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FORM 10-Q

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

x

 

Quarterly Report Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

OR

   

¨

 

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

Commission

File Number

  

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter

and principal office address and telephone number

  

State of

Incorporation

   I.R.S. Employer
ID. Number

1-14514

  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

4 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003

(212) 460-4600

   New York    13-3965100

1-1217

  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

4 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003

(212) 460-4600

   New York    13-5009340

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Con Edison        Yes  x    No  ¨
Con Edison of New York        Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Con Edison         
Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨    Smaller reporting company  ¨
Con Edison of New York         
Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  x    Smaller reporting company  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

 

Con Edison        Yes  ¨    No  x
Con Edison of New York        Yes  ¨    No  x

 

As of October 31, 2008, Con Edison had outstanding 273,629,636 Common Shares ($.10 par value). All of the outstanding common equity of Con Edison of New York is held by Con Edison.

 

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Filing Format

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report being filed separately by two different registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison of New York). Con Edison of New York is a subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, the information in this report about Con Edison of New York also applies to Con Edison. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and Con Edison of New York. However, Con Edison of New York makes no representation as to the information contained in this report relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Glossary of Terms

   4

PART I—Financial Information

    

ITEM 1

   Financial Statements (Unaudited)     
    

Con Edison

    
    

Consolidated Balance Sheet

   6
    

Consolidated Income Statement

   8
    

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

   9
    

Consolidated Statement of Common Shareholders’ Equity

   10
    

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

   11
    

Con Edison of New York

    
    

Consolidated Balance Sheet

   12
    

Consolidated Income Statement

   14
    

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

   15
    

Consolidated Statement of Common Shareholder’s Equity

   16
    

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

   17
    

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

   18

ITEM 2

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  

46

ITEM 3

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   80

ITEM 4

  

Controls and Procedures

   80

ITEM 4T

  

Controls and Procedures

   80

PART II—Other Information

    

ITEM 1

  

Legal Proceedings

   81

ITEM 1A

  

Risk Factors

   81

ITEM 6

  

Exhibits

   82

Signatures

   83

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

The following is a glossary of frequently used abbreviations or acronyms that are found in the Companies’ SEC reports:

 

Con Edison Companies

    

Con Edison

  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

Con Edison Communications

  

Con Edison Communications, LLC

Con Edison Development

  

Consolidated Edison Development, Inc.

Con Edison Energy

  

Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc.

Con Edison of New York

  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Con Edison Solutions

  

Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc.

O&R

  

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

Pike

  

Pike County Light & Power Company

RECO

  

Rockland Electric Company

The Companies

  

Con Edison and Con Edison of New York

The Utilities

  

Con Edison of New York and O&R

Regulatory and State Agencies

    

ALJs

  

Administrative Law Judges

DEC

  

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

EPA

  

Environmental Protection Agency

FERC

  

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

IRS

  

Internal Revenue Service

ISO-NE

  

ISO New England

NJBPU

  

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

NJDEP

  

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

NYAG

  

New York Attorney General

NYISO

  

New York Independent System Operator

NYPA

  

New York Power Authority

NYSERDA

  

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

NYSRC

  

New York State Reliability Council

PJM

  

PJM Interconnection

PSC

  

New York State Public Service Commission

PPUC

  

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

SEC

  

Securities and Exchange Commission

Other

    

ABO

  

Accumulated Benefit Obligation

APB

  

Accounting Principles Board

AFDC

  

Allowance for funds used during construction

CO2

  

Carbon dioxide

COSO

  

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations Treadway

Commission

DIG

  

Derivatives Implementation Group

District Court

  

The United States District Court for the Southern District of

New York

dths

  

Dekatherms

EITF

  

Emerging Issues Task Force

 

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Other

    

EMF

  

Electric and magnetic fields

ERRP

  

East River Repowering Project

FASB

  

Financial Accounting Standards Board

FIN

  

FASB Interpretation No.

First Quarter Form 10-Q

  

The Companies’ combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

Fitch

  

Fitch Ratings

Form 10-K

  

The Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for

the year ended December 31, 2007

FSP

  

FASB Staff Position

GHG

  

Greenhouse gases

kV

  

Kilovolts

kWh

  

Kilowatt-hour

LILO

  

Lease In/Lease Out

LTIP

  

Long Term Incentive Plan

MD&A

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial

Condition and Results of Operations

mdths

  

Thousand dekatherms

MGP Sites

  

Manufactured gas plant sites

mmlbs

  

Million pounds

Moody’s

  

Moody’s Investors Service

MVA

  

Megavolt amperes

MW

  

Megawatts or thousand kilowatts

MWH

  

Megawatt hour

Net T&D Revenues

  

Revenue requirement impact resulting from the reconciliation

pursuant to Con Edison of New York’s electric rate agreement

of the differences between the actual amount of transmission

and distribution utility plant, net of depreciation, to the

amount reflected in electric rates

NUGs

  

Non-utility generators

OCI

  

Other Comprehensive Income

PCBs

  

Polychlorinated biphenyls

PPA

  

Power purchase agreement

PRP

  

Potentially responsible party

S&P

  

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services

SFAS

  

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards

SO2

  

Sulfur dioxide

SSCM

  

Simplified service cost method

Second Quarter Form 10-Q

  

The Companies’ combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008

Superfund

  

Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state

statutes

Third Quarter Form 10-Q

  

The Companies’ combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008

VaR

  

Value-at-Risk

VIE

  

Variable interest entity

 

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

    September 30, 2008   December 31, 2007
    (Millions of Dollars)

ASSETS

           

UTILITY PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST

           

Electric

  $ 17,001   $ 15,979

Gas

    3,614     3,403

Steam

    1,811     1,755

General

    1,761     1,732

TOTAL

    24,187     22,869

Less: Accumulated depreciation

    5,007     4,784

Net

    19,180     18,085

Construction work in progress

    1,086     1,028

NET UTILITY PLANT

    20,266     19,113

NON-UTILITY PLANT

           

Non-utility property, less accumulated depreciation of $40 and $36 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

    19     18

Non-utility property held for sale

        778

Construction work in progress

    1     5

NET PLANT

    20,286     19,914

CURRENT ASSETS

           

Cash and temporary cash investments

    68     210

Restricted cash

    1     1

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $56 and $47 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

    1,010     970

Accrued unbilled revenue

    122     149

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $6 in 2008 and 2007

    421     288

Fuel oil, at average cost

    58     44

Gas in storage, at average cost

    373     215

Materials and supplies, at average cost

    147     146

Prepayments

    809     119

Fair value of derivative assets

    127     98

Recoverable energy costs

    88     213

Deferred derivative losses

    118     45

Current assets held for sale

        40

Other current assets

    10     12

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

    3,352     2,550

INVESTMENTS

    374     378

DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

           

Goodwill

    411     408

Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $1 in 2008 and 2007

    5     2

Regulatory assets

    4,478     4,511

Noncurrent assets held for sale

        88

Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets

    416     411

TOTAL DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

    5,310     5,420

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 29,322   $ 28,262

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

     September 30, 2008    December 31, 2007
     (Millions of Dollars)

CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

             

CAPITALIZATION

             

Common shareholders’ equity (See Statement of Common Shareholders’ Equity)

   $ 9,723    $ 9,076

Preferred stock of subsidiary

     213      213

Long-term debt

     8,849      7,611

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION

     18,785      16,900

MINORITY INTERESTS

          43

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

             

Obligations under capital leases

     18      22

Provision for injuries and damages

     169      161

Pensions and retiree benefits

     873      938

Superfund and other environmental costs

     274      327

Uncertain income taxes

     143      155

Asset retirement obligations

     123      110

Fair value of derivative liabilities

     45      15

Noncurrent liabilities held for sale

          61

Other noncurrent liabilities

     90      95

TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

     1,735      1,884

CURRENT LIABILITIES

             

Long-term debt due within one year

     282      809

Notes payable

     602      840

Accounts payable

     1,032      1,187

Customer deposits

     262      249

Accrued taxes

     113      26

Accrued interest

     168      149

Accrued wages

     82      82

Fair value of derivative liabilities

     100      76

Deferred derivative gains

     33      10

Deferred income taxes - recoverable energy costs

     36      86

Current liabilities held for sale

          28

Other current liabilities

     304      309

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

     3,014      3,851

DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

             

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     4,972      4,465

Regulatory liabilities

     778      1,097

Other deferred credits

     38      22

TOTAL DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

     5,788      5,584

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

   $ 29,322    $ 28,262

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

(UNAUDITED)

