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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 MARCH 31, 2015

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. New York 13-3965100
4 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003
(212) 460-4600
1-1217 Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. New York 13-5009340
4 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003
(212) 460-4600

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.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) Yes x No ¨
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY) 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 ¨
CECONY 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 ¨
CECONY
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 Exchange Act).

Con Edison Yes ¨ No x
CECONY Yes ¨ No x

As of April 30, 2015, Con Edison had outstanding 292,877,149 Common Shares ($.10 par value). All of the outstanding common equity of CECONY is held by Con Edison.

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. (CECONY). CECONY is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, the information in this report about CECONY also applies to Con Edison. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and CECONY. However, CECONY makes no representation as to the information contained in this report relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.


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Glossary of Terms

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

Con Edison Companies
Con Edison Consolidated Edison, Inc.
CECONY Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Con Edison Development Consolidated Edison Development, Inc.
Con Edison Energy Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc.
Con Edison Solutions Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc.
Con Edison Transmission Consolidated Edison Transmission, LLC
O&R Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
Pike Pike County Light & Power Company
RECO Rockland Electric Company
The Companies Con Edison and CECONY
The Utilities CECONY and O&R
Regulatory Agencies, Government Agencies, and Quasi-governmental Not-for-Profits
EPA U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
IRS Internal Revenue Service
NJBPU New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
NJDEP New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NYISO New York Independent System Operator
NYPA New York Power Authority
NYSDEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
NYSPSC New York State Public Service Commission
NYSRC New York State Reliability Council, LLC
PAPUC Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PJM PJM Interconnection LLC
SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Accounting
ASU Accounting Standards Update
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America
LILO Lease In/Lease Out
OCI Other Comprehensive Income
VIE Variable interest entity
Environmental
CO 2 Carbon dioxide
GHG Greenhouse gases
MGP Sites Manufactured gas plant sites
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
PRP Potentially responsible party
Superfund Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes

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Units of Measure
AC Alternating current
Dt Dekatherms
kV Kilovolt
kWh Kilowatt-hour
MDt Thousand dekatherms
MMlb Million pounds
MVA Megavolt ampere
MW Megawatt or thousand kilowatts
MWH Megawatt hour
Other
AFUDC Allowance for funds used during construction
COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
DER Distributed energy resources
DSP Distributed System Platform
Fitch Fitch Ratings
First Quarter Form 10-Q The Companies combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31 of the current year
Form 10-K The Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014
LTIP Long Term Incentive Plan
Moody’s Moody’s Investors Service
REV Reforming the Energy Vision
S&P Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC
VaR Value-at-Risk

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PART I—Financial Information
ITEM 1

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Con Edison

Consolidated Income Statement

6

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

7

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

8

Consolidated Balance Sheet

9

Consolidated Statement of Equity

11

CECONY

Consolidated Income Statement

12

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

13

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

14

Consolidated Balance Sheet

15

Consolidated Statement of Shareholder’s Equity

17

Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)

18
ITEM 2

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

36
ITEM 3

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

52
ITEM 4

Controls and Procedures

52
PART II—Other Information
ITEM 1

Legal Proceedings

53
ITEM 1A

Risk Factors

53
ITEM 2

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

54
ITEM 6

Exhibits

55
Signatures 57

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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 “forecasts,” “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 including:

the Companies are extensively regulated and are subject to penalties;

the Utilities’ rate plans may not provide a reasonable return;

the Companies may be adversely affected by changes to the Utilities’ rate plans;

the intentional misconduct of employees or contractors could adversely affect the Companies;

the failure of, or damage to, the Companies’ facilities could adversely affect the Companies;

a cyber attack could adversely affect the Companies;

the Companies are exposed to risks from the environmental consequences of their operations;

a disruption in the wholesale energy markets or failure by an energy supplier could adversely affect the Companies;

the Companies have substantial unfunded pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities;

Con Edison’s ability to pay dividends or interest depends on dividends from its subsidiaries;

the Companies require access to capital markets to satisfy funding requirements;

the Companies’ strategies may not be effective to address changes in the external business environment; and

the Companies also face other risks that are beyond their control.

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars/
Except Share Data)

OPERATING REVENUES

Electric

$ 2,135 $ 2,237

Gas

732 882

Steam

375 341

Non-utility

374 329

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES

3,616 3,789

OPERATING EXPENSES

Purchased power

884 963

Fuel

154 156

Gas purchased for resale

262 400

Other operations and maintenance

814 825

Depreciation and amortization

279 261

Taxes, other than income taxes

497 499

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

2,890 3,104

OPERATING INCOME

726 685

OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

Investment and other income

5 12

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

1 1

Other deductions

(2 ) (3 )

TOTAL OTHER INCOME

4 10

INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND INCOME TAX EXPENSE

730 695

INTEREST EXPENSE

Interest on long-term debt

156 146

Other interest

6 (9 )

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

(1 ) (1 )

NET INTEREST EXPENSE

161 136

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE

569 559

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

199 198

NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

$ 370 $ 361

Net income for common stock per common share—basic

$ 1.26 $ 1.23

Net income for common stock per common share—diluted

$ 1.26 $ 1.23

DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

$ 0.65 $ 0.63

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING—BASIC (IN MILLIONS)

292.9 292.9

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING—DILUTED (IN MILLIONS)

293.9 294.1

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

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars)

NET INCOME

$370 $361

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

Pension and other postretirement benefit plan liability adjustments, net of taxes

5 4

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

5 4

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

$375 $365

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

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

C ONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars)

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net income

$ 370 $ 361

PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME

Depreciation and amortization

279 261

Deferred income taxes

178 195

Rate case amortization and accruals

(14 ) 32

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

(1 ) (1 )

Net derivative gains

(8 ) (20 )

Other non-cash items (net)

5 4

CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Accounts receivable – customers, less allowance for uncollectibles

(243 ) (315 )

Special deposits

2 324

Materials and supplies, including fuel oil and gas in storage

40 60

Other receivables and other current assets

(5 ) 8

Income taxes receivable

224

Prepayments

(307 ) (353 )

Accounts payable

(58 ) 113

Pensions and retiree benefits obligations (net)

185 193

Pensions and retiree benefits contributions

(204 ) (200 )

Accrued taxes

8 (378 )

Accrued interest

48 (39 )

Superfund and environmental remediation costs (net)

8 9

Distributions from equity investments related to renewable electric production projects

17

Deferred charges, noncurrent assets and other regulatory assets

35 (76 )

Deferred credits and other regulatory liabilities

33 86

Other current and noncurrent liabilities

(33 ) (40 )

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

559 224

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Utility construction expenditures

(550 ) (498 )

Cost of removal less salvage

(50 ) (47 )

Non-utility construction expenditures

(42 ) (61 )

Investments in renewable electric production projects

(35 ) (80 )

Proceeds from grants related to solar electric production projects

36

Return of equity investments related to renewable electric production projects

6

Restricted cash

4 16

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

(667 ) (634 )

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Net payment of short-term debt

(281 ) (621 )

Issuance of long-term debt

850

Retirement of long-term debt

(200 )

Debt issuance costs

(1 ) (6 )

Common stock dividends

(190 ) (184 )

Issuance of common shares for stock plans, net of repurchases

(2 ) (1 )

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES

(474 ) (162 )

CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS:

NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD

(582 ) (572 )

BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

699 674

BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD

$ 117 $ 102

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH INFORMATION

Cash paid/(received) during the period for:

Interest

$ 105 $ 91

Income taxes

$ (197 ) $ 416

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INFORMATION

Construction expenditures in accounts payable

$ 190 $ 151

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

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

March 31,
2015
December 31,
2014
(Millions of Dollars)

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and temporary cash investments

$ 117 $ 699

Special deposits

6 8

Accounts receivable – customers, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $96 in 2015 and 2014

1,444 1,201

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $11 and $10 in 2015 and 2014, respectively

149 133

Income taxes receivable

224

Accrued unbilled revenue

456 500

Fuel oil, gas in storage, materials and supplies, at average cost

332 372

Prepayments

470 163

Regulatory assets

66 148

Deferred tax assets

95 128

Other current assets

263 278

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

3,398 3,854

INVESTMENTS

814 816

UTILITY PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST

Electric

25,410 25,091

Gas

6,223 6,102

Steam

2,266 2,251

General

2,479 2,465

TOTAL

36,378 35,909

Less: Accumulated depreciation

7,702 7,614

Net

28,676 28,295

Construction work in progress

947 1,031

NET UTILITY PLANT

29,623 29,326

NON-UTILITY PLANT

Non-utility property, less accumulated depreciation of $95 and $91 in 2015 and 2014, respectively

402 388

Construction work in progress

187 113

NET PLANT

30,212 29,827

OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS

Goodwill

429 429

Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $4 in 2015 and 2014

3 3

Regulatory assets

8,906 9,156

Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets

215 223

TOTAL OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS

9,553 9,811

TOTAL ASSETS

$ 43,977 $ 44,308

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

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

March 31,
2015
December 31,
2014
(Millions of Dollars)

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Long-term debt due within one year

$ 496 $ 560

Notes payable

519 800

Accounts payable

937 1,019

Customer deposits

345 344

Accrued taxes

80 72

Accrued interest

180 132

Accrued wages

100 95

Fair value of derivative liabilities

37 64

Regulatory liabilities

240 187

Other current liabilities

473 508

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

3,407 3,781

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

Provision for injuries and damages

185 182

Pensions and retiree benefits

3,629 3,914

Superfund and other environmental costs

758 764

Asset retirement obligations

191 188

Fair value of derivative liabilities

24 13

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

9,257 9,076

Regulatory liabilities

1,892 1,993

Other deferred credits and noncurrent liabilities

170 181

TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

16,106 16,311

LONG-TERM DEBT

11,694 11,631

EQUITY

Common shareholders’ equity

12,761 12,576

Noncontrolling interest

9 9

TOTAL EQUITY (See Statement of Equity)

12,770 12,585

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

$ 43,977 $ 44,308

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

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

C ONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

(Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)

Common Stock Additional
Paid-In
Capital

Retained

Earnings

Treasury Stock

Capital
Stock

Expense

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Income/(Loss)

Noncontrolling

Interest

Total

Shares Amount Shares Amount

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

292,872,396 $ 32 $ 4,995 $ 8,338 23,210,200 $ (1,034 ) $ (61 ) $ (25 ) $ $ 12,245

Net income for common stock

361 361

Common stock dividends

(184 ) (184 )

Issuance of common shares for stock plans, net of repurchases

51,656 (2 ) (51,656 ) 2

Other comprehensive income

4 4

Noncontrolling interest

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

292,924,052 $ 32 $ 4,993 $ 8,515 23,158,544 $ (1,032 ) $ (61 ) $ (21 ) $ $ 12,426

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

292,876,196 $ 32 $ 4,991 $ 8,691 23,206,400 $ (1,032 ) $ (61 ) $ (45 ) $ 9 $ 12,585

Net income for common stock

370 370

Common stock dividends

(190 ) (190 )

Issuance of common shares for stock plans, net of repurchases

24,600 2 (24,600 ) (2 )

Other comprehensive income

5 5

Noncontrolling interest

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2015

292,900,796 $ 32 $ 4,993 $ 8,871 23,181,800 $ (1,034 ) $ (61 ) $ (40 ) $ 9 $ 12,770

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

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars)

OPERATING REVENUES

Electric

$ 1,980 $ 2,074

Gas

655 789

Steam

375 341

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES

3,010 3,204

OPERATING EXPENSES

Purchased power

539 617

Fuel

154 156

Gas purchased for resale

198 346

Other operations and maintenance

703 725

Depreciation and amortization

257 240

Taxes, other than income taxes

475 477

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

2,326 2,561

OPERATING INCOME

684 643

OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

Investment and other income

2 7

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

1 1

Other deductions

(2 ) (2 )

TOTAL OTHER INCOME

1 6

INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND INCOME TAX EXPENSE

685 649

INTEREST EXPENSE

Interest on long-term debt

141 128

Other interest

4 3

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

NET INTEREST EXPENSE

145 131

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE

540 518

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

192 184

NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

$ 348 $ 334

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

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars)

