governmental body, agency or official (except the authorization by the FERC of short-term borrowings, which has been obtained for borrowings prior to April 30, 2024 in amounts at any time outstanding of up to $3 billion and the filing of such reports with the FERC as may be required under law), and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or, to my knowledge, of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Company or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company.
3. The Credit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Note issued thereunder today constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
4. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company’s periodic reports under the Exchange Act, to the best of my knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding pending or threatened against or affecting the Company before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official, in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which could materially adversely affect the business, consolidated financial position or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, or which in any manner draws into question the validity of the Credit Agreement or the Notes.
This letter is provided as a legal opinion only, and not as a guaranty or warranty of the matters discussed herein. The opinion expressed in this letter is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.
The opinions expressed in this letter are based on laws and regulations as in effect on the date hereof and facts as I understand them as of the date hereof. I am not assuming any obligation, and do not undertake to revise, update or supplement this opinion letter after the date hereof notwithstanding any change in applicable law or regulation or interpretation thereof, any amendment, supplement modification or rescission of any document examined or relied on in connection herewith, or any change in the facts, after the date hereof.
I am admitted to the bars of the State of Connecticut, the State of Delaware and the District of Columbia, and I express no opinion as to any laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America to the extent specifically referred to herein (the “Applicable Laws”). With respect to the laws of the State of New York, I have received advice, satisfactory to me, from New York counsel in the Law Department admitted in such jurisdiction. Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to matters governed by laws other than the Applicable Laws, I have assumed, without having made any independent investigation, that such laws do not affect any of the opinions set forth herein.
The opinions expressed in this letter are rendered in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement solely for your benefit and are not to be relied upon, quoted, circulated, used or otherwise referred to for any other purpose, nor may it be relied upon by any other person, without my prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
4 Irving Place New York NY 10003 212 460 1315 donnleyd@coned.com