 

    

For the Three Months

Ended September 30,

   

For the Nine Months

Ended September 30,

 
         2008         2007         2008         2007    
     (Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)  

OPERATING REVENUES

                                

Electric

   $ 2,922     $ 2,477     $ 6,752     $ 6,160  

Gas

     273       234       1,545       1,505  

Steam

     111       102       529       525  

Non-utility

     552       766       1,758       1,703  

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES

     3,858       3,579       10,584       9,893  

OPERATING EXPENSES

                                

Purchased power

     2,016       1,735       4,670       4,107  

Fuel

     179       136       503       491  

Gas purchased for resale

     132       113       871       877  

Other operations and maintenance

     590       544       1,699       1,532  

Depreciation and amortization

     183       163       531       481  

Taxes, other than income taxes

     356       343       1,033       988  

Income taxes

     92       126       429       355  

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

     3,548       3,160       9,736       8,831  

Gain on sale of generation projects

     1             261        

OPERATING INCOME

     311       419       1,109       1,062  

OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

                                

Investment and other income

     10       21       79       56  

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

     2       2       6       5  

Preferred stock dividend requirements of subsidiary

     (3 )     (3 )     (9 )     (9 )

Other deductions

     (3 )     (2 )     (13 )     (20 )

Income taxes

     4       2       (17 )     13  

TOTAL OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

     10       20       46       45  

INTEREST EXPENSE

                                

Interest on long-term debt

     135       116       379       351  

Other interest

     6       15       22       44  

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

     (2 )     (2 )     (8 )     (7 )

NET INTEREST EXPENSE

     139       129       393       388  

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

     182       310       762       719  

INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

                                

Gain on sale of generation projects, net of tax expense of $0 and $174 in 2008

                 270        

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of $0 and $3 in 2008, and $1 and $1 in 2007, respectively

           2       4       3  

TOTAL INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

           2       274       3  

NET INCOME

   $ 182     $ 312     $ 1,036     $ 722  

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - BASIC

                                

Continuing operations

   $ 0.66     $ 1.14     $ 2.79     $ 2.72  

Discontinued operations

           0.01       1.01       0.01  

Net income

   $ 0.66     $ 1.15     $ 3.80     $ 2.73  

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - DILUTED

                                

Continuing operations

   $ 0.66     $ 1.14     $ 2.79     $ 2.71  

Discontinued operations

           0.01       1.00       0.01  

Net income

   $ 0.66     $ 1.15     $ 3.79     $ 2.72  

DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

   $ 0.585     $ 0.580     $ 1.755     $ 1.740  

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC (IN MILLIONS)

     273.2       271.0       272.7       264.6  

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING - DILUTED (IN MILLIONS)

     273.8       272.0       273.3       265.8  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
    For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
       2008        2007         2008         2007    
     (Millions of Dollars)  

NET INCOME

   $ 182    $ 312     $ 1,036     $ 722  

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS), NET OF TAXES

                               

Pension plan liability adjustments, net of $1 and $2 in 2008 and $1 and $3 taxes in 2007, respectively

     1      1       3       4  

Unrealized gains/(losses) on derivatives qualified as cash flow hedges, net of $(1) in 2008 and $3 taxes in 2007, respectively

                (1 )     4  

Less: Reclassification adjustment for unrealized losses included in regulatory assets, net of $(5) taxes in 2008

                (8 )      

Less: Reclassification adjustment for gains/(losses) included in net income, net of $1 and $0 in 2008 and $(7) and $(21) taxes in 2007, respectively

     1      (11 )           (31 )

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

          12       10       39  

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

   $ 182    $ 324     $ 1,046     $ 761  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMMON SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

 

    Common Stock  

Additional
Paid-

In Capital

  Retained
Earnings
    Treasury Stock     Capital
Stock
Expense
   

Accumulated

Other
Comprehensive
Loss

    Total  
    Shares   Amount       Shares   Amount        
    (Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)  

BALANCE AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2006

  257,456,303   $ 28   $ 3,314   $ 5,804     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (58 )   $ (83 )   $ 8,004  

Net income

                    256                                   256  

Common stock dividends

                    (150 )                                 (150 )

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  1,327,669           61                                         61  

Other comprehensive loss

                                                36       36  

BALANCE AS OF
MARCH 31, 2007

  258,783,972   $ 28   $ 3,375   $ 5,910     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (58 )   $ (47 )   $ 8,207  

Net income

                    154                                   154  

Common stock dividends

                    (156 )                                 (156 )

Issuance of common shares—public offering

  11,000,000     1     559                         (2 )             558  

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  1,089,068           52                                         52  

Other comprehensive income

                                                (9 )     (9 )

BALANCE AS OF
JUNE 30, 2007

  270,873,040   $ 29   $ 3,986   $ 5,908     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (60 )   $ (56 )   $ 8,806  

Net income

                    312                                   312  

Common stock dividends

                    (158 )                                 (158 )

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  375,262           18                                         18  

Other comprehensive income

                                                12       12  

BALANCE AS OF
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

  271,248,302   $ 29   $ 4,004   $ 6,062     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (60 )   $ (44 )   $ 8,990  

BALANCE AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2007

  272,024,874   $ 29   $ 4,038   $ 6,113     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (60 )   $ (43 )   $ 9,076  

Net income

                    303                                   303  

Common stock dividends

                    (160 )                                 (160 )

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  476,809           21                                         21  

Other comprehensive income

                                                7       7  

Adjustment for adoption of FASB Statement No. 157

                    17                                   17  

BALANCE AS OF
MARCH 31, 2008

  272,501,683   $ 29   $ 4,059   $ 6,273     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (60 )   $ (36 )   $ 9,264  

Net income

                    552                                   552  

Common stock dividends

                    (162 )                                 (162 )

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  493,092           23                                         23  

Other comprehensive income

                                                3       3  

BALANCE AS OF
JUNE 30, 2008

  272,994,775   $ 29   $ 4,082   $ 6,663     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (60 )   $ (33 )   $ 9,680  

Net income

                    182                                   182  

Common stock dividends

                    (160 )                                 (160 )

Issuance of common shares—dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans

  532,679           21                                         21  

BALANCE AS OF
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

  273,527,454   $ 29   $ 4,103   $ 6,685     23,210,700   $ (1,001 )   $ (60 )   $ (33 )   $ 9,723  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2008     2007  
     (Millions of Dollars)  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net Income

   $ 1,036     $ 722  

PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME

                

Depreciation and amortization

     531       501  

Deferred income taxes

     337       285  

Rate case amortization and accruals

     (135 )     (236 )

Net transmission and distribution reconciliation

     (48 )     (138 )

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     (6 )     (5 )

Prepaid pension costs (net of capitalized amounts)

           121  

Net derivative losses

           (67 )

Pre-tax gain on sale of generation projects

     (704 )      

Other non-cash items (net)

     30       58  

CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

                

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectibles

     (40 )     (114 )

Materials and supplies, including fuel oil and gas in storage

     (173 )     2  

Other receivables and other current assets

     (104 )     179  

Prepayments

     (690 )     (189 )

Recoverable energy costs

     230       63  

Accounts payable

     (235 )     (24 )

Pensions and retiree benefits

     (60 )     (164 )

Accrued taxes

     87       19  

Accrued interest

     19       12  

Deferred charges, noncurrent assets and other regulatory assets

     (222 )     (331 )

Deferred credits and other regulatory liabilities

     187       191  

Other assets

     145       (7 )

Other liabilities

     (135 )     49  

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

     50       927  

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Utility construction expenditures (excluding capitalized support costs of $- and $(47) in 2008 and 2007, respectively)

     (1,602 )     (1,357 )

Cost of removal less salvage

     (139 )     (125 )

Non-utility construction expenditures

     2       (4 )

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     6       5  

Increase in restricted cash

           1  

Proceeds from sale of generation projects

     1,477        

Proceeds from sale of properties

           30  

Purchase of ownership interest in Hawkeye lease

     (12 )      

Purchase of ownership interest in Newington SCS

     (20 )      

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

     (288 )     (1,450 )

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Net proceeds from/(payments of) short-term debt

     (238 )     233  

Retirement of long-term debt

     (485 )     (357 )

Issuance of long-term debt

     1,250       525  

Issuance of common stock

     37       660  

Debt issuance costs

     (10 )     (5 )

