Listen to Walter Alvarado Vice President of System and Transmission Operations share Con Edison's plan for building three new transmission lines. The project will boost the use of renewable energy in the region when it comes on line and reduce the need for old fossil fuel peaker plants.

Plugged In Transmission Line With Walter Alvarado

In this episode of Plugged In we take a closer look at Con Edison’s award-winning commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion with Joan Jacobs, Vice President of Learning and Inclusion and Nicole Leon, Director of Diversity.

Con Edison Advances Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

How is New York going to meet its clean energy goals for buildings? Con Edison's Frank Cuomo thinks it just might be with electric steam. Hear how Con Edison is looking to decarbonize the steam system and make the buildings that use it cleaner and even more efficient. Frank Cuomo general manager of Con Edison's Steam Services is our guest.

Con Edison's Steam Team May Be the Dream Team for Our Clean Energy Future

To accommodate renewable energy the grid of the future has to be dynamic. Con Edison's Damian Sciano shares his insight on the changes that are coming in the not so distant future.

Plugged In - The Grid of the Future is Better Than Smart - It's Dynamic

How green is green hydrogen, what does it cost and can it meet our energy needs? Current Thought looks at green hydrogen as a promising source of clean energy. Con Edison's Silvia Khurrum shares her analysis in this episode on green hydrogen technology.

Current Thought - What's the Buzz On Green Hydrogen With Silvia Khurrum

Con Edison’s King Look talks clean energy technology that could disrupt the way we produce energy and mitigate its impacts.  From the Swiss’ work on modular geothermal panels, to capturing the energy in wastewater to heat and cool buildings, to new and innovative uses for carbon that is captured before it escapes into the environment, King shares his insights and makes his prediction for the technology we’ll see in the marketplace first.
 
King Look is the Director of Research & Development for Con Edison

Current Thought - King Look's Disruptive Technology

Women in Energy History
It’s Women’s History Month and on this episode of Plugged In we find out how working in the energy industry has changed for women over the past three decades. The conversation has insightful perspectives from three impressive women each at a different stage of their career. Join Anastasia O’Malley, the daughter of Greek and Russian immigrants with 30 plus years at Con Edison; Francheska Wilson, a trailblazer in her community, who makes working on the Electric System safe; and Vivian Boyd who turned her internship into a career at Con Edison all during Covid, for a great conversation.

Plugged In Women's History Month - Women in Energy History

Con Edison's senior vice president for Customer Operations Michele O'Connell talks about what the company is doing to help customers get back on track with bills. Listen now to find out more.

Plugged In 2022 What's Con Edison Doing to Help Customers Behind on Their Bills

Imagine changing the heat given off by subway trains into electricity.  Con Edison's Constantine Spanos is doing just that. And he is sharing his thoughts on regenerative braking. It's a new technology that will reduce the temperature of the sweltering subways, the electricity needed to run them and its cost. Hear how.

Current Thought - Interview With C. Spanos

Listen to what Marie Berninger from Con Edison Transmission, Inc. has to say about the bourgeoning offshore wind industry in New Jersey and along the Northeast Coast. Find out how the transmission industry's thought leaders are proposing to minimize impacts to shore communities, the environment, and customers' wallets with cost effective solutions.

Current Thought On Offshore Transmission 10.19.22

Plugged In - Recovering from Hurricane Sandy

Things that are measured tend to improve. That's why we're talking with Con Edison's Bill Slade about greenhouse gas emissions. Find out how greenhouse gases are being measured and why the life cycle of energy generation is an important consideration for a better, more comprehensive understanding of energy's impact on the environment.

Current Thought Upstream Emissions With Bill Slade

Scams aimed at stealing money from utility customers is a pervasive and growing problem.
In this episode of "Plugged In," learn how to spot a scammer and how to fight back.

How to Fight  Utility Phone Scams

Inflation is soaring, energy prices across the country are high and the cold weather is upon us. Find out what that means to Con Edison customers.  Michele O'Connell, senior vice president of Customer Operations updates us on how customers are coping and what they can do reduce the stress on their wallets and themselves.

Plugged In Update With Michele O'Connell

With just seven years left to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent, Con Edison's Steve Parisi, senior Vice President of Central Operations has named electrification the top energy trend for 2023. Find out more in this podcast.

Plugged In 2023 Energy Trends With Steven Parisi

There is a big need for qualified workers for green-collar jobs in the fields of energy efficiency, renewables like solar and wind, electrification and more. Learn about training and placement from the founders of the Con Edison-sponsored Clean Energy Academy, and hear from a recent graduate who now has her dream job. Best of all the classes and placements are all free.

Plugged In - Looking for Green-Collar Jobs?

