Reimbursement and Operating Agreement, dated as of
August 18, 1999 (as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the "Assigned Agreement");

         WHEREAS, the Partnership has notified the Consenting Party that all of
the Partnership's right, title and interest in, to, and under the Assigned
Agreement is to be assigned to the Collateral Agent as security pursuant to one
or more of the Security Documents;

         WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the Bonds and
the other Financing Documents that the Consenting Party execute and deliver this
Consent for the benefit of the Senior Parties;

         NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Senior Parties to enter into
the Financing Documents, and in consideration of good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and
intending to be legally bound, the Consenting Party hereby agrees as follows:

SECTION 1  CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT, ETC.

         1.1 CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT. The Consenting Party (a) acknowledges that
the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties are entering into the Financing
Documents in reliance upon the execution and delivery by the Consenting Party of
the Assigned Agreement and this Consent, (b) consents in all respects to the
pledge and assignment to the Collateral Agent of all of the Partnership's right,
title and interest in, to and under the Assigned Agreement pursuant to one or
more of the Security Documents and (c) acknowledges the right, but not the
obligation, of the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Agent's designee, in the
exercise of the Collateral Agent's rights and remedies under the Security
Documents, to make all demands, give all notices, take all actions and exercise
all rights of the Partnership in accordance with the Assigned Agreement, and
agrees that, in such event, the Consenting Party shall continue to perform its
obligations under the Assigned Agreement, provided that

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the Collateral Agent or its designee meet the credit worthiness standards
contained in Section 32 of the General Terms and Conditions of Consenting
Party's FERC Gas Tariff.

         1.2 SUBSTITUTE OWNER. The Consenting Party agrees that, if the
Collateral Agent shall notify the Consenting Party that an event of default
under any of the Financing Documents has occurred and is continuing and that the
Collateral Agent has exercised its rights (a) to have itself or its designee
substituted for the Partnership under the Assigned Agreement or (b) to sell,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Assigned Agreement to a person,
then the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's designee or such person (each,
a "Substitute Owner") shall be substituted for the Partnership under the
Assigned Agreement and that, in such event, the Consenting Party will continue
to perform its obligations under the Assigned Agreement in favor of the
Substitute Owner provided that the Substitute Owner meets the credit worthiness
standards contained in Section 32 of the General Terms and Conditions of
Consenting Party's FERC Gas Tariff.

         1.3 RIGHT TO CURE. The Consenting Party agrees that in the event of a
default by the Partnership in the performance of any of its obligations under
the Assigned Agreement, or upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or
condition under the Assigned Agreement which would immediately or with the
passage of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, enable
the Consenting Party to terminate or suspend its obligations or exercise any
other right or remedy under the Assigned Agreement or under applicable law
(hereinafter a "default"), the Consenting Party will continue to perform its
obligations under the Assigned Agreement and will not exercise any such right or
remedy until it first gives prompt written notice of such default to the
Collateral Agent and affords the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's
designee and the Senior Parties a period of sixty (60) days (or if such default
is a non-monetary default, such longer period not to exceed ninety (90) days as
is required so long as any such party has commenced and is diligently pursuing
appropriate action to cure such default) from receipt of such notice to cure
such default, provided that in the event that a Substitute Owner assumes the
rights and obligations of the Partnership under the Assigned Agreement pursuant
to a written assumption agreement (a copy of which is provided to the Consenting
Party), such Substitute Owner shall have 60 days from the date of such
assumption agreement to cure such default or if such default is a non-monetary
default, such longer period so long as such Substitute Owner has commenced and
is diligently pursuing appropriate action to cure such default; provided,
however, that if any such party is prohibited from curing any such default by
any process, stay or injunction issued by any governmental authority or pursuant
to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding involving the Partnership, then the
time periods specified in this Section 1.3 for curing a default shall be
extended for the period of such prohibition. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing in this Consent shall prevent the Consenting Party's ability to
immediately suspend service pursuant to the consenting Party's effective FERC
Gas Tariff for force majeure, safety or operating conditions.

         1.4 NO TERMINATION OR ASSIGNMENT. The Consenting Party will not,
without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, enter into any
consensual cancellation or termination of the Assigned Agreement, or assign or
otherwise transfer any of its right, title and interest thereunder or consent to
any such assignment or transfer by the Partnership.

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         1.5 REPLACEMENT AGREEMENT. In the event that the Assigned Agreement is
terminated as a result of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding affecting the
Partnership, the Consenting Party will, upon written notice from the Collateral
Agent to the Consenting Party, enter into a new agreement with the Collateral
Agent (or its transferee or other nominee that owns or leases the Project)
having terms substantially the same as the terms of the Assigned Agreement,
subject to the applicable provisions of the Consenting Party's effective FERC
Gas Tariff, as amended from time to time, and approval by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, if necessary.

         1.6 NO LIABILITY. The Consenting Party acknowledges and agrees that
neither the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's designee or the Senior
Parties shall have any liability or obligation under the Assigned Agreement as a
result of this Consent, the Security Documents or otherwise, nor shall the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's designee or the Senior Parties be
obligated or required to (a) perform any of the Partnership's obligations under
the Assigned Agreement, except, in the case of the Collateral Agent or the
Collateral Agent's designee, during any period in which the Collateral Agent or
the Collateral Agent's designee is a Substitute Owner pursuant to Section 1.2
hereof, in which case (i) the rights and obligations of such Substitute Owner
shall be no more and no less than that of the Partnership under such Assigned
Agreement, (ii) such Substitute Owner shall have no personal liability to the
Consenting Party for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the sole
recourse of the Consenting Party shall be to such Substituted Owner's interest
in the Project, or (b) take any action to collect or enforce any claim for
payment assigned under the Security Documents.

         1.7 PERFORMANCE UNDER ASSIGNED AGREEMENT. The Consenting Party and the
Partnership shall perform and comply with all material terms and provisions of
the Assigned Agreement to be performed or complied with by it and the Consenting
Party shall maintain the Assigned Agreement in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms, except as otherwise provided in this Consent.

         1.8 DELIVERY OF NOTICES. Any notice by the Consenting Party shall be
deemed delivered to the Collateral Agent if made in accordance with the
provisions of, and to the address specified in, the Assigned Agreement.

         1.9 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The Consenting Party agrees to execute such
acknowledgments or other similar instruments as the Collateral Agent shall
reasonably request in connection with the transactions provided for in this
Consent.

