Consolidated Edison
American energy company
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| 2025 | Expected commissioning of the Champlain Hudson Power Express HVDC transmission line, providing a more direct power connection between Con Edison and Hydro-Québec in Canada. |
| 2023 | Continuation of Smart Meter Project to replace remaining meters with several thousand still needing to be changed due to customer access issues. |
| 2023 | Con Edison sold its clean energy business to RWE. |
| 2022 | Majority of Smart Meter Project completed, replacing over five million electric and gas meters using Aclara Smart Grid Solutions technology. |
| February 2021 | The Energy and Policy Institute criticized Con Edison for promoting clean energy while investing in fracked gas infrastructure, noting that executive compensation policies do not directly reward reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, 170 Con Edison employees tested positive for the virus, with three fatalities. The company committed to not shutting off service due to non-payment and waived late-payment charges for customers. |
| July 13 2019 | A significant blackout in Manhattan occurred when a Consolidated Edison cable burnt out in a transformer on West End Avenue. The three-hour outage affected 73,000 customers, including subway stations, West Side areas, Times Square, and Rockefeller Center. Notably, the blackout fell on the anniversary of the 1977 citywide blackout. |
| December 27 2018 | A transformer short-circuit at a ConEd power plant in Astoria, Queens caused widespread disruptions, including shutting down La Guardia Airport, causing subway line delays, and an outage on Rikers Island. The incident created spectacular blue sky lighting (dubbed 'Astoria Borealis') from arc flashes. |
| September 2017 | Con Edison announced a $1.25 billion investment in renewable energy production facilities over the next three years. |
| 2016 | Forbes listed Con Edison among America's best large employers. |
| 2015 | Hispanic Network Magazine named Con Edison a top employer among energy, gas, and oil companies in its 'Best of the Best' issue. |
| 2014 | Con Edison was named #1 utility and #16 overall in Newsweek's Green Rankings, and was selected as one of the top regional utilities by DiversityInc magazine. |
| March 12 2014 | Two apartment buildings in East Harlem exploded after a reported gas leak, killing eight people and reducing the buildings to rubble. |
| October 29 2012 | During Hurricane Sandy, a transformer explosion occurred at a Con Edison plant on New York City's East Side. The company used social media to communicate outage information, gaining 16,000 Twitter followers during the storm. |
| December 2011 | Public Campaign released a report criticizing ConEd for spending $1.8 million on lobbying, receiving $127 million in tax rebates despite $4.2 billion profit, and increasing executive pay by 82% to $17.4 million for top five executives. |
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