Power of Attorney

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Charles E. McTiernan, Saddie L. Smith, Peter A. Irwin, Peter J. Barrett,

and Marisa Joss, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 or its subsidiaries (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 (collectively, the "Forms") in accordance with

 Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and

 execute any such Forms and timely file the Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,

it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to

this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any

and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights

and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,

or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or have done or cause to be done by virtue of

this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms

3, 4, or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of January, 2008.





/s/ Gurudatta D. Nadkarni

Gurudatta D. Nadkarni