SECTION 2   PAYMENTS UNDER THE ASSIGNED AGREEMENT

         2.1 PAYMENTS. The Consenting Party will pay all amounts payable by it
under the Assigned Agreement, if any, in the manner required by the Assigned
Agreement directly into the account specified on Exhibit A hereto, or to such
other person or account as shall be specified from time to time by the
Collateral Agent to the Consenting Party in writing.

                  2.2 NO OFFSET, ETC. All payments required to be made by the
Consenting Party under the Assigned Agreement shall be made without any offset,
recoupment, abatement,

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withholding, reduction or defense whatsoever, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED
UNDER THE ASSIGNED AGREEMENT.

SECTION 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONSENTING PARTY

         In order to induce the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties to enter
into the Financing Documents, the Consenting Party makes the following
representations and warranties, which shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Consent and the Assigned Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

         3.1 ORGANIZATION; POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Consenting Party is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the state of its incorporation, and is duly qualified, authorized to do
business and in good standing in every jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
real property or in which the nature of its business requires it to be so
qualified, and has all requisite power and authority, corporate and otherwise,
to enter into and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Assigned
Agreement, and to carry out the terms hereof and thereof and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.

         3.2 AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Consenting Party of this Consent and the Assigned Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Consenting Party
and do not require any approval or consent of any holder (or any trustee for any
holder) of any indebtedness or other obligation of (a) the Consenting Party or
(b) any other person or entity, except approvals or consents which have
previously been obtained.

         3.3 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; BINDING AGREEMENTS. Each of this Consent
and the Assigned Agreement is in full force and effect, has been duly executed
and delivered on behalf of the Consenting Party by the appropriate officers of
the Consenting Party, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Consenting Party, enforceable against the Consenting Party in accordance
with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (a)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (b) general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

         3.4 LITIGATION. There is no legislation, litigation, action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or (to the best of the Consenting Party's
knowledge after due inquiry) threatened against the Consenting Party before or
by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental authority, body
or agency which, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, (a)
could materially adversely affect the performance by the Consenting Party of its
obligations hereunder or under the Assigned Agreement, or which could modify or
otherwise materially adversely affect the Approvals (as defined in Section 3.6
hereof), (b) questions the validity, binding effect or enforceability hereof or
of the Assigned Agreement, any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or
thereto or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) could
have a material adverse effect upon (i) the business, operations, properties,
assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Consenting Party, (ii) the
ability of the Consenting Party to perform under the Assigned Agreement or this
Consent, (iii) the business,

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operations, properties, assets, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Project, (iv) the value, validity, perfection and enforceability of the
liens granted to the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents or (v) the
ability of the Collateral Agent or the Senior Parties to enforce any of their
material rights and remedies under the Assigned Agreement or this Consent
(collectively, a "Material Adverse Effect").

         3.5 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC. The Consenting Party is not
in violation of its charter or by-laws, and the execution, delivery and
performance by the Consenting Party of this Consent and the Assigned Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will
not result in any violation of, breach of or default under any term of its
charter or by-laws, or of any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by
which it or its property is bound, or of any license, permit, franchise,
judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order, charter, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to it, except for any such violations which, individually
or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Consenting
Party.

         3.6 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. No consent, order, authorization, waiver,
approval or any other action, or registration, declaration or filing with, any
person, board or body, public or private (collectively, the "Approvals"), is
required to be obtained by the Consenting Party in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of the Assigned Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereunder, except as listed in Exhibit B
hereto. All such Approvals listed on Exhibit B, except for those set forth in
Part II thereof (the "Deferred Approvals"), are Final (as defined below). An
Approval shall be "Final" if it has been validly issued, is in full force and
effect, is not subject to any condition (other than compliance with the terms
thereof), does not impose restrictions or requirements inconsistent with the
terms of the Assigned Agreement, and is final and not subject to any appeal. The
Consenting Party reasonably believes that each Deferred Approval will be
obtained in the ordinary course of business prior to the time when such Deferred
Approval is required to be Final.

         3.7 NO DEFAULT OR AMENDMENT. Neither the Consenting Party nor, to the
best of the Consenting Party's knowledge after due inquiry, any other party to
the Assigned Agreement is in default of any of its obligations thereunder. The
Consenting Party has no existing counterclaims, offsets or defenses against the
Partnership. The Consenting Party and, to the best of the Consenting Party's
knowledge after due inquiry, each other party to the Assigned Agreement have
complied with all conditions precedent to the respective obligations of such
party to perform under the Assigned Agreement. To the best of the Consenting
Party's knowledge after due inquiry, no event or condition exists which would
either immediately or with the passage of any applicable grace period or giving
of notice, or both, enable either the Consenting Party or the Partnership to
terminate or suspend its obligations under the Assigned Agreement. The Assigned
Agreement has not been amended, modified or supplemented in any manner.

         3.8 NO PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS. The Consenting Party has no notice of, and
has not consented to, any previous assignment of all or any part of its rights
under the Assigned Agreement.

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         3.9 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations, warranties and
other statements made by the Consenting Party in the Assigned Agreement were
true and correct as of the date when made and are true and correct as of the
date of this Consent.

SECTION 4  OPINION OF COUNSEL

         The Consenting Party shall deliver an opinion of counsel, dated the
Closing Date (as defined in the Financing Documents), relating to the Assigned
Agreement and this Consent, which opinion shall be substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C.

SECTION 5  MISCELLANEOUS

         5.1 NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder, except
such notices provided under Section 1.8 of this Consent, shall be in writing,
shall be deemed given upon receipt thereof by the party or parties to whom such
notice is addressed, shall refer on their face to the Assigned Agreement
(although failure to so refer shall not render any such notice of communication
ineffective), shall be sent by first class mail, by personal delivery or by a
nationally recognized courier service, and shall be directed as follows:

         If to the Consenting Party:  Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
                                      P.O. Box 1396
                                      Houston, Texas 77251-1396

                                      For operating design and construction
                                      matters:
                                      Attention: Vice President-Operations
                                      For all other matters:
                                      Attention: Vice President-Customer
                                      Service and Rates

         If to the Partnership:       Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.
                                      1044 North 115th Street, Suite 400
                                      Omaha, Nebraska  68154-4446

                                      Attention:  Michael F. Lawler
                                      Telephone:  (402) 691-9547
                                      Fax:  (402) 691-9550

         If to the Collateral Agent:  The Chase Manhattan Bank
                                      Capital Markets Fiduciary Services
                                      450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor
                                      New York, New York 10001

                                      Attention:  Annette M. Marsula
                                      International & Project Finance Service
                                      Delivery
                                      Telephone:  (212) 946-7557
                                      Fax:  (212) 946-8178

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The above parties may, by notice given hereunder, designate any further or
different addresses to which subsequent notices or other communications shall be
sent.

