10-Q 1 d10q.htm FORM 10-Q Form 10-Q
Table of Contents

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x

 

Quarterly Report Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended JUNE 30, 2009

OR

   

¨

 

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from                     to                     

 

Commission
File Number
  

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter

and principal office address and telephone number

   State of
Incorporation
   I.R.S. Employer
ID. Number

1-14514

  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

4 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003

(212) 460-4600

   New York    13-3965100

1-1217

  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

4 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003

(212) 460-4600

   New York    13-5009340

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Con Edison        Yes  x    No  ¨
Con Edison of New York        Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Con Edison        Yes  x    No  ¨
Con Edison of New York        Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Con Edison         
Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨    Smaller reporting company  ¨
Con Edison of New York         
Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  x    Smaller reporting company  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

 

Con Edison        Yes  ¨    No  x
Con Edison of New York        Yes  ¨    No  x

 

As of July 31, 2009, Con Edison had outstanding 274,985,240 Common Shares ($.10 par value). All of the outstanding common equity of Con Edison of New York is held by Con Edison.

 

1


Table of Contents

Filing Format

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report being filed separately by two different registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison of New York). Con Edison of New York is a subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, the information in this report about Con Edison of New York also applies to Con Edison. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and Con Edison of New York. However, Con Edison of New York makes no representation as to the information contained in this report relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.

 

2


Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          PAGE

Glossary of Terms

   4

PART I—Financial Information

    

ITEM 1

  

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

    
    

Con Edison

    
    

Consolidated Balance Sheet

   6
    

Consolidated Income Statement

   8
    

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

   9
    

Consolidated Statement of Common Shareholders’ Equity

   10
    

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

   11
    

Con Edison of New York

    
    

Consolidated Balance Sheet

   12
    

Consolidated Income Statement

   14
    

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

   15
    

Consolidated Statement of Common Shareholder’s Equity

   16
    

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

   17
    

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

   18

ITEM 2

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   47

ITEM 3

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   80

ITEM 4

  

Controls and Procedures

   80

ITEM 4T

  

Controls and Procedures

   80

PART II—Other Information

    

ITEM 1

  

Legal Proceedings

   81

ITEM 1A

  

Risk Factors

   81

ITEM 4

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   82

ITEM 6

  

Exhibits

   84

Signatures

   85

 

3


Table of Contents

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

The following is a glossary of frequently used abbreviations or acronyms that are found in the Companies’ SEC reports:

 

Con Edison Companies

    

Con Edison

  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

Con Edison Communications

  

Con Edison Communications, LLC

Con Edison Development

  

Consolidated Edison Development, Inc.

Con Edison Energy

  

Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc.

Con Edison of New York

  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Con Edison Solutions

  

Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc.

O&R

  

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

Pike

  

Pike County Light & Power Company

RECO

  

Rockland Electric Company

The Companies

  

Con Edison and Con Edison of New York

The Utilities

  

Con Edison of New York and O&R

Regulatory and State Agencies

    

ALJs

  

Administrative Law Judges

DEC

  

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

EPA

  

Environmental Protection Agency

FERC

  

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

IRS

  

Internal Revenue Service

ISO-NE

  

ISO New England

NJBPU

  

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

NJDEP

  

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

NYAG

  

New York Attorney General

NYISO

  

New York Independent System Operator

NYPA

  

New York Power Authority

NYSERDA

  

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

NYSRC

  

New York State Reliability Council

PJM

  

PJM Interconnection

PSC

  

New York State Public Service Commission

PPUC

  

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

SEC

  

Securities and Exchange Commission

Other

    

ABO

  

Accumulated Benefit Obligation

APB

  

Accounting Principles Board

AFDC

  

Allowance for funds used during construction

CO2

  

Carbon dioxide

COSO

   Committee of Sponsoring Organizations Treadway Commission

DIG

   Derivatives Implementation Group

District Court

   The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

dths

   Dekatherms

EITF

   Emerging Issues Task Force

 

4


Table of Contents

Other

    

EMF

   Electric and magnetic fields

ERRP

   East River Repowering Project

FASB

   Financial Accounting Standards Board

FIN

   FASB Interpretation No.

First Quarter Form 10-Q

   The Companies’ combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009

Fitch

   Fitch Ratings

Form 10-K

   The Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008

FSP

   FASB Staff Position

GHG

   Greenhouse gases

kV

   Kilovolts

kWh

   Kilowatt-hour

LILO

   Lease In/Lease Out

LTIP

   Long Term Incentive Plan

MD&A

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

mdths

   Thousand dekatherms

MGP Sites

   Manufactured gas plant sites

mmlbs

   Million pounds

Moody’s

   Moody’s Investors Service

MVA

   Megavolt amperes

MW

   Megawatts or thousand kilowatts

MWH

   Megawatt hour

Net T&D Revenues

   Revenue requirement impact resulting from the reconciliation pursuant to Con Edison of New York’s electric rate agreement of the differences between the actual amount of transmission and distribution utility plant, net of depreciation, to the amount reflected in electric rates

NUGs

   Non-utility generators

OCI

   Other Comprehensive Income

PCBs

   Polychlorinated biphenyls

PPA

   Power purchase agreement

PRP

   Potentially responsible party

S&P

   Standard & Poor’s Rating Services

SFAS

   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards

SO2

   Sulfur dioxide

SSCM

   Simplified service cost method

Second Quarter Form 10-Q

   The Companies’ combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009

Superfund

   Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes

VaR

   Value-at-Risk

VIE

   Variable interest entity

 

5


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

     June 30, 2009    December 31, 2008
     (Millions of Dollars)

ASSETS

             

UTILITY PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST

             

Electric

   $ 18,104    $ 17,483

Gas

     3,839      3,696

Steam

     1,880      1,849

General

     1,858      1,795

TOTAL

     25,681      24,823

Less: Accumulated depreciation

     5,222      5,079

Net

     20,459      19,744

Construction work in progress

     1,126      1,109

NET UTILITY PLANT

     21,585      20,853

NON-UTILITY PLANT

             

Non-utility property, less accumulated depreciation of $43 and $40 in 2009 and 2008, respectively

     19      20

Construction work in progress

     3      1

NET PLANT

     21,607      20,874

CURRENT ASSETS

             

Cash and temporary cash investments

     311      74

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $67 and $60 in 2009 and 2008, respectively

     938      1,098

Accrued unbilled revenue

     475      131

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $4 in 2009 and 2008

     155      194

Fuel oil, at average cost

     28      37

Gas in storage, at average cost

     170      325

Materials and supplies, at average cost

     159      154

Prepayments

     175      697

Fair value of derivative assets

     203      162

Recoverable energy costs

     36      172

Deferred derivative losses

     263      288

Other current assets

     84      37

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

     2,997      3,369

INVESTMENTS

     368      356

DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

             

Goodwill

     413      411

Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $2 in 2009 and 2008

     4      5

Regulatory assets

     7,858      8,055

Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets

     463      428

TOTAL DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

     8,738      8,899

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 33,710    $ 33,498

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

6


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

     June 30, 2009    December 31, 2008
     (Millions of Dollars)

CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

             

CAPITALIZATION

             

Common shareholders’ equity (See Statement of Common Shareholders’ Equity)

   $ 9,748    $ 9,698

Preferred stock of subsidiary

     213      213

Long-term debt

     9,664      9,232

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION

     19,625      19,143

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

             

Obligations under capital leases

     14      17

Provision for injuries and damages

     175      169

Pensions and retiree benefits

     4,322      4,511

Superfund and other environmental costs

     227      250

Uncertain income taxes

     123      118

Asset retirement obligations

     118      115

Fair value of derivative liabilities

     150      120

Other noncurrent liabilities

     89      79

TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

     5,218      5,379

CURRENT LIABILITIES

             

Long-term debt due within one year

     588      482

Notes payable

     100      363

Accounts payable

     939      1,161

Customer deposits

     268      265

Accrued taxes

     29      57

Accrued interest

     155      139

Accrued wages

     81      88

Fair value of derivative liabilities

     217      192

Deferred derivative gains

     10      23

Deferred income taxes—recoverable energy costs

     15      70

Other current liabilities

     333      365

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

     2,735      3,205

DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

             

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     5,206      4,999

Regulatory liabilities

     891      737

Other deferred credits

     35      35

TOTAL DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

     6,132      5,771

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

   $ 33,710    $ 33,498

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

7


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended June 30,
    For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
       2009         2008         2009         2008    
    

(Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)

 

OPERATING REVENUES

                                

Electric

   $ 1,955      $ 1,957      $ 3,758      $ 3,830   

Gas

     334        426        1,222        1,272   

Steam

     113        133        444        418   

Non-utility

     443        633        845        1,205   

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES

     2,845        3,149        6,269        6,725   

OPERATING EXPENSES

                                

Purchased power

     1,065        1,362        2,205        2,653   

Fuel

     86        124        321        325   

Gas purchased for resale

     136        243        633        740   

Other operations and maintenance

     622        572        1,203        1,108   

Depreciation and amortization

     197        182        389        347   

Taxes, other than income taxes

     367        328        727        677   

Income taxes

     78        190        177        337   

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

     2,551        3,001        5,655        6,187   

Gain on sale of generation projects

            260               260   

OPERATING INCOME

     294        408        614        798   

OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

                                

Investment and other income

     18        11        21        69   

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

     3        2        5        4   

Other deductions

     (5     (5     (8     (10

Income taxes

     (2     (5     3        (21

TOTAL OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

     14        3        21        42   

INTEREST EXPENSE

                                

Interest on long-term debt

     151        131        293        244   

Other interest

     6               10        16   

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

     (2     (3     (4     (6

NET INTEREST EXPENSE

     155        128        299        254   

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

     153        283        336        586   

INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

                                

Gain on sale of generation projects, net of tax expense of $174 in 2008

            270               270   

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of $1 and $3 in 2008

            2               4   

TOTAL INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

            272               274   

NET INCOME

   $ 153      $ 555      $ 336      $ 860   

Preferred stock dividend requirements of subsidiary

     (3     (3     (6     (6

NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

   $ 150      $ 552      $ 330      $ 854   

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHAREBASIC

                                

Continuing operations

   $ 0.55      $ 1.03      $ 1.20      $ 2.13   

Discontinued operations

            0.99               1.01   

Net income for common stock

   $ 0.55      $ 2.02      $ 1.20      $ 3.14   

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHAREDILUTED

                                

Continuing operations

   $ 0.55      $ 1.03      $ 1.20      $ 2.12   

Discontinued operations

            0.99               1.01   

Net income for common stock

   $ 0.55      $ 2.02      $ 1.20      $ 3.13   

DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

   $ 0.590      $ 0.585      $ 1.180      $ 1.170   

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDINGBASIC (IN MILLIONS)

     274.5        272.7        274.2        272.5   

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDINGDILUTED (IN MILLIONS)

     275.3        273.5        275.0        273.3   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

8


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended June 30,
   

For the Six Months

Ended June 30,

 
     2009     2008     2009     2008  
     (Millions of Dollars)     (Millions of Dollars)  

NET INCOME

   $ 153      $ 555      $ 336      $ 860   

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

                                

Pension plan liability adjustments, net of taxes of $1 and $2 in 2009 and $1 and $1 in 2008, respectively

     1        1        3        2   

Unrealized losses on derivatives qualified as cash flow hedges, net of taxes of $(1) in 2008

                          (2

Less: Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income, net of taxes of $0 in 2009 and $(1) and $(1) in 2008

     (1     (2            (2

Less: Reclassification adjustment for unrealized losses included in regulatory assets, net of taxes of $(5) in 2008

                          (8

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

     2        3        3        10   

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

     155        558        339        870   

Preferred stock dividend requirements of subsidiary

     (3     (3     (6     (6

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

   $ 152      $ 555      $ 333      $ 864   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

9


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMMON SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

 

    Common Stock   Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 

Retained

Earnings

    Treasury Stock    

Capital
Stock

Expense

   

Accumulated

Other
Comprehensive

Income/(Loss)

    Total  
    Shares   Amount       Shares   Amount        
    (Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)  

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

  272,024,874   $ 29   $ 4,038   $ 6,113      23,210,700   $ (1,001   $ (60   $ (43   $ 9,076   

Net income for common stock

                    303                                    303   

Common stock dividends

                    (160                                 (160

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  476,809           21                                         21   

Other comprehensive income

                                                7        7   

Adjustment for adoption of FASB Statement No. 157

                    17                                    17   

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2008

  272,501,683   $ 29   $ 4,059   $ 6,273      23,210,700   $ (1,001   $ (60   $ (36   $ 9,264   

Net income for common stock

                    552                                    552   

Common stock dividends

                    (162                                 (162

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  493,092           23                                         23   

Other comprehensive income

                                                3        3   

BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2008

  272,994,775   $ 29   $ 4,082   $ 6,663      23,210,700   $ (1,001   $ (60   $ (33   $ 9,680   

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008

  273,721,686   $ 29   $ 4,112   $ 6,685      23,210,700   $ (1,001   $ (60   $ (67   $ 9,698   

Net income for common stock

                    180                                    180   

Common stock dividends

                    (162                                 (162

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  532,533           20                                         20   

Other comprehensive income

                                                1        1   

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2009

  274,254,219   $ 29   $ 4,132   $ 6,703      23,210,700   $ (1,001   $ (60   $ (66   $ 9,737   

Net income for common stock

                    150                                    150   

Common stock dividends

                    (162                                 (162

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  584,916           21                                         21   

Other comprehensive income

                                                2        2   

BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2009

  274,839,135   $ 29   $ 4,153   $ 6,691      23,210,700   $ (1,001   $ (60   $ (64   $ 9,748   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

10


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
       2009         2008    
     (Millions of Dollars)  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net income

   $ 336      $ 860   

PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME

                

Depreciation and amortization

     389        347   

Deferred income taxes

     159        202   

Rate case amortization and accruals

     (13     (105

Net transmission and distribution reconciliation

            (52

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     (5     (4

Pre-tax gain on sale of generation projects

            (704

Net derivative losses

     26        (106

Other non-cash items (net)

     (13     (229

CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

                

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectibles

     160        69   

Materials and supplies, including fuel oil and gas in storage

     159        (35

Other receivables and other current assets

     (68     (148

Prepayments

     522        16   

Recoverable energy costs

     128        (33

Accounts payable

     (157     335   

Pensions and retiree benefits

     5        63   

Accrued taxes

     (28     257   

Accrued interest

     16        4   

Deferred charges, noncurrent assets and other regulatory assets

     (114     (124

Deferred credits and other regulatory liabilities

     (19     638   

Other assets

     (1     133   

Other liabilities

     (45     (94

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

     1,437        1,290   

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Utility construction expenditures

     (1,034     (1,068

Cost of removal less salvage

     (87     (90

Non-utility construction expenditures

     (3     3   

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     5        4   

Proceeds from sale of generation projects

            1,477   

Purchase of ownership interest in Hawkeye lease

            (12

Purchase of ownership interest in Newington SCS

            (20

NET CASH FLOWS (USED IN)/FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

     (1,119     294   

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Net payments of short-term debt

     (263     (763

Retirement of long-term debt

     (278     (186

Issuance of long-term debt

     750        1,200   

Issuance of common stock

     15        19   

Debt issuance costs

     (5     (9

Common stock dividends

     (300     (298

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES

     (81     (37

CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS:

                

NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD

     237        1,547   

BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

     74        210   

BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 311      $ 1,757   

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

                

Cash paid during the period for:

                

Interest

   $ 270      $ 244   

Income taxes

   $ 7      $ 87   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

11


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

     June 30, 2009    December 31, 2008
     (Millions of Dollars)

ASSETS

             

UTILITY PLANT AT ORIGINAL COST

             

Electric

   $ 17,055    $ 16,460

Gas

     3,407      3,273

Steam

     1,880      1,849

General

     1,707      1,646

TOTAL

     24,049      23,228

Less: Accumulated depreciation

     4,770      4,636

Net

     19,279      18,592

Construction work in progress

     1,071      1,051

NET UTILITY PLANT

     20,350      19,643

NON-UTILITY PROPERTY

             

Non-utility property, less accumulated depreciation of $20 and $19 in 2009 and 2008, respectively

     10      11

NET PLANT

     20,360      19,654

CURRENT ASSETS

             

Cash and temporary cash investments

     290      37

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $60 and $53 in 2009 and 2008, respectively

     793      937

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $3 in 2009 and 2008

     107      127

Accrued unbilled revenue

     357     

Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

     44      272

Fuel oil, at average cost

     28      37

Gas in storage, at average cost

     137      261

Materials and supplies, at average cost

     149      145

Prepayments

     75      538

Fair value of derivative assets

     54      71

Recoverable energy costs

          146

Deferred derivative losses

     207      247

Other current assets

     71      22

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

     2,312      2,840

INVESTMENTS

     105      93

DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

             

Regulatory assets

     7,308      7,486

Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets

     359      342

TOTAL DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

     7,667      7,828

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 30,444    $ 30,415

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

12


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

     June 30, 2009    December 31, 2008
     (Millions of Dollars)

CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

             

CAPITALIZATION

             

Common shareholder’s equity (See Statement of Common Shareholder’s Equity)

   $ 8,999    $ 8,991

Preferred stock

     213      213

Long-term debt

     8,919      8,494

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION

     18,131      17,698

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

             

Obligations under capital leases

     14      17

Provision for injuries and damages

     168      163

Pensions and retiree benefits

     3,859      4,059

Superfund and other environmental costs

     175      196

Uncertain income taxes

     107      108

Asset retirement obligations

     118      115

Fair value of derivative liabilities

     40      29

Other noncurrent liabilities

     62      61

TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

     4,543      4,748

CURRENT LIABILITIES

             

Long-term debt due within one year

     525      475

Notes payable

          253

Accounts payable

     726      952

Accounts payable to affiliated companies

     10      26

Customer deposits

     253      250

Accrued taxes

     27      41

Accrued taxes to affiliated companies

     23      25

Accrued interest

     144      131

Accrued wages

     76      80

Fair value of derivative liabilities

     76      87

Deferred derivative gains

     10      23

Deferred income taxes—recoverable energy costs

          59

Other current liabilities

     299      325

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

     2,169      2,727

DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

             

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     4,807      4,611

Regulatory liabilities

     762      600

Other deferred credits

     32      31

TOTAL DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

     5,601      5,242

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

   $ 30,444    $ 30,415

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

13


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended June 30,
    For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
         2009             2008             2009             2008      
    

(Millions of Dollars)

 

OPERATING REVENUES

                                

Electric

   $ 1,812      $ 1,778      $ 3,469      $ 3,492   

Gas

     295        383        1,077        1,124   

Steam

     113        133        444        418   

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES

     2,220        2,294        4,990        5,034   

OPERATING EXPENSES

                                

Purchased power

     609        704        1,256        1,425   

Fuel

     86        124        321        322   

Gas purchased for resale

     114        215        542        642   

Other operations and maintenance

     532        488        1,033        950   

Depreciation and amortization

     185        171        366        325   

Taxes, other than income taxes

     354        313        697        645   

Income taxes

     67        41        176        154   

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

     1,947        2,056        4,391        4,463   

OPERATING INCOME

     273        238        599        571   

OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

                                

Investment and other income

     12        10        15        13   

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

     3        2        5        4   

Other deductions

     (4     (5     (7     (7

Income taxes

     (5     (4     (4     (3

TOTAL OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

     6        3        9        7   

INTEREST EXPENSE

                                

Interest on long-term debt

     137        121        265        227   

Other interest

     5        (2     7        10   

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

     (2     (2     (3     (5

NET INTEREST EXPENSE

     140        117        269        232   

NET INCOME

     139        124        339        346   

PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS

     3        3        6        6   

NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

   $ 136      $ 121      $ 333      $ 340   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

14


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended June 30,
   For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
         2009            2008            2009            2008    
    

(Millions of Dollars)

NET INCOME

   $ 139    $ 124    $ 339    $ 346

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

                   

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

   $ 139    $ 124    $ 339    $ 346

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

15


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMMON SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

 

    Common Stock   Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  Retained
Earnings
    Repurchased
Con Edison
Stock
    Capital
Stock
Expense
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income/(Loss)
    Total  
    Shares   Amount            
    (Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)  

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,912   $ 5,616      $ (962   $ (60   $ (9   $ 8,086   

Net income

                    222                                222   

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (139                             (139

Capital contribution by parent

              23                                     23   

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3                             (3

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2008

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,935   $ 5,696      $ (962   $ (60   $ (9   $ 8,189   

Net income

                    124                                124   

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (145                             (145

Capital contribution by parent

              26                                     26   

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3                             (3

BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2008

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,961   $ 5,672      $ (962   $ (60   $ (9   $ 8,191   

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 3,664   $ 5,780      $ (962   $ (60   $ (20   $ 8,991   

Net income

                    200                                200   

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (163                             (163

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3                             (3

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2009

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 3,664   $ 5,814      $ (962   $ (60   $ (20   $ 9,025   

Net income

                    139                                139   

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (163                             (163

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3                             (3

BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2009

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 3,664   $ 5,787      $ (962   $ (60   $ (20   $ 8,998   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

16


Table of Contents

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
         2009             2008      
     (Millions of Dollars)  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net income

   $ 339      $ 346   

PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME

                

Depreciation and amortization

     366        325   

Deferred income taxes

     151        193   

Rate case amortization and accruals

     (13     (105

Net transmission and distribution reconciliation

            (52

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     (5     (4

Other non-cash items (net)

     (52     (27

CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

                

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectibles

     144        84   

Materials and supplies, including fuel oil and gas in storage

     129        (31

Other receivables and other current assets

     71        (171

Prepayments

     463        4   

Recoverable energy costs

     148        (42

Accounts payable

     (242     129   

Pensions and retiree benefits

     (16     44   

Accrued taxes

     (16     12   

Accrued interest

     13        3   

Deferred charges, noncurrent assets and other regulatory assets

     (63     (119

Deferred credits and other regulatory liabilities

     (45     473   

Other liabilities

     (45     3   

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

     1,327        1,065   

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Utility construction expenditures

     (992     (1,031

Cost of removal less salvage

     (85     (88

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     5        4   

Loan to affiliate

     113        55   

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

     (959     (1,060

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Net payments of short-term debt

     (253     (555

Retirement of long-term debt

     (275     (180

Issuance of long-term debt

     750        1,200   

Capital contribution by parent

            49   

Debt issuance costs

     (5     (9

Dividend to parent

     (326     (284

Preferred stock dividends

     (6     (6

NET CASH FLOWS (USED IN)/FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

     (115     215   

CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS:

                

NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD

     253        220   

BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

     37        121   

BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 290      $ 341   

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

                

Cash paid during the period for:

                

Interest

   $ 244      $ 223   

Income taxes

   $ 15      $ 70   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

17


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

General

These combined notes accompany and form an integral part of the separate consolidated financial statements of each of the two separate registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Con Edison of New York). Con Edison of New York is a subsidiary of Con Edison and as such its financial condition and results of operations and cash flows, which are presented separately in the Con Edison of New York consolidated financial statements, are also consolidated, along with those of Con Edison’s other utility subsidiary, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses (discussed below) in Con Edison’s consolidated financial statements. The term “Utilities” is used in these notes to refer to Con Edison of New York and O&R.

 

As used in these notes, the term “Companies” refers to Con Edison and Con Edison of New York and, except as otherwise noted, the information in these combined notes relates to each of the Companies. However, Con Edison of New York makes no representation as to information relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.

 

The separate interim consolidated financial statements of each of the Companies are unaudited but, in the opinion of their respective managements, reflect all adjustments (which include only normally recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. The Companies’ separate interim consolidated financial statements should be read together with their separate audited financial statements (including the combined notes thereto) included in Item 8 of their combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (the Form 10-K) and their separate unaudited financial statements (including the combined notes thereto) included in Part I, Item 1 of their combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009 (the First Quarter Form 10-Q). Information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the Form 10-K and the First Quarter Form 10-Q referred to in these notes is incorporated by reference herein. The use of terms such as “see” or “refer to” shall be deemed to incorporate by reference into these notes the information to which reference is made.

 

The Companies have, pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 165, “Subsequent Events” (which is effective for periods ending after June 15, 2009), evaluated events or transactions that occurred after June 30, 2009 through the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for potential recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Effective June 2009, the Companies are including receivables purchased from energy supply companies

 

18


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

within accounts receivable—customers, and to conform to this presentation, have reclassified receivables purchased from energy supply companies that were included in other receivables at December 31, 2008 ($148 million for Con Edison; $121 million for Con Edison of New York). This reclassification more appropriately reflects the Utilities’ customer operations’ practices, policies and procedures. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire fiscal year.

 

Con Edison has two regulated utility subsidiaries: Con Edison of New York and O&R. Con Edison of New York provides electric service and gas service in New York City and Westchester County. The company also provides steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R, along with its regulated utility subsidiaries, provides electric service in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and gas service in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of eastern Pennsylvania. Con Edison has the following competitive energy businesses: Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. (Con Edison Solutions), a retail energy services company that sells electricity and also offers energy-related services; Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (Con Edison Energy), a wholesale energy supply company; and Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. (Con Edison Development), a company that participates in infrastructure projects. During the second quarter of 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 megawatts. See Note M.

 

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenues

The Utilities and Con Edison Solutions recognize revenues for electric, gas and steam service on a monthly billing cycle basis. The Utilities defer over a 12-month period net interruptible gas revenues, other than those authorized by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to be retained by the Utilities, for refund to firm gas sales and transportation customers. O&R and Con Edison Solutions accrue revenues at the end of each month for estimated energy service not yet billed to customers. Prior to March 31, 2009, Con Edison of New York did not accrue revenues for estimated energy service not yet billed to customers except for certain unbilled gas revenues accrued in 1989. Effective March 31, 2009, the PSC authorized Con Edison of New York to accrue unbilled electric, gas and steam revenues. The adoption of this accounting for unbilled revenues had no effect on net income. See Note A to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q. Unbilled revenues included in Con Edison’s balance sheet at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were $475 million (including $357 million for Con Edison of New York) and $131 million, respectively.

 

19


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Earnings Per Common Share

Reference is made to “Earnings Per Common Share” in Note A to the financial statements included in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, Con Edison’s basic and diluted EPS are calculated as follows:

 

     For the Three Months
Ended June 30,
   For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
(Millions of Dollars, except per share amounts/Shares in Millions)      2009        2008        2009        2008  

Income for common stock from continuing operations

   $ 150    $ 280    $ 330    $ 580

Income for common stock from discontinued operations, net of tax

          272           274

Net income for common stock

   $ 150    $ 552    $ 330    $ 854

Weighted average common shares outstanding—Basic

     274.5      272.7      274.2      272.5

Add: Incremental shares attributable to effect of potentially dilutive securities

     0.8      0.8      0.8      0.8

Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding—Diluted

     275.3      273.5      275.0      273.3

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE—BASIC

                           

Continuing operations

   $ 0.55    $ 1.03    $ 1.20    $ 2.13

Discontinued operations

          0.99           1.01

Net income for common stock

   $ 0.55    $ 2.02    $ 1.20    $ 3.14

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE—DILUTED

                           

Continuing operations

   $ 0.55    $ 1.03    $ 1.20    $ 2.12

Discontinued operations

          0.99           1.01

Net income for common stock

   $ 0.55    $ 2.02    $ 1.20    $ 3.13

 

Note B—Regulatory Matters

Reference is made to “Accounting Policies” in Note A and “Rate Agreements” in Note B to the financial statements included in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note B to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.

 

Rate Agreements

Con Edison of New York—Electric

In May 2009, Con Edison of New York filed a request with the PSC for a three-year electric rate plan with level annual rate increases of $695 million effective April 2010, 2011 and 2012. The filing reflects a return on common equity of 11.60 percent and a common equity ratio of 48.2 percent.

 

The filing also includes an alternative proposal for an electric rate increase of $854 million, effective April 2010, reflecting a return on common equity of 10.9 percent and a common equity ratio of 48.2 percent. Included in the increase would be recovery of increased property taxes ($127 million); additional operating costs and new and or expanded operating programs ($153 million); carrying

 

20


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

charges on additional infrastructure investments ($237 million); increased pension and other post-retirement benefit costs ($114 million); and an increased return on equity as compared to the return on equity reflected in current electric rates ($127 million).

 

The filing reflects continuation of the current provisions pursuant to which expenses for pension and other post-retirement benefits, property taxes, long-term debt and environmental site investigation and remediation are reconciled to amounts reflected in rates and avoided revenue requirements (as updated, $23 million) as a result of austerity measures (discussed below). The company is requesting reconciliation for municipal infrastructure support costs and the impact of new laws. As part of the three-year rate plan, the company is requesting that increases, if any, in certain expenses above a 4 percent annual inflation rate be deferred as a regulatory asset if its annual return on common equity is less than the authorized return. The filing also reflects continuation of the revenue decoupling mechanism that eliminates the direct relationship between the company’s level of delivery revenues and profits and the provisions pursuant to which the company recovers its purchased power and fuel costs from customers.

 

In April 2009, the PSC directed the company to file with the PSC in May 2009 the company’s plan with respect to austerity measures that would reduce the company’s revenue requirements during the rate year ending March 31, 2010 by $60 million. The PSC further directed the company to provide, in its next electric rate filing or within 30 days thereafter, the austerity program efforts it plans to continue beyond that rate year. The company has, as directed by the PSC, filed its austerity plans, which include reductions in labor costs, including compensation and other employee benefits, deferral of expenditures for capital projects and operating and maintenance programs and other initiatives. These reductions would collectively represent $47 million of the $60 million reduction sought by the PSC. The company will seek further opportunities for austerity when it prepares its 2010 budgets. In May 2009, the company filed with the PSC a request for rehearing of the PSC’s April 2009 order with respect to its austerity provisions and certain other matters.

 

The PSC’s April 2009 order covering Con Edison of New York’s electric rates, among other things, provided for the continuation of the collection of a portion (increased, to reflect higher capital costs, from $237 million collected in the rate year ended March 2009 to $254 million for the rate year ending March 2010) of the April 2008 rate increase subject to potential refund to customers following further PSC review and completion of an investigation by the PSC staff of the $1.6 billion of capital expenditures during the April 2005 through March 2008 period covered by the 2005 electric rate agreement for transmission and distribution utility plant that were above the amounts of such expenditures reflected in rates. The portion collected would also be subject to refund in the event the

 

21


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

PSC determined that some disallowance of costs the company has recovered is warranted to address potential impacts of alleged unlawful conduct by arrested employees and contractors (see “Investigation of Contractor Payments” in Note H). The company is unable to estimate the amount, if any, of any refund that might be required and, accordingly, has not established a regulatory liability for a refund.

 

Con Edison of New York—Gas and Steam

In June 2009, the PSC approved a Joint Proposal by Con Edison of New York, the PSC Staff and other parties under which, starting in July 2009, a portion of the company’s gas and steam revenues ($32 million and $6 million annually, respectively) would be subject to potential refund to customers in the event the PSC determined that some disallowance of costs the company has recovered is warranted to address potential impacts of alleged unlawful conduct by arrested employees and contractors (see “Investigation of Contractor Payments” in Note H). The company is unable to estimate the amount, if any, of any refund that might be required.

 

O&R—Gas

In June 2009, O&R entered into a settlement agreement with the staff of the PSC and other parties. The settlement agreement, which is subject to PSC approval, establishes a rate plan that covers the three-year period November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2012. The rate plan provides two rate increase alternatives for consideration by the PSC. The first alternative is for increases in base rates of $12.8 million in the first year, $5.2 million in the second year and $4.5 million in the third year. The second alternative is for increases in base rates of $9 million in each of the first two years and $4.6 million in the third year, with an additional $4.3 million to be collected though a surcharge in the third rate year.

 

The rate plan reflects the following major items:

 

   

an annual return on common equity of 10.4 percent;

 

   

most of any actual earnings above an 11.4 percent annual return on common equity (based upon the actual average common equity ratio, subject to a maximum 50 percent of capitalization) are to be applied to reduce regulatory assets;

 

   

deferral as a regulatory asset or liability, as the case may be, of differences between the actual level of certain expenses, including expenses for pension and other postretirement benefits, environmental remediation, property taxes and taxable and tax-exempt long-term debt, and amounts for those expenses reflected in rates;

 

22


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

   

deferral as a regulatory liability of the revenue requirement impact (i.e., return on investment, depreciation and income taxes) of the amount, if any, by which average gas net plant balances are less than balances reflected in rates;

 

   

deferral as a regulatory asset of increases, if any over the course of the rate plan, in certain expenses above a 4 percent annual inflation rate, but only if the actual annual return on common equity is less than 10.4 percent;

 

   

implementation of a revenue decoupling mechanism;

 

   

continuation of the provisions pursuant to which the company recovers its cost of purchasing gas and the provisions pursuant to which the effects of weather on gas income are moderated; and

 

   

potential negative earnings adjustments of up to $1.4 million annually if certain operations and customer service requirements are not met.