Common stock dividends

     (458 )     (435 )

NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

     96       621  

CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS:

                

NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD

     (142 )     98  

BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

     210       94  

BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 68     $ 192  

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

                

Cash paid during the period for:

                

Interest

   $ 378     $ 369  

Income taxes

   $ 217     $ 75  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

    September 30, 2008   December 31, 2007
    (Millions of Dollars)

ASSETS

           

UTILITY PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST

           

Electric

  $ 15,997   $ 15,027

Gas

    3,199     2,999

Steam

    1,811     1,755

General

    1,615     1,599

TOTAL

    22,622     21,380

Less: Accumulated depreciation

    4,568     4,360

Net

    18,054     17,020

Construction work in progress

    1,044     973

NET UTILITY PLANT

    19,098     17,993

NON-UTILITY PROPERTY

           

Non-utility property, less accumulated depreciation of $19 and $18 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

    11     12

NET PLANT

    19,109     18,005

CURRENT ASSETS

           

Cash and temporary cash investments

    39     121

Accounts receivable - customers, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $52 and $43 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

    843     832

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $4 and $3 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

    200     159

Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

    80     96

Fuel oil, at average cost

    58     44

Gas in storage, at average cost

    295     170

Materials and supplies, at average cost

    137     138

Prepayments

    775     81

Fair value of derivative assets

    75     66

Recoverable energy costs

    83     190

Deferred derivative losses

    115     44

Other current assets

    4     5

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

    2,704     1,946

INVESTMENTS

    108     111

DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

           

Regulatory assets

    4,064     4,103

Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets

    341     339

TOTAL DEFERRED CHARGES, REGULATORY ASSETS AND NONCURRENT ASSETS

    4,405     4,442

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 26,326   $ 24,504

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

 

    September 30, 2008    December 31, 2007
    (Millions of Dollars)

CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

            

CAPITALIZATION

            

Common shareholder’s equity (See Statement of Common Shareholder’s Equity)

  $ 8,991    $ 8,086

Preferred stock

    213      213

Long-term debt

    8,096      7,172

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION

    17,300      15,471

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

            

Obligations under capital leases

    18      22

Provision for injuries and damages

    163      154

Pensions and retiree benefits

    597      638

Superfund and other environmental costs

    219      271

Uncertain income taxes

    131      142

Asset retirement obligations

    123      110

Fair value of derivative liabilities

    11      4

Other noncurrent liabilities

    70      77

TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

    1,332      1,418

CURRENT LIABILITIES

            

Long-term debt due within one year

    275      280

Notes payable

    381      555

Accounts payable

    843      899

Accounts payable to affiliated companies

    20      19

Customer deposits

    247      234

Accrued taxes

    33      21

Accrued taxes to affiliated companies

    21      9

Accrued interest

    147      134

Accrued wages

    78      74

Fair value of derivative liabilities

    58      20

Deferred derivative gains

    26      5

Deferred income taxes—recoverable energy costs

    34      77

Other current liabilities

    273      276

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

    2,436      2,603

DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

            

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

    4,579      4,018

Regulatory liabilities

    646      976

Other deferred credits

    33      18

TOTAL DEFERRED CREDITS AND REGULATORY LIABILITIES

    5,258      5,012

TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

  $ 26,326    $ 24,504

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
    For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
         2008             2007             2008             2007      
     (Millions of Dollars)  

OPERATING REVENUES

                                

Electric

   $ 2,670     $ 2,272     $ 6,162     $ 5,646  

Gas

     242       204       1,366       1,316  

Steam

     111       102       529       525  

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES

     3,023       2,578       8,057       7,487  

OPERATING EXPENSES

                                

Purchased power

     1,195       922       2,620       2,291  

Fuel

     178       125       501       460  

Gas purchased for resale

     110       88       752       738  

Other operations and maintenance

     508       463       1,458       1,326  

Depreciation and amortization

     172       150       497       442  

Taxes, other than income taxes

     341       326       986       941  

Income taxes

     145       108       298       305  

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

     2,649       2,182       7,112       6,503  

OPERATING INCOME

     374       396       945       984  

OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

                                

Investment and other income

     4       6       18       30  

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

     2       2       5       6  

Other deductions

     (3 )     (3 )     (10 )     (10 )

Income taxes

           1       (2 )     1  

TOTAL OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)

     3       6       11       27  

INTEREST EXPENSE

                                

Interest on long-term debt

     120       108       347       317  

Other interest

     6       9       16       32  

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

     (2 )     (2 )     (6 )     (6 )

NET INTEREST EXPENSE

     124       115       357       343  

NET INCOME

     253       287       599       668  

PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS

     3       3       9       9  

NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK

   $ 250     $ 284     $ 590     $ 659  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
   For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
         2008            2007            2008            2007    
     (Millions of Dollars)

NET INCOME

   $ 253    $ 287    $ 599    $ 668

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES

                   

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

   $ 253    $ 287    $ 599    $ 668

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMMON SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

 

    Common Stock  

Additional
Paid-

In Capital

  Retained
Earnings
    Repurchased
Con Edison
Stock
    Capital
Stock
Expense
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
    Total  
    Shares   Amount            
    (Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)  

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,252   $ 5,320     $ (962 )   $ (58 )   $ (9 )   $ 7,132  

Net income

                    239                               239  

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (131 )                             (131 )

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3 )                             (3 )

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2007

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,252   $ 5,425     $ (962 )   $ (58 )   $ (9 )   $ 7,237  

Net income

                    142                               142  

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (131 )                             (131 )

Capital contribution by parent

              518                     (2 )             516  

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3 )                             (3 )

BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2007

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,770   $ 5,433     $ (962 )   $ (60 )   $ (9 )   $ 7,761  

Net income

                    287                               287  

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (142 )                             (142 )

Capital contribution by parent

              15                                     15  

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3 )                             (3 )

BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,785   $ 5,575     $ (962 )   $ (60 )   $ (9 )   $ 7,918  

BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,912   $ 5,616     $ (962 )   $ (60 )   $ (9 )   $ 8,086  

Net income

                    222                               222  

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (139 )                             (139 )

Capital contribution by parent

              23                                     23  

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3 )                             (3 )

BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2008

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,935   $ 5,696     $ (962 )   $ (60 )   $ (9 )   $ 8,189  

Net income

                    124                               124  

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (145 )                             (145 )

Capital contribution by parent

              26                                     26  

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3 )                             (3 )

BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2008

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 2,961   $ 5,672     $ (962 )   $ (60 )   $ (9 )   $ 8,191  

Net income

                    253                               253  

Common stock dividend to parent

                    (152 )                             (152 )

Capital contribution by parent

              702                                     702  

Cumulative preferred dividends

                    (3 )                             (3 )

BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

  235,488,094   $ 589   $ 3,663   $ 5,770     $ (962 )   $ (60 )   $ (9 )   $ 8,991  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

     For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
         2008             2007      
     (Millions of Dollars)  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net income

   $ 599     $ 668  

PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME

                

Depreciation and amortization

     497       442  

Deferred income taxes

     385       270  

Rate case amortization and accruals

     (135 )     (236 )

Net transmission and distribution reconciliation

     (48 )     (138 )

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     (5 )     (6 )

Prepaid pension costs (net of capitalized amounts)

           77  

Other non-cash items (net)

     36       (50 )

CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

                

Accounts receivable—customers, less allowance for uncollectibles

     (11 )     (49 )

Materials and supplies, including fuel oil and gas in storage

     (138 )     (20 )

Other receivables and other current assets

     (228 )     177  

Prepayments

     (694 )     (204 )

Recoverable energy costs

     201       71  

Accounts payable

     (55 )     (28 )

Pensions and retiree benefits

     (53 )     (124 )

Accrued taxes

     161       (39 )

Accrued interest

     13       7  

Deferred charges, noncurrent assets and other regulatory assets

     (191 )     (288 )

Deferred credits and other regulatory liabilities

     181       188  

Other assets

           (1 )

Other liabilities

     (28 )     48  

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

     487       765  

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Utility construction expenditures (excluding capitalized support costs of $- and $(47) in 2008 and 2007, respectively)

     (1,532 )     (1,297 )

Cost of removal less salvage

     (139 )     (123 )

Common equity component of allowance for funds used during construction

     5       6  

Proceeds from loan to affiliate

     55        

Proceeds from sale of properties

           30  

NET CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

     (1,611 )     (1,384 )

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Net payments of short-term debt

     (174 )      

Retirement of long-term debt

     (280 )      

Issuance of long-term debt

     1,200       525  

Debt issuance costs

     (10 )     (5 )

Capital contribution by parent

     751       531  

Dividend to parent

     (436 )     (404 )

Preferred stock dividends

     (9 )     (9 )

NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

     1,042       638  

CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS:

                

NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD

     (82 )     19  

BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

     121       47  

BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 39     $ 66  

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

                

Cash paid during the period for:

                

Interest

   $ 333     $ 304  

Income taxes

   $ (82 )   $ 102  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

General

These combined notes accompany and form an integral part of the separate consolidated financial statements of each of the two separate registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Con Edison of New York). Con Edison of New York is a subsidiary of Con Edison and as such its financial condition and results of operations and cash flows, which are presented separately in the Con Edison of New York consolidated financial statements, are also consolidated, along with those of Con Edison’s other utility subsidiary, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses (discussed below) in Con Edison’s consolidated financial statements. The term “Utilities” is used in these notes to refer to Con Edison of New York and O&R.

