Con Edison

Con Edison will pay a record fine in New York for its failures to manage the aftermath of a storm – not last week’s tropical storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, but winter storms two years ago. The state’s Public Service Commission announced the $10.75 million deal with Con Ed and O&R on Thursday, settling “alleged violations...

Hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened Con Edison’s franchise in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down and suggested the city might be better off with a public utility instead of a private company. Tropical Storm Isaias caused more than 250,000 Con Ed customers to lose power, the company’s second-largest storm outage ever. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday,...

A threat of high heat and humidity is adding to the growing frustrations of thousands of tri-state residents who have spent nearly a week without electricity after several inches of rain and destructive winds from Tropical Storm Isaias brought down countless trees and utility poles. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

In addition to charging customers more, the proposals by one of the highest-priced utility companies in the nation aren’t sitting well with some environmentalists who want Con Ed to move away from gas. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Manhole fires have been popping up all across the city. Andrew Siff reports.

A steam pipe leak sent plumes of vapor stories high Sunday evening in the Upper West Side, according to the NYPD.

Two multi-story buildings in Manhattan were evacuated Wednesday as Con Edison investigated the source of a possible gas leak, the utility said.

Electrical utility Con Edison says it’s figured out more details about why a relatively small problem escalated into a big blackout in Manhattan

The new statement puts a finer point on the original explanation for the blackout that effected the west side of midtown, pinning the blame on a sensor and one of the protective relays. NBC 4 New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio called for an investigation Monday of power outages that came at the end of this weekend’s oppressive heat, saying he no longer trusts utility Con Edison after it decided to turn off power to thousands of customers.

After a weekend that saw tens of thousands lose power — and roughly 53,000 customers, mostly in Brooklyn and Queens, Consolidated Edison is facing some serious heat from City Hall and Albany. Chris Glorioso reports.

An I-Team review of regulatory filings shows, for the last decade, Consolidated Edison delayed and ultimately scrapped a program to spend $350 million dollars to modernize “relay protection systems.”

The systems work as circuit breakers for the city, and although the utility pledged to spend hundreds of millions on upgrading them, records show nothing has been spent on the program over the last nine years. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Commuters should expect a warm arrival at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

A Manhattan power outage that temporarily turned off the bright lights of the big city only lasted for a few hours, but left plenty of lingering questions and calls for investigations on Sunday.

More than 400 elevators got stuck when a massive blackout wiped out power in parts of Manhattan on Saturday, the city’s fire commissioner said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for an investigation into what caused a massive power outage in Manhattan on Saturday. Greg Cergol reports.

A series of manhole explosions rattled midtown Manhattan Wednesday, making people jump with sudden booms as black smoke billowed out from underground.

Several businesses in Midtown are scrambling to get back to business after a series of manhole fires cut out power. Jamie Roth reports.