         5.2 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. (a) THIS CONSENT AND THE
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
THE PRINCIPLES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW.).

         (b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Consent and any
action for enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof may be brought in the
courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Consent,
each of the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the Collateral Agent hereby
accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and
appellate courts from any appeal thereof. Each of the Consenting Party and the
Partnership hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CT Corporation
System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New York, 10011, as its
designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its
behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process,
summons, notices and documents which may be served in any action or proceeding.
If for any reason such designee, appointee and agent shall cease to be available
to act as such, the Partnership or the Consenting Party, as applicable, agrees
to designate a new designee, appointee and agent in New York City on the terms
and for the purposes of this provision satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Each of the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the Collateral Agent
irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned
courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Consenting Party at its
notice address provided pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. Each of the Consenting
Party, the Partnership and the Collateral Agent hereby irrevocably waives any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of
the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this
Consent brought in the courts referred to above and hereby further irrevocably
waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or its
designees to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Consenting Party in any other
jurisdiction.

         5.3 COUNTERPARTS. This Consent may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

         5.4 HEADINGS DESCRIPTIVE. The headings of the several sections and
subsections of this Consent are inserted for convenience only and shall not in
any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Consent.

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         5.5 SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in or obligation under this
Consent shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         5.6 AMENDMENT, WAIVER. Neither this Consent nor any of the terms hereof
may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified except by an
instrument in writing signed by the Consenting Party and the Collateral Agent.

         5.7 TERMINATION; REFINANCING. (a) The Consenting Party's obligations
hereunder are absolute and unconditional, and the Consenting Party has no right,
and shall have no right, to terminate this Consent or to be released, relieved
or discharged from any obligation or liability hereunder until (i) all
obligations under the Financing Documents (the "Finance Liabilities") have been
indefeasibly satisfied in full, notice of which shall be provided by the
Collateral Agent when all such obligations have been satisfied (the "Termination
Notice"), or (ii) the date that the Assigned Agreement is terminated pursuant to
this Consent and is not replaced. The Collateral Agent shall provide written
notice to the Consenting Party within sixty (60) days of the termination caused
by clause (i) above, that all Finance Liabilities have been extinguished and
that this Consent has been terminated as of such date.

         (b) In the event that the Finance Liabilities of the Partnership are
refinanced or replaced by other credit facilities, this Consent shall continue
in effect for the benefit of the Partnership and the provider of such new credit
facilities (the "New Lender") provided that (i) within five days following
delivery by the Collateral Agent to the Consenting Party of the notice from the
Collateral Agent as provided in Section 5.7 hereof that the original Finance
Liabilities have been indefeasibly satisfied in full, the New Lender or an
agent, trustee or other representative of the New Lender, shall have notified
the Consenting Party that it assumes the rights and the prospective obligations
of the Collateral Agent under this Consent, and shall have supplied substitute
notice address information for Section 5.1 hereof and new Payment Instructions
(as more fully described in Exhibit A hereto) (countersigned on behalf of the
Partnership) for Exhibit A, and (ii) thereafter, (a) the term "Finance
Liabilities" under this Consent will be deemed to refer to the new credit
facilities, (b) the term "Collateral Agent" or "Senior Parties" shall be deemed
to refer to the New Lender or any agent or trustee for the New Lender, (c) the
term "Financing Documents" shall be deemed to the credit agreement, indenture or
other instrument providing for the new credit facilities and (d) the term
"Security Documents" shall be deemed to refer to the security agreements under
which the Assigned Agreement is assigned as collateral to secure performance of
the obligations of the Partnership under the new credit facilities.

         5.8 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Consent shall be binding upon the
parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties, their designees and their respective permitted
successors and assigns.

         5.9 FURTHER ASSURANCES. The parties hereto hereby agree to execute and
deliver all such instruments and take all such action as may be necessary to
effectuate fully the purposes of this Consent.

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         5.10 SURVIVAL. All agreements, statements, representations and
warranties made by the Consenting Party herein shall be considered to have been
relied upon by the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties and shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Consent.

         5.11 NO WAIVER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No failure or delay on the part of
the Collateral Agent or Consenting Party in exercising any right, power or
privilege hereunder and no course of dealing between the Consenting Party and
the Collateral Agent shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
exercise, or the further exercise, of any other right, power or privilege
hereunder. The rights and remedies herein expressly provided are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Collateral Agent or Consenting
Party would otherwise have.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the
Collateral Agent have caused this Consent to be duly executed and delivered by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.

                           TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION

                           By: /s/ Frank Ferazzi
                               ---------------------------------------
                               Name:  Frank J. Ferazzi
                               Title: Vice President, Customer Service and Rates

                           TENASKA GEORGIA PARTNERS, L.P.

                           By:  Tenaska Georgia, Inc.
                                Managing General Partner

                                     By: /s/ Michael F. Lawler
                                         -----------------------------
                                         Name:  Michael F. Lawler
                                         Title: Vice President of Finance &
                                                Treasurer

                           THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                           as Collateral Agent

                           By: /s/ Annette M. Marsula
                               ---------------------------------------
                               Name:  Annette M. Marsula
                               Title: Assistant Vice President

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                                                                    Exhibit A to
                                                           Consent And Agreement
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                              Payment Instructions
                              --------------------

Chase Manhattan Bank             ABA# 021 000 021
450 West 33rd Street, 15th Fl.   Account Number: 507 891325
NY, NY 10001                     Account Name: The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
                                               Collateral Agent
                                               Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.,
                                               Concentration Account
                                 Vista Account Number: 294580000

                                 For Further Credit to: Trust Acct. No. C29458,
                                 The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Collateral Agent,
                                 Tenaska Georgia - Revenue Fund. Attention:
                                 A. Marsula

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                                                                    Exhibit B to
                                                           Consent And Agreement
                                                           ---------------------

                                    Approvals
                                    ---------

                                     Part I

None at this time.

                                     Part II

The permits identified below are based on current job scope and site
specifications. Transco may not require all the listed permits or may require
additional permits not listed in the event of a change to the job scope or site
specifications. Transco applies for and receives authorization for the types of
permits identified below in the ordinary course of business.