 

As used in these notes, the term “Companies” refers to Con Edison and Con Edison of New York and, except as otherwise noted, the information in these combined notes relates to each of the Companies. However, Con Edison of New York makes no representation as to information relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.

 

The separate interim consolidated financial statements of each of the Companies are unaudited but, in the opinion of their respective managements, reflect all adjustments (which include only normally recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. The Companies’ separate interim consolidated financial statements should be read together with their separate audited financial statements (including the combined notes thereto) included in Item 8 of their combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the Form 10-K) and their separate unaudited financial statements (including the combined notes thereto) included in Part I, Item 1 of their combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2008 (the First Quarter Form 10-Q) and June 30, 2008 (the Second Quarter Form 10-Q). Information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the Form 10-K, the First Quarter Form 10-Q and the Second Quarter Form 10-Q referred to in these notes is incorporated by reference herein. The use of terms such as “see” or “refer to” shall be deemed to incorporate by reference into these notes the information to which reference is made. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire fiscal year.

 

Con Edison has two regulated utility subsidiaries: Con Edison of New York and O&R. Con Edison of New York provides electric service and gas service in New York City and Westchester County. The company also provides steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R, along with its regulated utility subsidiaries, provides electric service in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and gas service in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of eastern

 

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Pennsylvania. Con Edison has the following competitive energy businesses: Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. (Con Edison Solutions), a retail energy services company that sells electricity and also offers energy-related services; Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (Con Edison Energy), a wholesale energy supply company; and Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. (Con Edison Development), a company that participates in infrastructure projects. During the second quarter of 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 megawatts. See Note N.

 

Note A - Earnings Per Common Share

 

Reference is made to “Earnings Per Common Share” in Note A to the financial statements included in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, Con Edison’s basic and diluted EPS are calculated as follows:

 

     For the Three
Months Ended
September 30,
  

For the Nine

Months Ended
September 30,

(Millions of Dollars, except per share amounts/Shares in Millions)    2008    2007    2008    2007

Income from continuing operations

   $ 182    $ 310    $ 762    $ 719

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

          2      274      3

Net income

   $ 182    $ 312    $ 1,036    $ 722

Weighted average common shares outstanding – Basic

     273.2      271.0      272.7      264.6

Add: Incremental shares attributable to effect of potentially dilutive securities

     0.6      1.0      0.6      1.2

Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – Diluted

     273.8      272.0      273.3      265.8

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE – BASIC

                           

Continuing operations

   $ 0.66    $ 1.14    $ 2.79    $ 2.72

Discontinued operations

          0.01      1.01      0.01

Net income

   $ 0.66    $ 1.15    $ 3.80    $ 2.73

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE – DILUTED

                           

Continuing operations

   $ 0.66    $ 1.14    $ 2.79    $ 2.71

Discontinued operations

          0.01      1.00      0.01

Net income

   $ 0.66    $ 1.15    $ 3.79    $ 2.72

 

Note B - Regulatory Matters

Reference is made to “Accounting Policies” in Note A and “Rate Agreements” in Note B to the financial statements included in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note B to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

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Rate Agreements

Con Edison of New York - Electric

In May 2008, Con Edison of New York filed a proposal with the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) for a three-year electric rate plan with level annual rate increases of $556.7 million effective April 2009, 2010 and 2011. The filing reflects a return on common equity of 10.0 percent and a common equity ratio of 48.0 percent. The company is requesting that expenses for pension and other post-retirement benefits, property taxes, municipal infrastructure support and environmental site investigation and remediation be reconciled to amounts reflected in rates and that increases, if any, in certain expenses above a four percent annual inflation rate be deferred as a regulatory asset if its annual return on common equity is less than the authorized return.

 

The filing reflects efforts by Con Edison of New York to mitigate the impact on its customers of rate increases, including its proposed targeted energy efficiency programs and its proposal to begin to accrue revenues in the month electric service is provided instead of when it bills customers for the service.

 

The filing also includes an alternative proposal for an electric rate increase of $654 million, effective April 2009, to recover increased property taxes ($200 million); additional operating costs and new and/or expanded operating programs ($165 million); carrying charges on additional infrastructure investments ($230 million); and an increased return on equity as compared to the return on equity reflected in current electric rates ($115 million). In September 2008, the company submitted to the PSC an update to the filing, primarily reflecting additional property taxes and pension expenses, as a result of which the company’s proposed April 2009 rate increase is $819 million. In October 2008, the PSC staff submitted testimony supporting a rate increase of $346 million.

 

The filing reflects continuation of the revenue decoupling mechanism that eliminates the direct relationship between the company’s level of delivery revenues and profits. It also reflects continuation of the provisions pursuant to which the company recovers its purchased power and fuel costs from customers.

 

Con Edison of New York - Steam

In September 2008, the PSC approved the June 2008 Joint Proposal among the company, the PSC staff and other parties with respect to the rates the company can charge its customers for steam service. The Joint Proposal covers the period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2010. The Joint Proposal provides for steam rate increases of $43.7 million effective October 1, 2008 and 2009.

 

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The Joint Proposal reflects the following major items:

 

   

an annual return on common equity of 9.3 percent;

 

   

any actual earnings above a 10.1 percent return on equity (based on actual average common equity ratio, subject to a 50 percent maximum) are to be shared as follows: half will be deferred for the benefit of customers and the other half is to be retained by the company (with half of the company’s share subject to offset to reduce any regulatory assets for under-collections of property taxes);

 

   

deferral as a regulatory asset or regulatory liability, as the case may be, of the difference between (i) actual costs for pension and other post-retirement benefits, environmental remediation, property taxes, certain tax-exempt debt, municipal infrastructure support and certain other costs and (ii) amounts for those costs reflected in rates (90 percent of the difference in the case of property taxes and interference costs);

 

   

deferral as a regulatory liability of the revenue requirement impact (i.e., return on investment, depreciation and income taxes) of the amount, if any, by which the actual capital expenditures related to steam production plant are less than amounts reflected in rates;

 

   

potential negative earnings adjustments (revenue reductions) of approximately $0.95 million to $1 million annually if certain business development, customer service and safety performance targets are not met;

 

   

amortization of certain regulatory assets and liabilities, the net effect of which will be a non-cash increase in steam revenues of $20.3 million over the two-year period covered by the Joint Proposal; and

 

   

continuation of the rate provisions pursuant to which the company recovers its fuel and purchased steam costs from customers.