 

23


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were comprised of the following items:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
(Millions of Dollars)    2009    2008     2009    2008

Regulatory assets

                            

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs

   $ 5,407    $ 5,602      $ 5,154    $ 5,335

Future federal income tax

     1,222      1,186        1,162      1,127

Environmental remediation costs

     385      378        325      316

Revenue taxes

     108      101        106      99

Pension and other postretirement benefits deferrals

     106      92        50      38

Deferred derivative losses—long-term

     112      94        70      54

Net electric deferrals

     82      27           82      27

Electric property tax petition

     73      41        73      41

World Trade Center restoration costs

     60      140        60      140

O&R transition bond charges

     58      59            

Workers’ compensation

     38      38        38      38

Gas rate plan deferral

     28      30        28      30

Unbilled gas revenue

     15      44        15      44

Other retirement program costs

     13      14        13      14

Asbestos-related costs

     10      10        9      9

Recoverable energy costs

          42             42

Other

     141      157        122      132

Regulatory assets

     7,858      8,055        7,308      7,486

Deferred derivative losses—current

     263      288        207      247

Recoverable energy costs—current

     36      172             146

Total Regulatory Assets

   $ 8,157    $ 8,515      $ 7,515    $ 7,879

Regulatory liabilities

                            

Allowance for cost of removal less salvage

   $ 374    $ 378      $ 308    $ 313

Refundable energy costs

     152      104        105      47

Net unbilled revenue deferrals

     96             96     

Electric rate case deferral

     57             57     

Rate case amortizations

     35      68        35      68

Gain on sale of First Avenue properties

     17      30        17      30

Other

     160      157        144      142

Regulatory liabilities

     891      737        762      600

Deferred derivative gains—current

     10      23        10      23

Total Regulatory Liabilities

   $ 901    $ 760      $ 772    $ 623

 

24


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Other Regulatory Matters

Con Edison of New York expects that the PSC will be releasing a report on its management audit of the company. The PSC is required to audit New York utilities every five years. The company expects that the PSC consultant that performed the audit will identify areas for improvement, including with respect to the company’s construction program, planning and business processes and regulatory relationships.

 

Note C—Long-Term Debt

Reference is made to Note C to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note C to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.

 

In June 2009, $49 million of the $55 million of O&R’s weekly-rate, tax-exempt debt insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (Series 1994A Debt) that had been tendered was remarketed, and the proceeds from the remarketing were used to pay short-term borrowings that funded the purchased tendered bonds.

 

Note D—Short-Term Borrowing

Reference is made to Note D to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note D to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.

 

At June 30, 2009, Con Edison had $100 million of commercial paper outstanding, none of which was outstanding under Con Edison of New York’s program. The weighted average interest rate was 0.4 percent for Con Edison. At December 31, 2008, Con Edison had $363 million of commercial paper outstanding of which $253 million was outstanding under Con Edison of New York’s program. The weighted average interest rate was 2.4 percent and 3.2 percent for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York, respectively. At June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, no loans were outstanding under the Companies’ credit agreements and $282 million (including $126 million for Con Edison of New York) and $316 million (including $107 million for Con Edison of New York) of letters of credit were outstanding, respectively.

 

Note E—Pension Benefits

Reference is made to Note E to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note E to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.

 

25


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ net periodic benefit costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 
     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
 
(Millions of Dollars)       2009           2008           2009           2008     

Service cost—including administrative expenses

   $ 40      $ 34      $ 37      $ 32   

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

     131        129        123        121   

Expected return on plan assets

     (173     (173 )          (165     (165

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     75        48        68        42   

Amortization of prior service costs

     2        2        2        2   

NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 75      $ 40      $ 65      $ 32   

Amortization of regulatory asset*

     1        1        1        1   

TOTAL PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 76      $ 41      $ 66      $ 33   

Cost capitalized

     (27     (14     (25     (11

Cost deferred

     (5     (5     (3     (7

Cost charged to operating expenses

   $ 44      $ 22      $ 38      $ 15   
* Relates to increases in Con Edison of New York’s pension obligations of $33 million from a 1993 special retirement program and $45 million from a 1999 special retirement program.

 

     For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 
     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
 
(Millions of Dollars)       2009           2008           2009           2008     

Service cost—including administrative expenses

   $ 80      $ 69      $ 74      $ 64   

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

     262        258        246        241   

Expected return on plan assets

     (346     (346 )          (330     (330

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     150        96        136        85   

Amortization of prior service costs

     4        4        4        4   

NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 150      $ 81      $ 130      $ 64   

Amortization of regulatory asset*

     2        2        2        2   

TOTAL PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 152      $ 83      $ 132      $ 66   

Cost capitalized

     (54     (28     (50     (23

Cost deferred

     (36     (25     (31     (28

Cost charged to operating expenses

   $ 62      $ 30      $ 51      $ 15   
* Relates to increases in Con Edison of New York’s pension obligations of $33 million from a 1993 special retirement program and $45 million from a 1999 special retirement program.

 

Expected Contributions

Based on current estimates, the Companies are not required under funding regulations and laws to make any contributions to the pension plan during 2009. The Companies’ policy is to fund their accounting cost to the extent tax deductible, therefore, Con Edison and Con Edison of New York

 

26


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

expect to make discretionary contributions to the pension plan of $282 million and $244 million, respectively, of which Con Edison of New York contributed $184 million in the first half of 2009. Con Edison of New York expects to make discretionary contributions of $5 million to the non-qualified supplemental pension plan during 2009. The Companies are continuing to monitor changes to funding and tax laws that may impact future pension plan funding requirements.

 

Note F—Other Postretirement Benefits

Reference is made to Note F to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note F to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ net periodic postretirement benefit costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 
     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
 
(Millions of Dollars)       2009           2008           2009           2008     

Service cost

   $ 5      $ 5      $ 4      $ 4   

Interest cost on accumulated other postretirement benefit obligation

     24        23        21        21   

Expected return on plan assets

     (21     (21     (20     (19

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     18        17        16        14   

Amortization of prior service cost

     (3     (3 )          (3     (4

Amortization of transition obligation

     1        1        1        1   

NET PERIODIC POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COST

   $ 24      $ 22      $ 19      $ 17   

Cost capitalized

     (9     (7     (8     (6

Cost deferred

            (4            (2

Cost charged to operating expenses

   $ 15      $ 11      $ 11      $ 9   

 

     For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 
     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
 
(Millions of Dollars)       2009           2008           2009           2008     

Service cost

   $ 10      $ 10      $ 8      $ 8   

Interest cost on accumulated other postretirement benefit obligation

     48        47        42        42   

Expected return on plan assets

     (42     (43 )          (40     (39

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     36        34        32        29   

Amortization of prior service cost

     (6     (6     (6     (7

Amortization of transition obligation

     2        2        2        2   

NET PERIODIC POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COST

   $ 48      $ 44      $ 38      $ 35   

Cost capitalized

     (18     (15     (15     (12

Cost deferred

     (1     (11     (2     (9

Cost charged to operating expenses

   $ 29      $ 18      $ 21      $ 14   

 

27


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Note G—Environmental Matters

Superfund Sites

Hazardous substances, such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and coal tar, have been used or generated in the course of operations of the Utilities and their predecessors and are present at sites and in facilities and equipment they currently or previously owned, including sites at which gas was manufactured or stored.

 

The Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes (Superfund) impose joint and several liability, regardless of fault, upon generators of hazardous substances for investigation and remediation costs (which include costs of demolition, removal, disposal, storage, replacement, containment, and monitoring) and environmental damages. Liability under these laws can be material and may be imposed for contamination from past acts, even though such past acts may have been lawful at the time they occurred. The sites at which the Utilities have been asserted to have liability under these laws, including their manufactured gas plant sites and any neighboring areas to which contamination may have migrated, are referred to herein as “Superfund Sites.”

 

For Superfund Sites where there are other potentially responsible parties and the Utilities are not managing the site investigation and remediation, the accrued liability represents an estimate of the amount the Utilities will need to pay to discharge their related obligations. For Superfund Sites (including the manufactured gas plant sites) for which one of the Utilities is managing the investigation and remediation, the accrued liability represents an estimate of the company’s share of undiscounted cost to investigate the sites and, for sites that have been investigated in whole or in part, the cost to remediate the sites. Remediation costs are estimated in light of the information available, applicable remediation standards, and experience with similar sites.

 

The accrued liabilities and regulatory assets related to Superfund Sites at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
(Millions of Dollars)    2009    2008     2009    2008

Accrued Liabilities:

                            

Manufactured gas plant sites

   $ 180    $ 207      $ 129    $ 155

Other Superfund Sites

     47      43           46      41

Total

   $ 227    $ 250      $ 175    $ 196

Regulatory assets

   $ 385    $ 378      $ 325    $ 315

 

28


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Most of the accrued Superfund Site liability relates to sites that have been investigated, in whole or in part. As investigations progress on these and other sites, the Utilities expect that additional liability will be accrued, the amount of which is not presently determinable but may be material. Under their current rate agreements, the Utilities are permitted to recover or defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) certain site investigation and remediation costs.

 

There were no insurance recoveries received related to Superfund Sites for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. Environmental remediation costs incurred related to Superfund Sites during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended June 30,

     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

(Millions of Dollars)    2009    2008     2009    2008

Remediation costs incurred

   $ 24    $ 31         $ 23    $ 31
     For the Six Months Ended June 30,

     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

(Millions of Dollars)    2009    2008     2009    2008

Remediation costs incurred

   $ 40    $ 53         $ 39    $ 52

 

In 2006, Con Edison of New York estimated that for its manufactured gas plant sites, its aggregate undiscounted potential liability for the investigation and remediation of coal tar and/or other manufactured gas plant-related environmental contaminants could range up to $1.1 billion. In 2007, O&R estimated that for its manufactured gas plant sites, each of which has been investigated, the aggregate undiscounted potential liability for the remediation of such contaminants could range up to $115 million. These estimates were based on the assumption that there is contamination at the sites that have not yet been investigated and additional assumptions about these and the other sites regarding the extent of contamination and the type and extent of remediation that may be required. Actual experience may be materially different.

 

Asbestos Proceedings

Suits have been brought in New York State and federal courts against the Utilities and many other defendants, wherein a large number of plaintiffs sought large amounts of compensatory and punitive damages for deaths and injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos at various premises of the Utilities. The suits that have been resolved, which are many, have been resolved without any payment by the Utilities, or for amounts that were not, in the aggregate, material to them. The amounts specified in all the remaining thousands of suits total billions of dollars; however, the Utilities believe

 

29


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

that these amounts are greatly exaggerated, based on the disposition of previous claims. In 2008, Con Edison of New York estimated that its aggregate undiscounted potential liability for these suits and additional suits that may be brought over the next 15 years is $9 million. The estimate was based upon a combination of modeling, historical data analysis and risk factor assessment. Actual experience may be materially different. In addition, certain current and former employees have claimed or are claiming workers’ compensation benefits based on alleged disability from exposure to asbestos. Under its current rate agreements, Con Edison of New York is permitted to defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) costs incurred for its asbestos lawsuits and workers’ compensation claims. The accrued liability for asbestos suits and workers’ compensation proceedings (including those related to asbestos exposure) and the amounts deferred as regulatory assets for the Companies at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
(Millions of Dollars)    2009    2008     2009    2008

Accrued liability—asbestos suits

   $ 10    $ 10      $ 9    $ 9

Regulatory assets—asbestos suits

   $ 10    $ 10       $ 9    $ 9

Accrued liability—workers’ compensation

   $ 114    $ 114      $ 108    $ 109

Regulatory assets—workers’ compensation

   $ 38    $ 38      $ 38    $ 38

 

Note H—Other Material Contingencies

Manhattan Steam Main Rupture

In July 2007, a Con Edison of New York steam main located in midtown Manhattan ruptured. It has been reported that one person died and others were injured as a result of the incident. Several buildings in the area were damaged. Debris from the incident included dirt and mud containing asbestos. The response to the incident required the closing of several buildings and streets for various periods. Approximately 100 suits are pending against the company seeking generally unspecified compensatory and, in some cases, punitive damages, for personal injury, property damage and business interruption. The company has not accrued a liability for the suits. The company has notified its insurers of the incident and believes that the policies in force at the time of the incident will cover most of the company’s costs, which the company is unable to estimate, but which could be substantial, to satisfy its liability to others in connection with the incident.

 

Investigation of Contractor Payments

In January 2009, Con Edison of New York commenced an internal investigation relating to the arrests of certain employees and retired employees (most of whom have since been indicted or pleaded guilty) for accepting kickbacks from contractors that performed construction work for the company. The company has retained a law firm, which has retained an accounting firm, to assist in the company’s

 

30


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

investigation. The company is providing information to governmental authorities in connection with their investigation of the arrested employees and contractors. The company has terminated its employment of the arrested employees and its contracts with the contractors. In February 2009, the PSC commenced a proceeding that, among other things, will examine the prudence of certain of the company’s expenditures relating to the arrests and consider whether additional expenditures should also be examined (see Note B). The company, based upon its evaluation of its internal controls for 2008 and previous years, believes that the controls were effective to provide reasonable assurance that its financial statements have been fairly presented, in all material respects, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Because the company’s investigation is ongoing, the company is unable to predict the impact of any of the employees’ unlawful conduct on the company’s internal controls, business, results of operations or financial position.

 

Permit Non-Compliance and Pollution Discharges

In March 2009, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued a proposed Administrative Order on Consent to Con Edison of New York with respect to non-compliance with certain laws, regulations and permit conditions and discharges of pollutants at the company’s steam generating facilities. The proposed order effectively institutes a civil enforcement proceeding against the company. In the proposed order, the DEC is seeking, among other things, the company’s agreement to pay a penalty in an amount the DEC has not yet specified, retain an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive audit of the company’s generating facilities to determine compliance with federal and New York State environmental laws and regulations and recommend best practices, remove all equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls from the company’s steam and electric facilities, remediate polychlorinated biphenyl contamination, install certain wastewater treatment facilities, and comply with additional sampling, monitoring, and training requirements. The company will seek to resolve this proceeding through a negotiated settlement with the DEC. It is unable to predict the impact of the proceeding on the company’s operations or the amount of the penalty and the additional costs, which could be substantial, to comply with the requirements resulting from this proceeding.

 

Lease In/Lease Out Transactions

In each of 1997 and 1999, Con Edison Development entered into a transaction in which it leased property and then immediately subleased it back to the lessor (termed “Lease In/Lease Out,” or LILO transactions). The transactions respectively involve electric generating and gas distribution facilities in the Netherlands, with a total investment of $259 million. The transactions were financed with $93 million of equity and $166 million of non-recourse, long-term debt secured by the underlying assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” Con Edison is accounting for the two LILO

 

31


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

transactions as leveraged leases. Accordingly, the company’s investment in these leases, net of non-recourse debt, is carried as a single amount in Con Edison’s consolidated balance sheet and income is recognized pursuant to a method that incorporates a level rate of return for those years when net investment in the lease is positive, based upon the after-tax cash flows projected at the inception of the leveraged leases. The company’s net investment in these leveraged leases was $(16) million at June 30, 2009 and $(8) million at December 31, 2008 and is comprised of a $235 million gross investment less $251 million of deferred tax liabilities at June 30, 2009 and $235 million gross investment less $243 million of deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2008.

 

On audit of Con Edison’s tax return for 1997, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) disallowed the tax losses in connection with the 1997 LILO transaction. In December 2005, Con Edison paid a $0.3 million income tax deficiency asserted by the IRS for the tax year 1997 with respect to the 1997 LILO transaction. In April 2006, the company paid interest of $0.2 million associated with the deficiency and commenced an action in the United States Court of Federal Claims, entitled Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. United States, to obtain a refund of this tax payment and interest. A trial was completed in November 2007, post trial briefs have been filed and oral argument took place on August 13, 2008. A decision is expected later this year.

 

Two cases involving LILO and sale in/lease out transactions have been decided in other courts, each of which was decided in favor of the government and one of which has been affirmed on appeal. See, BB&T Corp. v. United States, 523 F.3d 461 (4th Cir. 2008), and AWG Leasing Trust v. United States, 1:07-CV-857 (N.D. Ohio May 28, 2008). The court before which Con Edison stands, the Court of Federal Claims, has not previously rendered a decision with respect to such transactions and is not bound by these cases. Con Edison believes its tax deductions are proper and that its transaction is distinguishable on a number of grounds. For example, the two cases recently decided involved investments by banks in industrial assets, Swedish wood pulp mill equipment and a German waste-to-energy disposal facility respectively. In contrast, the facts surrounding Con Edison’s investment are quite different. Its investment was made in the context of the deregulation of the electric energy industry in New York. It involved an acquisition by Con Edison Development of a leasehold interest in an electric generating power plant in the Netherlands. The asset is consistent with Con Edison Development’s plan at the time to invest in a variety of international infrastructure projects. Moreover, in both BB&T and AWG the United States, as defendant, successfully argued that the counterparties in those cases were certain to exercise their early purchase options and, therefore, that those transactions did not qualify as leases. In contrast, Con Edison produced evidence that it is unclear whether the counterparty will exercise its early purchase option.

 

32


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

In a third LILO case, a jury verdict was rendered, partially favorable to the taxpayer and partially favorable to the government. See, Fifth Third Bancorp & Subsidiaries v. United States, 1:05-CV-350 (S.D. Ohio April 18, 2008). Following the verdict, the taxpayer reported that it had entered into a closing agreement with the IRS to settle all of its leveraged leases. Also, in a fourth LILO case, a jury verdict was rendered in favor of the government. See, Altria Group v. United States, Case No. 1:06-CV-09430-RJH-FM (S.D. New York July 9, 2009).