Corps of Engineers Permit (if wetlands are present)
T&E Clearance (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Cultural Resources Clearance (State Historic Preservation Office)
Hydrostatic Discharge Permit
Land Disturbance Permit (SE&SCP)
Building Permit from the county
Radio Tower Permit from the county

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                                                                    Exhibit C to
                                                           Consent And Agreement
                                                           ---------------------

                               November __, 1999

[OTHER ADDRESSEES]

Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.
1044 North 115th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68154

         Re:      Natural gas-fired electric generating facility located in
                  Heard County, Georgia (the "Project")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         I or other staff attorneys acting under my supervision have acted as
counsel to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Transco") in connection with the Project to be constructed by Tenaska Georgia
Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TGP"), for which Transco will
construct facilities to interconnect Transco's natural gas pipeline with TGP's
natural gas facilities pursuant to the Interconnect, Reimbursement and Operating
Agreement, dated August 18, 1999, to which TGP and Transco are parties (the
"Interconnect Agreement"). This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to the Bond
Purchase Agreement dated _______________ (the "Bond Purchase Agreement") by and
among TGP, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and the purchaser of the taxable bonds
thereunder (the "Bondholders").

         In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following:

                  (i)      the Interconnect Agreement;

                  (ii)     the Consent and Agreement of Transco, dated
                           ___________; and

                  (iii)    the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws for Transco.

         The documents referred to in item (iii) above are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Governing Documents" and the documents referred
to in items (i) through (ii) above are hereinafter collectively referred to as
the "Documents." In addition, we have examined and are familiar with originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other
documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions
set forth below.

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         In our examination we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or
photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such copies, and the
due execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of the Documents and
the enforceability (subject to limitations on enforceability of the types
referred to in paragraph 4 of this opinion) of the Documents against TGP and
Bondholders. In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have further assumed,
without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, that each
Document we have examined is the valid and binding obligation of each party
thereto other than Transco.

         I am admitted to the bar of the State of Texas. I express no opinion as
to the law of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of Texas and
(ii) the federal laws of the United States of America and (iii) the laws of the
State of Delaware pertaining to corporations and to limited partnerships. As to
all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently
established, I have relied upon certificates or comparable documentation of
officers and representatives of Transco and upon representations and warranties
of Transco contained in the Documents.

         Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations,
qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion
that:

                  1. Transco is a Delaware corporation, duly organized, validly
         existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
         and is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which it
         owns or leases real property or in which the nature of its business
         requires it to be so qualified.

                  2. Transco has taken all necessary corporate action to
         authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of each
         Document, and has duly executed and delivered each Document.

                  3. Transco has all corporate power and authority to execute,
         deliver, and perform obligations under, the Documents.

                  4. Each Document constitutes the valid and binding obligation
         of Transco enforceable against Transco in accordance with its terms,
         except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws
         affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
         principles of equity including principles of commercial reasonableness,
         good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is
         sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

                  5. The execution, delivery and performance by Transco of the
         Documents will not: (i) contravene any applicable provision of any law,
         regulation, ruling, order or decree of any governmental authority to
         which or by which Transco or any of its property or assets is subject
         or bound or (ii) violate any provision of the Governing Documents of
         Transco. The execution, delivery, and performance by Transco of the
         Documents do not

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         and will not, to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, conflict
         with, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result
         in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or
         impose) any lien or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of
         Transco pursuant to any provision of any securities issued by Transco,
         or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
         document, instrument or other agreement to which Transco is a party or
         by which it or any of its property or assets is bound.

                  6. No consent, order, authorization, waiver, approval or any
         other action, or registration, declaration or filing with, any person,
         board or body, public or private (collectively "Approvals"), is
         required to be obtained by Transco in connection with the execution,
         delivery or performance of the Documents or the consummation of the
         transactions contemplated thereby, except as listed on Schedule A
         hereto. All such Approvals listed on Schedule A, except for those in
         Part II thereof, are Final (as defined below). An Approval shall be
         Final if it has been validly issued, is in full force and effect, is
         not subject to any condition (other than compliance with terms
         thereof), does not impose restrictions or requirements inconsistent
         with the terms of the Documents, and is final and not subject to any
         appeal.

                  7. To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, there are
         no pending or threatened actions or proceeding affecting Transco or any
         of its properties or assets that individually or in the aggregate could
         materially adversely affect the execution, delivery and performance by
         Transco of any of the Documents.

                  8. I express no opinion as to the effect on the opinions
         herein stated of compliance or noncompliance by TGP or Bondholder with
         any applicable state, federal or other laws or regulations.

         This opinion and the matters addressed herein are as of the date
hereof, and I undertake no, and hereby expressly disclaim any, obligation to
advise you or any other person of any change in any matter set forth herein
occurring after the date hereof. This opinion is furnished by me, as counsel to
the Company, to lender for its use in connection with the subject transaction
and may not be otherwise used, quoted, referred to or otherwise relied upon, for
any other purpose by any other person or entity, without my prior written
consent. This letter is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is
implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. This opinion is
being furnished only to the Addressees, and their respective successors and
assigns and is solely for the benefit of such parties.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    --------------------------------
                                    Attorney

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                                    APPROVALS

                                     Part I

None at this time.

                                     Part II

The permits identified below are based on current job scope and site
specifications. Transco may not require all the listed permits or may require
additional permits not listed in the event of a change to the job scope or site
specifications. Transco applies for and receives authorization for the types of
permits identified below in the ordinary course of business.

Corps of Engineers Permit (if wetlands are present)
T&E Clearance (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Cultural Resources Clearance (State Historic Preservation Office)
Hydrostatic Discharge Permit
Land Disturbance Permit (SE&SCP)
Building Permit from the county
Radio Tower Permit from the county<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.16

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                              CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

         This CONSENT AND AGREEMENT (this "Consent"), dated as of November 10,
1999 among General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the "Consenting
Party"), Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Partnership"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as collateral agent, together with
its successors in such capacity (the "Collateral Agent"), for the benefit of the
Senior Parties (as defined below).