 

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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were comprised of the following items:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008    2007

Regulatory assets

                            

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs

   $ 2,035    $ 2,106     $ 1,903    $ 1,956

Future federal income tax

     1,237      1,112       1,180      1,057

Environmental remediation costs

     387      378       323      312

World Trade Center restoration costs

     145      154       145      154

Pension and other postretirement benefits deferrals

     99      152       44      96

Revenue taxes

     83      77       82      75

O&R transition bond charges

     60      63           

Unbilled gas revenue

     44      44       44      44

Workers’ compensation

     38      41       38      41

Gas rate plan deferral

     31      7       31      7

Net electric deferrals

     27            27     

Electric property tax reconciliation

     23            23     

Deferred derivative losses – long-term

     18      5          17      4

Other retirement program costs

     14      16       14      16

Recoverable energy costs

     10      50       10      50

Asbestos-related costs

     10      10       10      10

Net T&D reconciliation

          142            142

Electric rate increase accrual

          14            14

Other

     217      140       173      125

Regulatory assets

     4,478      4,511       4,064      4,103

Deferred derivative losses – current

     118      45       115      44

Recoverable energy costs – current

     88      213       83      190

Total Regulatory Assets

   $ 4,684    $ 4,769     $ 4,262    $ 4,337

Regulatory liabilities

                            

Allowance for cost of removal less salvage

   $ 383    $ 422     $ 318    $ 362

Refundable energy costs

     94      29       54     

Net electric deferrals

     38      33       38      33

Gain on sale of First Avenue properties

     36      124       36      124

Gas interruptible sales credits

     16      10       16      10

Deferred derivative gains – long-term

     14      21       4      8

Gas excess earnings

     9      10       9      10

EPA SO2 allowance proceeds – electric and steam

     6      18       6      18

Property tax reconciliation

     5      41       5      41

Prior year deferred tax amortization

     2      51       2      51

NYS tax law changes

     1      42            41

Interest on federal income tax refund

          41            41

Transmission congestion contracts

          40            40

Net steam deferrals

          21            21

2004 electric, gas and steam one-time rate agreement charges

          16            16

Gain on sale of W. 24th St. property

          10            10

Other

     174      168       158      150

Regulatory liabilities

     778      1,097       646      976

Deferred derivative gains – current

     33      10       26      5

Total Regulatory Liabilities

   $ 811    $ 1,107     $ 672    $ 981

 

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Power Outage Proceedings

In July 2008, the PSC approved a Joint Proposal among Con Edison of New York, the PSC staff and other parties with respect to the July 2006 Queens outage. The PSC order provides that (i) the company will make available $17 million for the benefit of the communities affected by the outage, including customer bill credits, and will not recover from customers $40 million of capital costs incurred to replace and repair electric delivery facilities and $6 million of related carrying charges; and (ii) the company will be released from all prudence-related claims that were or could have been asserted in any PSC proceeding relating to the outage other than with respect to any damage to the Long Island City network, or incremental costs, that are neither known nor reasonably foreseeable.

 

In June 2008, the PSC concluded that Con Edison of New York is not liable for food spoilage claims in connection with the September 2006 outage in Westchester resulting from Tropical Storm Ernesto.

 

Note C - Long-term Debt

Reference is made to Note C to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note C to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

At September 30, 2008, $5 million of the $126 million of Con Edison of New York’s Series 2005A weekly-rate, tax-exempt debt (Series 2005A Debt), $49 million of the $55 million of O&R’s weekly-rate, tax-exempt debt that is insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (Series 1994A Debt), and $4 million of the $44 million of such debt insured by Ambac Assurance Company (Series 1995A Debt), had been tendered by bondholders and purchased with funds drawn under letters of credit maintained as liquidity facilities for the tax-exempt debt. Con Edison of New York’s obligation to reimburse the bank for funds used to purchase the Series 2005A Debt that was tendered is included as long-term debt in the Companies’ consolidated balance sheets. O&R reimbursed the bank for the funds used to purchase its tendered bonds, together with interest thereon.

 

From October 1, 2008 through October 23, 2008, an additional $35 million of Series 2005A Debt and $21 million of Series 1995A Debt was tendered by bondholders and purchased with funds drawn under letters of credit maintained as liquidity facilities for the tax-exempt debt.

 

In August 2008, O&R issued $50 million of 6.15 percent, 10-year debentures. The net proceeds received from the issuance were used for general corporate purposes, including repayment of short-term debt.

 

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Note D - Short-Term Borrowing and Credit Agreements

Reference is made to Note D to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note D to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

At September 30, 2008, Con Edison had $602 million of commercial paper outstanding, $381 million of which was outstanding under Con Edison of New York’s program. The weighted average interest rate at September 30, 2008 was 6.0 percent and 5.8 percent for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York, respectively. At September 30, 2007, Con Edison had $350 million of commercial paper outstanding, none of which was outstanding under Con Edison of New York’s program. The weighted average interest rate at September 30, 2007 was 5.2 percent for Con Edison. Under the Companies’ credit agreement, which provides for a current maximum of $2.25 billion of credit (with the full amount available to Con Edison of New York and $1 billion available to Con Edison), Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB has a $100 million commitment. At September 30, 2008 and 2007, no loans were outstanding under the Companies’ credit agreements and $68 million and $79 million of letters of credit were outstanding, respectively.

 

Note E - Pension Benefits

Reference is made to Note E to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note E to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ net periodic benefit costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended September 30,  
     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

 
(Millions of Dollars)       2008           2007           2008           2007     

Service cost – including administrative expenses

   $ 35     $ 32     $ 33     $ 30  

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

     128       122          123       114  

Expected return on plan assets

     (172 )     (161 )     (169 )     (154 )

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     48       40       44       35  

Amortization of prior service costs

     2       3       1       2  

NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 41     $ 36     $ 32     $ 27  

Amortization of regulatory asset*

     1       1       1       1  

TOTAL PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 42     $ 37     $ 33     $ 28  

Cost capitalized

     (15 )     (14 )     (13 )     (12 )

Cost deferred

     (8 )     (26 )     (7 )     (24 )

Cost charged/(credited) to operating expenses

   $ 19     $ (3 )   $ 13     $ (8 )
* Relates to increases in Con Edison of New York’s pension obligations of $33 million from a 1993 special retirement program and $45 million from a 1999 special retirement program.

 

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     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

 
(Millions of Dollars)       2008           2007           2008           2007     

Service cost – including administrative expenses

   $ 104     $ 98     $ 97     $ 91  

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

     386       368          364       344  

Expected return on plan assets

     (518 )     (484 )     (499 )     (463 )

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     144       120       129       104  

Amortization of prior service costs

     6       8       5       7  

NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 122     $ 110     $ 96     $ 83  

Amortization of regulatory asset*

     3       3       3       3  

TOTAL PERIODIC BENEFIT COST

   $ 125     $ 113     $ 99     $ 86  

Cost capitalized

     (43 )     (37 )     (36 )     (30 )

Cost deferred

     (33 )     (75 )     (35 )     (69 )

Cost charged/(credited) to operating expenses

   $ 49     $ 1     $ 28     $ (13 )
* Relates to increases in Con Edison of New York’s pension obligations of $33 million from a 1993 special retirement program and $45 million from a 1999 special retirement program.

 

Expected Contributions

The estimated fair value of the Companies’ pension plan assets at October 31, 2008 was approximately 25 percent less than at December 31, 2007, reflecting the ongoing global financial turmoil. Any change from amounts reflected in rates for the Utilities’ accounting costs recognized under SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions,” including changes resulting from the decline in the fair value of assets, are deferred pursuant to the New York Utilities’ current rate plans. See Note E to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. In September 2008, the Companies contributed $147 million to the pension plan (of which, $114 million was contributed by Con Edison of New York). The Companies do not expect to make any additional contributions to the pension plan in 2008. Absent a substantial increase in the fair value of the plan’s assets, the Companies expect that, under current funding regulations, tax laws and PSC policies, the Companies’ contributions in future years to the pension plan may materially exceed the amounts contributed in 2008.

 

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Note F - Other Postretirement Benefits

Reference is made to Note F to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note F to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ net periodic postretirement benefit costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended September 30,  
     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

 
(Millions of Dollars)       2008           2007           2008           2007     

Service cost

   $ 5     $ 4     $ 3     $ 4  

Interest cost on accumulated other postretirement benefit obligation

     24       24          21       21  

Expected return on plan assets

     (22 )     (21 )     (18 )     (19 )

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     17       17       15       15  

Amortization of prior service cost

     (3 )     (4 )     (4 )     (4 )

Amortization of transition obligation

     1       1       1       1  

NET PERIODIC POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COST

   $ 22     $ 21     $ 18     $ 18  

Cost capitalized

     (8 )     (7 )     (7 )     (6 )

Cost deferred

           (7 )     (1 )     (7 )

Cost charged to operating expenses

   $ 14     $ 7     $ 10     $ 5  
     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

 
(Millions of Dollars)       2008           2007           2008           2007     

Service cost

   $ 15     $ 13     $ 11     $ 11  

Interest cost on accumulated other postretirement benefit obligation

     71       70          63       62  

Expected return on plan assets

     (65 )     (61 )     (57 )     (56 )

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     51       50       44       44  

Amortization of prior service cost

     (9 )     (11 )     (11 )     (11 )

Amortization of transition obligation

     3       3       3       3  

NET PERIODIC POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COST

   $ 66     $ 64     $ 53     $ 53  

Cost capitalized

     (23 )     (22 )     (19 )     (18 )

Cost deferred

     (11 )     (27 )     (10 )     (25 )

Cost charged to operating expenses

   $ 32     $ 15     $ 24     $ 10  

 

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Note G - Environmental Matters

Superfund Sites

Hazardous substances, such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and coal tar, have been used or generated in the course of operations of the Utilities and their predecessors and are present at sites and in facilities and equipment they currently or previously owned, including sites at which gas was manufactured or stored.

