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| Type | Public utility |
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| Founded | 1823 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Key people | Kevin Burke (CEO) |
| Industry | Energy industry |
| Services | Electricity |
| Website | www.coned.com |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED) is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $33 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through the following subsidiaries: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a regulated utility providing electric, gas, and steam service in New York City and Westchester County, New York; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., a regulated utility serving customers in a 1,350-square-mile (3,500 km2) area in southeastern New York and adjacent sections of northern New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania; Con Edison Solutions, a retail energy supply and services company; Con Edison Energy, a wholesale energy supply company; and Con Edison Development, a company that owns and operates generating plants and participates in other infrastructure projects.
Con Edison produces 30 billion pounds of steam each year through its seven power plants which boil water to 1,000°F (538°C) before pumping it to hundreds of buildings in the New York City steam system—the biggest district steam system in the world.[1]
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In 1823, Con Edison’s earliest corporate entity, the New York Gas Light Company, was founded by a consortium of New York City investors. In 1824 New York Gas Light was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it has the record for being the longest listed stock on the NYSE.
In 1884, six gas companies combined into the Consolidated Gas Company. The New York Steam Company began providing service in lower Manhattan in 1882. Today, Con Edison operates the largest commercial steam system in the world, providing steam service to nearly 1,600 commercial and residential establishments in Manhattan from the Battery to 96th Street.[2]
Con Edison’s electric business also dates back to 1882, when Thomas Edison’s Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York began supplying electricity to 59 customers in a square-mile area in lower Manhattan. After the “War of Currents”, there were more than 30 companies generating and distributing electricity in New York City and Westchester County. But by 1920 there were far fewer, and the New York Edison Company (then part of Consolidated Gas) was clearly the leader.
In 1936, with electric sales far outstripping gas sales, the company incorporated and the name was changed to Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. The years that followed brought further amalgamations as Consolidated Edison acquired or merged with more than a dozen companies between 1936 and 1960. Con Edison today is the result of acquisitions, dissolutions and mergers of more than 170 individual electric, gas and steam companies.
On January 1, 1998, following the deregulation of the utility industry in New York state, a holding company, Consolidated Edison, Inc., was formed. It is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $33 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through two regulated utility subsidiaries and three competitive energy businesses. Con Edison (NYSE: ED), under a number of different corporate names, remains the longest continuously traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Its largest subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. provides electric, gas and steam service to more than 3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York, an area of 660 square miles (1,700 km2) with a population of nearly 9 million.
Con Edison transmission system utilizes voltages of 138,000 volts and 345,000 volts. Con Ed has two 345kv interconnections with upstate New York that enable it to import power from Hydro-Québec in Canada and one 345kv interconnection each with Public Service Electric and Gas in New Jersey and LIPA on Long Island. Con Ed's distribution voltage is 13,800 volts.
A former Con Edison building on 48th Street in Manhattan was converted first into the studio for the television game show Let's Make a Deal, and later into a recording studio called “The Power Station” because of its Edison history. In 1996, the studio was renamed Avatar Studios.
The 93,000 miles (150,000 km) of underground cable in the Con Edison system could wrap around the Earth 3.6 times. Nearly 36,000 miles (58,000 km) of overhead electric wires complement the underground system—enough cable to stretch between New York and Los Angeles 13 times.[8]
The Con Edison gas system has nearly 7,200 miles (11,600 km) of pipes – if laid end to end, long enough to reach Paris and back to New York City. The average volume of gas that travels through Con Edison’s gas system annually could fill the Empire State Building nearly 6,100 times.[9]
Con Edison operates the largest district steam system in the world. Steam traveling through the system is used to heat and cool some of New York’s most famous addresses, including the United Nations complex, the Empire State Building, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[10]
In 2005, electric revenues accounted for 64.9% of consolidated sales (68.2% in 2004); gas revenues 15.9% (15.4%); non-utility revenues 13.6%(10.8%); and steam revenues 5.5% (5.6%).
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   | Con Edison - Con Edison: - Con Edison Company of New York |
| | Steam - Steam (Gotham Gazette, November 10, 2003) |
| | Con Ed Finds 1,214 Stray Voltage Sites in One Year - Con Ed Finds 1,214 Stray Voltage Sites in One Year - New York Times |
| | 'A Tale of Two Cities - New York' - The New York City Steam System - Welcome To IDEA! |
| | Evacuation For Asbestos Near Blast Site - Evacuation For Asbestos Near Blast Site - The New York Times |
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