NET INCOME

$348 $334

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

Pension and other postretirement benefit plan liability adjustments, net of taxes

1

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

1

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

$348 $335

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

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
2015 2014
(Millions of
Dollars)

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net income

$ 348 $ 334

PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME

Depreciation and amortization

257 240

Deferred income taxes

127 178

Rate case amortization and accruals

(14 ) 32

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

(1 ) (1 )

Other non-cash items (net)

1 2

CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Accounts receivable – customers, less allowance for uncollectibles

(196 ) (265 )

Materials and supplies, including fuel oil and gas in storage

40 46

Other receivables and other current assets

57 122

Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

108 (171 )

Prepayments

(278 ) (295 )

Accounts payable

(48 ) 12

Pensions and retiree benefits obligations (net)

178 184

Pensions and retiree benefits contributions

(203 ) (200 )

Superfund and environmental remediation costs (net)

7 9

Accrued taxes

(11 )

Accrued taxes to affiliated companies

25 (203 )

Accrued interest

39 40

Deferred charges, noncurrent assets and other regulatory assets

28 (115 )

Deferred credits and other regulatory liabilities

43 105

Other current and noncurrent liabilities

(38 ) (32 )

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

480 11

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Utility construction expenditures

(519 ) (464 )

Cost of removal less salvage

(49 ) (46 )

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

(568 ) (510 )

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Net payment of short-term debt

(182 ) (541 )

Issuance of long-term debt

850

Retirement of long-term debt

(200 )

Debt issuance costs

(1 ) (6 )

Dividend to parent

(338 ) (178 )

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES

(521 ) (75 )

CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS:

NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD

(609 ) (574 )

BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

645 633

BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD

$ 36 $ 59

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH INFORMATION

Cash paid/(received) during the period for:

Interest

$ 99 $ 85

Income taxes

$ (86 ) $ 276

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INFORMATION

Construction expenditures in accounts payable

$ 138 $ 120

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

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

March 31,
2015
December 31,
2014
(Millions of Dollars)

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and temporary cash investments

$ 36 $ 645

Special deposits

2 2

Accounts receivable – customers, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $90 in 2015 and 2014

1,260 1,064

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $9 and $8 in 2015 and 2014, respectively

60 71

Accrued unbilled revenue

326 384

Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

24 132

Fuel oil, gas in storage, materials and supplies, at average cost

272 312

Prepayments

404 126

Regulatory assets

51 132

Deferred tax assets

45 94

Other current assets

122 158

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

2,602 3,120

INVESTMENTS

278 271

UTILITY PLANT AT ORIGINAL COST

Electric

23,902 23,599

Gas

5,582 5,469

Steam

2,266 2,251

General

2,275 2,265

TOTAL

34,025 33,584

Less: Accumulated depreciation

7,048 6,970

Net

26,977 26,614

Construction work in progress

893 971

NET UTILITY PLANT

27,870 27,585

NON-UTILITY PROPERTY

Non-utility property, less accumulated depreciation of $25 in 2015 and 2014

5 5

NET PLANT

27,875 27,590

OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS

Regulatory assets

8,251 8,481

Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets

174 175

TOTAL OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS

8,425 8,656

TOTAL ASSETS

$ 39,180 $ 39,637

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

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

March 31,
2015
December 31,
2014
(Millions of Dollars)

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Long-term debt due within one year

$ 350 $ 350

Notes payable

268 450

Accounts payable

709 802

Accounts payable to affiliated companies

24 23

Customer deposits

331 330

Accrued taxes

46 46

Accrued taxes to affiliated companies

35 10

Accrued interest

156 117

Accrued wages

92 84

Fair value of derivative liabilities

23 48

Regulatory liabilities

212 142

Other current liabilities

377 415

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

2,623 2,817

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

Provision for injuries and damages

178 176

Pensions and retiree benefits

3,222 3,493

Superfund and other environmental costs

662 666

Asset retirement obligations

187 185

Fair value of derivative liabilities

16 10

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

8,367 8,257

Regulatory liabilities

1,728 1,837

Other deferred credits and noncurrent liabilities

135 144

TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

14,495 14,768

LONG-TERM DEBT

10,864 10,864

COMMON SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY (See Statement of Shareholder’s Equity)

11,198 11,188

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

$ 39,180 $ 39,637

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

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

Common Stock Additional
Paid-In
Capital

Retained

Earnings

Repurchased
Con Edison

Stock

Capital
Stock

Expense

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Income/(Loss)

Total

(Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data) Shares Amount

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

235,488,094 $ 589 $ 4,234 $ 7,053 $ (962 ) $ (61 ) $ (6 ) $ 10,847

Net income

334 334

Common stock dividend to parent

(178 ) (178 )

Other comprehensive income

1 1

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

235,488,094 $ 589 $ 4,234 $ 7,209 $ (962 ) $ (61 ) $ (5 ) $ 11,004

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

235,488,094 $ 589 $ 4,234 $ 7,399 $ (962 ) $ (61 ) $ (11 ) $ 11,188

Net income

348 348

Common stock dividend to parent

(338 ) (338 )

Other comprehensive income

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2015

235,488,094 $ 589 $ 4,234 $ 7,409 $ (962 ) $ (61 ) $ (11 ) $ 11,198

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

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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 (CECONY). CECONY 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 CECONY 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 CECONY and O&R.

As used in these notes, the term “Companies” refers to Con Edison and CECONY and, except as otherwise noted, the information in these combined notes relates to each of the Companies. However, CECONY 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, 2014.

Con Edison has two regulated utility subsidiaries: CECONY and O&R. CECONY 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 company which sells to retail customers electricity purchased in wholesale markets, enters into related hedging transactions and also provides energy-related products and services to retail customers; Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (Con Edison Energy), a company that provides energy-related products and services to wholesale customers; and Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. (Con Edison Development), a company that develops, owns and operates renewable and energy infrastructure projects. In addition, in 2014 Con Edison formed Consolidated Edison Transmission LLC (Con Edison Transmission) to invest in a transmission company. See information about Con Edison Transmission under “Guarantees” in Note H.

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Note A – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Earnings Per Common Share

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) for Con Edison are calculated as follows:

(Millions of Dollars, except per share amounts/Shares in Millions) 2015 2014

Net income for common stock

$370 $361

Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic

292.9 292.9

Add: Incremental shares attributable to effect of potentially dilutive securities

1.0 1.2

Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted

293.9 294.1

Net Income for common stock per common share – basic

$1.26 $1.23

Net Income for common stock per common share – diluted

$1.26 $1.23

The computation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 exclude immaterial amounts of performance share awards that were not included because of their anti-dilutive effect.

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) by Component

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, changes to accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (OCI) for Con Edison and CECONY are as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Beginning balance, accumulated OCI, net of taxes (b)

$(45 ) $(25 ) $(11 ) $(6 )

OCI before reclassifications, net of tax of $(2) and $(1) in 2015 and 2014, respectively, for Con Edison

3 2

Amounts reclassified from accumulated OCI related to pension plan liabilities, net of tax of $(1) and $(1) in 2015 and 2014, respectively, for Con Edison (a)(b)

2 2 1

Current Period OCI, net of taxes

5 4 1

Ending balance, accumulated OCI, net of taxes

$(40 ) $(21 ) $(11 ) $(5 )

(a) For the portion of unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs relating to the regulated Utilities, costs are recorded into, and amortized out of, regulatory assets instead of OCI. The net actuarial losses and prior service costs recognized during the period are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost. See Notes E and F.
(b) Tax reclassified from accumulated OCI is reported in the income tax expense line item of the income statement.

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Note B — Regulatory Matters

Rate Plans

CECONY — Electric

On April 20, 2015, CECONY entered into a Joint Proposal with the staff of the New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC) and other parties for the extension of CECONY’s current electric rate plan for an additional year through 2016. Under the Joint Proposal, which is subject to NYSPSC approval, the rate plan for 2016 does not include a rate increase or decrease. The rate plan for 2016 includes additional revenues from the amortization to income of net regulatory liabilities. The following table contains a summary of the rate plan for 2016:

Effective period

January 2016 – December 2016

Base rate changes

None (a)

Amortizations to income of net regulatory (assets) liabilities

Additional $123 million of net regulatory liabilities (b)

Other revenue sources

Continued retention of $90 million of annual transmission congestion revenues

Revenue decoupling mechanism

Continued reconciliation of actual electric delivery revenues to those authorized in the rate plan

Recoverable energy costs

Continued current rate recovery of purchased power and fuel costs

Negative revenue adjustments

Continued potential for penalties of up to $400 million if certain performance targets are not met

Cost reconciliations

Continued reconciliation of expenses for pension and other postretirement benefits, variable-rate tax-exempt debt, major storms, property taxes (c), municipal infrastructure support, the impact of new laws and environmental remediation to amounts reflected in rates

Net utility plant reconciliations

Target levels reflected in rates are as follows:

Transmission and distribution: $17,929 million

Storm hardening: $268 million

Other: $2,069 million

Average rate base

$18,282 million

Weighted average cost of capital (after-tax)

6.91 percent

Authorized return on common equity

9.0 percent

Earnings sharing

Most earnings above an annual earnings threshold of 9.6 percent are to be applied to reduce regulatory assets for environmental remediation and other costs

Cost of long-term debt

5.09 percent

Common equity ratio

48 percent

(a) The impact of 2014 and 2015 base rate changes under the current electric rate plan will continue to be deferred. $249 million of annual revenues collected from electric customers will continue to be subject to potential refund following NYSPSC staff review of certain costs. Revenues will continue to include $21 million as funding for major storm reserve.
(b) The Joint Proposal also provides for continued annual amortization of $107 million of the regulatory asset for deferred Superstorm Sandy and other major storm costs and recommends that the costs recoverable from customers be reduced by $4 million, the costs no longer be subject to NYSPSC staff review and the recovery of the costs no longer be subject to refund.
(c) Deferrals for property taxes will continue to be limited to 90 percent of the difference from amounts reflected in rates, subject to an annual maximum for the remaining difference of not more than a 10 basis point impact on return on common equity.

O&R New York – Electric and Gas

In March 2015, in O&R’s electric and gas rate proceedings, NYSPSC staff recommended a $0.6 million decrease in O&R’s electric rates and a $14.7 million increase in its gas rates (reflecting an authorized return on common equity of 8.5 percent). In April 2015, O&R submitted updated requests to the NYSPSC for increases in its electric and gas rates of $34 million and $44.2 million, respectively (reflecting an authorized return on common equity of 9.75 percent).

Other Regulatory Matters

In February 2009, the NYSPSC commenced a proceeding to examine the prudence of certain CECONY expenditures following the arrests of employees for accepting illegal payments from a construction contractor. Subsequently, additional employees were arrested for accepting illegal payments from materials suppliers and an engineering firm. The arrested employees were terminated by the company and have pled guilty or been convicted. Pursuant to NYSPSC orders, a portion of the company’s revenues

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(currently, $249 million, $32 million and $6 million on an annual basis for electric, gas and steam service, respectively) is being collected subject to potential refund to customers. The amount of electric revenues collected subject to refund, which was established in a different proceeding, and the amount of gas and steam revenues collected subject to refund were not established as indicative of the company’s potential liability in this proceeding. At March 31, 2015, the company had collected an estimated $1,747 million from customers subject to potential refund in connection with this proceeding. In January 2013, a NYSPSC consultant reported its estimate, with which the company does not agree, of $208 million of overcharges with respect to a substantial portion of the company’s construction expenditures from January 2000 to January 2009. The company is disputing the consultant’s estimate, including its determinations as to overcharges regarding specific construction expenditures it selected to review and its methodology of extrapolating such determinations over a substantial portion of the construction expenditures during this period. The NYSPSC’s consultant has not reviewed the company’s other expenditures. The company and NYSPSC staff are exploring a settlement in this proceeding. In May 2014, the NYSPSC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge appointed a settlement judge to assist the parties. There is no assurance that there will be a settlement, and any settlement would be subject to NYSPSC approval. At March 31, 2015, the company had a $104 million regulatory liability relating to this matter. The company currently estimates that any additional amount the NYSPSC requires the company to refund to customers in excess of the regulatory liability accrued could range up to an amount based on the NYSPSC consultant’s $208 million estimate of overcharges.