 

In connection with its audit of Con Edison’s federal income tax return for the tax years 2007 and 2006, the IRS disallowed $41 million and $43 million of net tax deductions taken with respect to both of the LILO transactions for the tax years. Con Edison filed an appeal of the 2007 and 2006 audit level disallowances with the Appeals Office of the IRS. In connection with its audit of Con Edison’s federal income tax returns for the tax years 1998 through 2005, the IRS indicated that it intends to disallow $332 million of net tax deductions taken with respect to both of the LILO transactions for the tax years. If and when these audit level disallowances become appealable, Con Edison intends to file appeals of the disallowances with the Appeals Office of the IRS.

 

Con Edison believes that its LILO transactions have been correctly reported, and has not recorded any reserve with respect to the disallowance of tax losses, or related interest, in connection with its LILO transactions. Con Edison’s estimated tax savings, reflected in its financial statements, from the two LILO transactions through June 30, 2009, in the aggregate, was $205 million. If Con Edison were required to repay all or a portion of these amounts, it would also be required to pay interest of up to $85 million at June 30, 2009.

 

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FASB Statement (FAS) 13-2, “Accounting for a Change or Projected Change in the Timing of Cash Flows Relating to Income Taxes Generated by a Leveraged Lease Transaction,” which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. This FSP requires the expected timing of income tax cash flows generated by Con Edison’s LILO transactions to be reviewed at least annually. If the expected timing of the cash flows is revised, the rate of return and the allocation of income would be recalculated from the inception of the LILO transactions, and the company would be required to recalculate the accounting effect of the LILO transactions, which would result in a charge to earnings that could have a material adverse effect on the company’s results of operations.

 

Guarantees

Con Edison and its subsidiaries enter into various agreements providing financial or performance assurance primarily to third parties on behalf of their subsidiaries. Maximum amounts guaranteed by Con Edison totaled $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

 

33


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

A summary, by type and term, of Con Edison’s total guarantees at June 30, 2009 is as follows:

 

Guarantee Type    0 – 3 years    4 – 10 years    > 10 years    Total
     (Millions of Dollars)

Commodity transactions

   $ 713    $ 43    $ 189    $ 945

Affordable housing program

          9           9

Intra-company guarantees

     39           1      40

Other guarantees

     197      27           224

TOTAL

   $ 949    $ 79    $ 190    $ 1,218

 

For a description of guarantee types, see Note H to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Note I—Financial Information by Business Segment

Reference is made to Note N to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

The financial data for the business segments are as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended June 30,
    

Operating

revenues

    Inter-segment
revenues
    Depreciation and
amortization
   

Operating

income

(Millions of Dollars)    2009     2008     2009     2008     2009    2008     2009     2008

Con Edison of New York

                                                             

Electric

   $ 1,812      $ 1,778      $ 3      $ 3      $ 146    $ 133      $ 230      $ 203

Gas

     295        383        1        1        24      22        38        31

Steam

     113        133           18        20           15      16           5        4

Consolidation adjustments

                   (22     (24                       

Total Con Edison of New York

   $ 2,220      $ 2,294      $      $      $ 185    $ 171      $ 273      $ 238

O&R

                                                             

Electric

   $ 144      $ 180      $      $      $ 8    $ 7      $ 8      $ 10

Gas

     39        43                      3      3        1       

Total O&R

   $ 183      $ 223      $      $      $ 11    $ 10      $ 9      $ 10

Competitive energy businesses*

   $ 454      $ 623      $ (1   $ (3   $ 1    $ 1      $ 14      $ 160

Other**

     (12     9        1        3                    (2    

Total Con Edison

   $ 2,845      $ 3,149      $      $      $ 197    $ 182      $ 294      $ 408
* Includes the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects within continuing operations.
** Parent company expenses, primarily interest, and consolidation adjustments. Other does not represent a business segment.

 

34


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

     For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    

Operating

revenues

    Inter-segment
revenues
    Depreciation and
amortization
   

Operating

income

 
(Millions of Dollars)    2009     2008     2009     2008     2009    2008     2009     2008  

Con Edison of New York

                                                               

Electric

   $ 3,469      $ 3,492      $ 6      $ 6      $ 288    $ 250      $ 356      $ 366   

Gas

     1,077        1,124        2        2        49      44        169        145   

Steam

     444        418        36        38           29      31           74        60   

Consolidation adjustments

                   (44     (46                          

Total Con Edison of New York

   $ 4,990      $ 5,034         $      $      $ 366    $ 325      $ 599      $ 571   

O&R

                                                               

Electric

   $ 289      $ 338      $      $        $ 15    $ 14      $ 14      $ 15   

Gas

     145        148                       6      6        15        15   

Total O&R

   $ 434      $ 486      $      $        $ 21    $ 20      $ 29      $ 30   

Competitive energy businesses*

   $ 867      $ 1,197      $ (3   $ 4      $ 2    $ 2      $ (11   $ 198   

Other**

     (22     8        3        (4                 (3     (1

Total Con Edison

   $ 6,269      $ 6,725      $      $      $ 389    $ 347      $ 614      $ 798   
* Includes the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects within continuing operations.
** Parent company expenses, primarily interest, and consolidation adjustments. Other does not represent a business segment.

 

Note J—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended (SFAS No. 133). Under SFAS No. 133, derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at fair value, unless an exception is available under the standard. Certain qualifying derivative contracts have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts. These contracts are not reported at fair value under SFAS No. 133.

 

Effective January 1, 2009, the Companies adopted SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (SFAS No. 161). SFAS No. 161 amends and expands the disclosure requirements of Statement 133 with the intent to provide users of financial statements with enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133 and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Statement requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.

 

35


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Energy Price Hedging

Con Edison’s subsidiaries hedge market price fluctuations associated with physical purchases and sales of electricity, natural gas, and steam by using derivative instruments including futures, forwards, basis swaps, options, transmission congestion contracts and financial transmission rights contracts. The fair values of these derivative instruments at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
 
(Millions of Dollars)    2009     2008     2009     2008  

Fair value of net derivative assets/(liabilities)—gross

   $ (450   $ (428   $ (231   $ (259

Impact of netting of cash collateral

     339        322           169        224   

Fair value of net derivative assets/(liabilities)—net

   $ (111   $ (106   $ (62   $ (35

 

Credit Exposure

The Companies are exposed to credit risk related to transactions entered into primarily for the various energy supply and hedging activities by the Utilities and the competitive energy businesses. The Companies use credit policies to manage this risk, including an established credit approval process, monitoring of counterparty limits, netting provisions within agreements, collateral or prepayment arrangements, credit insurance and credit default swaps.

 

At June 30, 2009, Con Edison and Con Edison of New York had $309 million and $31 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral, respectively. Con Edison’s net credit exposure consisted of $218 million with investment-grade counterparties and $91 million primarily with commodity exchange brokers or independent system operators. Con Edison of New York’s entire net credit exposure was with commodity exchange brokers.

 

Economic Hedges

The Companies enter into derivative instruments that do not qualify or are not designated as hedges under SFAS No. 133. However, management believes these instruments represent economic hedges that mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices.

 

36


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

The fair values of the Companies’ commodity derivatives at June 30, 2009 were:

 

Fair Value of Commodity Derivatives(a)  
(Millions of Dollars)    Balance Sheet Location    Con Edison      Con Edison of
New York
 
Asset Derivatives  

Current

   Fair value of derivative assets    $ 812       $ 359   

Long term

   Other deferred charges and non-current assets      496            299   

Total asset derivatives

   $ 1,308       $ 658   

Impact of netting

     (1,064      (604

Net asset derivatives

   $ 244       $ 54   
Liability Derivatives  

Current

   Fair value of derivative liabilities    $ 1,137       $ 515   

Long term

   Fair value of derivative liabilities      621         374   

Total liability derivatives

   $ 1,758       $ 889   

Impact of netting

     (1,403      (773

Net liability derivatives

   $ 355       $ 116   
(a) Qualifying derivative contracts, which have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts, are not reported at fair value under SFAS No. 133 and, therefore, are excluded from the table.

 

The Utilities generally recover all of their prudently incurred fuel, purchased power and gas cost, including hedging gains and losses, in accordance with rate provisions approved by the applicable state utility commissions. See “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. In accordance with SFAS No. 71, the Utilities record a regulatory asset or liability to defer recognition of unrealized gains and losses on their electric and gas derivatives. As gains and losses are realized in future periods, they will be recognized as purchased power, gas and fuel costs in the Companies’ consolidated income statements. Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses record realized and unrealized gains and losses on their derivative contracts in earnings in the reporting period in which they occur.

 

37


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

The following table presents the changes in the fair values of commodity derivatives that have been deferred or recognized in earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009:

 

Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Commodity Derivatives(a)

Deferred or Recognized in Income for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2009


 
(Millions of Dollars)    Balance Sheet Location      Con Edison      Con Edison of
New York
 

Pre-tax gains/(losses) deferred in accordance with FAS71:

                   

Current

   Deferred derivative gains      $ (9    $ (9

Total deferred gains

          $ (9    $ (9

Current

   Deferred derivative losses      $ 65       $ 66   

Current

   Recoverable energy costs      $ (122    $ (102

Long term

   Regulatory assets      $ 25       $ 15   
                     

Total deferred losses

          $ (32    $ (21

Net deferred losses

          $ (41    $ (30
     Income Statement Location                

Pre-tax gain/(loss) recognized in income

                   
     Purchased power expense      $ (144 )         $   
     Gas purchased for resale        (1        
     Non-utility revenue        139 (b)         

Total pre-tax gain/(loss) recognized in income

     $ (6    $   
(a) Qualifying derivative contracts, which have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts, are not reported at fair value under SFAS No. 133 and, therefore, are excluded from the table.
(b) For the three months ended June 30, 2009, Con Edison recorded in non-utility operating revenues an unrealized pre-tax gain of $31 million.

 

Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Commodity Derivatives(a)

Deferred or Recognized in Income for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2009


 
(Millions of Dollars)    Balance Sheet Location      Con Edison      Con Edison of
New York
 

Pre-tax gains/(losses) deferred in accordance with FAS71:

                   

Current

   Deferred derivative gains      $ (13    $ (13

Total deferred gains

          $ (13    $ (13

Current

   Deferred derivative losses      $ 25       $ 40   

Current

   Recoverable energy costs      $ (303    $ (259

Long term

   Regulatory assets      $ (20    $ (16
                     

Total deferred losses

          $ (298    $ (235

Net deferred losses

          $ (311    $ (248
     Income Statement Location                

Pre-tax gain/(loss) recognized in income

                   
     Purchased power expense      $ (255    $   
     Gas purchased for resale        2              
     Non-utility revenue        215 (b)         

Total pre-tax gain/(loss) recognized in income

     $ (38    $   

 

38


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

(a) Qualifying derivative contracts, which have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts, are not reported at fair value under SFAS No. 133 and, therefore, are excluded from the table.
(b) For the six months ended June 30, 2009, Con Edison recorded in non-utility operating revenues an unrealized pre-tax loss of $26 million.

 

As of June 30, 2009, Con Edison had 1,440 contracts, including 689 Con Edison of New York contracts, which were considered to be derivatives under SFAS No. 133 (excluding qualifying derivative contracts, which have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts). The following table presents the number of contracts by commodity type:

 

    Electric Derivatives   Gas Derivatives
    Number of
Energy
Contracts(a)
  MWhs(b)     Number of
Capacity
Contracts(a)
  MWs(b)   Number of
Contracts(a)
  Dths(b)    

Total Number of

Contracts(a)

Con Edison

  583   16,224,863       78   7,442   779   198,601,000       1,440

Con Edison of New York

  95   3,124,200          594   194,890,000      689
(a) Qualifying derivative contracts, which have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts, are not reported at fair value under SFAS No. 133 and, therefore, are excluded from the table.
(b) Volumes are reported net of long and short positions.

 

The Companies also enter into electric congestion and gas basis swap contracts to hedge the congestion and transportation charges which are associated with electric and gas contracts and hedged volumes.

 

The collateral requirements associated with, and settlement of, derivative transactions are included in net cash flows from operating activities in the Companies’ consolidated statement of cash flows. Most derivative instrument contracts contain provisions that may require the Companies to provide collateral on derivative instruments in net liability positions. The amount of collateral to be provided will depend on the fair value of the derivative instruments and the Companies’ credit ratings.

 

The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position and collateral posted at June 30, 2009, and the additional collateral that would have been required to be posted had the lowest applicable credit rating been reduced one level and to below investment grade were:

 

(Millions of Dollars)    Con Edison(a)     Con Edison of New York(a)  

Aggregate fair value—net liabilities

   $ 499      $ 135   

Collateral posted

   $ 332      $ 80 (b) 

Additional collateral( c) (downgrade one level from current ratings(d))

   $ 40      $ 23   

Additional collateral(c) (downgrade to below investment grade from current ratings(d))

   $ 325 (e)    $ 92   
(a)

Non-derivative transactions for the purchase and sale of electricity and gas and qualifying derivative instruments, which have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales, are excluded from the table. These transactions primarily include purchases of electricity from independent system operators. In the event the Utilities and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses were no longer extended

 

39


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

 

unsecured credit for such purchases, the Companies would be required to post collateral, which at June 30, 2009, would have amounted to an estimated $365 million for Con Edison, including $113 million for Con Edison of New York. For certain other such non-derivative transactions, the Companies could be required to post collateral under certain circumstances, including in the event counterparties had reasonable grounds for insecurity.

(b) Across the Utilities’ energy derivative positions, credit limits for the same counterparties are generally integrated. At June 30, 2009, all collateral for these positions was posted by Con Edison of New York, including an estimated $41 million attributable to O&R.
(c) The Companies measure the collateral requirements by taking into consideration the fair value amounts of derivative instruments that contain credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liabilities position plus amounts owed to counterparties for settled transactions and amounts required by counterparties for minimum financial security. The fair value amounts represent unrealized losses, net of any unrealized gains where the Companies have a legally enforceable right of setoff.
(d) The current ratings are Moody’s, S&P and Fitch long-term credit rating of, as applicable, Con Edison (Baa1/BBB+/BBB+), Con Edison of New York (A3/A-/A-) or O&R (Baa1/A-/A). Credit ratings assigned by rating agencies are expressions of opinions that are subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.
(e) Derivative instruments that are net assets have been excluded from the table. At June 30, 2009, if Con Edison had been downgraded to below investment grade, its competitive energy businesses would have been required to post additional collateral for such derivative instruments of $123 million.

 

Interest Rate Swaps

In May 2008, Con Edison Development’s interest rate swaps that were designated as cash flow hedges under SFAS No. 133 were sold. The losses were classified to income/(loss) from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 and were immaterial to Con Edison’s results of operations.

 

O&R has an interest rate swap related to its Series 1994A Debt. See Note C. O&R pays a fixed-rate of 6.09 percent and receives a LIBOR-based variable rate. The fair value of this interest rate swap at June 30, 2009 was an unrealized loss of $12 million, which has been included in Con Edison’s consolidated balance sheet as a noncurrent liability/fair value of derivative liabilities and a regulatory asset. The increase in the fair value of the swap for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 was $2 million and $3 million, respectively. In the event O&R’s credit rating was downgraded to BBB-/Baa3 or lower, the swap counterparty could elect to terminate the agreement and O&R would be required to settle immediately.

 

Note K—Fair Value Measurements

Reference is made to Note P to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note K to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the Form 10-Q.

 

FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS No. 157) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands the disclosures about fair value measurements.

 

40


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2009 are summarized below under the three-level hierarchy established by SFAS No. 157. SFAS No. 157 defines the levels within the hierarchy as follows:

 

   

Level 1—Consists of assets or liabilities whose value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets at the measurement date.

 

   

Level 2—Consists of assets or liabilities valued using industry standard models and based on prices, other than quoted prices within Level 1, that are either directly or indirectly observable as of the measurement date.

 

   

Level 3—Consists of assets or liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies using inputs that are generally less readily observable and supported by little, if any, market activity at the measurement date.

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2009 are summarized below:

 

     Level 1    Level 2    Level 3   

Netting

Adjustments(4)

    Total
(Millions of Dollars)    Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York
   Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York
   Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York
   Con
Edison
    Con
Edison
of
New
York
    Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York

Derivative assets:

                                                                       

Energy(1)

   $ 1    $    $ 172    $ 15    $ 366    $ 32    $ (271   $ 32      $ 268    $ 79

Other assets(3)

     26      26                82      74                    108      100

Total

   $ 27    $ 26    $ 172    $ 15    $ 448    $ 106    $ (271   $ 32      $ 376    $ 179

Derivative liabilities:

                                                                       

Energy(1)

   $ 22    $ 22    $ 516    $ 226    $ 451    $ 30    $ (610   $ (137   $ 379    $ 141

Financial & other(2)

                         12                         12     

Total

   $ 22    $ 22    $ 516    $ 226    $ 463    $ 30    $ (610   $ (137   $ 391    $ 141
(1) A significant portion of the energy derivative contracts categorized in Level 3 is valued using either an industry acceptable model or an internally developed model with observable inputs. The models also include some less readily observable inputs resulting in the classification of the entire contract as Level 3. See Note J.
(2) Includes an interest rate swap. See Note J.
(3) Other assets are comprised of assets such as life insurance contracts within the Deferred Income Plan and Supplemental Retirement Income Plans, held in rabbi trusts.
(4) Amounts represent the impact of legally-enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Companies to net gain and loss positions and cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties.

