Power of Attorney



       Effective as of January 1, 2016, the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints each of Elizabeth D. Moore, Jeanmarie Schieler, Peter J. Barrett,

Vanessa Franklin, and Marisa Joss, or any of them signing singly, and with full

power of substitution, 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 (the "Exchange

Act") 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,

complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file

such 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.



       Effective as of January 1, 2016, 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 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 Exchange Act.



       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 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.  Effective as of January 1, 2016, the

undersigned hereby revokes all previously executed powers of attorney relating

to the Forms.



       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 1 day of December 2015.



/s/Joseph P. Oates



Joseph P. Oates





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