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Dark Days for Solar Energy Customers Hoping for Con Ed Discounts

March 17, 2022, 6:37 p.m.March 18, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

Community solar subscribers are supposed to earn credits on their monthly electric bills from the energy generated from sun-powered projects, but for months, those credits haven’t been appearing.

Utilities

Surging Con Ed Bills Leave New Yorkers With Electric Burns

Feb. 9, 2022, 11:02 a.m.Feb. 9, 2022, 12:59 p.m.

Households in New York City are seeing big spikes in what they’re being charged this month, even though many aren’t using significantly more juice. We explain why, and what you can do.

Weather

What Happens If There’s a Blackout in New York City?

July 22, 2020, 7:56 p.m.Aug. 3, 2020, 8:43 p.m.

As Con Edison downplays the risk of a mass power outage, some New Yorkers are preparing for the possibility amid a pandemic, protests and uncertain times.

State Refuses to Release Decades of Con Edison Pollution Reports, Lawsuit Charges

July 9, 2020, 10:51 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:39 a.m.

Three years after a 30,000-gallon oil spill into the East River, alerts the utility giant must file with New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation remain hidden from public view.

It’s Manhole Explosion Season: What You Need to Know About a Century-Old Problem

Feb. 24, 2020, 4:10 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

The blasts injure people, wreak property damage, power outages and traffic disruptions annually. We take a deep dive as risk is at height.

Con Ed’s Brooklyn Blackout Caught Many by Surprise

July 22, 2019, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:25 a.m.

The power shutdown for 30K came with scant notice, angering many — including de Blasio and Cuomo. The utility said it averted a bigger crisis.