 

41


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2008 are summarized below:

 

     Level 1    Level 2    Level 3   

Netting

Adjustments(4)

    Total
(Millions of Dollars)    Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York
   Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York
   Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York
   Con
Edison
    Con
Edison
of
New
York
    Con
Edison
   Con
Edison
of
New
York

Derivative assets:

                                                                       

Energy(1)

   $ 1    $    $ 150    $ 38    $ 206    $ 16    $ (117   $ 65      $ 240    $ 119

Other assets(3)

     23      23                73      65                    96      88

Total

   $ 24    $ 23    $ 150    $ 38    $ 279    $ 81    $ (117   $ 65      $ 336    $ 207

Derivative liabilities:

                                                                       

Energy(1)

   $ 34    $ 34    $ 495    $ 264    $ 256    $ 15    $ (439   $ (159   $ 346    $ 154

Financial & other(2)

                         15                         15     

Total

   $ 34    $ 34    $ 495    $ 264    $ 271    $ 15    $ (439   $ (159   $ 361    $ 154
(1) A significant portion of the energy derivative contracts categorized in Level 3 is valued using either an industry acceptable model or an internally developed model with observable inputs. The models also include some less readily observable inputs resulting in the classification of the entire contract as Level 3. See Note O to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.
(2) Includes an interest rate swap. See Note O to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.
(3) Other assets are comprised of assets such as life insurance contracts within Deferred Income Plan and Supplemental Retirement Income Plans, held in rabbi trusts.
(4) Amounts represent the impact of legally-enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Companies to net gain and loss positions and cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties.

 

The table listed below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending net balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:

 

    For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2009  
    Beginning
Balance as of 
April 1,
2009
   

Total Gains/(Losses)—

Realized and Unrealized

    Purchases,
Issuances, Sales
and Settlements
  Transfer
In/Out of
Level 3
  Ending Balance
as of June 30,
2009
 
(Millions of Dollars)     Included in
Earnings
    Included in Regulatory
Assets and Liabilities
       

Con Edison

                                           

Derivatives:

                                           

Energy

  $ (115   $ (76   $ 1      $ 105   $   $ (85

Financial & other

    (14            2                (12

Other

    68        5        9                82   

Total

  $ (61   $ (71   $ 12      $ 105   $   $ (15

Con Edison of New York

  

                                   

Derivatives:

                                           

Energy

  $ (7   $ (5   $ (7   $ 21   $   $ 2   

Other

    61        5        8                74   

Total

  $ 54      $      $ 1      $ 21   $   $ 76   

 

42


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

    For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2009  
    Beginning
Balance as of
January 1,
2009
   

Total Gains/(Losses)—

Realized and Unrealized

    Purchases,
Issuances, Sales
and Settlements
  Transfer
In/Out of
Level 3
  Ending Balance
as of June 30,
2009
 
(Millions of Dollars)     Included in
Earnings
    Included in Regulatory
Assets and Liabilities
       

Con Edison

                                           

Derivatives:

                                           

Energy

  $ (50   $ (105   $ (51   $ 121   $   $ (85

Financial & other

    (15            3                (12

Other

    73        3        6                82   

Total

  $ 8      $ (102   $ (42   $ 121   $   $ (15

Con Edison of New York

  

                                   

Derivatives:

                                           

Energy

  $ 1      $ (6   $ (15   $ 22   $   $ 2   

Other

    65        3        6                74   

Total

  $ 66      $ (3   $ (9   $ 22   $   $ 76   

 

The table listed below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending net balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:

 

    For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2008  
    Beginning
Balance as of
April 1,
2008
   

Total Gains/(Losses)—

Realized and Unrealized

  Purchases,
Issuances, Sales
and Settlements
 

Transfer

In /Out of
Level 3

  Ending Balance
as of June 30,
2008
 
(Millions of Dollars)     Included in
Earnings
    Included in Regulatory
Assets and Liabilities
     

Con Edison

                                         

Derivatives:

                                         

Energy

  $ 26      $ (24   $ 121   $ 2   $   $ 125   

Financial & other

    (14            3             (11

Other

    102        1        3             106   

Total

  $ 114      $ (23   $ 127   $ 2   $   $ 220   

Con Edison of New York

  

                                 

Derivatives:

                                         

Energy

  $ 10      $ 1      $ 38   $ 4   $   $ 53   

Other

    91        1        2             94   

Total

  $ 101      $ 2      $ 40   $ 4   $   $ 147   

 

43


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

    For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008  
    Beginning
Balance as of
January 1,
2008
   

Total Gains/(Losses)—

Realized and Unrealized

    Purchases,
Issuances, Sales
and Settlements
    Transfer
In/Out of
Level 3
 

Ending Balance
as of June 30,

2008

 
(Millions of Dollars)     Included in
Earnings
    Included in Regulatory
Assets and Liabilities
       

Con Edison

                                             

Derivatives:

                                             

Energy

  $ 23      $ (69   $ 211      $ (40   $   $ 125   

Financial & other

    (11                              (11

Other

    107        (1                       106   

Total

  $ 119      $ (70   $ 211      $ (40   $   $ 220   

Con Edison of New York

  

                                     

Derivatives:

                                             

Energy

  $ 11      $ (14   $ 78      $ (21   $   $ 53   

Other

    95               (1                94   

Total

  $ 106      $ (14   $ 77      $ (21   $   $ 147   

 

For the Utilities, realized gains and losses on Level 3 energy derivative assets and liabilities are reported as part of purchased power and gas costs. The Utilities generally recover these costs in accordance with rate provisions approved by the applicable state public utilities commissions. See Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. Unrealized gains and losses for energy derivatives are generally deferred on the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with SFAS No. 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation.”

 

For the competitive energy businesses, realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 energy derivative assets and liabilities are reported in non-utility revenues ($39 million loss and $39 million loss) and purchased power costs ($1 million loss and $1 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on level 3 energy derivative assets and liabilities are reported in non-utility revenues ($53 million loss and $70 million loss) and purchased power costs ($1 million loss and $2 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets still held at June 30, 2009 and 2008, included in non-utility revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, is an $11 million gain and $28 million loss, respectively. The change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets still held at June 30, 2009 and 2008, included in non-utility revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 is $1 million loss and $59 million loss, respectively.

 

For the Utilities, realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 other assets of $5 million gain and $1 million gain are reported in investment and other income on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Realized and unrealized gains and losses

 

44


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

on Level 3 other assets of $3 million gain and $1 million loss are reported in investment and other income on the consolidated income statement for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 

Note L—New Financial Accounting Standards

Reference is made to Note T to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note L to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the Form 10-Q.

 

In June 2009, the FASB issued Statement No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This Statement replaces FASB Statement No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” and establishes the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM as the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied to by nongovernmental entities. This Statement is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of this Statement is not expected to have a material impact on the Companies’ financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).” This Standard amends FASB Interpretation No. 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (revised December 2003)—an interpretation of ARB No. 51,” to improve financial reporting by entities involved with variable interest entities (VIEs) and to address the impact of pending amendments to derecognition guidance. Under this Standard, an entity must perform qualitative assessments of power and economics when determining the primary beneficiary of VIEs. This Standard is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact of this Standard on their financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

 

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140.” This Standard amends FASB Statement No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” by eliminating the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity, modifying the transferability constraints, requiring consideration of all arrangements made in connection with a transfer, clarifying the legal isolation analysis, providing guidance on when a portion of a financial asset can be derecognized, and modifying the initial measurement of a beneficial interest retained by a transferor. This Standard is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009. The application of this Standard is not expected to have a material impact on the financial position, results of operations and liquidity of the Companies.

 

45


Table of Contents

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) — CONTINUED

 

Note M—Con Edison Development

Reference is made to Note V to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

During the second quarter of 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects (Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power, CEEMI, Newington and Lakewood) with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 megawatts to North American Energy Alliance, LLC. The sale resulted in total cash proceeds, net of estimated taxes and transaction expenses, of $1,067 million, and an after-tax gain, net of all transaction expenses, of approximately $400 million.

 

In May 2008, Con Edison Energy entered into agreements to provide energy management services, such as plant scheduling and fuel procurement, for the Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power and CEEMI projects for one to two years. Such services are expected to give rise to a significant level of continuing direct cash flows between Con Edison Energy and the disposed projects, and to provide Con Edison Energy with significant continuing involvement with the operations of the disposed projects. As a result, under the guidance of EITF Issue No. 03-13, “Applying the Conditions in Paragraph 42 of FASB Statement No. 144 in Determining Whether to Report Discontinued Operations” (EITF No. 03-13), Con Edison has concluded that the Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power and CEEMI projects do not qualify for discontinued operations. Accordingly, the results of operations of these projects prior to the completion of the sale in 2008, along with the after-tax gain, net of transaction expenses, of $136 million associated with the sale of these projects, have been reported within continuing operations in the accompanying Con Edison consolidated income statement.

 

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses engaged in certain services for the Newington and Lakewood projects on a short-term basis after the sale. However, such services were much more limited than those provided to the Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power and CEEMI projects, and did not give rise to a significant level of continuing direct cash flows between Con Edison and the disposed projects, or provide Con Edison with significant continuing involvement in the operating or financial policies of the disposed projects. As a result, Con Edison believes that the criteria within SFAS No. 144 and EITF No. 03-13 for discontinued operations treatment have been met for the Newington and Lakewood projects. Accordingly, the results of operations of these projects prior to the completion of the sale in 2008 have been reflected in income from discontinued operations (net of income taxes) in the accompanying Con Edison consolidated income statement. The Newington and Lakewood projects had revenues of $143 million and pre-tax profit (loss) of $7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Income from discontinued operations also includes the after-tax gain, net of transaction expenses, of $270 million associated with the sale of these projects.

 

46


Table of Contents
ITEM 2.   MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF NEW YORK)

This combined management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (MD&A) relates to the consolidated financial statements (the Second Quarter Financial Statements) included in this report of two separate registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison of New York) and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and Con Edison of New York. Con Edison of New York is a subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, information in this MD&A about Con Edison of New York applies to Con Edison.

 

This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Second Quarter Financial Statements and the notes thereto and the MD&A in Item 7 of the Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (File Nos. 1-14514 and 1-1217, the Form 10-K) and the MD&A in Part I, Item 2 of the Companies’ combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009 (File Nos. 1-14514 and 1-1217, the First Quarter Form 10-Q).

 

Information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements referred to in this discussion and analysis is incorporated by reference herein. The use of terms such as “see” or “refer to” shall be deemed to incorporate by reference into this discussion and analysis the information to which reference is made.

 

Corporate Overview

Con Edison’s principal business operations are those of its utility companies, Con Edison of New York and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), together known as the “Utilities.” Con Edison also has competitive energy businesses (see “Competitive Energy Businesses,” below). Certain financial data of Con Edison’s businesses is presented below:

 

    Three Months Ended June 30, 2009      Six Months Ended June 30, 2009      At June 30, 2009
(Millions of Dollars)   Operating
Revenues
    Net Income for
Common Stock
     Operating
Revenues
    Net Income for
Common Stock
     Assets

Con Edison of New York

  $ 2,220      78   $ 136      91    $ 4,990      79   $ 333      101    $ 30,444    90%

O&R

    183      6     2      1      434      7     14      4      2,128    6%

Total Utilities

    2,403      84     138      92      5,424      86     347      105      32,572    96%

Con Edison Development(a)

                                          425    1%

Con Edison Energy(a)

    129      5     (8   (5 )%       312      5     4      1      249    1%

Con Edison Solutions(a)

    324      11     23      15      552      9     (14   (4 )%       168    1%

Other(b)

    (11       (3   (2 )%       (19       (7   (2 )%       296    1%

Total Con Edison

  $ 2,845      100   $ 150      100    $ 6,269      100   $ 330      100    $ 33,710    100%
(a) Net income from the competitive energy businesses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 includes $19 million and $(15) million, respectively, of net after-tax mark-to-market gains/(losses) (Con Edison Development, $1 million and $2 million, Con Edison Energy, $0 million and $6 million and Con Edison Solutions, $18 million and $(23) million).
(b) Represents inter-company and parent company accounting. See “Results of Operations,” below.

 

47


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison’s net income for common stock for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was $150 million or $0.55 a share compared with earnings of $552 million or $2.02 a share for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Net income for common stock for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $330 million or $1.20 a share compared with earnings of $854 million or $3.14 a share for the six months ended June 30, 2008. See “Results of Operations—Summary,” below.

 

Regulated Utilities

Con Edison of New York provides electric service to approximately 3.3 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. The company also provides steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R, along with its regulated utility businesses, provides electric service to approximately 0.3 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and gas service to over 0.1 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of eastern Pennsylvania.

 

The Utilities are primarily “wires and pipes” energy delivery businesses that deliver energy in their service areas subject to extensive federal and state regulation. The Utilities’ customers buy this energy from the Utilities, or from other suppliers through the Utilities’ retail access programs. The Utilities purchase substantially all of the energy they sell to customers pursuant to firm contracts or through wholesale energy markets, and recover (generally on a current basis) the cost of the energy sold, pursuant to approved rate plans.

 

Con Edison anticipates that the Utilities will continue to provide substantially all of its earnings over the next few years. The Utilities’ earnings will depend on various factors including demand for utility service and the Utilities’ ability to charge rates for their services that reflect the costs of service, including a return on invested equity capital.

 

Because the energy delivery infrastructure must be adequate to meet demand in peak periods with a high level of reliability, the Utilities’ capital investment plans reflect in great part past actual electric peak demand adjusted to summer design weather conditions, as well as forecast growth in peak usage. The factors affecting demand for utility service include growth of customer demand, weather, market prices for energy, economic conditions and measures that promote energy efficiency. Demand for electric service peaks during the summer air conditioning season. Demand for gas and steam service peaks during the winter heating season.

 

48


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

The weather during the summer of 2008 was cooler than design conditions. The highest peak electric demand reached in 2008 was 12,987 MW for Con Edison of New York and 1,530 MW for O&R. Both peaks occurred on June 10, 2008. The Companies have continued to monitor the effects of the ongoing global financial turmoil on the local economy and have reduced their outlook for customer demand. The Utilities currently estimate that, under design weather conditions, the 2009 peak electric demand in their respective service areas will be 13,750 MW for Con Edison of New York and 1,650 MW for O&R. The average annual growth rate of the peak electric demand over the next five years at design conditions is estimated to be approximately 0.6 percent for Con Edison of New York and 2.1 percent for O&R. The Con Edison of New York forecasted peak demand includes the impact of permanent demand reduction programs. The Companies anticipate an ongoing need for substantial capital investment in order to meet this growth in peak usage with the high level of reliability that they currently provide (see “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital Requirements,” below).

 

The Utilities have rate plans approved by state utility regulators that cover the rates they can charge their customers. Con Edison of New York’s electric, gas and steam rate plans are effective through April 2010, September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, respectively. In April 2009, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) adopted an order granting Con Edison of New York an electric rate increase, retroactive to April 6, 2009. In May 2009, Con Edison of New York filed a request for a new electric rate plan to be effective April 2010. O&R’s rate plans for its electric and gas service in New York and its subsidiary’s electric service in New Jersey extend through June 30, 2011, October 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, respectively. In June 2009, O&R entered into a Joint Proposal with the PSC staff and other parties which, subject to PSC approval, will establish a rate plan for O&R’s gas service in New York for the period from November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2012. Pursuant to the Utilities’ multi-year rate plans, charges to customers generally may not be changed during the respective terms of the rate plans other than for recovery of the costs incurred for energy supply, for specified increases provided in the rate plans and for limited other exceptions. The New York rate plans for Con Edison of New York’s gas and steam operations as well as O&R’s electric and gas operations generally require the Utilities to share with customers earnings in excess of specified rates of return on common equity capital. Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York’s current electric and gas rate plans and O&R’s electric rate plan, the Utilities’ revenues will generally not be affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. See “Regulatory Matters,” below, “Recoverable Energy Costs” and “Rate Agreements” in Notes A and B, respectively, to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Notes A and B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

49


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Accounting rules and regulations for public utilities include Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation,” pursuant to which the economic effects of rate regulation are reflected in financial statements. See “Application of Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

Competitive Energy Businesses

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses participate in segments of the electricity industry that are less comprehensively regulated than the Utilities. These segments include the sales and related hedging of electricity to wholesale and retail customers and sales of certain energy-related products and services. At June 30, 2009, Con Edison’s equity investment in its competitive energy businesses was $215 million and their assets amounted to $842 million. Con Edison is evaluating additional opportunities to invest in electric and gas-related businesses.