In late October 2012, Superstorm Sandy caused extensive damage to the Utilities’ electric distribution system and interrupted service to approximately 1.4 million customers. Superstorm Sandy also damaged CECONY’s steam system and interrupted service to many of its steam customers. As of March 31, 2015, CECONY and O&R incurred response and restoration costs for Superstorm Sandy of $506 million and $91 million, respectively (including capital expenditures of $148 million and $15 million, respectively). Most of the costs that were not capitalized were deferred for recovery as a regulatory asset under the Utilities’ electric rate plans. See “Regulatory Assets and Liabilities” below. CECONY’s current electric rate plan includes collection from customers of deferred storm costs (including for Superstorm Sandy), subject to refund following NYSPSC review of the costs. Pursuant to the April 2015 Joint Proposal with respect to CECONY’s electric rates, which is subject to NYSPSC approval, the deferred storm costs recoverable from customers will be reduced by $4 million, the costs will no longer be subject to NYSPSC staff review and recovery of the costs will no longer be subject to refund. As part of its rate filing, in November 2014 O&R requested recovery of deferred storm costs for its New York electric operations, which are subject to NYSPSC review. RECO’s current electric rate plan includes collection from customers of deferred storm costs.

In June 2014, the NYSPSC initiated a proceeding to investigate the practices of qualifying persons to perform plastic fusions on gas facilities. New York State regulations require gas utilities to qualify and, except in certain circumstances, annually requalify workers that perform fusion to join plastic pipe. The NYSPSC directed the New York gas utilities to provide information in this proceeding about their compliance with the qualification and requalification requirements and related matters; their procedures for compliance with all gas safety regulations; and their annual chief executive officer certifications regarding these and other procedures. CECONY’s qualification and requalification procedures had not included certain required testing to evaluate specimen fuses. In addition, CECONY and O&R had not timely requalified certain workers that had been qualified under their respective procedures to perform fusion to join plastic pipe. CECONY and O&R have requalified their workers who perform plastic pipe fusions. In April 2015, the NYSPSC issued a notice seeking the sampling plans CECONY, O&R and other gas utilities intend to use to inspect and test plastic pipe fusions. The notice also included NYSPSC staff proposals to require these utilities to perform remediation plans, additional leakage surveying and reporting; to require CECONY to hire an independent statistician to develop a risk assessment and remediation plan; and for certain new plastic fusion requirements for gas utilities.

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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were comprised of the following items:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Regulatory assets

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs

$ 4,593 $ 4,846 $ 4,374 $ 4,609

Future income tax

2,289 2,273 2,180 2,166

Environmental remediation costs

911 925 808 820

Deferred storm costs

287 319 196 224

Revenue taxes

223 219 211 208

Surcharge for New York State assessment

96 99 90 92

Pension and other postretirement benefits deferrals

61 66 35 42

Net electric deferrals

58 63 58 63

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt

56 57 53 55

Deferred derivative losses – noncurrent

44 25 40 23

Recoverable energy costs – noncurrent

42 19 42 17

O&R property tax reconciliation

40 36

O&R transition bond charges

25 27

Preferred stock redemption

27 27 27 27

Workers’ compensation

9 8 9 8

Other

145 147 128 127

Regulatory assets – noncurrent

8,906 9,156 8,251 8,481

Deferred derivative losses – current

55 97 51 92

Future income tax – current

10 10

Recoverable energy costs – current

1 41 40

Regulatory assets – current

66 148 51 132

Total Regulatory Assets

$ 8,972 $ 9,304 $ 8,302 $ 8,613

Regulatory liabilities

Allowance for cost of removal less salvage

$ 614 $ 598 $ 514 $ 499

Property tax reconciliation

297 295 297 295

Base rate change deferrals

153 155 153 155

Prudence proceeding

104 105 104 105

Pension and other postretirement benefit deferrals

85 46 64 37

Property tax refunds

76 87 76 87

Variable-rate tax-exempt debt – cost rate reconciliation

74 78 74 78

Net unbilled revenue deferrals

71 138 71 138

New York State income tax rate change

63 62 60 59

Carrying charges on repair allowance and bonus depreciation

52 58 50 57

World Trade Center settlement proceeds

36 41 36 41

Net utility plant reconciliations

21 21 21 20

Earnings sharing – electric

19 19 18 18

Unrecognized other postretirement costs

15 13

Other

212 290 177 248

Regulatory liabilities – noncurrent

1,892 1,993 1,728 1,837

Refundable energy costs – current

177 128 152 84

Revenue decoupling mechanism

30 30 30 30

Future income tax

25 24 24 24

Deferred derivative gains – current

8 5 6 4

Regulatory liabilities – current

240 187 212 142

Total Regulatory Liabilities

$ 2,132 $ 2,180 $ 1,940 $ 1,979

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Note C — Capitalization

The carrying amounts and fair values of long-term debt at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are:

(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014
Long-Term Debt (including current portion)

Carrying

Amount

Fair
Value

Carrying

Amount

Fair
Value

Con Edison

$12,190 $14,224 $12,191 $13,998

CECONY

$11,214 $13,066 $11,214 $12,846

Fair values of long-term debt have been estimated primarily using available market information. For Con Edison, $13,588 million and $636 million of the fair value of long-term debt at March 31, 2015 are classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively. For CECONY, $12,430 million and $636 million of the fair value of long-term debt at March 31, 2015 are classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively (see Note L). The $636 million of long-term debt classified as Level 3 is CECONY’s tax-exempt, auction-rate securities for which the market is highly illiquid and there is a lack of observable inputs.

Note D — Short-Term Borrowing

At March 31, 2015, Con Edison had $519 million of commercial paper outstanding of which $268 million was outstanding under CECONY’s program. The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 0.5 percent for both Con Edison and CECONY. At December 31, 2014, Con Edison had $800 million of commercial paper outstanding of which $450 million was outstanding under CECONY’s program. The weighted average interest rate at December 31, 2014 was 0.4 percent for both Con Edison and CECONY.

At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, no loans were outstanding under the credit agreement (Credit Agreement) and $61 million (including $11 million for CECONY) and $11 million (including $11 million for CECONY), respectively, of letters of credit were outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

Note E — Pension Benefits

Total Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ total periodic benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Service cost – including administrative expenses

$ 74 $ 57 $ 70 $ 53

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

144 143 135 134

Expected return on plan assets

(222 ) (208 ) (210 ) (197 )

Recognition of net actuarial loss

194 154 183 146

Recognition of prior service costs

1 1 1

TOTAL PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

$ 191 $ 147 $ 178 $ 137

Cost capitalized

(68 ) (51 ) (65 ) (49 )

Reconciliation to rate level

(24 ) 26 (24 ) 23

Cost charged to operating expenses

$ 99 $ 122 $ 89 $ 111

Expected Contributions

Based on estimates as of March 31, 2015, the Companies expect to make contributions to the pension plans during 2015 of $750 million (of which $697 million is to be contributed by CECONY) and $16 million to the CECONY external trust for supplemental retirement plans. The Companies’ policy is to fund the total periodic benefit cost of the qualified plan to the extent tax deductible and to also contribute to the non-qualified plans. During the first quarter of 2015, the Companies contributed $204 million to the pension plans, nearly all of which was contributed by CECONY.

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Note F — Other Postretirement Benefits

Total Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ total periodic other postretirement benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Service cost

$ 5 $ 5 $ 4 $ 4

Interest cost on accumulated other postretirement benefit obligation

13 15 11 13

Expected return on plan assets

(20 ) (19 ) (17 ) (17 )

Recognition of net actuarial loss

8 14 7 13

Recognition of prior service cost

(5 ) (5 ) (4 ) (4 )

TOTAL PERIODIC OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COST

$ 1 $ 10 $ 1 $ 9

Cost capitalized

(1 ) (4 ) (1 ) (3 )

Reconciliation to rate level

4 3 2

Cost charged to operating expenses

$ 4 $ 9 $ 2 $ 6

Expected Contributions

Based on estimates as of March 31, 2015, Con Edison expects to make a contribution of $6 million, nearly all of which is for CECONY, to the other postretirement benefit plans in 2015.

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 natural resource 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 investigate and, where determinable, 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 the undiscounted cost to investigate the sites and, for sites that have been investigated in whole or in part, the cost to remediate the sites, if remediation is necessary and if a reasonable estimate of such cost can be made. 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 March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Accrued Liabilities:

Manufactured gas plant sites

$678 $684 $582 $587

Other Superfund Sites

80 80 80 79

Total

$758 $764 $662 $666

Regulatory assets

$911 $925 $808 $820

Most of the accrued Superfund Site liability relates to sites that have been investigated, in whole or in part.

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However, for some of the sites, the extent and associated cost of the required remediation has not yet been determined. As investigations progress and information pertaining to the required remediation becomes available, the Utilities expect that additional liability may be accrued, the amount of which is not presently determinable but may be material. The Companies are unable to estimate the time period over which the remaining accrued liability will be incurred because, among other things, the required remediation has not been determined for some of the sites. Under their current rate plans, the Utilities are permitted to recover or defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) certain site investigation and remediation costs.

Environmental remediation costs incurred and insurance recoveries received related to Superfund Sites for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Remediation costs incurred

$7 $9 $6 $8

Insurance recoveries received*

5 5

* Reduced amount deferred for recovery from customers

In 2014, Con Edison and CECONY estimated that for their manufactured gas plant sites (including CECONY’s Astoria site), the aggregate undiscounted potential liability for the investigation and remediation of coal tar and/or other environmental contaminants could range up to $2.7 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively. These estimates were based on the assumption that there is contamination at all sites, including those that have not yet been fully investigated and additional assumptions about the extent of the contamination and the type and extent of the 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 that these amounts are greatly exaggerated, based on the disposition of previous claims. At March 31, 2015, Con Edison and CECONY had accrued their estimated aggregate undiscounted potential liabilities for these suits and additional suits that may be brought over the next 15 years of $8 million and $7 million, respectively. The estimates were based upon a combination of modeling, historical data analysis and risk factor assessment. Trial courts have begun, and unless otherwise determined by an appellate court may continue, to apply a different standard for determining liability in asbestos suits than the standard that applied historically. As a result, the Companies currently believe that there is a reasonable possibility of an exposure to loss in excess of the liability accrued for the suits. The Companies are unable to estimate the amount or range of such loss. 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 plans, CECONY 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 March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Accrued liability – asbestos suits

$ 8 $ 8 $ 7 $ 7

Regulatory assets – asbestos suits

$ 8 $ 8 $ 7 $ 7

Accrued liability – workers’ compensation

$ 84 $ 83 $ 79 $ 78

Regulatory assets – workers’ compensation

$ 9 $ 8 $ 9 $ 8

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Note H — Other Material Contingencies

Manhattan Steam Main Rupture

In July 2007, a CECONY 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 ninety 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 notified its insurers of the incident and believes that the policies in force at the time of the incident will cover the company’s costs to satisfy its liability to others in connection with the suits. In the company’s estimation, there is not a reasonable possibility that an exposure to loss exists for the suits that is materially in excess of the estimated liability accrued. At March 31, 2015, the company has accrued its estimated liability for the suits of $50 million and an insurance receivable in the same amount.

Manhattan Explosion and Fire

On March 12, 2014, two multi-use five-story tall buildings located on Park Avenue between 116 th and 117 th Street in Manhattan were destroyed by an explosion and fire. CECONY had delivered gas to the buildings through service lines from a distribution main located below ground on Park Avenue. Eight people died and more than 48 people were injured. Additional buildings were also damaged. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating. The parties to the investigation include the company, the City of New York, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the NYSPSC (which is also conducting an investigation). In March 2015, the NTSB issued reports on: operations, emergency preparedness and emergency response of the company and certain City departments; testing of company plastic pipe and its fusion and City water main; the company’s public awareness program; and regulatory oversight. It is expected that the NTSB will be issuing a final report concerning the incident, its probable cause and safety recommendations. Approximately 35 suits are pending against the company seeking generally unspecified damages and, in one case, punitive damages, for personal injury, property damage and business interruption. The company has notified its insurers of the incident and believes that the policies in force at the time of the incident will cover the company’s costs, in excess of a required retention (the amount of which is not material), to satisfy any liability it may have for damages in connection with the incident. The company is unable to estimate the amount or range of its possible loss related to the incident. At March 31, 2015, the company had not accrued a liability for the incident.

