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Northwest Queens Recovery Effort

Con Edison Initial Comments on PSC Staff Report on LIC Outage

Con Edison has submitted initial comments on the draft PSC staff report on last summer’s outage in northwest Queens.

Our performance during the event did not meet the expectations of our customers and the expectations we have set for ourselves. We are learning from this episode, and are implementing improvements in our infrastructure, equipment, processes, and procedures. These include improvements in our substations circuit breakers and relays; transformer monitoring systems; operational procedures; communication tools and processes; customer counting methods; demand reductions efforts and emergency response plans.

The investments we have made in the Long Island City (LIC) network and the rest of our electric delivery system include:

$90 million in repairs and upgrades in the LIC network;
$4 billion in capital improvements from 2000-2005 to the electric transmission and distribution system;
Of $2.8 billion spent for improvements to the electric distribution system, 29 percent or $800 million was invested in the Brooklyn/Queens distribution system that includes the Long Island City network;
Close to $50 million of operation and maintenance costs related to the LIC incident; the company will not seek to recover from customers any of those costs.

We look forward to an ongoing and constructive dialogue with city and state officials, as well as other parties, and will take every step necessary to avoid a recurrence of this type of event. We remain committed to providing our customers with the most reliable electric delivery service in the country.

Click here to download a copy of the comments .

Con Edison has issued reports and public testimony relating to the power outage in northwest Queens this past summer. Click on the following links for more information.

Con Edison Comments on the Report of Department of Public Service Staff on the July 2006 Power Outages in the LIC Network

Con Edison Consultant's Report on LIC Outage

Con Edison Releases 600-Page Report on Northwest Queens Outage

CEO Kevin Burke's Testimony Before The Standing Committee on Energy

Con Edison Submits Part 105 Compliance Filing

Con Edison's Report to Mayor Bloomberg

CEO Kevin Burke's Testimony Before Committees of the NYS Assembly

CEO Kevin Burke’s Testimony Before the New York City Council’s Consumer Affairs Committee

Con Edison Dedicates Special Team to Northwest Queens Recovery