                                    RECITALS

                  WHEREAS, the Partnership intends to develop, construct, lease,
operate, maintain and finance a 936 megawatt ("MW") (nominal summer rating)
natural gas-fired simple-cycle electric generating plant (the "Facility" and,
together with the Project Documents, governmental approvals relating to the
Facility or the Project Documents and any other item relating to the Facility,
including any improvements to, and the operation of, the Facility and all
activities related thereto, the "Project") to be located in Heard County,
Georgia;

                  WHEREAS, the Partnership intends to finance the development,
construction and start-up of the Project, through the issuance of certain bonds
(the "BONDS") pursuant to a trust indenture, dated as of November 1, 1999
between the Partnership and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the
"INDENTURE");

                  WHEREAS, the Project will be owned by the Development
Authority of Heard County, Georgia, a public corporation created and existing
under the laws of the State of Georgia (the "Authority"), and will be leased to
the Partnership pursuant to a Lease Agreement dated as of November 1, 1999
between the Authority and the Partnership;

                  WHEREAS, the Authority will issue its Industrial Development
Bonds (the "DAHC Bonds") pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1999
between the Authority and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as DAHC Trustee;

                  WHEREAS, the DAHC Bonds will be purchased by the Partnership
and pledged to the Collateral Agent, along with certain assets of the
Partnership including its rights under the Lease Agreement, to secure the
obligations of the Partnership under the Bonds;

                  WHEREAS, in addition to the DAHC Bonds and related collateral,
all obligations of the Partnership with respect to the Bonds, and any other
agreements evidencing senior debt of the Partnership (collectively, the
"Financing Documents") to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, each successor
thereto and each other person that becomes a secured party under any Financing
Document (collectively, the "Senior Parties") will be secured by a certain
Security Agreement, Pledge Agreements, Collateral Agency Agreement, Deed to
Secured Debt, Security Agreement and Assignment of Rents and Leases, each Third
Party Consent and any other document providing for any lien, pledge,
encumbrance, mortgage or security interest (collectively, the "Security
Documents");

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                  WHEREAS, the Senior Parties, the Authority, and the
Partnership have entered into the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement
(as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, the "Collateral Agency Agreement") to set
forth their mutual understanding with respect to (a) the exercise of certain
rights, remedies and options by the respective parties thereto under the above
described documents, (b) the priority of their respective security interests
created by the Security Documents, and (c) the appointment of the Collateral
Agent as collateral agent.

                  WHEREAS, Tenaska Georgia I, L.P. and the Consenting Party have
entered into that certain Contract for Purchase, dated as of August 27, 1999 (as
amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, the "Assigned Agreement");

                  WHEREAS, Tenaska Georgia I, L.P. has assigned and the
Partnership has assumed all of Tenaska Georgia I, L.P.'s right, title and
interest in, and obligations under the Assigned Agreement pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of and delivered to the Consenting
Party on the date hereof ("Assignment and Assumption Agreement").

                  WHEREAS, the Partnership has assigned and Zachry Construction
Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the "Contractor"), has assumed certain of
the Partnership's right, title and interest in, and obligations under the
Assigned Agreement pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as
of and delivered to the Consenting Party on the date hereof ("Assignment and
Assumption Agreement");

                  WHEREAS, the Partnership has notified the Consenting Party
that all of the Partnership's right, title and interest in, to, and under the
Assigned Agreement is to be assigned to the Collateral Agent as security
pursuant to one or more of the Security Documents;

                  WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the
Bonds and the other Financing Documents that the Consenting Party execute and
deliver this Consent for the benefit of the Senior Parties;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Senior Parties to
enter into the Financing Documents, and in consideration of good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and
intending to be legally bound, the Consenting Party hereby agrees as follows:

         SECTION 1. CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT, ETC.

         1.1 CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT. The Consenting Party (a) acknowledges that
the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties are entering into the Financing
Documents in reliance upon the execution and delivery by the Consenting Party of
the Assigned Agreement and this

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Consent, (b) consents in all respects to the pledge and assignment to the
Collateral Agent of all of the Partnership's right, title and interest in, to
and under the Assigned Agreement pursuant to one or more of the Security
Documents and (c) acknowledges the right, but not the obligation, of the
Collateral Agent or the Collateral Agent's designee, in the exercise of the
Collateral Agent's rights and remedies under the Security Documents, to make all
demands, give all notices, take all actions and exercise all rights of the
Partnership in accordance with the Assigned Agreement, and agrees that in such
event the Consenting Party shall continue to perform its obligations under the
Assigned Agreement.

         1.2 SUBSTITUTE OWNER. The Consenting Party agrees that, if the
Collateral Agent shall notify the Consenting Party that an event of default
under any of the Financing Documents has occurred and is continuing and that the
Collateral Agent has exercised its rights (a) to have itself or its designee
substituted for the Partnership under the Assigned Agreement or (b) to sell,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Assigned Agreement to a person,
then the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's designee or such person (each,
a "Substitute Owner") shall be substituted for the Partnership under the
Assigned Agreement and that, in such event, the Consenting Party will continue
to perform its obligations under the Assigned Agreement in favor of the
Substitute Owner.

         1.3 RIGHT TO CURE. The Consenting Party agrees that in the event of a
default by the Partnership in the performance of any of its obligations under
the Assigned Agreement, or upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or
condition under the Assigned Agreement which would immediately or with the
passage of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, enable
the Consenting Party to terminate or suspend its obligations or exercise any
other right or remedy under the Assigned Agreement or under applicable law
(hereinafter a "default"), the Consenting Party will continue to perform its
obligations under the Assigned Agreement and will not exercise any such right or
remedy until it first gives prompt written notice of such default to the
Collateral Agent and affords the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's
designee and the Senior Parties a period of at least sixty (60) days (or if such
default is a non-monetary default, such longer period not to exceed one hundred
eighty (180) days as is required so long as any such party has commenced and is
diligently pursuing appropriate action to cure such default) from receipt of
such notice to cure such default which period shall in either event run
concurrently with the period of any notice in connection with such default which
is given by the Consenting Party to the Partnership under the Assigned
Agreement; provided, however, that if any such party is prohibited from curing
any such default by any process, stay or injunction issued by any governmental
authority or pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding involving the
Partnership, then the time periods specified in this Section 1.3 for curing a
default shall be extended for the period of such prohibition.

         1.4 NO TERMINATION, ASSIGNMENTS OR MATERIAL AMENDMENTS. The Consenting
Party will not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, enter
into any consensual cancellation or termination of the Assigned Agreement, or
assign or otherwise transfer any of its right, title and interest thereunder or
consent to any such assignment or transfer by the Partnership.

         1.5 REPLACEMENT AGREEMENT. In the event that the Assigned Agreement is
terminated as a result of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding affecting the
Partnership, the Consenting

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Party will, at the option of the Collateral Agent enter into a new agreement
with the Collateral Agent (or its transferee or other nominee that owns or
leases the Project) having terms substantially the same as the terms of the
Assigned Agreement.