Other Contingencies

See “Other Regulatory Matters” in Note B and “Uncertain Tax Positions” in Note I.

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 $2,559 million and $2,547 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

A summary, by type and term, of Con Edison’s total guarantees at March 31, 2015 is as follows:

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

NY Transco

$1,360 $— $— $1,360

Energy transactions

830 38 90 958

Renewable electric production projects

204 7 211

Other

30 30

Total

$2,424 $38 $97 $2,559

NY Transco — Con Edison has guaranteed payment by its subsidiary, Con Edison Transmission, of the contributions it agreed to make in New York Transco LLC (NY Transco). Con Edison Transmission acquired a 45.7 percent interest in NY Transco when it was formed in 2014. NY Transco’s transmission projects are expected to be developed initially by CECONY and other New York transmission owners and then sold to NY Transco. The development of the projects would

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be subject to authorizations from the NYSPSC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other federal, state and local agencies. Guarantee amount shown is for the maximum possible required amount of Con Edison Transmission’s contributions, which assumed that all the NY Transco projects proposed when NY Transco was formed receive all required regulatory approvals and are completed at 175 percent of their estimated costs and that NY Transco does not use any debt financing for the projects. Guarantee term shown is assumed as the timing of the contributions is not known.

Energy Transactions — Con Edison guarantees payments on behalf of its competitive energy businesses in order to facilitate physical and financial transactions in gas, pipeline capacity, transportation, oil, electricity, renewable energy credits and energy services. To the extent that liabilities exist under the contracts subject to these guarantees, such liabilities are included in Con Edison’s consolidated balance sheet.

Renewable Electric Production Projects — Con Edison and Con Edison Development guarantee payments associated with the investment in solar and wind energy facilities on behalf of their wholly-owned subsidiaries. In addition, Con Edison Development has entered into two guarantees ($35 million maximum and $15 million maximum, respectively) on behalf of entities (Copper Mountain Solar 2 and Copper Mountain Solar 3, respectively) in which it has a 50 percent interest in connection with the construction of solar energy facilities. Con Edison Development also provided $3 million in guarantees to Travelers Insurance Company for indemnity agreements for surety bonds in connection with the construction and operation of solar energy facilities performed by its subsidiaries.

Other — Other guarantees primarily relate to guarantees provided by Con Edison to Travelers Insurance Company for indemnity agreements for surety bonds in connection with energy service projects performed by Con Edison Solutions ($25 million). In addition, Con Edison issued a guarantee to the Public Utility Commission of Texas covering obligations of Con Edison Solutions as a retail electric provider. Con Edison’s estimate of the maximum potential obligation for this guarantee is $5 million as of March 31, 2015.

Note I — Income Tax

Con Edison’s income tax expense increased to $199 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 from $198 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was 35 percent. CECONY’s income tax expense increased to $192 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 from $184 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was 36 percent.

Uncertain Tax Positions

At March 31, 2015, the estimated liability for uncertain tax positions for Con Edison was $34 million ($2 million for CECONY). Con Edison reasonably expects to resolve approximately $25 million ($16 million, net of federal taxes) of its uncertain tax positions within the next twelve months, of which the entire amount, if recognized, would reduce Con Edison’s effective tax rate. The amount related to CECONY is approximately $2 million ($1 million, net of federal taxes), of which the entire amount, if recognized, would reduce CECONY’s effective tax rate. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, that would reduce Con Edison’s effective tax rate is $34 million ($22 million, net of federal taxes).

The Companies recognize interest on liabilities for uncertain tax positions in interest expense and would recognize penalties, if any, in operating expenses in the Companies’ consolidated income statements. In the three months ended March 31, 2015, Con Edison recognized an immaterial amount of interest expense and no penalties for uncertain tax positions in its consolidated income statements. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, Con Edison recognized an immaterial amount of accrued interest on its consolidated balance sheets.

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Note J — Financial Information by Business Segment

The financial data for the business segments are as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

Operating

revenues

Inter-segment
revenues
Depreciation and
amortization
Operating
income
2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014

CECONY

Electric

$ 1,980 $ 2,074 $ 4 $ 4 $ 202 $ 189 $ 279 $ 257

Gas

655 789 1 1 35 32 241 233

Steam

375 341 22 20 20 19 164 153

Consolidation adjustments

(27 ) (25 )

Total CECONY

$ 3,010 $ 3,204 $ $ $ 257 $ 240 $ 684 $ 643

O&R

Electric

$ 156 $ 163 $ $ $ 12 $ 10 $ 18 $ 12

Gas

77 93 5 4 27 27

Total O&R

$ 233 $ 256 $ $ $ 17 $ 14 $ 45 $ 39

Competitive energy businesses

$ 374 $ 329 $ (3 ) $ 3 $ 5 7 $ (3 ) $ 2

Other(a)

(1 ) 3 (3 ) 1

Total Con Edison

$ 3,616 $ 3,789 $ $ $ 279 $ 261 $ 726 $ 685

(a) Parent company and consolidation adjustments. Other does not represent a business segment.

Note K — Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Con Edison’s subsidiaries hedge market price fluctuations associated with physical purchases and sales of electricity, natural gas, steam and, to a lesser extent, refined fuels by using derivative instruments including futures, forwards, basis swaps, options, transmission congestion contracts and financial transmission rights contracts. Derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at fair value (see Note L), unless an exception is available under the accounting rules for derivatives and hedging. Qualifying derivative contracts that have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts are not reported at fair value under the accounting rules.

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The fair values of the Companies’ commodity derivatives including the offsetting of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were:

(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014
Balance Sheet Location Gross Amounts of
Recognized
Assets/(Liabilities)

Gross

Amounts

Offset

Net Amounts

of Assets/
(Liabilities)(a)

Gross Amounts of
Recognized
Assets/(Liabilities)

Gross

Amounts

Offset

Net Amounts

of Assets/
(Liabilities)(a)

Con Edison

Fair value of derivative assets

Current

$ 108 $ (23 ) $ 85 (b) $ 111 $ (67 ) $ 44 (b)

Noncurrent

30 (28 ) 2 34 (23 ) 11

Total fair value of derivative assets

$ 138 $ (51 ) $ 87 $ 145 $ (90 ) $ 55

Fair value of derivative liabilities

Current

$ (174 ) $ 137 $ (37 ) $ (242 ) $ 139 $ (103 )

Noncurrent

(96 ) 72 (24 ) (66 ) 91 25

Total fair value of derivative liabilities

$ (270 ) $ 209 $ (61 ) $ (308 ) $ 230 $ (78 )

Net fair value derivative assets/(liabilities)

$ (132 ) $ 158 $ 26 (b) $ (163 ) $ 140 $ (23 )(b)

CECONY

Fair value of derivative assets

Current

$ 40 $ (29 ) $ 11 (b) $ 26 $ (15 ) $ 11 (b)

Noncurrent

17 (15 ) 2 22 (20 ) 2

Total fair value of derivative assets

$ 57 $ (44 ) $ 13 $ 48 $ (35 ) $ 13

Fair value of derivative liabilities

Current

$ (69 ) $ 46 $ (23 ) $ (96 ) $ 48 $ (48 )

Noncurrent

(53 ) 37 (16 ) (42 ) 32 (10 )

Total fair value of derivative liabilities

$ (122 ) $ 83 $ (39 ) $ (138 ) $ 80 $ (58 )

Net fair value derivative assets/(liabilities)

$ (65 ) $ 39 $ (26 )(b) $ (90 ) $ 45 $ (45 )(b)

(a) Derivative instruments and collateral were offset on the consolidated balance sheet as applicable under the accounting rules. The Companies enter into master agreements for their commodity derivatives. These agreements typically provide offset in the event of contract termination. In such case, generally the non-defaulting party’s payable will be offset by the defaulting party’s payable. The non-defaulting party will customarily notify the defaulting party within a specific time period and come to an agreement on the early termination amount.
(b) At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, margin deposits for Con Edison ($37 million and $27 million, respectively) and CECONY ($35 million and $25 million, respectively) were classified as derivative assets in the balance sheet, but not included in the table. Margin is collateral, typically cash, that the holder of a derivative instrument is required to deposit in order to transact on an exchange and to cover its potential losses with its broker or the exchange.

The Utilities generally recover their prudently incurred fuel, purchased power and gas costs, including hedging gains and losses, in accordance with rate provisions approved by the applicable state utility regulators. In accordance with the accounting rules for regulated operations, 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 purchased power, gas purchased for resale and non-utility revenue in the reporting period in which they occur. Management believes that these derivative instruments represent economic hedges that mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices.

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The following table presents the realized and unrealized gains or losses on commodity derivatives that have been deferred or recognized in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) Balance Sheet Location 2015 2014 2015 2014

Pre-tax gains/(losses) deferred in accordance with accounting rules for regulated operations:

Current

Deferred derivative gains $ 3 $ 30 $ 3 $ 25

Noncurrent

Deferred derivative gains 4 4

Total deferred gains/(losses)

$ 3 $ 34 $ 3 $ 29

Current

Deferred derivative losses $ 43 $ 17 $ 41 $ 17

Current

Recoverable energy costs 94 (2 ) 77

Noncurrent

Deferred derivative losses (19 ) 2 (16 ) 2

Total deferred gains/(losses)

$ 24 $ 113 $ 23 $ 96

Net deferred gains/(losses)

$ 27 $ 147 $ 26 $ 125
Income Statement Location

Pre-tax gain/(loss) recognized in income

Purchased power expense $ 21 (a) $ 175 (b) $ $
Gas purchased for resale (42 ) (14 )
Non-utility revenue 42 (a) (24 )

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

$ 21 $ 137 $ $

(a) For the three months ended March 31, 2015, Con Edison recorded unrealized gains and losses in non-utility operating revenue ($4 million loss) and purchased power expense ($12 million gain).
(b) For the three months ended March 31, 2014, Con Edison recorded an unrealized gain of $20 million in purchased power expense.

The following table presents the hedged volume of Con Edison’s and CECONY’s derivative transactions at March 31, 2015:

Electric Energy
(MWHs)(a)(b)
Capacity (MWs)(a) Natural Gas
(Dt)(a)(b)
Refined Fuels
(gallons)

Con Edison

19,565,133 6,751 54,964,831 2,352,000

CECONY

6,640,525 2,100 53,860,000 2,352,000

(a) Volumes are reported net of long and short positions, except natural gas collars where the volumes of long positions are reported.
(b) Excludes electric congestion and gas basis swap contracts which are associated with electric and gas contracts and hedged volumes.

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, 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 to offset.

At March 31, 2015, Con Edison and CECONY had $212 million and $35 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral, respectively. Con Edison’s net credit exposure consisted of $108 million with commodity exchange brokers, $92 million with independent system operators, $8 million with investment-grade counterparties and $4 million with non-investment grade/non-rated counterparties. CECONY’s net credit exposure was with commodity exchange brokers.

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 a party to provide collateral on its derivative instruments that are in a net liability position. The amount of collateral to be provided will depend on the fair value of the derivative instruments and the party’s credit ratings.

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The following table presents the aggregate fair value of the Companies’ derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position, the collateral posted for such positions 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 at March 31, 2015:

(Millions of Dollars) Con Edison (a) CECONY (a)

Aggregate fair value – net liabilities

$ 58 $ 40

Collateral posted

$ 5 $

Additional collateral(b) (downgrade one level from current ratings)

$ $

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

$ 73 (c) $ 46 (c)

(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 the competitive energy businesses were no longer extended unsecured credit for such purchases, the Companies would be required to post an immaterial amount of collateral at March 31, 2015. 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) 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 to offset.
(c) Derivative instruments that are net assets have been excluded from the table. At March 31, 2015, if Con Edison had been downgraded to below investment grade, it would have been required to post additional collateral for such derivative instruments of $20 million.

