Consolidated Edison News

Power to nearly all of the 1,100 Consolidated Edison customers in several Brooklyn neighbhorhoods who lost electricity has been restored.

Con Edison officials say all but about 20 of the customers have service.

Electrical problems had cut electricity.

The utility still is asking customers to cut back on usage until further notice.

Close to 90,000 customers in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods have been asked to stop using all non-essential electrical appliances, including air conditioning.

Power to nearly all of the 1,100 Consolidated Edison customers in several Brooklyn neighbhorhoods who lost electricity has been restored.

Con Edison officials say all but about 20 of the customers have service.

Electrical problems had cut electricity.

The utility still is asking customers to cut back on usage until further notice.

Close to 90,000 customers in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods have been asked to stop using all non-essential electrical appliances, including air conditioning.

July 21, 2008 As the city weathered the sixth day of the longest heat wave of the summer, Consolidated Edison announced that over the weekend, New Yorkers used about 400,000 megawatts of power, making it one of ...

The massive hike in electric rates announced by Consolidated Edison this month could not have come at a worse time.

Temperatures will be inching downward this week in the New York City area. But you might want to keep your umbrella handy.

Electrical problems have cut power to about 2,000 Consolidated Edison customers in parts of Brooklyn, and the power company is asking thousands more to cut back on usage until the problems have been fixed.

Close to 90,000 customers in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope sections have been asked to stop using all non-essential electrical appliances, including air conditioning.

Con Ed said it had reduced voltage in the area by 8 percent while repairs are being made.

Consolidated Edison said an electrician would examine the electrical panel at a Scarsdale home where a power surge caused a small fire last night.

Electric bills in some of New York City 's northwest suburbs are about to go up.

Power has been restored to 227 North White Plains homes after lightning knocked out electricity this morning.

Consolidated Edison is expecting to bill its residential customers in New York City and Westchester County 22 percent more for electricity this summer than last because of rising fuel costs, officials at the ...

Get ready to open your wallets some more, Con Ed customers. Your bill is about to get another hefty hike, but the utility insists this is actually not a rate increase.

The high cost of fuel isn't just hitting people at the pump. Electric bills have also been climbing this summer because of the rising cost of oil and natural gas.

July 11, 2008 As world oil prices head north, so will your power bill. Consolidated Edison projects customers can expect to be zapped with a major increase in their electricity bill -- as much as 22 percent ...

Nearly 9,000 union workers at Consolidated Edison Inc. would receive annual raises of 3.5 percent from 2009 to 2011 under a tentative contract agreement that narrowly averted a strike against the dominant ...

Northwest pilots, Broadway actors and utility workers are among those reaching contract agreements in recent days, and more news from the "Bargaining Digest Weekly." The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department ...

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Talks between Consolidated Edison and the union representing nearly 9,000 of the utility's workers have ended Wednesday morning, with the two side agreeing on a new contract according to a spokesman for the ...

July 02, 2008 A deal was reached early this morning that will keep thousands of Consolidated Edison workers on the job.

Consolidated Edison says a wayward balloon is to blame for a power outage that affected some customers in Brooklyn.

July 01, 2008 Consolidated Edison and the union representing 9,000 of its workers headed back to the bargaining table this morning with a midnight strike deadline looming.