 

Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. (Con Edison Solutions) sells electricity directly to delivery-service customers of utilities primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions (including some of the Utilities’ customers) and also offers energy-related services. Con Edison Solutions does not sell electricity to the Utilities. The company sold approximately 5.6 million MWHs of electricity to customers over the six-month period ended June 30, 2009.

 

Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. (Con Edison Development) participates in infrastructure projects. In 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 MW. See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (Con Edison Energy) procures electric energy and capacity for Con Edison Solutions and fuel for other companies. It sells the electric capacity and energy produced by plants owned, leased or operated by others. The company also provides energy risk management services to Con Edison Solutions, offers these services to others and enters into wholesale supply transactions.

 

Discontinued Operations

In 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 MW. See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

50


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Results of Operations—Summary

Con Edison’s earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2009 were $0.55 (basic and diluted basis) compared with $2.02 (basic and diluted basis) for the 2008 period. Con Edison’s earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were $1.20 (basic and diluted basis) compared with $3.14 ($3.13 on a diluted basis) for the 2008 period.

 

Net income for common stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 was as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,

    Six Months Ended June 30,

(Millions of Dollars)    2009     2008     2009     2008

Con Edison of New York

   $ 136      $ 121      $ 333      $ 340

O&R

     2        3        14        16

Competitive energy businesses(a)

     15        158        (10     197

Other(b)

     (3     (2     (7     27

Total continuing operations

     150        280        330        580

Discontinued operations(c)

            272               274

CON EDISON

   $ 150      $ 552      $ 330      $ 854
(a) Income from continuing operations of the competitive energy businesses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 includes $19 million and $(15) million of net after-tax mark-to-market gains/(losses), respectively. Income from continuing operations of the competitive energy businesses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 includes $30 million and $63 million of net after-tax mark-to-market gains, respectively. Income from continuing operations in 2008 also includes $136 million after-tax from the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects. See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.
(b) Other consists of inter-company and parent company accounting. The six month period ended June 30, 2008 includes $30 million of after-tax net income related to the resolution of Con Edison’s legal proceeding with Northeast Utilities. See “Results of Operations,” below.
(c) Represents the discontinued operations of certain of Con Edison Development’s generation projects, which includes a $270 million after-tax gain on the sale of generation projects for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, respectively. See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Con Edison’s results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared with the 2008 period, reflect changes in the Utilities’ rate plans (including additional revenues designed to recover increases in certain operations and maintenance expenses, depreciation and property taxes, and interest charges), and the operating results of the competitive energy businesses (including net mark-to-market effects). The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared with the 2008 period include a lower allowed electric return on common equity for Con Edison of New York in 2009 for the first quarter, offset in part by a higher allowed return for the second quarter. Operations and maintenance expenses were higher in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily higher costs, which are generally reflected in rates, such as pension and other post-retirement benefits and uncollectible accounts.

 

51


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Depreciation and property taxes were higher in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily the impact from increased capital expenditures and higher property tax rates. Results of operations for Con Edison in the 2008 period include the gain on the sale of generation projects and the impact of discontinued operations and for the six months ended June 30, 2008 include the resolution of litigation with Northeast Utilities.

 

The following table presents the estimated effect on earnings per share and net income for common stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period, resulting from these and other major factors:

 

     Three Months Variation     Six Months Variation  
    

Earnings

per Share

    Net Income for
Common Stock
(Millions of Dollars)
   

Earnings

per Share

    Net Income for
Common Stock
(Millions of Dollars)
 

Con Edison of New York

                                

Rate plans, primarily to recover increases in certain costs

   $ 0.28      $ 76      $ 0.44      $ 123   

Operations and maintenance expense

     (0.06     (16     (0.22     (59

Long Island City power outage reserve in 2008

                   0.05        14   

Depreciation, property taxes and other tax matters

     (0.12     (33     (0.20     (53

Net interest expense

     (0.05     (14     (0.08     (21

Other (includes dilutive effect of new stock issuances)

     (0.01     2        (0.03     (11

Total Con Edison of New York

     0.04        15        (0.04     (7

Orange and Rockland Utilities

            (1     (0.01     (2

Competitive energy businesses

                                

Earnings excluding net mark-to-market effects, gain on the sale of generation projects and discontinued operations

     0.02        4        0.03        8   

Net mark-to-market effects

     (0.04     (11     (0.29     (79

Gain on the sale of generation projects

     (0.50     (136     (0.50     (136

Discontinued operations

     (0.99     (272     (1.01     (274

Total Competitive energy businesses

     (1.51     (415     (1.77     (481

Northeast Utilities litigation settlement

                   (0.11     (30

Other, including parent company expenses

            (1     (0.01     (4

Total

   $ (1.47   $ (402   $ (1.94   $ (524

 

See “Results of Operations,” below for further discussion and analysis of results of operations.

 

Risk Factors

The Companies’ businesses are influenced by many factors that are difficult to predict, and that involve uncertainties that may materially affect actual operating results, cash flows and financial condition. The factors include those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

52


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe-harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectation and not facts. Words such as “expects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “plans,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made, and accordingly speak only as of that time. Actual results or developments might differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements because of various factors such as those discussed under “Risk Factors” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

The Companies’ financial statements reflect the application of their accounting policies, which conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Companies’ critical accounting policies include industry-specific accounting applicable to regulated public utilities and accounting for pensions and other postretirement benefits, contingencies, long-lived assets, derivative instruments, goodwill and leases. See “Application of Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Companies’ liquidity reflects cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, as shown on their respective consolidated statement of cash flows and as discussed below. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K. Changes in the Companies’ cash and temporary cash investments resulting from operating, investing and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are summarized as follows:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of New York  
(Millions of Dollars)    2009     2008     Variance     2009     2008     Variance  

Operating activities

   $ 1,437      $ 1,290      $ 147         $ 1,327      $ 1,065      $ 262   

Investing activities

     (1,119     294        (1,413     (959     (1,060     101   

Financing activities

     (81     (37     (44     (115     215        (330

Net change

     237        1,547        (1,310     253        220        33   

Balance at beginning of period

     74        210        (136     37        121        (84

Balance at end of period

   $ 311      $ 1,757      $ (1,446   $ 290      $ 341      $ (51

 

53


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The Utilities’ cash flows from operating activities reflect principally their energy sales and deliveries and cost of operations. The volume of energy sales and deliveries is dependent primarily on factors external to the Utilities, such as growth of customer demand, weather, market prices for energy, economic conditions and measures that promote energy efficiency. Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York’s electric and gas rate plans and O&R’s electric rate plan, changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved may affect the timing of cash flows but not net income. See Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements. The prices at which the Utilities provide energy to their customers are determined in accordance with their rate agreements. In general, changes in the Utilities’ cost of purchased power, fuel and gas may affect the timing of cash flows but not net income because the costs are recovered in accordance with rate agreements. See “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Net income is the result of cash and non-cash (or accrual) transactions. Only cash transactions affect the Companies’ cash flows from operating activities. Principal non-cash charges include depreciation and deferred income tax expense. Principal non-cash credits include amortizations of certain net regulatory liabilities and the 2008 pre-tax gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects. Non-cash charges or credits may also be accrued under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York’s current electric and gas rate plans and O&R’s electric rate plan. See “Application of Critical Accounting Policies—Accounting for Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and Notes B, E and F to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

In March 2009, Con Edison of New York adopted unbilled revenue accounting which had the non-cash effect of increasing an accrued unbilled revenue receivable and regulatory liabilities. See Note A to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Net cash flows from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2009 for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York were $147 million and $262 million higher, respectively, than in the 2008 period. The increases in net cash flows reflect the January 2008 semi-annual payment of Con Edison of New York’s New York City property taxes, with no comparable semi-annual payment in the 2009 period. The Company achieved a 1.5 percent reduction in its New York City property taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 by prepaying the annual tax amount in July 2008. For Con Edison, the increase was offset in part by increased cash collateral paid to brokers and counterparties on lower

 

54


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

commodity prices on derivative transactions in 2009 and the receipt of cash collateral from counterparties and from exchange brokers due to increasing commodity prices on derivative transactions in 2008.

 

The change in net cash flows also reflects the timing of payments for and recovery of energy costs which is reflected in changes to accounts receivable—customers, recoverable energy costs and accounts payable balances.

 

Cash Flows used in Investing Activities

Net cash flows used in investing activities for Con Edison were $1,413 million higher for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily the proceeds from the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008. Net cash flows used in investing activities for Con Edison of New York were $101 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily decreased construction expenditures and the repayment of loans by O&R. See Note S to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Cash Flows used in Financing Activities

Net cash flows used in financing activities for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York increased $44 million and $330 million, respectively, in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period.

 

Cash flows from financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 reflect the issuance of Con Edison common shares through its dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans (2009: 1,117,449 shares for $15 million, 2008: 969,901 shares for $19 million). In addition, as a result of the stock plan issuances, cash used to pay common stock dividends was reduced by $24 million in 2009 and $21 million in 2008.

 

Net cash flows from financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 also reflect the following Con Edison of New York transactions:

 

2009

 

   

Issued $275 million 5.55% 5-year debentures and $475 million 6.65% 10-year debentures; and

 

   

Redeemed at maturity $275 million 4.70% 5-year debentures.

 

55


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

2008

 

   

Issued $600 million 5.85% 10-year debentures and $600 million 6.75% 30-year debentures; and

 

   

Redeemed at maturity $180 million 6.25% 10-year debentures.

 

Cash flows from financing activities of the Companies also reflect commercial paper issuance (included on the consolidated balance sheets as “Notes payable”). The commercial paper amounts outstanding at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and the average daily balances for 2009 and 2008 for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York were as follows:

 

     2009     2008  
(Millions of Dollars, except Weighted Average Yield)    Outstanding at
June 30
    Daily
average
    Outstanding at
December 31
    Daily
average
 

Con Edison

   $ 100      $ 127         $ 363      $ 517   

Con Edison of New York

   $      $      $ 253      $ 380   

Weighted average yield

     0.4     0.4     2.4     3.4

 

Common stock issuances and external borrowings are sources of liquidity that could be affected by changes in credit ratings, financial performance and capital market conditions. For information about the Companies’ credit ratings and certain financial ratios, see “Capital Resources,” below.

 

Other Changes in Assets and Liabilities

The following table shows changes in certain assets and liabilities at June 30, 2009, compared with December 31, 2008.

 

(Millions of Dollars)    Con Edison
2009 vs. 2008
Variance
   

Con Edison of New York
2009 vs. 2008

Variance

 

Assets

                

Accrued unbilled revenue

   $ 344      $ 357   

Liabilities

                

Regulatory liability—Net unbilled revenue deferrals

     96        96   

Regulatory liability—Refundable energy costs-unbilled

     40        48   

Pension and retiree benefits

     (189     (200

 

Accrued Unbilled Revenue Asset and Regulatory Liability

In March 2009, Con Edison of New York began recording unbilled electric, gas and steam revenues in accordance with a PSC order. See Note A to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

56


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Pension and Retiree Benefits

The decrease in pension and retiree benefits reflects the year to date amortization of accounting costs, funding of the plan and the reconciliation of the underfunding of the pension and other retiree benefit plans as measured at December 31, 2008.

 

Capital Resources

At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ capital resources compared to those disclosed under “Capital Resources” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K, other than as described below and in “Regulatory Matters,” below.

 

For 2009, Con Edison expects to issue common stock of between $150 million and $400 million in addition to stock issuances under the company’s dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans. Con Edison of New York issued $750 million of long-term debt in March 2009, and may issue up to $900 million of additional long-term debt in the remainder of the year, including debt issuances for maturing securities. O&R may issue up to $150 million of long-term debt in the remainder of the year.

 

For each of the Companies, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges (Securities and Exchange Commission basis) for the six months ended June 30, 2009, the 12 months ended December 31, 2008 and the six months ended June 30, 2008 was:

 

     Earnings to Fixed Charges (Times)

 
     For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009


   For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2008


    For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2008


 

Con Edison

   2.5    3.4   4.3

Con Edison of New York

   2.8    3.3      3.0   
* Includes the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects that was included within continuing operations.

 

For each of the Companies, the common equity ratio at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was:

 

     Common Equity Ratio
(Percent of total capitalization)

     June 30, 2009

   December 31, 2008

Con Edison

   49.7    50.7

Con Edison of New York

   49.6    50.8

 

In June 2009, Moody’s lowered its ratings of the Companies’ commercial paper and unsecured debt. The commercial paper of the Companies is rated P-2, A-2 and F2, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. Con Edison’s long-term credit rating is Baa1, BBB+ and BBB+, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P

 

57


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

and Fitch. The unsecured debt of Con Edison of New York is rated A3, A- and A-, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. The unsecured debt of O&R is rated Baa1, A- and A, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. Securities ratings assigned by rating organizations are expressions of opinion and are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities. A securities rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

 

Con Edison of New York has $636 million of tax-exempt debt for which the interest rates are determined pursuant to periodic auctions. Of this amount, $391 million is insured by Ambac Assurance Corporation and $245 million is insured by Syncora Guarantee Inc. (formerly XL Capital Assurance Inc.). Credit rating agencies have downgraded the ratings of these insurers from AAA to lower levels. The weighted average annual interest rate on this tax-exempt debt was 1.04 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The weighted average interest rate was 3.94 percent, 3.77 percent and 3.45 percent for the years 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Under Con Edison of New York’s current electric and steam rate orders, variations in auction rate debt interest expense are reconciled to the levels set in rates.

 

Con Edison of New York has $225 million of uninsured tax-exempt debt and O&R has $99 million of insured tax-exempt debt that currently bears interest at rates determined weekly and is subject to tender by bondholders for purchase by the company. Of the $99 million of O&R debt, $55 million is insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company and $44 million is insured by Ambac Assurance Corporation (see Note C to the Second Quarter Financial Statements). Downgrades in the credit ratings of these insurers have resulted in interest rates on this O&R debt that are significantly higher than the interest rates borne by Con Edison of New York’s $225 million of uninsured weekly rate tender bonds. As of June 30, 2009, the weighted average annual interest rate on the O&R insured weekly rate tender bonds outstanding with bondholders, excluding the effects of an interest rate swap agreement (see “Interest Rate Swaps” in Note J to the Second Quarter Financial Statements), was 2.00 percent and the rate on the Con Edison of New York weekly rate tender bonds was 0.32 percent. Under O&R’s current New York electric rate order, variations in variable rate tax-exempt debt interest expense are reconciled to the level set in rates. O&R is evaluating alternatives with respect to its weekly rate tender bonds and termination of its interest rate swap agreement.

 

58


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Capital Requirements

At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ capital requirements compared to those discussed under “Capital Requirements” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and in “Regulatory Matters,” below other than as described below.

 

For 2009, construction expenditures for Con Edison of New York and O&R are now expected to be $2,181 million and $142 million, respectively.

 

The Utilities expect to apply to the U.S. Department of Energy in August 2009 for grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund 50 percent of the costs of certain smart electric grid projects. In July 2009, the PSC approved customer funding of up to $175 million and $5 million, respectively, for 50 percent of the costs of Con Edison of New York and O&R projects that are awarded such federal grants. Upon completion of each project, the incremental costs for the project (including depreciation, taxes, operating expenses, and return on capital, net of any federal grants, in-kind or matching funds received, adjusted for any operational savings or other benefits from the project) are to begin to be recovered through a temporary surcharge on customer bills. The PSC is requiring the Utilities to propose a surcharge mechanism that will consider the impact of this surcharge on customers. The PSC has indicated that it expects its staff to review the reasonableness of the amounts spent on each project no later than the first rate case in which the utility seeks to place the project into rate base.

 

Contractual Obligations

At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ aggregate obligation to make payments pursuant to contracts compared to those discussed under “Contractual Obligations” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

Electric Power Requirements

At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ electric power requirements compared to those disclosed under “Electric Power Requirements” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

Regulatory Matters

At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ regulatory matters compared to those disclosed under “Regulatory Matters” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and Part I, Item 2 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q, “Rate Agreements” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K, other than as described in Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

59


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Financial and Commodity Market Risks

The Companies are subject to various risks and uncertainties associated with financial and commodity markets. The most significant market risks include interest rate risk, commodity price risk, credit risk and investment risk. At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ financial and commodity market risks compared to those discussed under “Financial and Commodity Market Risks” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K, other than as described below and in Note J to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Interest Rate Risk

The interest rate risk relates primarily to variable rate debt and to new debt financing needed to fund capital requirements, including the construction expenditures of the Utilities and maturing debt securities. Con Edison and its businesses manage interest rate risk through the issuance of mostly fixed-rate debt with varying maturities and through opportunistic refinancing of debt. The Companies estimate that at June 30, 2009, each 10 percent variation in interest rates applicable to the Companies’ variable rate debt and commercial paper would result in a change in annual interest expense of $1 million. Under Con Edison of New York’s current electric rate order variations in long-term taxable and tax-exempt debt interest expense are reconciled to the levels set in rates. Under Con Edison of New York’s current steam rate order and O&R’s current New York electric rate order, variations in variable rate tax-exempt debt interest expense are reconciled to the level set in rates.

