Reliability & Resiliency
Protecting our systems from extreme weather has long been part of Con Edison’s investment plan. From work as basic as trimming trees around power lines to investments in sophisticated smart-grid technologies, the measures give our energy-delivery systems greater flexibility and reliability.
Energizing the greatest city in the world without interruption demands an uncompromising focus on system reliability and resilience. Each day, we monitor and maintain system components, work with customers to facilitate major construction and renovation, research and develop new technologies, and invest in infrastructure to serve growing areas of our service territory.
Late in 2012, Superstorm Sandy impacted more than just our physical assets – it impacted the way we think about storm potential. Storm hardening and response remained a primary focus for the company’s reliability and resilience initiatives in 2013, at the same time as we continued to implement system reliability enhancements to support peak use and address emerging issues like cyber security
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Con Edison of New York Infrastructure Investments
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Orange and Rockland Infrastructure Investments
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Collective Energy Businesses Infrastructure Investments
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Maintaining service reliability is a top priority for Con Edison. This aspect of our sustainability is presented in terms of infrastructure investment by each company within Con Edison, the performance of our electric, gas and steam systems, and both the upgrades and lessons learned from key developments realized in 2013.
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Con Edison of New York Capital Expenditures for Storm Hardening
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- Electric Substations$30
- Electric Network DISTRIBUTION$21
- Electric Overhead DISTRIBUTION$19.6
- Transformers$10
- Electric Transmission$3.9
- Electric / Steam Generation$18.4
- Gas / Tunnels$2.1
- Telecommunications$0
- Facilities$0
In November 2012, a commission was formed under the Moreland Act to investigate New York power utilities’ preparation for and response to major storms affecting their service areas over the past two years. While reviewing the actions taken by these utilities during times of emergency, the commission issued specific recommendations to Governor Cuomo regarding what the commission felt were opportunities for improving storm preparation and response by the power sector. In June 2013, the City of New York, through the Office of the Mayor’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency and PlaNYC, released a plan identifying recommendations for rebuilding communities ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, and improving the resiliency of infrastructure throughout the city.
Con Edison of New York and Orange and Rockland’s safe and reliable delivery of electricity, gas, and steam rely on urban and regional infrastructure. From 2013 to 2016, Con Edison has proposed to invest approximately $1 billion to improve the resiliency of the electric and gas delivery systems and the electrical and steam generating stations. Con Edison’s continued dedication to improving its service delivery during and after weather emergencies is discussed in this section.
We must also be resilient to threats against our systems and customer service that are not rooted in weather conditions or extreme acts of nature. Cyber and physical security are equally important to Con Edison, and in this section we discuss measures we are taking to keep our business and our stakeholders protected.