 

The Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes (Superfund) impose joint and several liability, regardless of fault, upon generators of hazardous substances for investigation and remediation costs (which include costs of demolition, removal, disposal, storage, replacement, containment, and monitoring) and environmental damages. Liability under these laws can be material and may be imposed for contamination from past acts, even though such past acts may have been lawful at the time they occurred. The sites at which the Utilities have been asserted to have liability under these laws, including their manufactured gas plant sites and any neighboring areas to which contamination may have migrated, are referred to herein as “Superfund Sites.”

 

For Superfund Sites where there are other potentially responsible parties and the Utilities are not managing the site investigation and remediation, the accrued liability represents an estimate of the amount the Utilities will need to pay to discharge their related obligations. For Superfund Sites (including the manufactured gas plant sites) for which one of the Utilities is managing the investigation and remediation, the accrued liability represents an estimate of the company’s share of undiscounted cost to investigate the sites and, for sites that have been investigated in whole or in part, the cost to remediate the sites. Remediation costs are estimated in light of the information available, applicable remediation standards, and experience with similar sites.

 

The accrued liabilities and regulatory assets related to Superfund Sites at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were as follows:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of
New York
(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008    2007

Accrued Liabilities:

                            

Manufactured gas plant sites

   $ 227    $ 267     $ 172    $ 212

Other Superfund Sites

     47      60          47      59

Total

   $ 274    $ 327     $ 219    $ 271

Regulatory assets

   $ 387    $ 378     $ 323    $ 312

 

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Most of the accrued Superfund Site liability relates to sites that have been investigated, in whole or in part. As investigations progress on these and other sites, the Utilities expect that additional liability will be accrued, the amount of which is not presently determinable but may be material. Under their current rate agreements, the Utilities are permitted to recover or defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) certain site investigation and remediation costs.

 

Environmental remediation payments and insurance recoveries received related to Superfund Sites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended September 30,
     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

(Millions of Dollars)        2008            2007             2008            2007    

Remediation payments

   $ 24    $ 16     $ 24    $ 13

Insurance recoveries received

                       
     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008    2007

Remediation payments

   $ 77    $ 33     $ 76    $ 29

Insurance recoveries received

          1               1

 

In 2006, Con Edison of New York estimated that for its manufactured gas plant sites, its aggregate undiscounted potential liability for the investigation and remediation of coal tar and/or other manufactured gas plant-related environmental contaminants could range up to $1.1 billion. In 2007, O&R estimated that for its manufactured gas plant sites, each of which has been investigated, the aggregate undiscounted potential liability for the remediation of such contaminants could range up to $115 million. These estimates were based on the assumption that there is contamination at the sites that have not yet been investigated and additional assumptions about these and the other sites regarding the extent of contamination and the type and extent of remediation that may be required. Actual experience may be materially different.

 

Asbestos Proceedings

Suits have been brought in New York State and federal courts against the Utilities and many other defendants, wherein a large number of plaintiffs sought large amounts of compensatory and punitive damages for deaths and injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos at various premises of the Utilities. The suits that have been resolved, which are many, have been resolved without any payment by the Utilities, or for amounts that were not, in the aggregate, material to them. The amounts

 

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specified in all the remaining thousands of suits total billions of dollars; however, the Utilities believe that these amounts are greatly exaggerated, based on the disposition of previous claims. In 2006, Con Edison of New York estimated that its aggregate undiscounted potential liability for these suits and additional suits that may be brought over the next 15 years is $10 million. The estimate was based upon a combination of modeling, historical data analysis and risk factor assessment. Actual experience may be materially different. In addition, certain current and former employees have claimed or are claiming workers’ compensation benefits based on alleged disability from exposure to asbestos. Under its current rate agreements, Con Edison of New York is permitted to defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) costs incurred for its asbestos lawsuits and workers’ compensation claims. The accrued liability for asbestos suits and workers’ compensation proceedings (including those related to asbestos exposure) and the amounts deferred as regulatory assets for the Companies at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were as follows:

 

     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

(Millions of Dollars)        2008            2007             2008            2007    

Accrued liability – asbestos suits

   $ 10    $ 10     $ 10    $ 10

Regulatory assets – asbestos suits

   $ 10    $ 10      $ 10    $ 10

Accrued liability – workers’ compensation

   $ 114    $ 116     $ 109    $ 111

Regulatory assets – workers’ compensation

   $ 38    $ 41     $ 38    $ 41

 

Note H - Other Material Contingencies

Manhattan Steam Main Rupture

In July 2007, a Con Edison of New York steam main located in midtown Manhattan ruptured. It has been reported that one person died and others were injured as a result of the incident. Several buildings in the area were damaged. Debris from the incident included dirt and mud containing asbestos. The response to the incident required the closing of several buildings and streets for various periods. As of September 30, 2008, with respect to the incident, the company incurred estimated operating costs of $35 million for property damage, clean up and other response costs, recorded $21 million in actual and expected insurance recoveries and invested $12 million in capital, retirement and other costs. Over 70 suits are pending against the company seeking generally unspecified compensatory and, in some cases, punitive damages, for personal injury, property damage and business interruption. The company has notified its insurers of the incident and believes that the policies currently in force will cover most of the company’s costs, which the company is unable to estimate, but which could be substantial, to satisfy its liability to others in connection with the incident.

 

In August 2008, Con Edison of New York entered into a Joint Proposal with the PSC staff and the New York State Consumer Protection Board with respect to the PSC’s ongoing proceeding relating to

 

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the steam main rupture. (See “Regulatory Matters – Con Edison of New York – Steam” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.) Pursuant to the Joint Proposal, which is subject to PSC approval, among other things, the company (i) will not recover from customers the operating, capital and retirement costs it incurred as a result of the steam main rupture; (ii) will, in general, effectively be limited in its recovery from customers of premiums for its excess liability insurance policies for each of the policy years beginning April 2008 through April 2011 to amounts designed to prevent recovery of any premium increase resulting from the steam main rupture; and (iii) will be released from all prudence-related claims that were or could have been asserted in any PSC proceeding relating to the steam main rupture other than with respect to any damage to company facilities, or incremental costs, that are neither known nor reasonably foreseeable. In August 2008, the company entered into a second agreement with the PSC staff, subject to the approval by the PSC of the Joint Proposal, pursuant to which in lieu of a penalty action for violations, if any, of the Public Service Law or the PSC’s regulations or orders as a result of the steam main rupture, the company accrued a $4 million regulatory liability to be used for future steam customer benefit.

 

Lease In/Lease Out Transactions

In each of 1997 and 1999, Con Edison Development entered into a transaction in which it leased property and then immediately subleased it back to the lessor (termed “Lease In/Lease Out,” or LILO transaction). The transactions respectively involve electric generating and gas distribution facilities in the Netherlands, with a total investment of $259 million. The transactions were financed with $93 million of equity and $166 million of non-recourse, long-term debt secured by the underlying assets. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” Con Edison is accounting for the two LILO transactions as leveraged leases. Accordingly, the company’s investment in these leases, net of non-recourse debt, is carried as a single amount in Con Edison’s consolidated balance sheet and income is recognized pursuant to a method that incorporates a level rate of return for those years when net investment in the lease is positive, based upon the after-tax cash flows projected at the inception of the leveraged leases. The company’s investment in these leveraged leases was immaterial at September 30, 2008 and $9 million at December 31, 2007 and is comprised of a $235 million gross investment less $239 million of deferred tax liabilities at September 30, 2008 and $235 million gross investment less $226 million of deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2007.

 

On audit of Con Edison’s tax return for 1997, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) disallowed the tax losses in connection with the 1997 LILO transaction. In December 2005, Con Edison paid a $0.3 million income tax deficiency asserted by the IRS for the tax year 1997 with respect to the 1997 LILO transaction. In April 2006, the company paid interest of $0.2 million associated with the deficiency and

 

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commenced an action in the United States Court of Federal Claims, entitled Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. United States, to obtain a refund of this tax payment and interest. A trial was completed in November 2007, post trial briefs have been filed and oral argument took place on August 13, 2008. A decision is possible later this year.

