O&R, Con Ed Sends Crews South to Help with Hurricane Recovery

PEARL RIVER, NY — Orange and Rockland Utilities and Con Edison have sent about 100 company personnel and contractors to the Tidewater region of southeast Virginia and northeastern sections of North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Matthew.

Crews will be assisting utilities in restoring power to approximately 300,000 customers affected by flooding, wind and rain in those areas. They were expected to leave New York Sunday afternoon.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy-delivery companies, with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues and $47 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through the following subsidiaries: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a regulated utility providing electric, gas and steam service in New York City and Westchester County, New York; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., a regulated utility serving customers in a 1,350-square-mile-area in southeastern New York State and adjacent sections of northern New Jersey; Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc., a retail energy services company; Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc., a wholesale energy services company; Consolidated Edison Development, Inc., a company that develops, owns and operates renewable and energy infrastructure projects and Con Edison Transmission, Inc., which invests in electric and natural gas transmission projects.