CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
E. Virgil Conway
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
25th day of March 1998.
Gordon J. Davis
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Ruth M. Davis
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Joan S. Freilich
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Ellen V. Futter
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
20th day of March 1998.
Arthur Hauspurg
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Sally Herenandez-Pinero
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
23rd day of March 1998.
Peter W. Likins
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Eugene R. McGrath
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Donald K. Ross
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
25th day of March 1998.
Robert G. Schwartz
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
20th day of March 1998.
Richard A. Voell
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison, Inc. ("CEI") and Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc. ("Con Edison") each intends to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation thereto, as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder ("Form 10-K").
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as a Director or officer, or both, of CEI (the "CEI Delegated
Capacity") and/or a Trustee or officer, or both, of Con Edison (the "Con Edison
Delegated Capacity"), as the case may be, does hereby constitute and appoint
Eugene R. McGrath, Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and
each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power
to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in the CEI
Delegated Capacity the CEI Form 10-K and/or in the Con Edison Delegated Capacity
the Con Edison Form 10-K, as the case may be, and any and all amendments
thereto, and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
24th day of March 1998.
Hyman Schoenblum