 

Two cases involving LILO and sale in/lease out transactions have been decided in other courts, each of which was decided in favor of the government and one of which has been affirmed on appeal. See, BB&T Corp. v. United States, 523 F.3d 461 (4th Cir. 2008), and AWG Leasing Trust v. United States, 1:07-CV-857 (N.D. Ohio May 28, 2008). The court before which Con Edison stands, the Court of Federal Claims, has not previously rendered a decision with respect to such transactions and is not bound by these cases. Con Edison believes its tax deductions are proper and that its transaction is distinguishable on a number of grounds. For example, the two cases recently decided involved investments by banks in industrial assets, Swedish wood pulp mill equipment and a German waste-to-energy disposal facility respectively. In contrast, the facts surrounding Con Edison’s investment are quite different. Its investment was made in the context of the deregulation of the electric energy industry in New York. It involved an acquisition by Con Edison Development of a leasehold interest in an electric generating power plant in the Netherlands. The asset is consistent with Con Edison Development’s plan at the time to invest in a variety of international infrastructure projects. Moreover, in both BB&T and AWG the United States, as defendant, successfully argued that the counterparties in those cases were certain to exercise their early purchase options and, therefore, that those transactions did not qualify as leases. In contrast, Con Edison produced evidence that it is unclear whether the counterparty will exercise its early purchase option.

 

In a third LILO case, a jury verdict was rendered, partially favorable to the taxpayer and partially favorable to the government. See, Fifth Third Bancorp & Subsidiaries v. United States, 1:05-CV-350 (S.D. Ohio April 18, 2008). Post-verdict motions are pending in that case and a decision has not been rendered.

 

The IRS has completed the pre-filing Compliance Assurance Process for the 2007 tax year and the company and the IRS did not reach agreement on the treatment of the LILO transactions within the 2007 tax return, a net tax deduction of $41 million. In connection with its audit of Con Edison’s federal income tax return for the tax year 2006, the IRS disallowed $43 million of net tax deductions taken with respect to both of the LILO transactions for the tax year. Con Edison filed an appeal of this audit level disallowance with the Appeals Office of the IRS, where consideration of this matter is pending. In connection with its audit of Con Edison’s federal income tax returns for the tax years 1998 through 2005, the IRS indicated that it intends to disallow $332 million of net tax deductions taken

 

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with respect to both of the LILO transactions for the tax years. If and when these audit level disallowances become appealable, Con Edison intends to file appeals of the disallowances with the Appeals Office of the IRS.

 

Con Edison believes that its LILO transactions have been correctly reported, and has not recorded any reserve with respect to the disallowance of tax losses, or related interest, in connection with its LILO transactions. Con Edison’s estimated tax savings, reflected in its financial statements, from the two LILO transactions through September 30, 2008, in the aggregate, was $184 million. If Con Edison were required to repay all or a portion of these amounts, it would also be required to pay interest of up to $74 million at September 30, 2008.

 

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FASB Statement (FAS) 13-2, “Accounting for a Change or Projected Change in the Timing of Cash Flows Relating to Income Taxes Generated by a Leveraged Lease Transaction,” which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. This FSP requires the expected timing of income tax cash flows generated by Con Edison’s LILO transactions to be reviewed at least annually. If the expected timing of the cash flows is revised, the rate of return and the allocation of income would be recalculated from the inception of the LILO transactions, and the company would be required to recalculate the accounting effect of the LILO transactions, which would result in a charge to earnings that could have a material adverse effect on the company’s results of operations.

 

Uncertain Tax Positions

Reference is made to “Uncertain Tax Positions” in Note L to the financial statements included in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

In July 2008, the IRS entered into a closing agreement with Con Edison covering the Companies’ use of the “simplified service cost method” (SSCM) to determine the extent to which construction-related costs could be deducted in 2002 through 2004. The closing agreement does not cover 2005, the last year for which SSCM is an uncertain tax position. The Companies do not expect the required repayment, with interest, to the IRS of their SSCM tax benefits for 2002 through 2005 to exceed the $160 million ($147 million of which is attributable to Con Edison of New York) the Companies paid to the IRS in June 2007 as a deposit for the repayment.

 

Other Contingencies

See “Power Outage Proceedings” in Note B.

 

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Guarantees

Con Edison and its subsidiaries enter into various agreements providing financial or performance assurance primarily to third parties on behalf of their subsidiaries. In addition, a Con Edison Development subsidiary has issued a guarantee on behalf of an entity in which it has an equity interest. At September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the maximum amounts guaranteed by Con Edison totaled $1.4 billion in both periods.

 

A summary, by type and term, of Con Edison’s total guarantees at September 30, 2008 is as follows:

 

Guarantee Type    0 –3 years    4 –10 years    > 10 years    Total
     (Millions of Dollars)

Commodity transactions

   $ 857    $ 45    $ 230    $ 1,132

Affordable housing program

          15           15

Intra-company guarantees

     39           1      40

Other guarantees

     218      34           252

TOTAL

   $ 1,114    $ 94    $ 231    $ 1,439

 

For a description of guarantee types, see Note H to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Note I - Stock-Based Compensation

For a description of stock-based compensation, including stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs) and stock purchase plan, reference is made to Note M to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

In accordance with SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment,” the Companies have recognized the cost of stock-based compensation as an expense using a fair value measurement method. The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense recognized by the Companies in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007:

 

     For the Three Months Ended September 30,
    

Con

Edison

   

Con Edison of

New York

(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008    2007

Stock options

   $    $ 1     $    $ 1

Restricted stock units

     1                

Performance-based restricted stock

     7      1          6      1

Non-officer director deferred stock compensation

     1            1     

Total

   $ 9    $ 2     $ 7    $ 2

 

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     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
    

Con

Edison

    Con Edison of
New York
(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008    2007

Stock options

   $ 1    $ 2     $ 1    $ 1

Restricted stock units

     1      1               1

Performance-based restricted stock

     7      3       6      3

Non-officer director deferred stock compensation

     1            1     

Total

   $ 10    $ 6     $ 8    $ 5

 

Stock Options

A summary of changes in the status of stock options during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 is as follows:

 

     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

     Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Outstanding at 12/31/06

   8,617,601     $ 42.773     7,346,601     $ 42.842

Granted

                  

Exercised

   (975,100 )     41.630     (907,050 )     41.634

Forfeited

   (1,001 )     42.169     (1,001 )     42.169

Outstanding at 3/31/07

   7,641,500     $ 42.919     6,438,550     $ 43.013

Granted

                  

Exercised

   (668,350 )     42.803     (587,500 )     42.829

Forfeited

   (19,350 )     42.483     (7,500 )     41.870

Outstanding at 6/30/07

   6,953,800     $ 42.931     5,843,550     $ 43.033

Granted

                  

Exercised

   (8,100 )     39.997        (7,450 )     39.639

Forfeited

   (26,450 )     42.457     (10,250 )     41.891

Outstanding at 9/30/07

   6,919,250     $ 42.934     5,825,850     $ 43.037

Outstanding at 12/31/07

   6,596,850     $ 43.072     5,531,850     $ 43.187

Granted

                  

Exercised

   (26,500 )     39.658     (22,000 )     39.242

Forfeited

   (75,550 )     43.028     (73,050 )     43.032

Outstanding at 3/31/08

   6,494,800     $ 43.087     5,436,800     $ 43.205

Granted

                  

Exercised

   (5,000 )     36.988     (5,000 )     36.988

Forfeited

   (36,600 )     43.648     (17,000 )     43.602

Outstanding at 6/30/08

   6,453,200     $ 43.088     5,414,800     $ 43.209

Granted

                  

Exercised

   (236,400 )     39.417     (208,500 )     40.060

Forfeited

   (4,700 )     43.022     (7,000 )     45.437

Outstanding at 9/30/08

   6,212,100     $ 43.228     5,199,300     $ 43.333

 

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The change in the fair value of all outstanding options from their grant dates to September 30, 2008 and 2007 (aggregate intrinsic value) for Con Edison was $(2) million and $23 million, respectively. The change in the fair value of all outstanding options from their grant dates to September 30, 2008 and 2007 (aggregate intrinsic value) for Con Edison of New York was $(2) million and $19 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised in the periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $1.3 million and $0.05 million, respectively, and the cash received by Con Edison for payment of the exercise price was $10.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding is four years as of September 30, 2008.