         1.6 NO LIABILITY. The Consenting Party acknowledges and agrees that
neither the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's designee or the Senior
Parties shall have any liability or obligation under the Assigned Agreement as a
result of this Consent, the Security Documents or otherwise, nor shall the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent's designee or the Senior Parties be
obligated or required to (a) perform any of the Partnership's obligations under
the Assigned Agreement, except, in the case of the Collateral Agent or the
Collateral Agent's designee, during any period in which the Collateral Agent or
the Collateral Agent's designee is a Substitute Owner pursuant to Section 1.2
hereof, in which case (i) the obligations of such Substitute Owner shall be no
more than that of the Partnership under such Assigned Agreement and (ii) the
sole recourse of the Consenting Party shall be to such Substituted Owner's
interest in the Project, or (b) take any action to collect or enforce any claim
for payment assigned under the Security Documents.

         1.7 PERFORMANCE UNDER ASSIGNED AGREEMENT. The Consenting Party shall
perform and comply with all material terms and provisions of the Assigned
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it and shall maintain the Assigned
Agreement in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

         1.8 DELIVERY OF NOTICES. The Consenting Party shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent, concurrently with the delivery thereof to the Partnership, a
copy of each notice, request or demand given by the Consenting Party pursuant to
the Assigned Agreement.

         1.9 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The Consenting Party agrees to execute such
acknowledgments or other similar instruments as the Collateral Agent shall
reasonably request in connection with the transactions provided for in this
Consent.

         1.10 CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF THE ASSIGNED AGREEMENT.
The Consenting Party consents to the assignments by Tenaska Georgia I, L.P. to
the Partnership and the assumption by the Partnership and then the Contractor of
the Assigned Agreement pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and
acknowledges and agrees as follows:

                  (a) Tenaska Georgia I, L.P. and the Partnership are released
from any and all obligations and liability under the Assigned Agreement, except
for the obligation to process and make payments with respect to the Assigned
Agreement in accordance with and as limited by the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement;

                  (b) As a condition to receipt of any payment under the
Assigned Agreement, the Consenting Party will execute a lien waiver (in a form
supplied by the Partnership or the Contractor reasonably satisfactory to the
Consenting Party) which lien waiver will waive the Consenting Party's rights to
place a lien on the Project with respect to that portion of the Equipment (as
defined in the Assigned Agreement) and Services (as defined in the Assigned
Agreement) which is the subject of that payment and any prior payments received
by the Consenting Party; and

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                  (c) The Partnership retains certain rights pursuant to Section
22.1 and Appendix M of the Assigned Agreement and there shall be no amendment of
the Assigned Agreement without the prior written consent of the Partnership. The
Consenting Party agrees that it shall provide to the Partnership a duplicate
copy of any notice given to the Contractor under the Assigned Agreement.

                  (d) In connection with the issuance of the Bonds and the other
Financing Documents, the Consenting Party hereby consents pursuant to Section
11.5 of the Assigned Agreement to the disclosure of the terms and provisions of
Article 3 of the Assigned Agreement to third parties.

                  SECTION 2. PAYMENTS UNDER THE ASSIGNED AGREEMENT

         2.1 PAYMENTS. The Consenting Party will pay all amounts payable by it
under the Assigned Agreement, if any, in the manner required by the Assigned
Agreement directly into the account specified on Exhibit A hereto, or to such
other person or account as shall be specified from time to time by the
Collateral Agent to the Consenting Party in writing.

         2.2 NO OFFSET, ETC. All payments required to be made by the Consenting
Party under the Assigned Agreement shall be made without any offset, recoupment,
abatement, withholding, reduction or defense whatsoever, except as specifically
permitted under the Assigned Agreement.

         SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONSENTING PARTY

         In order to induce the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties to enter
into the Financing Documents, the Consenting Party makes the following
representations and warranties, which shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Consent and the Assigned Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

         3.1 ORGANIZATION; POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Consenting Party is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the state of its incorporation, and is duly qualified, authorized to do
business and in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of its
business requires it to be so qualified, and has all requisite power and
authority, corporate and otherwise, to enter into and to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the Assigned Agreement, and to carry out the terms hereof
and thereof and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

         3.2 AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Consenting Party of this Consent and the Assigned Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate and member action on the part of the
Consenting Party and do not require any approval or consent of any holder (or
any trustee for any holder) of any indebtedness or other obligation of (a) the
Consenting Party or (b) any other person or entity, except approvals or consents
which have previously been obtained.

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         3.3 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; BINDING AGREEMENTS. Each of this Consent
and the Assigned Agreement is in full force and effect, has been duly executed
and delivered on behalf of the Consenting Party by the appropriate officers of
the Consenting Party, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Consenting Party, enforceable against the Consenting Party in accordance
with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (a)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (b) general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

         3.4 LITIGATION. There is no legislation, litigation, action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or (to the best of the Consenting Party's
knowledge after due inquiry) threatened against the Consenting Party before or
by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental authority, body
or agency which, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, (a)
could adversely affect the performance by the Consenting Party of its
obligations hereunder or under the Assigned Agreement, or which could modify or
otherwise adversely affect the Approvals (as defined in Section 3.6), (b)
questions the validity, binding effect or enforceability hereof or of the
Assigned Agreement, any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto
or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) could have a
material adverse effect upon (i) the business, operations, properties, assets,
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Consenting Party, (ii) the ability
of the Consenting Party to perform under the Assigned Agreement or this Consent,
(iii) the business, operations, properties, assets, prospects or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Project, (iv) the value, validity, perfection
and enforceability of the liens granted to the Collateral Agent under the
Security Documents or (v) the ability of the Collateral Agent or the Senior
Parties to enforce any of their material rights and remedies under the Assigned
Agreement or this Consent (collectively, a "Material Adverse Effect").

         3.5 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC. The Consenting Party is not
in violation of its charter or by-laws, and the execution, delivery and
performance by the Consenting Party of this Consent and the Assigned Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will
not result in any violation of, breach of or default under any term of its
charter or by-laws, or of any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by
which it or its property is bound, or of any license, permit, franchise,
judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order, charter, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to it, except for any such violations which, individually
or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Consenting
Party.

         3.6 GOVERNMENT CONSENT. No consent, order, authorization, waiver,
approval or any other action, or registration, declaration or filing with, any
person, board or body, public or private (collectively, the "Approvals"), is
required to be obtained by the Consenting Party in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of the Assigned Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereunder, except as listed in Exhibit B
hereto. All such Approvals listed on Exhibit B, except for those set forth in
Part II thereof (the "Deferred Approvals"), are Final (as defined below). An
Approval shall be "Final" if it has been validly issued, is in full force and
effect, is not subject to any condition (other than compliance with the terms
thereof), does not impose restrictions or requirements inconsistent with the
terms of the Assigned Agreement, and is final and not subject to any appeal. The
Consenting Party

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reasonably believes that each Deferred Approval will be obtained in the ordinary
course of business prior to the time when such Deferred Approval is required to
be Final.

