Managing Enterprise Risk

The enterprise risk management program was established to help protect the company’s long-term value for its shareholders, customers, and the communities it serves. The risk management team works closely with senior management and employees across all three principal subsidiaries (CECONY, O&R and CET) to identify emerging issues and trends, align risk exposure to organizational priorities, support risk-informed business decisions and resource allocation, and monitor and assess known risks using quantitative metrics, known as key risk indicators. The cornerstone of Con Edison’s enterprise risk management program is its governance practices, which are designed to manage relevant and material risks to its strategy and operations, and to recognize emerging issues and trends that may shape future risk exposure. The team is led by the Director of Enterprise Risk Management. The Director reports to the Chief Financial Officer and works broadly with hundreds of employees across operating, shared services, and corporate functions to manage the risk profile.

The team creates and facilitates a risk management process framework, that includes risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting. The Audit Committee of the Board oversees the risk management framework and meets with the Director of Risk Management at least annually to discuss program initiatives and to provide strategic direction for the program.

The Board of Directors and its Committees provide oversight of the company’s material risks. These risks are managed by senior management. Public and employee safety, along with system reliability, the state of regulation within our service territories, and the viability of our business model, are some of the most important risks facing Con Edison. Our top risks are assessed quarterly and monitored using key risk indicators. Our risk portfolios examine our risks to identify and implement specific projects, programs, or initiatives to address them. Our programs for risk mitigation embody the elements of our core service as we invest in and develop a clean and resilient system. The ability to manage and mitigate risk is critical as the evolution of our infrastructure further serves as a foundation to a clean energy future. The Company’s material risks are discussed in Con Edison’s 2023 Annual Report.

As the company continues to create a more sustainable, clean energy future for our customers, the enterprise risk framework improves our ability to navigate an increasingly dynamic business landscape through a process to identify and monitor relevant emerging issues and trends. Review of emerging issues and trends extends our focus, identifying threats and opportunities that may develop in the next two to ten years. The program evaluates the risks and opportunities and capture these impacts annually in the Emerging Issues and Trends Insights report.

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