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                                                                  EXHIBIT 99.2.2

   Certification Required Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Joan S. Freilich, the Chief Financial Officer of Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, Inc. (the "Company") certify that the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, which this
statement accompanies, (the "Form 10-K") fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
78m or 78o(d)) and that the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly
presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.

                                                      /s/ Joan S. Freilich
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                                                      Joan S. Freilich


Dated: February 27, 2003