         3.7 NO DEFAULT OR AMENDMENT. Neither the Consenting Party nor, to the
best of the Consenting Party's knowledge after due inquiry, any other party to
the Assigned Agreement is in default of any of its obligations thereunder. The
Consenting Party has no existing counterclaims, offsets or defenses against the
Partnership. The Consenting Party and, to the best of the Consenting Party's
knowledge after due inquiry, each other party to the Assigned Agreement have
complied with all conditions precedent to the respective obligations of such
party to perform under the Assigned Agreement. To the best of the Consenting
Party's knowledge after due inquiry, no event or condition exists which would
either immediately or with the passage of any applicable grace period or giving
of notice, or both, enable either the Consenting Party or the Partnership to
terminate or suspend its obligations under the Assigned Agreement. The Assigned
Agreement has not been amended, modified or supplemented in any manner.

         3.8 NO PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS. The Consenting Party has no notice of, and
has not consented to, any previous assignment of all or any part of its rights
under the Assigned Agreement.

         3.9 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations, warranties and
other statements made by the Consenting Party in the Assigned Agreement were
true and correct as of the date when made and are true and correct as of the
date of this Consent.

         SECTION 4. OPINION OF COUNSEL

         The Consenting Party shall deliver an opinion of counsel, dated the
Closing Date (as defined in the Financing Documents) relating to the Assigned
Agreement and this Consent, which opinion shall be substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C.

         SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS

         5.1 NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing, shall be deemed given upon receipt thereof by the party or parties to
whom such notice is addressed, shall refer on their face to the Assigned
Agreement (although failure to so refer shall not render any such notice of
communication ineffective), shall be sent by first class mail, by personal
delivery or by a nationally recognized courier service, and shall be directed as
follows:

           If to the Consenting Party:     General Electric Company
                                           c/o Global Power Plant Systems
                                           Department
                                           General Electric International, Inc.
                                           1 River Road, Bldg. 2-309
                                           Schenectady, NY 12345

                                           Attention:    Jerry Enot
                                           Telephone:    (518) 385-3058
                                           Fax:          (518) 385-4357

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           If to the Partnership:          Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.
                                           1044 North 115th Street, Suite 400
                                           Omaha, NE  68154-4446

                                           Attention:    Michael F. Lawler
                                           Telephone:    (402) 691-9500
                                           Fax:          (402) 691-9550

           If to the Collateral Agent:     The Chase Manhattan Bank
                                           Capital Markets Fiduciary Services
                                           450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor
                                           New York, New York 10001

                                           Attention:    Annette M. Marsula
                                           International & Project Finance
                                           Service Delivery
                                           Telephone: (212) 946-7557
                                           Fax: (212) 946-8178

The above parties may, by notice given hereunder, designate any further or
different addresses to which subsequent notices or other communications shall be
sent.

         5.2 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. (a) THIS CONSENT AND THE
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO THE PRINCIPLES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW EXCEPT SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

                  (b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
Consent and any action for enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof may be
brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of
America for the Southern District of New York, and, by execution and delivery of
this Consent, each of the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the Collateral
Agent hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and
appellate courts from any appeal thereof. Each of the Consenting Party, the
Partnership and the Collateral Agent irrevocably consents to the service of
process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding
by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, to the Consenting Party at its notice address provided pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof. Each of the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the
Collateral Agent hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or
proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Consent brought in the
courts referred to above and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing herein shall
affect the right of the Collateral Agent or its

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designees to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Consenting Party in any other
jurisdiction.

         5.3 COUNTERPARTS. This Consent may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

         5.4 HEADINGS DESCRIPTIVE. The headings of the several sections and
subsections of this Consent are inserted for convenience only and shall not in
any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Consent.

         5.5 SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in or obligation under this
Consent shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         5.6 AMENDMENT, WAIVER. Neither this Consent nor any of the terms hereof
may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified except by an
instrument in writing signed by the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the
Collateral Agent.

         5.7 TERMINATION. (a) The Consenting Party's obligations hereunder are
absolute and unconditional, and the Consenting Party has no right, and shall
have no right, to terminate this Consent or to be released, relieved or
discharged from any obligation or liability hereunder until all obligations
under the Financing Documents (the "Finance Liabilities") have been indefeasibly
satisfied in full, notice of which shall be provided by the Collateral Agent
when all such obligations have been satisfied (the "Termination Notice").

                  (b) In the event that the Collateral Agent delivers the
Termination Notice to the Consenting Party pursuant to this Section 5.7, this
Consent shall terminate for all purposes as to the Collateral Agent and the
Financing Documents and the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties shall have
no further rights or obligations under this Consent; provided, however, that the
Consenting Party agrees that this Consent shall continue to apply for the
benefit of the Partnership and the providers of new credit facilities to replace
the Financing Documents (the "New Lender") provided that (i) within five (5)
days following delivery by the Collateral Agent to the Consenting Party of the
Termination Notice pursuant to this Section 5.7, the New Lender or an agent,
trustee or other representative of the New Lender, shall have notified the
Consenting Party that it undertakes the prospective obligations of the
"Collateral Agent" under this Consent, and shall have supplied substitute notice
address information for Section 5.1 and new payment instructions (countersigned
on behalf of the Partnership) for Exhibit A, (ii) the amount of the new credit
facilities do not exceed the original amount of commitment by the Senior Parties
to make loans and extend other credit facilities under the Financing Documents,
and (iii) thereafter, (w) the term "Finance Liabilities" under this Consent will
be deemed to refer to the new credit facilities, (x) the term "Collateral Agent"
or "Senior Parties" shall be deemed to refer to the New Lender or any agent or
trustee for the New Lender, (y) the term "Financing Documents" shall be deemed
to refer to the credit agreement, indenture or other instrument providing for
the new credit facilities and (z) the term "Security Documents" shall be deemed
to refer to the security

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agreements under which the Assigned Agreement is assigned as collateral to
secure performance of the obligations of the Partnership under the new credit
facilities.

         5.8 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Consent shall be binding upon the
parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties, their designees and their respective permitted
successors and assigns.

         5.9 FURTHER ASSURANCES. The parties hereto hereby agree to execute and
deliver all such instruments and take all such action as may be necessary to
effectuate fully the purposes of this Consent.

         5.10 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, THE CONSENTING PARTY, THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONSENT.

