Power of Attorney

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Elizabeth D. Moore,
Carole Sobin, Peter J. Barrett, Marisa Joss, and Vanessa M. Franklin, or any
of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc. or its
subsidiaries (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 (collectively,
the "Forms") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Forms, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such Forms with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  The
undersigned hereby revokes all previously executed powers of attorney
relating to the Forms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 31 day of August, 2015.



/s/ Saumil P. Shukla
Saumil P. Shukla

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