 

In addition, from time to time, Con Edison and its businesses enter into derivative financial instruments to hedge interest rate risk on certain debt securities. See “Interest Rate Swaps” in Note J to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Commodity Price Risk

Con Edison’s commodity price risk relates primarily to the purchase and sale of electricity, gas and related derivative instruments. The Utilities and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses have risk management strategies to mitigate their related exposures. See Note J to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Con Edison estimates that, as of June 30, 2009, a 10 percent decline in market prices would result in a decline in fair value of $115 million for the derivative instruments used by the Utilities to hedge purchases of electricity and gas, of which $96 million is for Con Edison of New York and $19 million is for O&R. Con Edison expects that any such change in fair value would be largely offset by directionally opposite changes in the cost of the electricity and gas purchased. In accordance with

 

60


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

provisions approved by state regulators, the Utilities generally recover from customers the costs they incur for energy purchased for their customers, including gains and losses on certain derivative instruments used to hedge energy purchased and related costs. See “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses use a value-at-risk (VaR) model to assess the market risk of their electricity and gas commodity fixed-price purchase and sales commitments, physical forward contracts and commodity derivative instruments. VaR represents the potential change in fair value of instruments or the portfolio due to changes in market factors, for a specified time period and confidence level. These businesses estimate VaR across their electricity and natural gas commodity businesses using a delta-normal variance/covariance model with a 95 percent confidence level. Since the VaR calculation involves complex methodologies and estimates and assumptions that are based on past experience, it is not necessarily indicative of future results. VaR for transactions associated with hedges on generating assets and commodity contracts, assuming a one-day holding period, for the six months ended June 30, 2009, and for the year ended December 31, 2008, was as follows:

 

95% Confidence Level, One-Day Holding Period    2009    2008
     (Millions of Dollars)

Average for the period

   $    1    $  2

High

     2        3

Low

     —      —

 

Credit Risk

The Companies are exposed to credit risk related to transactions entered into primarily for the various energy supply and hedging activities by the Utilities and the competitive energy businesses. Credit risk relates to the loss that may result from a counterparty’s nonperformance. The Companies use credit policies to manage this risk, including an established credit approval process, monitoring of counterparty limits, netting provisions within agreements and collateral or prepayment arrangements, credit insurance and credit default swaps. The Companies measure credit risk exposure as the replacement cost for open energy commodity and derivative positions plus amounts owed from counterparties for settled transactions. The replacement cost of open positions represents unrealized gains, net of any unrealized losses where the Companies have a legally enforceable right of setoff.

 

Con Edison of New York had $31 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral, at June 30, 2009. The entire amount was with commodity exchange brokers.

 

61


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses had $278 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral, at June 30, 2009, of which $218 million was with investment grade counterparties, $59 million was with commodity exchange brokers or independent system operators and $1 million with non-investment grade counterparties.

 

Environmental Matters

At June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Companies’ environmental matters compared to those referenced under “Environmental Matters” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and Part I, Item 2 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q, other than as described in Note G and under “Permit Non-Compliance and Pollution Discharges” in Note H to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Material Contingencies

For information concerning potential liabilities arising from the Companies’ material contingencies, see “Application of Critical Accounting Policies—Accounting for Contingencies,” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and Notes B, G and H to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Results of Operations

Results of operations reflect, among other things, the Companies’ accounting policies (see “Application of Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K) and rate plans that cover the rates the Utilities can charge their customers (see “Regulatory Matters” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K). Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms currently applicable to Con Edison of New York’s electric and gas businesses and O&R’s electric business in New York, the Utilities’ revenues will generally not be affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Revenues for Con Edison of New York’s steam business and O&R’s other utility businesses are affected by changes in delivery volumes resulting from weather, economic conditions and other factors. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Con Edison’s results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared with the 2008 period, reflect changes in the Utilities’ rate plans (including additional revenues designed to recover increases in certain operations and maintenance expenses, depreciation and property taxes, and interest charges), and the operating results of the competitive energy businesses (including net mark-to-market effects). The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared with the 2008 period include a lower allowed electric return on equity for Con Edison of New York in 2009 for the first quarter, offset in part by a higher allowed return for the second quarter. Operations and maintenance expenses were higher in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009

 

62


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily higher costs, which are generally reflected in rates, such as pension and other post-retirement benefits and uncollectible accounts. Depreciation and property taxes were higher in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily the impact from increased capital expenditures and higher property tax rates. Results of operations for Con Edison in the 2008 period include the gain on the sale of generation projects and the impact of discontinued operations and for the six months ended June 30, 2008 include the resolution of litigation with Northeast Utilities. For additional information about major factors affecting earnings, see “Results of Operations—Summary,” above.

 

In general, the Utilities recover on a current basis the fuel, gas purchased for resale and purchased power costs they incur in supplying energy to their full-service customers (see “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A and “Regulatory Matters” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K). Accordingly, such costs do not generally affect the Companies’ results of operations. Management uses the term “net revenues” (operating revenues less such costs) to identify changes in operating revenues that may affect the Companies’ results of operations. Management believes that, although “net revenues” may not be a measure determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the measure facilitates the analysis by management and investors of the Companies’ results of operations.

 

Con Edison’s principal business segments are Con Edison of New York’s regulated electric, gas and steam utility activities, O&R’s regulated electric and gas utility activities and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses. Con Edison of New York’s principal business segments are its regulated electric, gas and steam utility activities. A discussion of the results of operations by principal business segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 follows. For additional business segment financial information, see Note I to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

63


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008

The Companies’ results of operations (which were discussed above under “Results of Operations—Summary”) in 2009 compared with 2008 were:

 

    Con Edison*     Con Edison of
New York
    O&R     Competitive Energy
Businesses and Other**
 
(Millions of Dollars)   Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
 

Operating revenues

  $ (304   (9.7 )%    $ (74   (3.2 )%    $ (40   (17.9 )%    $ (190   (30.1 )% 

Purchased power

    (297   (21.8     (95   (13.5     (36   (33.0     (166   (30.2

Fuel

    (38   (30.6     (38   (30.6     N/A      N/A               

Gas purchased for resale

    (107   (44.0     (101   (47.0     (5   (20.0     (1   (33.3

Operating revenues less purchased power, fuel and gas purchased for resale (net revenues)

    138      9.7        160      12.8        1      1.1        (23   (28.8

Other operations and maintenance

    50      8.7        44      9.0        2      3.5        4      14.8   

Depreciation and amortization

    15      8.2        14      8.2                    1      Large   

Taxes, other than income taxes

    39      11.9        41      13.1                    (2   (50.0

Income taxes

    (112   (58.9     26      63.4                    (138   (93.2

Gain on sale of generation projects

    (260   Large        N/A      N/A        N/A      N/A        (260   Large   

Operating income

    (114   (27.9     35      14.7        (1   (10.0     (148   (92.5

Other income less deductions and related federal income tax

    11      Large        3      Large        1      Large        7      Large   

Net interest expense

    27      21.1        23      19.7        1      14.3        3      75.0   

Income from continuing operations

    (130   (46.4     15      12.4        (1   (33.3     (144   (92.3

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax***

    (272   Large        N/A      N/A        N/A      N/A        (272   Large   

Net income for common stock

  $ (402   (72.8 )%    $ 15      12.4   $ (1   (33.3 )%    $ (416   (97.2 )% 
* Represents the consolidated financial results of Con Edison and its businesses.
** Includes inter-company and parent company accounting.
*** See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

64


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison of New York

Electric

Con Edison of New York’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious*

  2,365   2,528   (163   (6.4 )%    $ 550   $ 608   $ (58   (9.5 )% 

Commercial/Industrial

  2,915   2,921   (6   (0.2     551     605     (54   (8.9

Retail access customers

  5,059   5,146   (87   (1.7     414     353     61      17.3   

NYPA, Municipal Agency and other sales

  2,623   2,695   (72   (2.7     98     96     2      2.1   

Other operating revenues

                  199     116     83      71.6   

Total

  12,962   13,290   (328   (2.5 )%    $ 1,812   $ 1,778   $ 34      1.9
* “Residential/Religious” generally includes single-family dwellings, individual apartments in multi-family dwellings, religious organizations and certain other not-for-profit organizations.

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric operating revenues increased $34 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to the 2009 electric rate plan ($105 million), an accrual for the revenue decoupling mechanism ($30 million) and the collection of surcharges from customers in connection with an increase in a New York State assessment ($23 million), offset in part by, lower purchased power ($90 million) and recoverable fuel costs ($21 million). Effective April 2008, Con Edison of New York’s revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area decreased 2.5 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area decreased 2.0 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting the impact of the economy.

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric purchased power costs decreased $90 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting a decrease in unit costs ($72 million)

 

65


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

and purchased volumes ($18 million). Electric fuel costs decreased $21 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower sendout volumes from the company’s generating facilities ($19 million) and a decrease in unit costs ($2 million).

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric operating income increased $27 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($145 million), offset by higher operations and maintenance costs ($41 million), taxes other than income taxes ($40 million, principally property taxes), income taxes ($24 million) and depreciation ($13 million). Effective April 2009, the allowed return on equity is 10 percent compared with 9.1 percent for the comparable 2008 period.

 

Gas

Con Edison of New York’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
    June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

  7,232   7,799   (567   (7.3 )%    $ 147      $ 171   $ (24   (14.0 )% 

General

  5,748   5,932   (184   (3.1     84        100     (16   (16.0

Firm transportation

  9,609   8,957   652      7.3        51        40     11      27.5   

Total firm sales and transportation

  22,589   22,688   (99   (0.4     282        311     (29   (9.3

Interruptible sales

  2,121   2,825   (704   (24.9     16        33     (17   (51.5

NYPA

  8,886   10,028   (1,142   (11.4     1        1            

Generation plants

  16,284   19,615   (3,331   (17.0     9        16     (7   (43.8

Other

  4,737   5,009   (272   (5.4     8        7     1      14.3   

Other operating revenues

                  (21     15     (36   Large   

Total

  54,617   60,165   (5,548   (9.2 )%    $ 295      $ 383   $ (88   (23.0 )% 

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating revenues decreased $88 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower recoverable purchased gas costs ($101 million), offset in part by, the 2008 gas rate plan ($7 million) and an accrual for the revenue decoupling mechanism ($15 million). Con Edison of New York’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause and, effective October 2007, a revenue decoupling mechanism as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other gas operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

66


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison of New York’s sales and transportation volumes for firm customers decreased 0.4 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, firm gas sales and transportation volumes in the company’s service area increased 3.0 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period.

 

Con Edison of New York’s purchased gas cost decreased $101 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due to lower unit costs ($86 million) and sendout volumes ($15 million).

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating income increased $7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($13 million), offset by higher income taxes ($3 million), depreciation ($2 million) and taxes other than income taxes ($1 million, principally property taxes).

 

Steam

Con Edison of New York’s steam sales and deliveries in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Millions of Pounds Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

General

  42   57   (15   (26.3 )%    $ 2   $ 3   $ (1   (33.3 )% 

Apartment house

  1,048   1,178   (130   (11.0     29     34     (5   (14.7

Annual power

  2,827   3,262   (435   (13.3     78     87     (9   (10.3

Other operating revenues

                  4     9     (5   (55.6

Total

  3,917   4,497   (580   (12.9 )%    $ 113   $ 133   $ (20   (15.0 )% 

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam operating revenues decreased $20 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower recoverable fuel ($17 million) and purchased power costs ($5 million). Other steam operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Steam sales and delivery volumes decreased 12.9 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, steam sales and deliveries decreased 8.7 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting the impact of the economy.

 

67


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam fuel costs decreased $17 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower sendout volumes ($16 million) and unit costs ($1 million). Steam purchased power costs decreased $5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower unit costs ($12 million), offset by an increase in purchased volumes ($7 million).

 

Steam operating income increased $1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($2 million), lower depreciation ($1 million) and income taxes ($1 million), offset in part by, higher operations and maintenance costs ($2 million).

 

Income Taxes

Operating income taxes increased $26 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to higher operating income.

 

Net Interest Expense

Net interest expense increased $23 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to new debt issuances since June 30, 2008.

 

O&R

Electric

O&R’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended         Three Months Ended      
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious*

  388   441   (53   (12.0 )%    $ 65   $ 76   $ (11   (14.5 )% 

Commercial/Industrial

  422   535   (113   (21.1     55     79     (24   (30.4

Retail access customers

  440   471   (31   (6.6     20     20            

Public authorities

  26   28   (2   (7.1     2     4     (2   (50.0

Other operating revenues

                  2     1     1      Large   

Total

  1,276   1,475   (199   (13.5 )%    $ 144   $ 180   $ (36   (20.0 )% 
* “Residential/Religious” generally includes single-family dwellings, individual apartments in multi-family dwellings, religious organizations and certain other not-for-profit organizations.

 

68


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

O&R’s electric operating revenues decreased $36 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to decreased recoverable purchased power costs ($36 million). Effective July 2008, O&R’s revenues from electric sales in New York are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which, these revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s electric rate plan. See Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 13.5 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting in part the impact of weather in 2009. After adjusting for weather variations and unbilled volumes, electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 7.4 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting the impact of the economy.

 

Electric operating income decreased by $2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The decrease reflects primarily higher operations and maintenance costs ($3 million), offset by lower income taxes ($1 million).

 

Gas

O&R’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

  1,010   1,052   (42   (4.0 )%    $ 19   $ 21   $ (2   (9.5 )% 

General

  217   240   (23   (9.6     4     4            

Firm transportation

  1,561   1,522   39      2.6        8     8            

Total firm sales and transportation

  2,788   2,814   (26   (0.9     31     33     (2   (6.1

Interruptible sales

  1,069   1,237   (168   (13.6     5     6     (1   (16.7

Generation plants

  227   517   (290   (56.1     1     1            

Other

  312   143   169      Large                       

Other gas revenues

                  2     3     (1   (33.3

Total

  4,396   4,711   (315   (6.9 )%    $ 39   $ 43   $ (4   (9.3 )% 

 

69


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

O&R’s gas operating revenues decreased $4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower recoverable purchased gas costs ($5 million).

 

Sales and transportation volumes for firm customers decreased 0.9 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for weather and other variations, total firm sales and transportation volumes increased 2.1 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. O&R’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause that moderates, but does not eliminate, the effect of weather-related changes on net income.

 

Gas operating income increased by $1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($1 million) and lower operations and maintenance costs ($1 million), offset by higher income taxes ($1 million).

 

Competitive Energy Businesses

The competitive energy businesses’ earnings from continuing operations decreased $143 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008 ($136 million).

 

Operating revenues decreased $182 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to net mark-to-market losses and lower electric wholesale and retail revenues. Electric wholesale revenues decreased $87 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower sales volumes ($36 million) and lower unit prices ($51 million). Electric retail revenues decreased $62 million, due primarily to lower per unit prices ($79 million), partially offset by higher sales volume ($17 million). Electric retail revenues decreased 18 percent in the three months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due to lower electricity prices, while gross margins increased significantly primarily due to the sale of higher margin contracts and lower costs. Net mark-to-market gains decreased $19 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower prices on electric and natural gas contracts, which were economic hedges for retail obligations (but were not accounted for as cash flow hedges). The competitive energy businesses no longer have revenues from the sale of electricity from owned generation projects due to the sale of generation projects in the second quarter of 2008. These revenues were $6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008 (see Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements). Other revenues decreased $8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower other wholesale revenues.

 

70


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Operating expenses excluding income taxes decreased $158 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting decreased purchased power costs ($158 million).

 

Income taxes decreased $138 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to incomes taxes related to the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008 ($124 million).

 

Other income(deductions) increased $7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to an impairment charge on investments in electric generating plants in 2008 ($7 million).

 

Discontinued Operations

Net income from discontinued operations decreased $272 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due to the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008. See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Other

For Con Edison, “Other” includes inter-company eliminations relating to operating revenues and operating expenses.

