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<LEGEND>                      The schedule contains summary financial
                              information extracted from Consolidated Balance
                              Sheet, Income Statement and Statement of Cash 
                              Flows for Consolidated Edison Company of New 
                              York, Inc. and is qualified in its entirety by
                              reference to such financial statements and 
                              the notes thereto.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. 
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