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State To Hold Hearings On Con Ed After Blackouts State To Hold Hearings On Con Ed After Blackouts
State To Hold Hearings On Con Ed After Blackouts State lawmakers will hold a hearing to rake Con Edison officials over the coals after recent blackouts that left New York City and Hudson Valley residents in the dark. Following outages that impacted thousands statewide, New York legislators have announced that they will be grilling Con Ed officials after hearing the impact of area constituents. “Members from both houses have called for a hearing after meeting with constituents impacted by the rolling blackouts,” Sen. Leroy Comrie, Sen. Kevin Parker, and Assemblymembers Amy Paulin and Michael Cusick said in a statement. “The hearing will e…

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by Zak Failla
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More Blackouts Could Be Coming, Con Ed Says, As Heat Index Is Expected To Hit 100 Degrees More Blackouts Could Be Coming, Con Ed Says, As Heat Index Is Expected To Hit 100 Degrees
More Blackouts Could Be Coming, Con Ed Says, As Heat Index Is Expected To Hit 100 Degrees With extreme heat expected this week, Con Edison is saying there could be more power outages after a blackout that left tens of thousands in the dark in midtown Manhattan over the weekend. Con Ed said in a statement that more than 72,000 customers along 30 blocks from Times Square to the Upper West Side lost power shortly after 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. It took crews several hours until power was completely restored around midnight. "Over the next several days and weeks, our engineers and planners will carefully examine the data and equipment performance relating to this event, a…

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by Zak Failla
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U.S. Congressman From Westchester: Con Ed Must Pay For Slow Storm Response U.S. Congressman From Westchester: Con Ed Must Pay For Slow Storm Response
U.S. Congressman From Westchester: Con Ed Must Pay For Slow Storm Response Westchester Congressman Eliot Engel has joined the cacophony of area officials and residents calling on Con Edison to make some sort of restitution after some residents have been “literally left in the dark” for nearly a week. Engel penned a letter to Con Ed Chairman John McAvoy - which can be seen below - called on the utility company to “do what’s right,” calling Con Ed’s response to the recent stores “completely inadequate,” and stating that there should be a refund for residents who remain without power. Citing the poor response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Engel said that Con Ed has fai…

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by Eliot Engel
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Latimer Calls For Resignations Of Con Edison, NYSEG Presidents, Top Brass Latimer Calls For Resignations Of Con Edison, NYSEG Presidents, Top Brass
Latimer Calls For Resignations Of Con Edison, Nyseg Presidents, Top Brass Westchester County Executive George Latimer has called for Con Edison and New York State Electric & Gas Corp. to fire its presidents and other top executives based on their "disgusting" slow response to the back-to-back Nor'easters the last week. Nearly 50,000 Westchester households remain without electricity on Thursday, March 8 prompting Latimer to hold a news conference in Yorktown.. Latimer said the presidents and senior management of both utility companies should step down. The county executive wrote a letter on Wednesday asking the county’s Board of Legislators, state L…

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by Jon Craig
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Con Edison Nor'easter Response A 'Fiasco,' New Rochelle Mayor Says Con Edison Nor'easter Response A 'Fiasco,' New Rochelle Mayor Says
Con Edison Nor'easter Response A 'Fiasco,' New Rochelle Mayor Says As thousands of Westchester residents remain without power with a second winter storm looming, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson called Con Edison’s reaction to the weekend Nor’easter a “fiasco,” lambasting the company, which has come under fire from area representatives. Following the Nor’easter on Friday, which saw 70 mph wind gusts that sent trees and power lines flying, causing havoc in the Hudson Valley, there are still 2,130 outages in Westchester, affecting 9,027 Con Edison customers, according to the Outage Map. An additional 1,524 NYSEG customers remain without power out of their 32,…

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by Zak Failla