Editing Consolidated Edison (section)

==Systems==

=== Clean energy ===

To support electric vehicles, Con Edison partnered with the company FleetCarma to provide $500 in rewards to owners of electric vehicles in New York City and Westchester County, New York. Through this program, Con Edison pays customers to charge their vehicles when energy demand is low.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fleetcarma.com/us-utility-companies-running-ev-programs/|title=A look at which US utility companies are running EV programs|date=2018-04-11|work=FleetCarma|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>

===Electrical===
The Con Edison electrical transmission system utilizes voltages of 138 kilovolts (kV), 345 kV, and 500 kV. The company has two 345 kV interconnections with upstate New York that enable it to import power from [[Hydro-Québec]] in [[Canada]] and one 345 kV interconnection each with [[Public Service Enterprise Group|Public Service Electric and Gas]] (PSE&G) in New Jersey and Long Island. Con Edison's connection with Hydro-Québec is via a series of transmission lines owned by the New York Power Authority and neighboring utilities; a more direct connection via the [[Champlain Hudson Power Express]] [[High-voltage direct current|HVDC]] line is expected to come online in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.chpexpress.com/about.php | title= Champlain Hudson Power Express Project Development Portal  | date = 2017 |   access-date= 27 March 2017 |publisher= Transmission Developers Inc.}}</ref>

Con Edison is also interconnected with PSE&G via the Branchburg-Ramapo 500 kV line. Con Ed's distribution voltages are 33 kV, 27 kV, 13 kV, and 4 kV.

The {{convert|93000|mi|km}} of underground cable in the Con Edison system could wrap around the Earth 3.6 times. Nearly {{convert|36000|mi|km}} of overhead electric wires complement the underground system—enough cable to stretch between New York and Los Angeles 13 times.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_electric.asp |title = Electric System |website = Con Edison |quote = Con Edison operates one of the most complex electric power systems in the world. It is also the world's most reliable. |access-date = 2008-01-09 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080125180927/http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_electric.asp |archive-date = January 25, 2008 |df = mdy-all}}</ref>

===Gas===
The Con Edison gas system has nearly {{convert|7200|mi|km}} of pipes—if laid end to end, long enough to reach Paris and back to New York City, and serves Westchester County, the Bronx, Manhattan, and parts of Queens. Gas service in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the rest of Queens is provided by [[National Grid USA]]'s New York City operations, except the Rockaway peninsula, which is serviced by National Grid's Long Island operations. The average volume of gas that travels through Con Edison's gas system annually could fill the Empire State Building nearly 6,100 times.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_gas.asp |title = Gas System |website = Con Edison |quote = Con Edison distributes natural gas to 1.1 million customers in Manhattan, the Bronx, and portions of Queens and Westchester County, making us one of the larger gas distribution companies in the United States. |access-date = 2008-01-09 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080222135037/http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_gas.asp |archive-date = February 22, 2008 |df = mdy-all}}</ref>

===Steam===
{{Main|New York City steam system}}
Con Edison produces 30 billion pounds of steam each year through its seven power plants which boil water to {{convert|1000|F|C}} before distributing it to hundreds of buildings in the [[New York City steam system]], which is the biggest [[district heating|district steam system]] in the world.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20031110/200/674 |title = Steam |last = Bevelhymer |first = Carl |work = Gotham Gazette |quote = When John Velez, co-owner of Sutton Cleaners, arrives at work at 7 a.m. on Manhattan's East Side, he opens a steam valve in the back of his shop. 'When I come into the shop in the morning, it's one, two, three,' he says, 'and you're up and running in less than a minute.' |access-date = 2008-01-09 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813013416/http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20031110/200/674 |archive-date = August 13, 2007 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> Steam traveling through the system is used to heat and cool some of New York's most famous addresses, including the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|United Nations complex]], the [[Empire State Building]], and the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_steam.asp |title = Steam System |publisher = Con Edison |quote = The New York Steam Company began providing service in lower Manhattan in 1882. Today, Con Edison operates the largest steam system in the world. The system contains approximately {{convert|105|mi|km}} of mains and service pipes and 3,000 steam manholes. Steam is provided from seven Con Edison steam-generating plants, five in Manhattan, one in Queens, and one in Brooklyn, along with receiving steam under contract from a steam plant at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]]. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070821132012/http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_steam.asp |archive-date = August 21, 2007 |df = mdy-all}}</ref>

===Metering===
The Smart Meter Project was awarded to Aclara Smart Grid Solutions (electric) and the majority of the rollout was completed in 2022 with several thousand meters still needing to be changed in 2023 due to customer access issues. ConEd utilized Aclara's metering products for field installation. Over five million electric and gas meters were replaced in this project. Lime green-colored seals were used on electric meters to indicate that the meter was changed by a contractor.