Note L — Fair Value Measurements

The accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in a principal or most advantageous market. Fair value is a market-based measurement that is determined based on inputs, which refer broadly to assumptions that market participants use in pricing assets or liabilities. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable firm inputs. The Companies often make certain assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, and the risks inherent in the inputs to valuation techniques. The Companies use valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures established a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value in three broad levels. The rules require that assets and liabilities be classified in their entirety based on the level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Assessing the significance of a particular input may require judgment considering factors specific to the asset or liability, and may affect the valuation of the asset or liability and their placement within the fair value hierarchy. The Companies classify fair value balances based on the fair value hierarchy defined by the accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures as follows:

Level 1 – Consists of assets or liabilities whose value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets at the measurement date. An active market is one in which transactions for assets or liabilities occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. This category includes contracts traded on active exchange markets valued using unadjusted prices quoted directly from the exchange.

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. The industry standard models consider observable assumptions including time value, volatility factors and current market and contractual prices for the underlying commodities, in addition to other economic measures. This category includes contracts traded on active exchanges or in over-the-counter markets priced with industry standard models.

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date. Unobservable inputs are developed based on the best available information and subject to cost benefit constraints. This category includes contracts priced using models that are internally developed and contracts placed in illiquid markets. It also includes contracts that expire after the period of time for which quoted prices are available and internal models are used to determine a significant portion of the value.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are summarized below.

2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Netting
Adjustment (e)
Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Netting
Adjustment (e)
Total

Con Edison

Derivative assets:

Commodity(a)(b)(c)

$ 1 $ 62 $ 17 $ 44 $ 124 $ 3 $ 78 $ 28 $ (27 ) $ 82

Other(a)(b)(d)

167 120 287 163 116 279

Total assets

$ 168 $ 182 $ 17 $ 44 $ 411 $ 166 $ 194 $ 28 $ (27 ) $ 361

Derivative liabilities:

Commodity(a)(b)(c)

$ 14 $ 193 $ 6 $ (151 ) $ 62 $ 18 $ 246 $ 8 $ (194 ) $ 78

CECONY

Derivative assets

Commodity(a)(b)(c)

$ 1 $ 9 $ 12 $ 26 $ 48 $ 1 $ 3 $ 13 $ 21 $ 38

Other(a)(b)(d)

159 110 269 155 106 261

Total assets

$ 160 $ 119 $ 12 $ 26 $ 317 $ 156 $ 109 $ 13 $ 21 $ 299

Derivative liabilities:

Commodity(a)(b)(c)

$ 12 $ 75 $ $ (48 ) $ 39 $ 16 $ 91 $ $ (49 ) $ 58

(a) The Companies’ policy is to review the fair value hierarchy and recognize transfers into and transfers out of the levels at the end of each reporting period. There were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and for the year ended December 31, 2014.
(b) Level 2 assets and liabilities include investments held in the deferred compensation plan and/or non-qualified retirement plans, exchange-traded contracts where there is insufficient market liquidity to warrant inclusion in Level 1, certain over-the-counter derivative instruments for electricity, refined products and natural gas. Derivative instruments classified as Level 2 are valued using industry standard models that incorporate corroborated observable inputs; such as pricing services or prices from similar instruments that trade in liquid markets, time value and volatility factors.
(c) The accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures require consideration of the impact of nonperformance risk (including credit risk) from a market participant perspective in the measurement of the fair value of assets and liabilities. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Companies determined that nonperformance risk would have no material impact on their financial position or results of operations.
(d) Other assets are comprised of assets such as life insurance contracts within the deferred compensation plan and non-qualified retirement plans.
(e) 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.

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The employees in the Companies’ risk management group develop and maintain the Companies’ valuation policies and procedures for, and verify pricing and fair value valuation of, commodity derivatives. Under the Companies’ policies and procedures, multiple independent sources of information are obtained for forward price curves used to value commodity derivatives. Fair value and changes in fair value of commodity derivatives are reported on a monthly basis to the Companies’ risk committees, comprised of officers and employees of the Companies that oversee energy hedging at the Utilities and the competitive energy businesses. The risk management group reports to the Companies’ Vice President and Treasurer.

Fair Value of
Level 3 at
March 31, 2015

(Millions of Dollars)

Valuation

Techniques

Unobservable Inputs Range

Con Edison – Commodity

Electricity

$  (3) Discounted Cash Flow Forward energy prices (a) $24.50-$121.00 per MWH
Discounted Cash Flow Forward capacity prices (a) $0.75-$8.45 per kW-month

Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights

14 Discounted Cash Flow Discount to adjust auction prices for inter-zonal forward price curves (b) 9.6%-57.9%
Discount to adjust auction prices for historical monthly realized settlements (b) 32.3%-58.2%
Inter-zonal forward price curves adjusted for historical zonal losses (b) $(2.65)-$9.48 per MWH

Total Con Edison—Commodity

$  11

CECONY—Commodity

Transmission Congestion Contracts

$  12 Discounted Cash Flow Discount to adjust auction prices for inter-zonal forward price curves (b) 9.6%-57.9%
Discount to adjust auction prices for historical monthly realized settlements (b) 32.3%-58.2%

(a) Generally, increases/(decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a higher/(lower) fair value measurement.
(b) Generally, increases/(decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a lower/(higher) fair value measurement.

The table listed below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending net balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 2015 2014

Beginning balance as of January 1,

$ 20 $ 9 $ 13 $ 6

Included in earnings

(10 ) 50 (2 ) 11

Included in regulatory assets and liabilities

4 4

Purchases

3 8 2 7

Settlements

(2 ) (47 ) (1 ) (15 )

Ending balance as of March 31,

$ 11 $ 24 $ 12 $ 13

For the Utilities, realized gains and losses on Level 3 commodity derivative assets and liabilities are reported as part of purchased power, gas and fuel costs. The Utilities generally recover these costs in accordance with rate provisions approved by the applicable state public utilities regulators. Unrealized gains and losses for commodity derivatives are generally deferred on the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with the accounting rules for regulated operations.

For the competitive energy businesses, realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 commodity derivative assets and liabilities are reported in non-utility revenues (immaterial for both periods) and purchased power costs ($8 million loss and $39 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The change in fair value relating to Level 3 commodity derivative assets and liabilities held at

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March 31, 2015 and 2014 is included in non-utility revenues (immaterial for both periods) and purchased power costs ($5 million loss and $8 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Note M — Variable Interest Entities

Con Edison enters into arrangements including leases, partnerships and electricity purchase agreements, with various entities. As a result of these arrangements, Con Edison retains or may retain a variable interest in these entities.

CECONY has a variable interest in a non-consolidated variable interest entity (VIE), Astoria Energy, LLC (Astoria Energy), with which CECONY has entered into a long-term electricity purchase agreement. CECONY is not the primary beneficiary of this VIE since CECONY does not have the power to direct activities that CECONY believes most significantly impact the economic performance of Astoria Energy. In particular, CECONY has not invested in, or guaranteed the indebtedness of, Astoria Energy and CECONY does not operate or maintain Astoria Energy’s generating facilities. CECONY also has long-term electricity purchase agreements with the following three potential VIEs: Cogen Technologies Linden Venture, LP, Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners, LP and Indeck Energy Services of Corinth, Inc. In 2014, requests were made of these three counterparties for information necessary to determine whether the entity was a VIE and whether CECONY is the primary beneficiary; however, the information was not made available. The payments pursuant to these agreements, which constitute CECONY’s maximum exposure to loss with respect to the potential VIEs, for the first quarter of 2015 were $105 million for Cogen Technologies Linden Venture, LP, $30 million for Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners, LP and $15 million for Indeck Energy Services of Corinth, Inc.

During the first quarter of 2015, there were no new investments entered into that qualified for VIE status. The following table summarizes the VIEs in which Con Edison Development has entered into as of March 31, 2015:

Project Name (a) Generating
Capacity
Owned
(MWs AC)
Power
Purchase
Agreement
Term in
Years
Year of
Initial
Investment
Location Maximum
Exposure to
Loss
(
Millions
of Dollars
)(c)

Pilesgrove

9 n/a (b) 2010 New Jersey $26

Mesquite Solar 1

83 20 2013 Arizona 100

Copper Mountain Solar 2

75 25 2013 Nevada 79

Copper Mountain Solar 3

128 20 2014 Nevada 187

California Solar

55 25 2012 California 71

Texas Solar 4

32 25 2014 Texas 55

Broken Bow II

37 25 2014 Nebraska 57

(a) With the exception of Texas Solar 4, Con Edison’s ownership interest is 50 percent and these projects are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Con Edison is not the primary beneficiary since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of the entities are shared equally between Con Edison Development and third parties. Con Edison’s ownership interest in Texas Solar 4 is 80 percent and is consolidated in the financial statements. Con Edison is the primary beneficiary since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of Texas Solar 4 is held by Con Edison Development. The maximum exposure for Texas Solar 4 is the net assets of the investment offset by a $9 million noncontrolling interest.
(b) Pilesgrove has 3-5 year Solar Renewable Energy Credit hedges in place.
(c) For investments accounted for under the equity method, maximum exposure is equal to the carrying value of the investment on the balance sheet. For consolidated investments, maximum exposure is equal to the net assets of the investment on the balance sheet less any applicable minority interest. Con Edison did not provide any financial or other support during the year that was not previously contractually required.

Note N — New Financial Accounting Standards

In January 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued amendments on income statement guidance through Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-01, “Income Statement—Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20).” The amendments reduce the complexity of accounting standards related to the income statement by eliminating the requirement to report extraordinary items separately. The amendments are effective for reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The application of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Companies’ financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

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In February 2015, the FASB issued amendments on consolidation guidance through ASU No. 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810).” The amendments provide additional guidance for VIE accounting of limited partnerships and similar legal entities, fees paid to decision makers of a VIE, the effect of fee arrangements on primary beneficiary determination, the effect of related parties on primary beneficiary determination. For public entities, the amendments are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Companies are evaluating the application and impact of the new guidance on the Companies’ financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

In April 2015, the FASB issued amendments on debt issuance costs guidance through ASU No. 2015-03, “Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” The amendments provide additional guidance requiring that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability rather than as a deferred cost (i.e. an asset) as required by current guidance. For public entities, the amendments are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Companies are in the process of evaluating the application and impact of the new guidance on the Companies’ financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

In April 2015, the FASB issued amendments on internal-use software guidance through ASU No. 2015-05, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement.” The amendments provide guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement would be accounted for as a license of internal use software. If the arrangement is not deemed to contain a software license, it would be accounted for as a service contract. For public entities, the amendments are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Companies are in the process of evaluating the application and impact of the new guidance on the Companies’ financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

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Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This combined management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (MD&A) relates to the consolidated financial statements (the First Quarter Financial Statements) included in this report of two separate registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY) 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 CECONY. CECONY is a subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, information in this management’s discussion and analysis about CECONY applies to Con Edison.

This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the First 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, 2014 (File Nos. 1-14514 and 1-1217, the Form 10-K).

Information in any item of this report 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.

Con Edison, incorporated in New York State in 1997, is a holding company that owns all of the outstanding common stock of CECONY, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) and the competitive energy businesses. In addition, in 2014 Con Edison formed Consolidated Edison Transmission, LLC (Con Edison Transmission) to invest in a transmission company. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and CECONY.

LOGO

Con Edison’s principal business operations are those of CECONY, O&R and the competitive energy businesses. CECONY’s principal business operations are its regulated electric, gas and steam delivery businesses. O&R’s principal business operations are its regulated electric and gas delivery businesses. The competitive energy businesses sell electricity to retail customers, provide energy-related products and services, and develop, own and operate renewable and energy infrastructure projects.

Con Edison seeks to provide shareholder value through continued dividend growth, supported by earnings growth in regulated utilities and contracted assets. The company invests to provide reliable, resilient, safe, and clean energy critical for New York City’s growing economy. The company is an industry leading owner and operator of contracted, large-scale solar generation in the United States. Con Edison is a responsible neighbor, helping the communities it serves become more sustainable.

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CECONY

Electric

CECONY provides electric service to approximately 3.4 million customers in all of New York City (except a part of Queens) and most of Westchester County, an approximately 660 square mile service area with a population of more than nine million.

