POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
George Campbell, Jr.
George Campbell, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
E. Virgil Conway
E. Virgil Conway
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Gordon J. Davis
Gordon J. Davis
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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 28th
day of March, 2000.
Ruth M. Davis
Ruth M. Davis
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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 27th
day of March, 2000.
Michael J. Del Giudice
Michael J. Del Giudice
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Joan S. Freilich
Joan S. Freilich
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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 27th day
of March, 2000.
Ellen V. Futter
Ellen V. Futter
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Sally Hernandez-Pinero
Sally Hernandez-Pinero
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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 26th day
of March, 2000.
Peter W. Likins
Peter W. Likins
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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 28th day
of March, 2000.
Eugene R. McGrath
Eugene R. McGrath
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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 28th day
of March, 2000.
Hyman Schoenblum
Hyman Schoenblum
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Robert G. Schwartz
Robert G. Schwartz
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Richard A. Voell
Richard A. Voell
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS Consolidated Edison ("Con Edison"), Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc. ("Con Edison of New York") and Orange and Rockland Utilities,
Inc. ("O&R") 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, 1999 (the "Form
10-K") 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.
NOW, THEREFORE,
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her capacity as
a director and/or officer, as the case may be, of one or more of Con Edison, Con
Edison of New York and O&R, as the case may be, does hereby constitute and
appoint Joan S. Freilich, Hyman Schoenblum and Peter A. Irwin, and, 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, the Form 10-K
for the company or companies as to which the undersigned serves in such
capacity, 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, 2000.
Stephen R. Volk
Stephen R. Volk