 

71


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 COMPARED WITH SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008

The Companies’ results of operations (which were discussed above under “Results of Operations—Summary”) in 2009 compared with 2008 were:

 

    Con Edison*     Con Edison of
New York
    O&R     Competitive Energy
Businesses and Other**
 
(Millions of Dollars)   Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
 

Operating revenues

  $ (456   (6.8 )%    $ (44   (0.9 )%    $ (52   (10.7 )%    $ (360   (29.9 )% 

Purchased power

    (448   (16.9     (169   (11.9     (54   (26.5     (225   (22.0

Fuel

    (4   (1.2     (1   (0.3     N/A      N/A        (3   Large   

Gas purchased for resale

    (107   (14.5     (100   (15.6     (5   (5.6     (2   (25.0

Operating revenues less purchased power, fuel and gas purchased for resale (net revenues)

    103      3.4        226      8.5        7      3.6        (130   (76.5

Other operations and maintenance

    95      8.6        83      8.7        6      5.4        6      12.8   

Depreciation and amortization

    42      12.1        41      12.6        1      5.0               

Taxes, other than income taxes

    50      7.4        52      8.1        1      4.5        (3   (30.0

Income taxes

    (160   (47.5     22      14.3                    (182   Large   

Gain on sale of generation projects

    (260   Large        N/A      N/A        N/A      N/A        (260   Large   

Operating income

    (184   (23.1     28      4.9        (1   (3.3     (211   Large   

Other income less deductions and related federal income tax

    (21   (58.3     2      28.6                    (23   (67.6

Net interest expense

    45      17.7        37      15.9        1      6.7        7      Large   

Income from continuing operations

    (250   (43.1     (7   (2.1     (2   (12.5     (241   Large   

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax***

    (274   Large        N/A      N/A        N/A      N/A        (274   Large   

Net income for common stock

  $ (524   (61.4 )%    $ (7   (2.1 )%    $ (2   (12.5 )%    $ (515   Large   
* Represents the consolidated financial results of Con Edison and its businesses.
** Includes inter-company and parent company accounting.
*** See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

72


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison of New York

Electric

Con Edison of New York’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Six Months Ended               Six Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious*

  5,086   5,291   (205   (3.9 )%    $ 1,154   $ 1,237   $ (83   (6.7 )% 

Commercial/Industrial

  6,133   5,985   148      2.5        1,148     1,213     (65   (5.4

Retail access customers

  10,344   10,354   (10   (0.1 )          789     601     188      31.3   

NYPA, Municipal Agency and other sales

  5,576   5,731   (155   (2.7     192     174     18      10.3   

Other operating revenues

                  186     267     (81   (30.3

Total

  27,139   27,361   (222   (0.8 )%    $ 3,469   $ 3,492   $ (23   (0.7 )% 
* “Residential/Religious” generally includes single-family dwellings, individual apartments in multi-family dwellings, religious organizations and certain other not-for-profit organizations.

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric operating revenues decreased $23 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower purchased power ($151 million) and recoverable fuel costs ($16 million), offset in part by, the 2009 electric rate plan ($86 million), an accrual for the revenue decoupling mechanism ($24 million) and the collection of a surcharge from customers in connection with an increase in a New York State assessment ($23 million). Effective April 2008, Con Edison of New York’s revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area decreased 0.8 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area decreased 1.2 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting the impact of the economy.

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric purchased power costs decreased $151 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting a decrease in unit costs ($139 million) and purchased volumes ($12 million). Electric fuel costs decreased $16 million in the six months ended

 

73


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower sendout volumes from the company’s generating facilities ($17 million), offset by an increase in unit costs ($1 million).

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric operating income decreased $10 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The decrease reflects primarily higher operations and maintenance costs ($74 million), depreciation ($38 million) and taxes other than income taxes ($44 million, principally property taxes), income taxes ($1 million), offset in part by, higher net revenues ($144 million).

 

Gas

Con Edison of New York’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Six Months Ended               Six Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
    June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

  27,525   27,024   501      1.9   $ 544      $ 527   $ 17      3.2

General

  18,505   18,047   458      2.5        285        290     (5   (1.7

Firm transportation

  29,887   26,884   3,003      11.2        151        120     31      25.8   

Total firm sales and transportation

  75,917   71,955   3,962      5.5        980        937     43      4.6   

Interruptible sales

  5,339   7,667   (2,328   (30.4     61        97     (36   (37.1

NYPA

  16,623   20,023   (3,400   (17.0 )          2        2            

Generation plants

  29,512   30,362   (850   (2.8     18        31     (13   (41.9

Other

  10,412   11,670   (1,258   (10.8     20        16     4      25.0   

Other operating revenues

                  (4     41     (45   Large   

Total

  137,803   141,677   (3,874   (2.7 )%    $ 1,077      $ 1,124   $ (47   (4.2 )% 

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating revenues decreased $47 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower purchased gas costs ($100 million), offset in part by the 2008 gas rate plan ($51 million). Con Edison of New York’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause and, effective October 2007, a revenue decoupling mechanism as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other gas operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Con Edison of New York’s sales and transportation volumes for firm customers increased 5.5 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting primarily the impact of the

 

74


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

colder winter weather in the 2009 period compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, firm gas sales and transportation volumes in the company’s service area decreased 0.1 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period.

 

Con Edison of New York’s purchased gas cost decreased $100 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due to lower unit costs ($92 million) and sendout volumes ($8 million).

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating income increased $24 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($53 million), offset by higher income taxes ($15 million), operations and maintenance costs ($5 million), taxes other than income taxes ($5 million, principally property taxes) and depreciation ($4 million).

 

Steam

Con Edison of New York’s steam sales and deliveries in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Millions of Pounds Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Six Months Ended               Six Months Ended            
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

General

  390   364   26      7.1   $ 17   $ 14   $ 3      21.4

Apartment house

  3,821   4,037   (216   (5.4     117     117            

Annual power

  9,411   8,923   488      5.5        301     266     35      13.2   

Other operating revenues

                  9     21     (12   (57.1

Total

  13,622   13,324   298      2.2   $ 444   $ 418   $ 26      6.2

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam operating revenues increased $26 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to the net change in rates under the steam rate plan ($25 million). Other steam operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Steam sales and delivery volumes increased 2.2 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting primarily the colder winter weather in 2009. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, steam sales and deliveries decreased 3.7 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period.

 

75


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam purchased power costs decreased $18 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower unit costs ($25 million), offset by an increase in purchased volumes ($7 million). Steam fuel costs increased $15 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to higher unit costs ($25 million), offset by lower sendout volumes ($10 million).

 

Steam operating income increased $14 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($29 million) and lower depreciation ($1 million), offset in part by, higher income taxes ($7 million), operations and maintenance costs ($4 million) and taxes other than income taxes ($3 million, principally property taxes).

 

Income Taxes

Operating income taxes increased $22 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to higher operating income.

 

Net Interest Expense

Net interest expense increased $37 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to new debt issuances since June 30, 2008.

 

O&R

Electric

O&R’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Six Months Ended         Six Months Ended      
Description   June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
  June 30,
2008
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious*

  839   876   (37   (4.2 )%    $ 131   $ 146   $ (15   (10.3 )% 

Commercial/Industrial

  904   1,026   (122   (11.9     112     146     (34   (23.3

Retail access customers

  875   892   (17   (1.9 )          39     36     3      8.3   

Public authorities

  53   56   (3   (5.4     5     8     (3   (37.5

Other operating revenues

                  2     2            

Total

  2,671   2,850   (179   (6.3 )%    $ 289   $ 338   $ (49   (14.5 )% 
* “Residential/Religious” generally includes single-family dwellings, individual apartments in multi-family dwellings, religious organizations and certain other not-for-profit organizations.

 

76


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

O&R’s electric operating revenues decreased $49 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to decreased recoverable purchased power costs ($53 million), offset in part by, the 2008 electric rate plan ($8 million). Effective July 2008, O&R’s revenues from electric sales in New York are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which, these revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s electric rate plan. See Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 6.3 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. After adjusting for weather variations and unbilled volumes, electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 4.1 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting the impact of the economy.

 

Electric operating income decreased by $1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. The decrease reflects primarily higher net revenues ($4 million), offset by higher operations and maintenance costs ($5 million).

 

Gas

O&R’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period were:

 

     Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
     Six Months Ended                Six Months Ended             
Description    June 30,
2009
   June 30,
2008
   Variation     Percent
Variation
    June 30,
2009
   June 30,
2008
   Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

   4,922    4,902    20      0.4   $ 84    $ 82    $ 2      2.4

General

   1,085    1,127    (42   (3.7     18      18             

Firm transportation

   6,512    6,139    373      6.1        28      26      2      7.7   

Total firm sales and transportation

   12,519    12,168    351      2.9        130      126      4      3.2   

Interruptible sales

   2,460    2,890    (430   (14.9     11      14      (3   (21.5

Generation plants

   265    613    (348   (56.8     1      2      (1   (50.0

Other

   856    862    (6   (0.7                      

Other gas revenues

                     3      6      (3   (50.0

Total

   16,100    16,533    (433   (2.6 )%    $ 145    $ 148    $ (3   (2.1 )% 

 

77


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

O&R’s gas operating revenues decreased $3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period.

 

Sales and transportation volumes for firm customers increased 2.9 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting the impact of the weather in 2009. After adjusting for weather and other variations, total firm sales and transportation volumes increased 0.1 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period. O&R’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause that moderates, but does not eliminate, the effect of weather-related changes on net income.

 

Gas operating income was the same in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period.

 

Competitive Energy Businesses

The competitive energy businesses’ earnings from continuing operations decreased $207 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008 ($136 million) and mark-to-market losses in the 2009 period versus mark-to-market gains in the 2008 period ($78 million).

 

Operating revenues decreased $344 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to net mark-to-market losses, lower electric wholesale and retail revenues and the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008. Electric wholesale revenues decreased $110 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to lower sales volumes ($79 million) and lower unit prices ($31 million). Electric retail revenues decreased $85 million, due primarily to lower per unit prices ($104 million), partially offset by higher sales volume ($19 million). Electric retail revenues decreased 13 percent in the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due to lower electricity prices, while gross margins increased significantly, primarily due to the sale of higher margin contracts and lower costs. Net mark-to-market losses increased $132 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due primarily to lower prices on electric and natural gas contracts, which were economic hedges for retail obligations (but were not accounted for as cash flow hedges). The competitive energy businesses no longer have revenues from the sale of electricity from owned generation projects due to the sale of generation projects in the second quarter of 2008. These revenues were $25 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008 (see Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements). Other revenues increased $9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period due primarily to energy services and other wholesale revenues.

 

78


Table of Contents

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (COMBINED FOR CON EDISON AND CON EDISON OF

NEW YORK) — CONTINUED

 

Operating expenses excluding income taxes decreased $211 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period, reflecting decreased purchased power costs ($210 million), fuel costs ($3 million), gas purchased for resale costs ($2 million) and taxes other than income taxes ($3 million), offset by higher other operations and maintenance costs ($7 million).

 

Income taxes decreased $182 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period, due primarily to income taxes related to the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008 ($124 million) and lower pre-tax income due to mark-to-market losses.

 

Other income (deductions) increased $7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due primarily to an impairment charge on investments in electric generating plants in 2008 ($7 million).

 

Discontinued Operations

Net income from discontinued operations decreased $274 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period due to the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects in 2008. See Note M to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Other

For Con Edison, “Other” also includes the receipt of $30 million after-tax for a litigation settlement with Northeast Utilities in the six months ended June 30, 2008 and inter-company eliminations relating to operating revenues and operating expenses.

 

79


Table of Contents

ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

For information about the Companies’ primary market risks associated with activities in derivative financial instruments, other financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments, see “Financial and Commodity Market Risks” in Part 1, Item 2 of this report, which information is incorporated herein by reference. Also, see Item 7A of the Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Companies maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that they submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. For each of the Companies, its management, with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report and, based on such evaluation, has concluded that the controls and procedures are effective to provide such reasonable assurance. Reasonable assurance is not absolute assurance, however, and there can be no assurance that any design of controls or procedures would be effective under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

 

There was no change in the Companies’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Companies’ most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companies’ internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 4T.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The information required for Con Edison of New York pursuant to this Item 4T has been included in Item 4 (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

 

80


Table of Contents

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

CON EDISON OF NEW YORK

 

Investigation of Contractor Payments

For information about alleged unlawful conduct in connection with contractor payments, see “Con Edison of New York—Investigation of Contractor Payments” in Part II, Item I of the First Quarter Form 10-Q and “Investigation of Contractor Payments” in Note H to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this report (which is incorporated herein by reference).

 

Permit Non-Compliance and Pollution Discharges

For information about the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s proceeding with respect to non-compliance with certain laws, regulations and permit conditions and discharges of pollutants at the company’s steam generating facilities, see “Con Edison of New York—Permit Non-Compliance and Pollution Discharges” in Part I, Item 3 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q and “Permit Non-Compliance and Pollution Discharges” in Note H to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

 

O&R Newark Bay Complex

Approximately 300 parties, including O&R (which was served with a third-party complaint in June 2009) were sued as third-party defendants by Tierra Solutions, Inc. (Tierra) and Maxus Energy Corporation (Maxus). Tierra and Maxus were sued in 2005 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and others for removal and cleanup costs, punitive damages, penalties, and economic losses arising from the dioxin contamination that their predecessor’s pesticide /herbicide production plant allegedly caused to the “Newark Bay Complex,” a system of waterways including Newark Bay, the Arthur Kill, the Kill Van Kull, and portions of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers. Tierra and Maxus are seeking equitable contribution from the third-party defendants for such costs, damages, penalties and losses, which are likely to be substantial. As to O&R, Tierra and Maxus allege that 1975 and 1976 shipments of waste oil by O&R to the Borne Chemical Company in Elizabeth, New Jersey was a source of petroleum discharges to the Arthur Kill. Con Edison is unable to predict O&R’s exposure to liability with respect to the Newark Bay Complex. For information about other sites at which O&R has been asserted to have liability under the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes, see “O&R- Superfund” in Item 3 of the Form 10-K and “Superfund Sites” in Note G to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

 

ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS

There were no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Companies’ Form 10-K.

 

81


Table of Contents

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

CON EDISON

 

  (a) At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Con Edison on May 18, 2009, the stockholders of Con Edison voted to elect members of the Board of Directors, to ratify and approve the appointment of Con Edison’s independent accountants, and not to adopt a stockholder’s proposal. 226,061,333 shares of Common Stock of Con Edison, representing approximately 82 percent of the 274,253,807 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote, were present at the meeting or by proxy.

 

  (b) The name of each nominee for election as a member of Con Edison’s Board of Directors and the number of shares voted for or with respect to which authority to vote for was withheld are as follows:

 

     Votes For    Votes Withheld

Kevin Burke

   216,959,015    2,541,852

Vincent A. Calarco

   217,895,289    2,549,771

George Campbell, Jr.

   200,543,628    2,520,207

Gordon J. Davis

   216,184,415    2,647,928

Michael J. Del Giudice

   207,471,797    2,642,363

Ellen V. Futter

   206,663,318    2,546,817

John F. Hennessy III

   216,670,053    2,695,769

Sally Hernandez

   217,643,229    2,510,885

John F. Killian

   204,948,735    2,537,771

Eugene R. McGrath

   216,921,455    2,606,825

Michael W. Ranger

   218,039,298    2,612,046

L. Frederick Sutherland

   218,823,282    2,557,051

 

  (c) The results of the vote on the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants for Con Edison for 2009 were as follows: 220,235,047 shares were voted for this proposal; 4,034,851 shares were voted against the proposal; and 1,791,434 shares were abstentions.

 

  (d) The following stockholder-proposed resolution was voted upon at the Annual Meeting:

 

“RESOLVED: That the stockholders recommend that the Board take the necessary steps that Con Edison specifically identify by name and corporate title in all future proxy statements those executive officers, not otherwise so identified, who are contractually entitled to receive in excess of $500,000 annually as a base salary, together with whatever other additional compensation bonuses and other cash payments were due them.”

 

The results of the vote on this proposal were as follows: 25,381,706 shares were voted for this proposal; 122,978,095 shares were voted against the proposal; 3,502,015 shares were abstentions; and 74,199,517 shares were broker non-votes.

 

82


Table of Contents

CON EDISON OF NEW YORK

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Con Edison of New York on May 18, 2009, all 235,488,094 outstanding shares of common stock of Con Edison of New York, which are owned by Con Edison, were voted to elect Kevin Burke, Vincent A. Calarco, George Campbell, Jr., Gordon J. Davis, Michael J. Del Giudice, Ellen V. Futter, John F. Hennessy III, Sally Hernandez, John F. Killian, Eugene R. McGrath, Michael W. Ranger and L. Frederick Sutherland as members of Con Edison of New York’s Board of Trustees and to ratify and approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as Con Edison of New York’s independent accountants for 2009.

 

83


Table of Contents

ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS

 

CON EDISON

 

Exhibit 12.1

   Statement of computation of Con Edison’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the 12-month period ended December 31, 2008.

Exhibit 31.1.1

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 31.1.2

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

Exhibit 32.1.1

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 32.1.2

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

Exhibit 101

   Interactive Data File.

 

CON EDISON OF NEW YORK

 

Exhibit 12.2

   Statement of computation of Con Edison of New York’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the 12-month period ended December 31, 2008.

Exhibit 31.2.1

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 31.2.2

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

Exhibit 32.2.1

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 32.2.2

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

Exhibit 101

   Interactive Data File.

 

84


Table of Contents

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

           Consolidated Edison, Inc.
           Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

DATE: August 4, 2009

         By    /s/    Robert Hoglund
               

Robert Hoglund

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Duly

Authorized Officer

 

85