Gas

CECONY delivers gas to approximately 1.1 million customers in Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Queens and most of Westchester County.

Steam

CECONY operates the largest steam distribution system in the United States by producing and delivering approximately 23,000 MMlb of steam annually to approximately 1,700 customers in parts of Manhattan.

O&R

Electric

O&R and its utility subsidiaries, Rockland Electric Company (RECO) and Pike County Light & Power Company (Pike) (together referred to herein as O&R) provide electric service to approximately 0.3 million customers in southeastern New York and in adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania, an approximately 1,350 square mile service area.

Gas

O&R delivers gas to over 0.1 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northeastern Pennsylvania.

Competitive Energy Businesses

Con Edison pursues competitive energy opportunities through three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Con Edison Solutions, Con Edison Energy and Con Edison Development. These businesses sell to retail customers electricity purchased in wholesale markets and enter into related hedging transactions, provide energy-related products and services to wholesale and retail customers, and develop, own and operate renewable and energy infrastructure projects. Con Edison is considering strategic alternatives with respect to the retail electric supply business of its competitive energy businesses. At March 31, 2015, Con Edison’s equity investment in its competitive energy businesses was $464 million and their assets were $1,168 million.

Certain financial data of Con Edison’s businesses are presented below:

Three months ended March 31, 2015 At March 31, 2015

(Millions of Dollars, except

percentages)

Operating

Revenues

Net Income for
Common Stock
Assets

CECONY

$3,010 83 % $348 94 % $39,180 89 %

O&R

233 7 % 22 6 % 2,723 6 %

Total Utilities

3,243 90 % 370 100 % 41,903 95 %

Con Edison Solutions (a)

330 9 % (6 ) (2 )% 333 1 %

Con Edison Energy (a)

31 1 % 4 1 % 131 %

Con Edison Development

10 % 4 1 % 767 2 %

Other (b)

2 % (2 ) % 843 2 %

Total Con Edison

$3,616 100 % $370 100 % $43,977 100 %

(a) Net income from the competitive energy businesses for the three months ended March 31, 2015 includes $5 million of net after-tax mark-to-market gains/(losses) (Con Edison Solutions, $7 million and Con Edison Energy, $(2) million).
(b) Other includes parent company and consolidation adjustments.

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Results of Operations

Net income for common stock and earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

Net Income for
Common Stock

(Millions of Dollars)

Earnings

Per Share

2015 2014 2015 2014

CECONY

$ 348 $ 334 $ 1.19 $ 1.14

O&R

22 21 0.07 0.07

Competitive energy businesses (a)

2 9 0.03

Other (b)

(2 ) (3 ) (0.01 )

Con Edison (c)

$ 370 $ 361 $ 1.26 $ 1.23

(a) Includes $5 million or $0.01 a share and $11 million or $0.04 a share of net after-tax mark-to-market gains in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Also includes an after-tax benefit of $7 million or $0.02 a share relating to the lease in/lease out (LILO) transactions terminated in 2013 in the three months ended March 31, 2014.
(b) Other includes parent company and consolidation adjustments.
(c) Earnings per share on a diluted basis were $1.26 a share and $1.23 a share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Companies’ results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015, as compared with the 2014 period, reflect primarily changes in the Utilities’ rate plans including growth in its gas delivery service related to oil-to-gas conversions, and lower other operations and maintenance expenses. The rate plans provide for revenues to cover expected increases in certain other operations and maintenance expenses and depreciation, reflecting primarily the impact of higher utility plant balances. The results of operations also include the impact of LILO transactions in 2014 and the net mark-to-market effects of the competitive energy businesses.

The following table presents the estimated effect on earnings per share and net income for common stock for the 2015 period as compared with 2014 period, resulting from these and other major factors:

Earnings
per Share

Variation

Net Income for Common

Stock Variation
(Millions of Dollars)

CECONY (a)

Changes in rate plans

$ 0.06 $ 17

Other operations and maintenance expenses

0.04 13

Depreciation and amortization

(0.03 ) (10 )

Net interest expense

(0.03 ) (8 )

Other

0.01 2

Total CECONY

0.05 14

O&R (a)

Changes in rate plans

0.02 5

Other operations and maintenance expenses

(0.01 ) (2 )

Other

(0.01 ) (2 )

Total O&R

1

Competitive energy businesses

Other operations and maintenance expenses

(0.01 ) (4 )

Net interest expense

(0.02 ) (7 )

Other

4

Total competitive energy businesses (b)

(0.03 ) (7 )

Other, including parent company expenses

0.01 1

Total variations

$ 0.03 $ 9

(a) Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in the Utilities’ New York electric and gas rate plans and the weather-normalization clause applicable to their gas businesses, revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Under the rate plans, pension and other postretirement costs and certain other costs are reconciled to amounts reflected in rates for such costs. 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. Accordingly, such costs do not generally affect the Companies’ results of operations.
(b) These variations include the net mark-to-market effects and impact of the LILO transactions shown in note (a) in the Results of Operations table above.

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The Companies’ other operations and maintenance expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014

CECONY

Operations

$342 $368

Pensions and other postretirement benefits

91 117

Health care and other benefits

40 36

Regulatory fees and assessments (a)

154 123

Other

76 81

Total CECONY

703 725

O&R

82 78

Competitive energy businesses

30 23

Other (b)

(1 ) (1 )

Total other operations and maintenance expenses

$814 $825

(a) Includes Demand Side Management, System Benefit Charges and Public Service Law 18A assessments which are collected in revenues.
(b) Includes parent company and consolidation adjustments.

Con Edison’s principal business segments are CECONY’s regulated utility activities, O&R’s regulated utility activities and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses. CECONY’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 months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 follows. For additional business segment financial information, see Note J to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

The Companies’ results of operations in 2015 compared with 2014 were:

CECONY O&R Competitive Energy
Businesses
Other (a) Con Edison (b)
(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
Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
Increases
(Decreases)
Percent

Operating revenues

$ (194 ) (6.1 )% $ (23 ) (9.0 )% $ 45 13.7 % $ (1 ) % $ (173 ) (4.6 )%

Purchased power

(78 ) (12.6 ) (18 ) (26.1 ) 17 6.1 (79 ) (8.2 )

Fuel

(2 ) (1.3 ) (2 ) (1.3 )

Gas purchased for resale

(148 ) (42.8 ) (18 ) (45.0 ) 28 Large (138 ) (34.5 )

Other operations and maintenance

(22 ) (3.0 ) 4 5.1 7 30.4 (11 ) (1.3 )

Depreciation and amortization

17 7.1 3 21.4 (2 ) (28.6 ) 18 6.9

Taxes, other than income taxes

(2 ) (0.4 ) (2 ) (0.4 )

Operating income

41 6.4 6 15.4 (5 ) Large (1 ) Large 41 6.0

Other income less deductions

(5 ) (83.3 ) (1 ) Large 1 50.0 (1 ) Large (6 ) (60.0 )

Net interest expense

14 10.7 12 Large (1 ) (14.3 ) 25 18.4

Income before income tax expense

22 4.2 5 16.1 (16 ) Large (1 ) (20.0 ) 10 1.8

Income tax expense

8 4.3 4 40.0 (9 ) Large (2 ) Large 1 0.5

Net income for common stock

$ 14 4.2 % $ 1 4.8 % $ (7 ) (77.8 )% $ 1 33.3 % $ 9 2.5 %

(a) Includes parent company and consolidation adjustments.
(b) Represents the consolidated financial results of Con Edison and its businesses.

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CECONY

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2015

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2014

(Millions of Dollars) Electric Gas Steam 2015
Total
Electric Gas Steam 2014
Total
2015-2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 1,980 $ 655 $ 375 $ 3,010 $ 2,074 $ 789 $ 341 $ 3,204 $ (194 )

Purchased power

526 13 539 598 19 617 (78 )

Fuel

57 97 154 92 64 156 (2 )

Gas purchased for resale

198 198 346 346 (148 )

Other operations and maintenance

545 109 49 703 569 104 52 725 (22 )

Depreciation and amortization

202 35 20 257 189 32 19 240 17

Taxes, other than income taxes

371 72 32 475 369 74 34 477 (2 )

Operating income

$ 279 $ 241 $ 164 $ 684 $ 257 $ 233 $ 153 $ 643 $ 41

Electric

CECONY’s results of electric operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period is as follows:

Three Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars) March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 1,980 $ 2,074 $ (94 )

Purchased power

526 598 (72)

Fuel

57 92 (35)

Other operations and maintenance

545 569 (24)

Depreciation and amortization

202 189 13

Taxes, other than income taxes

371 369 2

Electric operating income

$ 279 $ 257 $ 22

CECONY’s electric sales and deliveries for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period were:

Millions of kWhs Delivered Revenues in Millions (a)
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
Description March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation
March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation

Residential/Religious (b)

2,463 2,416 47 1.9 % $ 717 $ 787 $ (70 ) (8.9 )%

Commercial/Industrial

2,436 2,461 (25 ) (1.0 ) 527 618 (91 ) (14.7 )

Energy choice customers

6,400 6,437 (37 ) (0.6 ) 596 522 74 14.2

NYPA, Municipal Agency and other sales

2,584 2,582 2 0.1 128 133 (5 ) (3.8 )

Other operating revenues (c)

12 14 (2 ) (14.3 )

Total

13,883 13,896 (13 ) (0.1 )% (d) $ 1,980 $ 2,074 $ (94 ) (4.5 )%

(a) Revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which delivery revenues generally are not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved.
(b) “Residential/Religious” generally includes single-family dwellings, individual apartments in multi-family dwellings, religious organizations and certain other not-for-profit organizations.
(c) 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.
(d) After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, electric delivery volumes in CECONY’s service area decreased 0.4 percent in three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period.

Operating revenues decreased $94 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to lower purchased power ($72 million) and fuel expenses ($35 million), offset in part by higher revenues from the electric rate plan ($13 million).

Purchased power expenses decreased $72 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to a decrease in unit costs ($84 million), offset by higher purchased volumes ($12 million).

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Fuel expenses decreased $35 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to lower unit costs ($24 million) and lower sendout volumes from the company’s electric generating facilities ($11 million).

Other operations and maintenance expenses decreased $24 million due primarily to lower electric operating costs ($28 million), lower pension costs ($21 million) and lower costs for the support and protection of company underground facilities to accommodate New York City municipal projects ($5 million), offset in part by an increase in the surcharges for assessments and fees that are collected in revenues from customers ($32 million).

Depreciation and amortization increased $13 million due primarily to higher electric utility plant balances.

Taxes, other than income taxes increased $2 million principally due to higher payroll taxes, offset in part by lower property taxes. In April 2015, New York State enacted legislation that eliminated, retroactive to January 1, 2015, a New York City subsidiary capital tax. In 2014, CECONY’s taxes, other than income taxes, included a subsidiary capital tax of $7 million.

Gas

CECONY’s results of gas operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period is as follows:

Three Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars) March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 655 $ 789 $ (134 )

Gas purchased for resale

198 346 (148 )

Other operations and maintenance

109 104 5

Depreciation and amortization

35 32 3

Taxes, other than income taxes

72 74 (2 )

Gas operating income

$ 241 $ 233 $ 8

CECONY’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period were:

Thousands of Dt Delivered Revenues in Millions (a)
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
Description March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation
March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation

Residential

25,555 21,736 3,819 17.6 % $303 $362 $(59 ) (16.3 )%

General

13,646 14,017 (371 ) (2.6 ) 124 164 (40 ) (24.4 )

Firm transportation

34,687 29,011 5,676 19.6 187 180 7 3.9

Total firm sales and transportation

73,888 64,764 9,124 14.1 (b) 614 706 (92 ) (13.0 )

Interruptible sales (c)

2,840 5,124 (2,284 ) (44.6 ) 27 60 (33 ) (55.0 )

NYPA

9,767 11,468 (1,701 ) (14.8 ) 1 1

Generation plants

12,822 13,079 (257 ) (2.0 ) 6 8 (2 ) (25.0 )

Other

7,656 7,342 314 4.3 8 12 (4 ) (33.3 )

Other operating revenues (d)

(1 ) 2 (3 ) Large

Total

106,973 101,777 5,196 5.1 % $655 $789 $(134 ) (17.0 )%

(a) Revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause and a revenue decoupling mechanism as a result of which delivery revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Delivery revenues, however, are affected by changes in volumes attributable to changes in the average number of customers.
(b) After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, firm gas sales and transportation volumes in the company’s service area increased 9.8 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period reflecting primarily increased volumes attributable to additional customers that have converted from oil to gas as heating fuel for their buildings.
(c) Includes 1,097 and 3,531 thousands of Dt for 2015 and 2014 periods, respectively, which are also reflected in firm transportation and other.
(d) Other gas operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s rate plans.