         5.11 SURVIVAL. All agreements, statements, representations and
warranties made by the Consenting Party herein shall be considered to have been
relied upon by the Collateral Agent and the Senior Parties and shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Consent.

         5.12 NO WAIVER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No failure or delay on the part of
the Collateral Agent in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder and
no course of dealing between the Consenting Party and the Collateral Agent shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other exercise, or the further
exercise, of any other right, power or privilege hereunder. The rights and
remedies herein expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which the Collateral Agent would otherwise have.

         5.13 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Consent embodies the complete agreement
between the parties hereto and supersedes all other oral or written
understandings or agreements.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Consenting Party, the Partnership and the
Collateral Agent have caused this Consent to be duly executed and delivered by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.

                               GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

                               By: /s/ Elizabeth K. Lanier
                                   -------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Elizabeth K. Lanier
                                   Title: Vice President

                               TENASKA GEORGIA PARTNERS, L.P.

                               By:  TENASKA GEORGIA, INC.
                                    Managing General Partner

                                       By: /s/ Michael F. Lawler
                                           -----------------------------
                                           Name:  Michael F. Lawler
                                           Title: Vice President of Finance &
                                                  Treasurer

                               THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                                   as Collateral Agent

                               By: /s/ Annette M. Marsula
                                   -------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Annette M. Marsula
                                   Title: Assistant Vice President

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                                                                    EXHIBIT A TO
                                                           CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

                              PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Chase Manhattan Bank               ABA# 021 000 021
450 West 33rd Street, 15th Fl.     Account Number: 507 891325
NY, NY 10001                       Account Name: The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
                                                 Collateral Agent
                                                 Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.,
                                                 Concentration Account
                                   Vista Account Number: 294580000

                                   For Further Credit to: Trust Acct. No.
                                   C29458, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
                                   Collateral Agent, Tenaska Georgia - Revenue
                                   Fund. Attention: A. Marsula

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                                                                    EXHIBIT B TO
                                                           CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

                                    APPROVALS

                                      None

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                                                                    EXHIBIT C TO
                                                           CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

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                                                                GE POWER SYSTEMS

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MICHAEL C. BARNAS                       GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
COUNSEL-AFRICA, INDIA, MID EAST         ONE RIVER ROAD, BUILDING 36, SUITE 413
                                        SCHENECTADY, NY 12345
                                        TEL. (518) 385-7602
                                        FAX  (518) 385-5466

November       , 1999

To Addressees on Schedule A

         Re:  Natural gas-fired electric generating facility located in Heard
              County, Georgia (the "Project")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         I have acted as counsel to General Electric Company, a New York
corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Project to be constructed by
Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TGP"), with
respect to which which the Company has executed that certain Contract for
Purchase (the "Agreement") dated August 23, 1999 to which TGP was a party, and
pursuant to which the Company will provide to TGP six PG7241 gas
turbine-generators, together with auxiliary equipment. This opinion is delivered
to you pursuant to the Agreement dated as of November 1, 1999 ("the Common
Agreement") by and among TGP, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee, The
Toronto-Dominion Bank, as DSR LOC Agent, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as PPA LOC
Agent and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Common Agreement.

         In connection with this opinion, I have examined originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the following:

                  (i)    the Agreement;

                 (ii)    the Consent and Agreement of the Company, dated as
                         of ________ (the "Consent");

                (iii)    the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
                         Company; and

                 (iv)    the resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery
                         of the Agreement and the Consent, duly adopted by the
                         Board of Directors of the Company.

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Michael C. Barnas
November ___, 1999
Page 2

         The documents referred to in items (iii) and (iv) above are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Governing Documents" and the Agreement and the
Consent are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Documents". In
addition, I have examined and am familiar with originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such other documents as I have
deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below.

         In my examination I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic
copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In rendering the
opinions expressed below, I have further assumed, without any independent
investigation or verification of any kind, that each Document I have examined is
the valid and binding obligation of each party thereto other than the Company.

         I am admitted to the bar of the State of New York. I express no opinion
as to the law of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of New
York and (ii) the federal laws of the United States of America.

         Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations,
qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion
that:

                  1. The Company is a corporation, duly organized, validly
         existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York.
         The Company is duly qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction
         in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified.

                  2. The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter
         into, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Documents.

                  3. The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to
         authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of each
         Document.

                  4. The Company has duly executed and delivered each Document.

                  5. Each Document constitutes the valid and binding obligation
         of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
         terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
         enforcement of creditors= rights generally and by general principles of
         equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in
         equity or at law).

                  6. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
         the Documents will not: (i) contravene any applicable provision of any
         law, regulation,

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November ___, 1999
Page 3

         ruling, order or decree of any governmental authority to which or by
         which the Company or any of its property or assets is subject or bound
         or (ii) violate any provision of the Governing Documents of the
         Company. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
         Documents do not and will not, to the best of our knowledge after due
         inquiry, conflict with, result in any breach of, or constitute a
         default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the
         obligation to create or impose) any lien or encumbrance upon any of the
         property or assets of the Company pursuant to any provision of any
         securities issued by the Company, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
         trust, contract, undertaking, document, instrument or other agreement
         to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its property
         or assets is bound.

                  7. No consent, order, authorization, waiver, approval or any
         other action, or registration, declaration or filing with, any person,
         board or body, public or private, is required to be obtained by the
         Company in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of
         the Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
         thereby.

                  8. To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, there are
         no pending or threatened actions or proceedings affecting the Company
         or any of its properties or assets that individually or in the
         aggregate could prohibit or limit in any way the execution, delivery
         and performance by the Company of any of the Documents.

         This opinion is being furnished only to the Agent, the Borrower, the
parties identified on Schedule A hereto and their respective successors and
assigns and is solely for the benefit of such parties; provided that assignees
of, or participants in, the interests of the Banks may rely on this opinion as
if it were addressed to them.

                                                Very truly yours,

                                                Michael C. Barnas

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November ___, 1999
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                                   SCHEDULE A

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
         85 Broad Street
         New York, New York  10004

Credit Lyonnais
         1301 Avenue of the Americas
         20th Floor
         New York, New York  10019

TD Securities (USA) Inc.
         31 West 52nd Street
         New York, New York  10019

The Toronto-Dominion Bank
         31 West 52nd Street
         New York, New York  10019

Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.
         1044 North 115th Street
         Suite 400
         Omaha, NE  68154 - 4446

The Chase Manhattan Bank
         Capital Markets Fiduciary Services
         International & Project Finance Service Delivery
         450 West 33rd Street
         15th Floor
         New York, New York  10001

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