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Frank & Lindy Plumbing a Winner in Con Ed Contest

The utility handed out prizes to companies that did an outstanding job of helping customers save energy and money.

Con Edison honored 20 companies from New York City and Westchester County for helping customers make upgrades to their homes to save energy and money.

Among them was Frank & Lindy Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning of Peekskill.

The honorees were chosen for their work during 2015 when Con Edison residential customers made HVAC upgrades that save approximately 3,000 megawatt hours of electricity and 25,000 dekatherms of gas a year, utility company officials said.

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Two of the contractors Con Edison honored won grand prizes. AC & Appliances Center of Queens won for helping customers make upgrades to save electricity, while Yost & Campbell of Mount Vernon won for gas.

The first-through-fifth-place winners (listed in order) for electric were: Dazong HVAC, Brooklyn Electronic Appliances, and New Star Electronics, all of Brooklyn; Bob Mims Heating and Air Conditioning of Staten Island; and Linli HVAC Contractor of Queens.

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The first-through-fifth-place prizes for gas went to: Dundee Plumbing & Heating of Queens; Sears (which has multiple locations); Arctic Mechanical of Port Chester; Frank & Lindy Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning of Peekskill; and Ranshaw Fuel Oil, Plumbing & Heating of Queens.

These contractors won the Up and Comer Award for electric: New Pioneer, YW Kitchen Expert, and Windstar AC, all of Brooklyn; and Morpat Climate of Staten Island. Gas winners of the Up and Comer Award were: Keep It Cool and Systematic Control Corp., both of Queens; Carey and Walsh of Briarcliff; and Roy Mechanical of Valhalla.

Con Edison paid out more than 4,300 rebates totaling $2.7 million last year to residential customers who upgraded their heating and cooling systems.

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