Check out this podcast to learn about the ultimate ideas in energy efficiency - capturing and using they energy from heat that is given off from machinery, solar panels, heating and cooling and put that back to work. Today's guest, Silvia Khurrum will share her ideas on this new technology. To find out more check out Silvia on the Urban Green Council's webinar: urbangreencouncil.org/waste-heat-recovery-technologies/

Learn More About Waste Heat Recovery

Listen to Mallorie Azzolini from Con Edison Transmission talk about some of the exciting projects in the works to bring clean energy to customers. Mallorie shares her insights on planning for brining offshore wind energy onshore with the fewest impacts to the environment and the consumer's wallets.

Current Thought - Con Edison Transmission With Mallorie Azzolini 9.15.23

Con Edison gas services team members explain the energy company's program to install free natural-gas detectors for customers in New York City and Westchester County, providing an unprecedented level of protection.

Plugged In Gas Detectors

NEW TECHNOLOGIES SHAPE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Con Edison’s Podcast Powers Through In’s & Out’s
#PluggedIn

NEW YORK –The energy industry is going through a significant evolution.  There is a growing switch to renewables such as solar, battery and other distributed energy resources, and in some cases, a new business model for the energy industry as well.

Con Edison’s podcast, called “Plugged-In” takes an insider’s look into several trends:  the transition of central power generation, batteries, electric vehicles, stagnant electric demand, and consumer consumption.

 the podcast, Con Edison’s Matt Ketschke, vice president of Distributed Resources Integration talks about these major trends and what they mean.  

“Technology is giving us ways to offer our customers new products and services and to keep our system reliable,” said Ketschke. “We want to be a leader in creating in the transformation of our industry We’ve reached a milestone in NYC, producing more than 100 megawatts of clean renewable power – that’s enough to power 15,000 homes.” 

Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. [NYSE: ED], one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues and $48 billion in assets. The utility provides electric, gas and steam service to more than three million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York. For additional financial, operations and customer service information, visit us at www.conEd.com, @ConEdison

Plugged In 2017 Episode 1:  Energy Trends For 2017

The crooks trying to take money from Con Edison customers have shown a new level of resourcefulness this year.

The scammers are calling customers and claiming they owe Con Edison a deposit for their smart meter. They then tell the customer to make an immediate payment by Bitcoin or the company will turn off their power.

These are lies. Con Edison does not require deposits for the smart meters it is installing at homes and businesses across New York City and Westchester County. The company does not accept payment by Bitcoin.
Con Edison does not call customers and demand immediate payment.

“These scammers take tens of thousands of dollars a year from our customers by sounding sincere while they lie,” said Jim Duggan, a manager in Con Edison’s Corporate Security department. “We want our customers to be able to recognize signs that someone is a professional criminal trying to steal from them.”

Con Edison is joining more than 100 electric, gas and water providers from North America in dedicating next week to educating customers on how they can avoid becoming victims. The companies, members of Utilities United Against Scams, have declared Nov. 11 to Nov. 17 to be National Utility Scam Awareness Week and next Wednesday to be National Utility Scam Awareness Day.

Plugged In 2017 Episode 11:  Protect Yourself Against Scammers

Plugged In 2018 Episode 3:  Electric Vehicle Program

In this installment of “Plugged In,” Scott Montgomery, an energy expert specializing in East Asia, shares his thoughts on whether the Trump-Kim summit may open opportunities for North Korea to rebuild its energy infrastructure, perhaps with help from China, South Korea and Japan. Montgomery is also a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Plugged In 2018 Episode 4:  Energy Expert Talks Trump-Kim Summit

FOUR 2019 ENERGY TRENDS FROM CON EDISON
The Year of the ‘Smart’ Revolution

The energy industry is evolving rapidly, as consumers seek greater access to renewables, electric vehicles and other products and services that “smart” technology makes possible. 

In the latest Plugged In podcast, Con Edison’s Matt Ketschke gives an expert’s perspective about four energy trends to watch out for in 2019.

“This smart revolution is really being driven by technology,” said Ketschke, senior vice president, Customer Energy Solutions. “In the energy sector it’s technology that allows you to control your temperature and energy use with these ‘smart’ devices that are proliferating throughout our economy.

“We are making the supply of electricity cleaner, so we can help customers switch from carbon-based fuels like oil, to renewable electricity,” Ketschke said. This is lowering our society’s overall carbon emissions and helps our customers reduce their energy costs." 

1.  Smart Technology – Smart meters, smart thermostats, smart appliances . . . sense a theme here?  In our podcast we discuss tools that give customers more control over their energy usage and costs. 

2.  Large Scale Renewables– With our recent $1.6 billion purchase of 981 megawatts of renewable production, Con Edison became the second largest solar energy producer in North America. The cost of solar energy is now competitive with power generated with traditional sources. 

3.  Energy Storage– As customers seek more renewable energy, the potential benefits of battery storage rise.  Also needed is the ability to store energy and then dispatch it when our customers need it the most.

4. Electric Vehicles – The cost of electric vehicles has dropped dramatically, making EVs an attractive economic and environmental alternative to gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles. Con Edison is testing the viability of several models for making it easier for consumers to charge and operate EVs.

Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. [NYSE: ED], one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues and $50 billion in assets. The utility provides electric, gas and steam service to more than 3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, N.Y.

Plugged In 2019 Episode 1: Energy Trends For 2019

It’s an exciting time for battery storage. Technology is improving and prices are declining. Energy storage - being able to save electricity made from the sun or wind for later use - is an increasingly vital keystone in our nation’s energy future. John Schaaf, managing director of Con Edison Battery Storage, part of Con Edison Inc’s Clean Energy Businesses, explains how solar energy can be saved for a rainy day, and how that improves our world.

Plugged In 2019 Episode 7:  Battery Storage Breakthrough

Con Edison is challenging the federal Environmental Protection Agency to retain authority to utilize a wide range of regulatory measures to combat climate change.  Listen to the podcast to learn why Con Edison joined the Power Companies Climate Coalition, made up of nine electric energy companies, along with 29 states and several environmental groups, to stop the EPA from weakening emissions control measures.

“It’s the right thing to do,” says a Con Edison government affairs manager. If allowed, the changes would have a negative impact on utilities, their customers and the planet. Con Edison is the second largest producer of solar energy in North America, has reduced its own carbon emissions by 49 percent since 2005, and has invested heavily to encourage customers to consider solar, battery storage, energy efficiency, geothermal, and electric vehicles.

Plugged In 2019 Episode 6:  Climate Change and Your Energy Company

We are all guilty of unconscious bias. At one time or another, people attach learned stereotypes, instant judgements, towards others. These hidden biases are unintentional and automatic. They are also harmful, even debilitating. Con Edison is launching training to curb unconscious bias among its employees in order to provide a fairer, more comfortable, more equitable workspace.   Learn more about unconscious bias and how to remedy it here.

Plugged In 2020 Episode 3:  Unconscious Bias

Con Edison engineers discuss the scientific principles in "The Current War," the new Hollywood movie about Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse.

Plugged In 2019 Episode 8:  The Current War Podcast

Con Edison’s Matthew Ketschke, senior vice president of Customer Energy Solutions, discusses key energy trends and what they mean for customers. Listen to Plugged In to hear what Ketschke has to say on:

* Climate change 
* Renewable energy  
* Artificial intelligence  
* Electric vehicles 
* Cyber security 
* Geothermal heat pumps  
Additional episodes of Plugged In are available here.

Plugged In 2020 Episode 2:  Six Energy Trends For 2020

Listen to these easy tips to save energy and money -  and help the environment -  while working or studying from home this summer. A Con Edison energy efficiency expert outlines ways to save in the kitchen, the bedroom, all-around your home for yourself and the entire family.

Easy Tips on How to Save Energy at Home This Summer

Con Edison’s 14,000 employees joined with millions of people around the world in reaction to the police killing of George Floyd. But at the energy company, employees embraced each other to create something healing, loving, and honest. “People were looking for a way to talk about what’s going on,” said Catherine Lewis, a director in Emergency Preparedness and president of the employee resource group BU​ILD​. ​

So several employees from BUILD, which stands for Blacks United in Leadership and Development, and the O​ffice of Diversity and Inclusion set up TEA​MS sessions for them to come together. 

“It was like floodgates opened,” said Nicole Leon, director of Diversity and Inclusion. “This has hit on a sensitive nerve. People have been holding their true feelings in for years.”

Hear more about this successful approach to employee/corporate communications in this podcast. For more information on BUILD, email BUILDerg@coned.com

Con Edison Employees Embrace Each Other in Trying Times

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the way many of us work. For large, public corporations like Con Edison, that transformation covers a wide scope of departments and subjects, including protecting the health and mental well-being of employees, as well as assisting customers.
 
Con Edison set up Pandemic Teams even before the virus became an epidemic. In this latest Plugged In podcast, Maureen Kreider, a board-certified nurse practitioner and manager of the company’s Wellness Center; and Lauren O’Connell, a manager of Emergency Preparedness, talk about how the teams have spent months managing these new challenges.

COVID-19 Pandemic Teams Are Managing New Ways Employees Will Work

The idea sprang from NASA’s space exploration: a device that breaks up rocks without the ear-shattering roar of a pneumatic drill. Con Edison engineers are developing a “quiet jackhammer” for use in the streets of New York.  Silvia Khurrum, senior engineer in Research & Development, explains the breakthrough in Con Edison’s “Current Thought” podcast.   She says it hums like a vacuum cleaner. And that’ll be music to our ears.

“Quiet Jackhammer" Shatters Rock With Electricity, Water and Barely a Noise

Manhattan's East River Tidal project is changing water currents to electrical currents and unlocking the potential for New York's newest renewable energy technology. It's predictable, reliable, and sustainable and now Manhattan Islanders will be using electricity generated by this project to help meet New York's clean energy goals. Find out more about this fascinating project and what's next in tidal energy generation on part two of "Current Thought" with Verdant Power, Inc.'s Dean Corren.
Part 2

The East River: New York's Testing Ground for Tidal Energy

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