Operating revenues decreased $134 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to a decrease in gas purchased for resale expenses ($148 million), offset in part by higher revenues from the gas rate plan ($19 million) reflecting primarily higher delivery volumes attributable to oil-to-gas conversions.

Gas purchased for resale decreased $148 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to lower unit costs ($167 million), offset by higher sendout volumes ($18 million).

Other operations and maintenance expenses increased $5 million due primarily to higher operating costs

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attributable to emergency response ($13 million), offset in part by lower costs for the support and protection of company underground facilities to accommodate New York City municipal projects ($4 million) and lower pension costs ($3 million).

Depreciation and amortization increased $3 million due primarily to higher gas utility plant balances.

Taxes, other than income taxes decreased $2 million principally due to lower state and local revenue taxes.

Steam

CECONY’s results of steam operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period is as follows:

Three Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars) March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$375 $341 $34

Purchased power

13 19 (6 )

Fuel

97 64 33

Other operations and maintenance

49 52 (3 )

Depreciation and amortization

20 19 1

Taxes, other than income taxes

32 34 (2 )

Steam operating income

$164 $153 $11

CECONY’s steam sales and deliveries for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period were:

Millions of Pounds Delivered Revenues in Millions
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
Description March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation
March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation

General

373 380 (7 ) (1.8 )% $ 18 $ 17 $ 1 5.9 %

Apartment house

3,119 2,901 218 7.5 100 88 12 13.6

Annual power

7,025 7,010 15 0.2 262 247 15 6.1

Other operating revenues (a)

(5 ) (11 ) 6 54.5

Total

10,517 10,291 226 2.2 % (b) $ 375 $ 341 $ 34 10.0 %

(a) Other steam operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s rate plans.
(b) After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, steam sales and deliveries decreased 1.6 percent in three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period.

Operating revenues increased $34 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to higher fuel expenses ($33 million) and the weather impact on revenues ($7 million), offset in part by lower purchased power costs ($6 million) and lower revenues from the steam rate plan ($3 million).

Purchased power expenses decreased $6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to a decrease in unit costs ($7 million), offset by higher purchased volumes ($1 million).

Fuel expenses increased $33 million in the three months ended 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to higher unit costs ($31 million) and higher sendout volumes ($2 million).

Other operations and maintenance expenses decreased $3 million due primarily to lower costs for the support and protection of company underground facilities to accommodate New York City municipal projects ($2 million) and lower pension costs ($2 million).

Depreciation and amortization increased $1 million due primarily to higher steam utility plant balances.

Taxes, other than income taxes decreased $2 million principally due to lower property taxes.

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Other Income (Deductions)

Other income (deductions) decreased $5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to the gain on sale of certain non-utility property in 2014.

Net Interest Expense

Net interest expense increased $14 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to higher interest charges on long-term debt in 2015.

Income Tax Expense

Income taxes increased $8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to higher income before income tax expense.

O&R

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2015

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2014

(Millions of Dollars) Electric Gas 2015
Total
Electric Gas

2014

Total

2015-2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 156 $ 77 $ 233 $ 163 $ 93 $ 256 $ (23 )

Purchased power

51 51 69 69 (18 )

Gas purchased for resale

22 22 40 40 (18 )

Other operations and maintenance

64 18 82 61 17 78 4

Depreciation and amortization

12 5 17 10 4 14 3

Taxes, other than income taxes

11 5 16 11 5 16

Operating income

$ 18 $ 27 $ 45 $ 12 $ 27 $ 39 $ 6

Electric

O&R’s results of electric operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period is as follows:

Three Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars) March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 156 $ 163 $ (7 )

Purchased power

51 69 (18 )

Other operations and maintenance

64 61 3

Depreciation and amortization

12 10 2

Taxes, other than income taxes

11 11

Electric operating income

$ 18 $ 12 $ 6

O&R’s electric sales and deliveries for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period were:

Millions of kWhs Delivered Revenues in Millions (a)
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
Description

March 31,

2015

March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation
March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation

Residential/Religious (b)

381 376 5 1.3 % $73 $ 74 $(1 ) (1.4 )%

Commercial/Industrial

196 213 (17 ) (8.0 ) 30 37 (7 ) (18.9 )

Energy choice customers

794 784 10 1.3 49 45 4 8.9

Public authorities

25 25 3 5 (2 ) (40.0 )

Other operating revenues (c)

1 2 (1 ) (50.0 )

Total

1,396 1,398 (2 ) (0.1 )% (d) $156 $ 163 $(7 ) (4.3 )%

(a) O&R’s New York electric delivery revenues are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which delivery revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. O&R’s electric sales in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are not subject to a decoupling mechanism, and as a result, changes in such volumes do impact revenues.
(b) “Residential/Religious” generally includes single-family dwellings, individual apartments in multi-family dwellings, religious organizations and certain other not-for-profit organizations.

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(c) Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s electric rate plan.
(d) After adjusting for weather and other variations, electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 1.8 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period.

Operating revenues decreased $7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to lower purchased power expenses ($18 million), offset in part by higher revenues from the New York electric rate plan ($7 million).

Purchased power expenses decreased $18 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to a decrease in unit costs ($19 million), offset by an increase in purchased volumes ($1 million).

Other operations and maintenance expenses increased $3 million due primarily to an increase in surcharges for assessments and fees that are collected in revenues from customers ($1 million) and increase in storm costs ($1 million).

Depreciation and amortization increased $2 million due primarily to higher electric utility plant balances.

Gas

O&R’s results of gas operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period is as follows:

Three Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars) March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 77 $ 93 $ (16 )

Gas purchased for resale

22 40 (18 )

Other operations and maintenance

18 17 1

Depreciation and amortization

5 4 1

Taxes, other than income taxes

5 5

Gas operating income

$ 27 $ 27 $

O&R’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period were:

Thousands of Dt Delivered Revenues in Millions (a)
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
Description March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation
March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation Percent
Variation

Residential

4,383 4,029 354 8.8 % $ 36 $ 49 $ (13 ) (26.5 )%

General

968 910 58 6.4 7 10 (3 ) (30.0 )

Firm transportation

6,370 6,176 194 3.1 31 33 (2 ) (6.1 )

Total firm sales and transportation

11,721 11,115 606 5.5 (b) 74 92 (18 ) (19.6 )

Interruptible sales

1,253 1,286 (33 ) (2.6 ) 1 1

Generation plants

14 15 (1 ) (6.7 )

Other

486 458 28 6.1

Other gas revenues

2 2 Large

Total

13,474 12,874 600 4.7 % $ 77 $ 93 $ (16 ) (17.2 )%

(a) Revenues from New York gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause and a revenue decoupling mechanism as a result of which delivery revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Delivery revenues, however, are affected by changes in volumes attributable to changes in the average number of customers.
(b) After adjusting for weather and other variations, total firm sales and transportation volumes decreased 1.0 percent in three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period.

Operating revenues decreased $16 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to the decrease in gas purchased for resale ($18 million), offset in part by higher revenues from the gas rate plan ($1 million).

Gas purchased for resale decreased $18 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due to a decrease in unit costs ($21 million), offset by an increase in purchased volumes ($3 million).

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Other operations and maintenance expenses increased $1 million due primarily to an increase in surcharges for assessments and fees that are collected in revenues from customers.

Depreciation and amortization increased $1 million due primarily to higher gas utility plant balances.

Income Tax Expense

Income taxes increased $4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to higher income before income tax expense and higher amortization of New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority business tax ($1 million).

Competitive Energy Businesses

The competitive energy businesses’ results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period is as follows:

Three Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars) March 31,
2015
March 31,
2014
Variation

Operating revenues

$ 374 $ 329 $ 45

Purchased power

294 277 17

Gas purchased for resale

42 14 28

Other operations and maintenance

30 23 7

Depreciation and amortization

5 7 (2 )

Taxes, other than income taxes

6 6

Operating income (loss)

$ (3 ) $ 2 $ (5 )

Operating revenues increased $45 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period, due primarily to higher wholesale and electric retail revenues. Wholesale revenues increased $11 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the 2014 period due to higher sales volume. Electric retail revenues increased $30 million, due to higher sales volumes ($40 million), offset by lower unit prices ($10 million). Solar revenues decreased $2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the 2014 period primarily due to Con Edison Development’s May 2014 sale of 50 percent of its membership interest in CED California Holdings Financing I, LLC. Net mark-to-market values decreased $12 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the 2014 period, of which $8 million in losses are reflected in purchased power expenses and $4 million in gains are reflected in revenues. Other revenues increased $10 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the 2014 period, due primarily to higher energy services revenues.

Purchased power expenses increased $17 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to higher volumes ($35 million) and changes in mark-to-market losses ($8 million), offset by lower unit prices ($26 million).

Gas purchased for resale increased $28 million due primarily to higher volumes.

Other operations and maintenance expenses increased $7 million due primarily to an increase in solar electric production projects in operation during 2015.

Depreciation and maintenance expense decreased $2 million due to lower non-utility plant balances.

Net Interest Expense

Net interest expense increased $12 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to the 2014 period due primarily to adjustments to accrued interest on taxes relating to the LILO transactions which were terminated in 2013.

Income Tax Expense

Income taxes decreased $9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period due primarily to lower income before income tax expense and higher production tax credits and amortization of investment tax credits ($2 million).

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Other

For Con Edison, “Other” includes parent company and consolidation adjustments.

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.

Changes in the Companies’ cash and temporary cash investments resulting from operating, investing and financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows:

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014 Variance 2015 2014 Variance

Operating activities

$ 559 $ 224 $ 335 $ 480 $ 11 $ 469

Investing activities

(667 ) (634 ) (33 ) (568 ) (510 ) (58 )

Financing activities

(474 ) (162 ) (312 ) (521 ) (75 ) (446 )

Net change

(582 ) (572 ) (10 ) (609 ) (574 ) (35 )

Balance at beginning of period

699 674 25 645 633 12

Balance at end of period

$ 117 $ 102 $ 15 $ 36 $ 59 $ (23 )

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 affected primarily by 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 the Utilities’ New York electric and gas rate plans, changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved may affect the timing of cash flows but generally not net income. The prices at which the Utilities provide energy to their customers are determined in accordance with their rate plans. 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 plans.

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 or credits include depreciation, deferred income tax expense and amortizations of certain regulatory assets and liabilities. Non-cash charges or credits may also be accrued under the revenue decoupling and cost reconciliation mechanisms in the Utilities’ New York electric and gas rate plans.

Net cash flows from operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 for Con Edison and CECONY were $335 million and $469 million higher, respectively, than in 2014. The increase in net cash flows for Con Edison reflects primarily the lower income taxes paid, net of refunds received in 2015 and special deposits applied against accrued taxes in 2014 related to the LILO transactions. For CECONY, the increase in net cash flows reflects primarily the lower income taxes paid, net of refunds received in 2015.

The change in net cash flows also reflects the timing of payments for and recovery of energy costs. This timing is reflected within 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 and CECONY were $33 million and $58 million higher, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period. The changes for Con Edison and CECONY reflect increased utility construction expenditures in 2015. In addition, the change for Con Edison reflects primarily the absence in the 2015 period of grants related to solar electric production projects ($36 million), decreased investments in renewable electric production projects ($45 million) and decreased non-utility construction expenditures ($19 million).

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Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities

Net cash flows used in financing activities for Con Edison and CECONY were $312 million and $446 million higher, respectively, in the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared with the 2014 period.

In March 2014, CECONY issued $850 million of 4.45 percent 30-year debentures, the net proceeds from the sale of which were used to repay short-term borrowings and for other general corporate purposes. In February 2014, CECONY redeemed at maturity $200 million of 4.70 percent 10-year debentures.

Cash flows from financing activities of the Companies also reflect commercial paper issuance. The commercial paper amounts outstanding at March 31, 2015 and 2014 and the average daily balances for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 for Con Edison and CECONY were as follows:

2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars, except Weighted Average Yield) Outstanding at
March 31
Daily
average
Outstanding at
March 31
Daily
average

Con Edison

$ 519 $ 605 $ 830 $ 961

CECONY

$ 268 $ 217 $ 669 $ 777

Weighted average yield

0.5 % 0.4 % 0.2 % 0.2 %

Capital Requirements and Resources

In April 2015, Con Edison increased its estimate of capital expenditures in 2015 by its competitive energy businesses from $375 million to $835 million to fund additional renewable energy project development.

For each of the Companies, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges (Securities and Exchange Commission basis) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 was:

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2015
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2014
For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2014

Con Edison (a)

4.3 4.8 3.6

CECONY

4.5 4.6 3.8

(a) Reflects after-tax benefit/(charge) to earnings relating to Con Edison Development’s LILO transactions of $7 million and $(1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and twelve months ended December 31, 2014, respectively.

For each of the Companies, the common equity ratio at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was:

Common Equity Ratio

(Percent of total capitalization)

March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014

Con Edison

52.2 52.0

CECONY

50.8 50.7

Other Changes in Assets and Liabilities

The following table shows changes in certain assets and liabilities at March 31, 2015, compared with December 31, 2014.

Con Edison CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 vs. 2014
Variance
2015 vs. 2014
Variance

Assets

Prepayments

$ 307 $ 278

Regulatory asset — Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs

(253 ) (235 )

Income taxes receivable

(224 )

Liabilities

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

$ 181 $ 110

Pension and retiree benefits

(285 ) (271 )

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Prepayments

The increase in prepayments for Con Edison and CECONY reflects primarily CECONY’s January 2015 payment of its New York City semi-annual property taxes, offset by three months of amortization, while the December 2014 balance reflects the amortization of the previous semi-annual payment.

Regulatory Asset for Unrecognized Pension and Other Postretirement Costs and Liability for Pension and Retiree Benefits

The decrease in the regulatory asset for unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs and the liability for pension and retiree benefits reflects the final actuarial valuation of the pension and other retiree benefit plans as measured at December 31, 2014, in accordance with the accounting rules for retirement benefits. The change in the regulatory asset also reflects the year’s amortization of accounting costs. The change in the liability for pension and retiree benefits reflects in part contributions to the plans made by the Utilities in 2015. See Notes B, E and F to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

Income Taxes Receivable

The decrease in income taxes receivable for Con Edison reflects the refund received in March 2015 from the Internal Revenue Service as a result of the extension of bonus depreciation in December 2014.

Deferred Income Taxes and Investment Tax Credits

The increase in the liability for deferred income taxes and investment tax credits reflects primarily the timing of the deduction of expenditures for utility plant which resulted in amounts being collected from customers to pay income taxes in advance of when the income tax payments will be required. For Con Edison, the increase also reflects the accelerated deductions for expenditures and investment tax credits primarily related to its renewable electric production projects.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Companies have interests in a number of non-consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs) that are accounted for under the equity method. Aside from the guarantees issued by Con Edison Development discussed below, none of the Companies’ interests in VIEs meet the SEC definition of off-balance sheet arrangements. For information regarding the Companies’ VIEs, see Note M to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

Con Edison Development issued two guarantees ($35 million maximum and $15 million maximum) on behalf of two entities in which it acquired a 50 percent interest in July 2013 and March 2014, respectively (see “Guarantees” in Note H to the First Quarter Financial Statements). The entities were formed to develop, construct and operate solar electric production facilities with a cumulative capacity of 400 MW (AC). The guarantees were issued in connection with the construction of the solar electric production facilities. Con Edison Development is not the primary beneficiary of these entities since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of the facilities is shared equally between Con Edison Development and a third party. No payments have been made nor are any expected to be made under the guarantees.

Regulatory Matters

In February 2015, the NYSPSC issued an order in its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceeding in which, among other things, the NYSPSC:

Ordered CECONY, O&R and the other electric utilities to file distributed system implementation plans pursuant to which the utilities, under the NYSPSC’s authority and supervision, would serve as distributed system platforms to optimize the use of distributed energy resources (DER);

Indicated that the utilities will be allowed to own DER only under limited circumstances, and that utility affiliate ownership of DER within the utility’s service territory will require market power protections;

Ordered the utilities to file energy efficiency plans with their program costs to be recovered through rates (instead of through the current surcharge);

Instituted a separate track in the REV proceeding to consider large-scale renewable generation; and

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Indicated that the design and implementation of the reformed energy system will occur over a period of years.

For information about a Joint Proposal, which is subject to NYSPSC approval, for the extension of CECONY’s current electric rate plan through 2016 and additional regulatory matters, see Note B to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

Con Edison Development

The following table provides information about the projects Con Edison Development owned at March 31, 2015:

Renewable Electric Production Projects
Project Name

Production

Technology

Generating
Capacity(a)

(MWs AC)

PPA Term

(In Years)

Actual/Expected

In-Service Date

Location

(State)

Wholly owned projects

Flemington

Solar 8 n/a(b) 2011 New Jersey

Frenchtown I, II and III

Solar 14 n/a(b) 2011-13 New Jersey

PA Solar

Solar 10 n/a(b) 2012 Pennsylvania

Shrewsbury

Solar 3 20(b) 2012 Massachusetts

Groveland

Solar 3 20(b) 2012 Massachusetts

White River 2

Solar 20 20 2014 California

Oak Tree Wind

Wind 20 20 2014 South Dakota

Texas Solar 3

Solar 5 25 2015 Texas

Projects of less than 3 MW

Solar 14 Various Various Various

Jointly owned projects

Pilesgrove

Solar 9 n/a(b) 2011 New Jersey

California Solar

Solar 55 25 2012-13 California

Mesquite Solar 1

Solar 83 20 2013 Arizona

Copper Mountain Solar 2 (partial)

Solar 60 25 2013-15 Nevada

Copper Mountain Solar 3

Solar 128 20 2014-15 Nevada

Broken Bow II

Wind 37 25 2014 Nebraska

Texas Solar 4

Solar 32 25 2014 Texas

Total MW in Operation

501

Copper Mountain Solar 2 (partial)

Solar 15 25 2015 Nevada

Atwell West

Solar 20 20 2015 California

Corcoran 2

Solar 20 20 2015 California

Corcoran 3

Solar 20 20 2016 California

Total MW in Construction

75

Total MW (c)

576

(a) Represents Con Edison Development’s ownership interest in the project.
(b) New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts assets have 3-5 year Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) hedges in place.
(c) Does not include projects for which construction has not commenced.

Con Edison Transmission

In April 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order granting certain transmission incentives and setting the return on equity and the requested formula rate for hearing and settlement. FERC rejected the New York Transco LLC’s (NY Transco) proposed cost allocation and laid out alternative approaches to address cost allocation. FERC also said it did not need to provide authorization for the sale of projects to NY Transco because they are expected to be sold before assets are placed in service.

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.

Interest Rate Risk

The Companies’ 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

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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. Con Edison and CECONY estimate that at March 31, 2015, a 10 percent variation in interest rates applicable to its variable rate debt would not result in material changes in annual interest expense. Under CECONY’s current gas, steam and electric rate plans, variations in actual variable rate tax-exempt debt interest expense are reconciled to levels reflected in rates. Under O&R’s current New York rate plans, variations in actual tax-exempt (and under the gas rate plan, taxable) long-term debt interest expense are reconciled to the level set in rates.

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 apply risk management strategies to mitigate their related exposures. See Note K to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

Con Edison estimates that, as of March 31, 2015, a 10 percent decline in market prices would result in a decline in fair value of $54 million for the derivative instruments used by the Utilities to hedge purchases of electricity and gas, of which $49 million is for CECONY and $5 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 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.

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses use a value-at-risk (VaR) model to assess the market price risk of their portfolio of electricity and gas commodity fixed-price purchase and sales commitments, physical forward contracts, generating assets and commodity derivative instruments. VaR represents the potential change in fair value of the portfolio due to changes in market prices, for a specified time period and confidence level. These businesses estimate VaR across their portfolio 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 the portfolio, assuming a one-day holding period, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014, respectively, was as follows:

95% Confidence Level, One-Day Holding Period 2015 2014
(Millions of Dollars)

Average for the period

$1 $1

High

2 7

Low

1

The competitive energy businesses compare the measured VaR results against performance due to actual prices and stress test the portfolio each quarter using an assumed 30 percent price change from forecast. The stress test includes an assessment of the impact of volume changes on the portfolio because the businesses generally commit to sell their customers their actual requirements, an amount which is estimated when the sales commitments are made. The businesses limit the volume of commodity derivative instruments entered into relative to their estimated sale commitments to maintain net market price exposures to their estimated sale commitments within a certain percentage of maximum and minimum exposures.

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. See Note K to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

Investment Risk

The Companies’ investment risk relates to the investment of plan assets for their pension and other postretirement benefit plans. The Companies’ current investment policy for pension plan assets includes investment targets of 58 percent equities and 42 percent fixed income and other securities. At March 31, 2015, the pension plan investments

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consisted of 58 percent equity and 42 percent fixed income and other securities.

For the Utilities’ pension and other postretirement benefit plans, regulatory accounting treatment is generally applied in accordance with the accounting rules for regulated operations. In accordance with the Statement of Policy issued by the NYSPSC and its current electric, gas and steam rate plans, CECONY defers for payment to or recovery from customers the difference between the pension and other postretirement benefit expenses and the amounts for such expenses reflected in rates. Generally, O&R also defers such difference pursuant to its rate plans.

Material Contingencies

For information concerning potential liabilities arising from the Companies’ material contingencies, see Notes B, G and H to the First Quarter Financial Statements.

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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 I, Item 2 of this report, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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.

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Part II Other Information

Item 1: Legal Proceedings

For information about certain legal proceedings affecting the Companies, see Notes B, G and H to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this report, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A: Risk Factors

There were no material changes in the Companies’ risk factors compared to those disclosed in Item 1A of the Form 10-K.

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Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The following table provides information about Con Edison common shares purchased in open-market transactions for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The number of shares purchased approximated the number of treasury shares used for the company’s employee stock plans.

Period Total
Number of
Shares (or
Units)
Purchased
Average
Price
Paid
per
Share
(or
Unit)
Total
Number of
Shares (or
Units)
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
Maximum
Number (or
Appropriate
Dollar
Value) of
Shares (or
Units) that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs

January 1, 2015 to January 31, 2015

125,564 $67.50

February 1, 2015 to February 28, 2015

83,109 65.20

March 1, 2015 to March 31, 2015

63,205 60.74

Total

271,878 $65.23

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Item 6: Exhibits

Con Edison

Exhibit 12.1 Statement of computation of Con Edison’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, and the 12-month period ended December 31, 2014.
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.INS XBRL Instance Document.
Exhibit 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
Exhibit 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
Exhibit 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.
Exhibit 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
Exhibit 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.

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CECONY

Exhibit 3.2 By-laws of CECONY, effective May 18, 2015.
Exhibit 12.2 Statement of computation of CECONY’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, and the 12-month period ended December 31, 2014.
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.INS XBRL Instance Document.
Exhibit 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
Exhibit 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
Exhibit 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.
Exhibit 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
Exhibit 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.

Pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K, instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of Con Edison’s subsidiaries other than CECONY, the total amount of which does not exceed ten percent of the total assets of Con Edison and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, are not filed as exhibits to Con Edison’s Form 10-K or Form 10-Q. Con Edison agrees to furnish to the SEC upon request a copy of any such instrument.

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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: May 7, 2015 By /s/ Robert Hoglund

Robert Hoglund

Senior Vice President, Chief

Financial Officer and Duly

Authorized Officer

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