 

The following table summarizes stock options outstanding at September 30, 2008 for each plan year for the Companies:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of New York
Plan Year    Remaining
Contractual
Life
  

Options

Outstanding

   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Options
Exercisable
   

Options

Outstanding

   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Options
Exercisable

2006

   8    1,617,800    $ 45.180        1,392,700    $ 45.196   

2005

   7    1,230,200      42.755    1,230,200     1,006,750      42.729    1,006,750

2004

   6    922,200      43.766    922,200     739,350      43.761    739,350

2003

   5    638,900      39.756    638,900     470,400      39.719    470,400

2002

   4    848,550      42.510    848,550        712,550      42.510    712,550

2001

   3    311,300      37.750    311,300     265,800      37.750    265,800

2000

   2    101,650      32.500    101,650     87,650      32.500    87,650

1999

   1    541,500      47.940    541,500     524,100      47.940    524,100

Total

        6,212,100    $ 43.228    4,594,300     5,199,300    $ 43.333    3,806,600

 

There were no new awards granted in 2008 and 2007. The total expense to be recognized in future periods for unvested stock options outstanding as of September 30, 2008 is $0.3 million for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York.

 

Restricted Stock Units

At September 30, 2008 and 2007, there were 113,555 and 114,855 units outstanding, respectively, for Con Edison employees, of which 76,455 and 62,855 units were outstanding, respectively, for Con Edison of New York. The weighted average fair value as of the grant date of the outstanding units other than Performance RSUs or awards under the directors’ deferred compensation plan for September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $41.10 and $42.86 per unit, respectively, for Con Edison. The weighted average fair value as of the grant date of the outstanding units for September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $43.86 and $45.87 per unit, respectively, for Con Edison of New York. The total expense to be recognized by the Companies in future periods for unvested awards outstanding as of September 30, 2008 for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York was $1.3 million.

 

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A summary of changes in the status of the Performance RSUs Total Shareholder Return (TSR) portion during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 is as follows:

 

     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

     Units     Weighted
Average
Fair
Value*
    Units     Weighted
Average
Fair
Value*

Non-vested at 12/31/06

   126,425     $ 13.992     94,025     $ 14.420

Granted

   113,600       45.730        81,848       45.730

Vested and Exercised

   (31,400 )         (21,475 )    

Forfeited

                  

Non-vested at 3/31/07

   208,625     $ 36.108     154,398     $ 35.709

Granted

   33,280       48.060     30,805       48.060

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

                  

Non-vested at 6/30/07

   241,905     $ 20.152     185,203     $ 20.155

Granted

                  

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

   (4,723 )         (4,723 )    

Non-vested at 9/30/07

   237,182     $ 22.677     180,480     $ 22.726

Non-vested at 12/31/07

   195,980     $ 33.398     146,033     $ 33.048

Granted

   159,950       36.270     115,758       36.270

Vested and Exercised

   (5 )     31.370          

Forfeited

   (5,270 )         (200 )    

Non-vested at 3/31/08

   350,655     $ 21.178     261,591     $ 20.918

Granted

   38,375       25.980     35,515       25.980

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

   (4,839 )         (2,814 )    

Non-vested at 6/30/08

   384,191     $ 15.269     294,292     $ 15.177

Granted

                  

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

   (8,123 )         (3,671 )    

Non-vested at 9/30/08

   376,068     $ 47.455     290,621     $ 47.301
* Fair value is determined using the Monte Carlo simulation.

 

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A summary of changes in the status of the Performance RSUs’ Executive Incentive Plan (EIP) portion during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 is as follows:

 

     Con Edison    

Con Edison of

New York

     Units     Weighted
Average
Price
    Units     Weighted
Average
Price

Non-vested at 12/31/06

   126,425     $ 48.070     94,025     $ 48.070

Granted

   113,600       47.815        81,848       47.807

Vested and Exercised

   (31,400 )     47.530     (21,475 )     47.530

Forfeited

                  

Non-vested at 3/31/07

   208,625     $ 51.060     154,398     $ 51.060

Granted

   33,280       51.060     30,805       51.060

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

                  

Non-vested at 6/30/07

   241,905     $ 45.120     185,203     $ 45.120

Granted

                  

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

   (4,723 )         (4,723 )    

Non-vested at 9/30/07

   237,182     $ 46.300     180,480     $ 46.300

Non-vested at 12/31/07

   195,980     $ 48.850     146,033     $ 48.850

Granted

   159,950       46.440     115,758       46.440

Vested and Exercised

   (20 )     43.570          

Forfeited

   (5,255 )         (200 )    

Non-vested at 3/31/08

   350,655     $ 39.700     261,591     $ 39.700

Granted

   38,375       39.700     35,515       39.700

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

   (4,839 )         (2,814 )    

Non-vested at 6/30/08

   384,191     $ 39.090     294,292     $ 39.090

Granted

                  

Vested and Exercised

                  

Forfeited

   (8,123 )         (3,671 )    

Non-vested at 9/30/08

   376,068     $ 42.960     290,621     $ 42.960

 

The total expense to be recognized by Con Edison in future periods for unvested Performance RSUs outstanding as of September 30, 2008 is $20 million, including $15 million for Con Edison of New York.

 

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Stock Purchase Plan

In the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, 197,330 shares and 164,152 shares were purchased under the Stock Purchase Plan at a weighted average price of $39.90 and $46.43 per share, respectively. In the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, 555,727 shares and 468,964 shares were purchased under the Stock Purchase Plan at a weighted average price of $42.52 and $48.13 per share, respectively.

 

Note J - Financial Information by Business Segment

Reference is made to Note N to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

The financial data for the business segments are as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended September 30,  
     Operating
Revenues
    Inter-segment
revenues
    Depreciation
and amortization
    Operating
Income
 
(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008     2007     2008    2007     2008     2007  

Con Edison of New York

                                                              

Electric

   $ 2,670    $ 2,272     $ 3     $ 3     $ 133    $ 113        $ 369     $ 395  

Gas

     242      204       2       1       23      22       8       4  

Steam

     111      102          18       18          16      15       (3 )     (3 )

Consolidation adjustments

                (23 )     (22 )                       

Total Con Edison of New York

   $ 3,023    $ 2,578     $     $     $ 172    $ 150     $ 374     $ 396  

O&R

                                                              

Electric

   $ 252    $ 205     $     $     $ 7    $ 7     $ 26     $ 22  

Gas

     31      30                   3      3       (2 )     (2 )

Total O&R

   $ 283    $ 235     $     $     $ 10    $ 10     $ 24     $ 20  

Competitive energy businesses*

   $ 551    $ 767     $ 12     $ 1     $ 1    $ 3     $ (87 )   $ 3  

Other**

     1      (1 )     (12 )     (1 )                       

Total Con Edison

   $ 3,858    $ 3,579     $     $     $ 183    $ 163     $ 311     $ 419  
* Operating income includes the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects within continuing operations.
** Parent company expenses, primarily interest, and consolidation adjustments. Other does not represent a business segment.

 

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     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
    

Operating

Revenues

    Inter-segment
revenues
    Depreciation
and amortization
   

Operating

Income

(Millions of Dollars)    2008    2007     2008     2007     2008    2007     2008    2007

Con Edison of New York

                                                           

Electric

   $ 6,162    $ 5,646     $ 9     $ 8     $ 383    $ 333     $ 735    $ 758

Gas

     1,366      1,316       4       3          67      64       153      159

Steam

     529      525          56       59       47      45       57      67

Consolidation adjustments

                (69 )     (70 )                    

Total Con Edison of New York

   $ 8,057    $ 7,487     $     $     $ 497    $ 442     $ 945    $ 984

O&R

                                                           

Electric

   $ 590    $ 514     $     $     $ 21    $ 20     $ 42    $ 47

Gas

     179      189                   9      8          12      16

Total O&R

   $ 769    $ 703     $     $     $ 30    $ 28     $ 54    $ 63

Competitive energy businesses*

   $ 1,749    $ 1,712     $ 16     $ 3     $ 4    $ 11     $ 110    $ 15

Other**

     9      (9 )     (16 )     (3 )                    

Total Con Edison

   $ 10,584    $ 9,893     $     $     $ 531    $ 481     $ 1,109    $ 1,062
* Operating income includes the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects within continuing operations.
** Parent company expenses, primarily interest, and consolidation adjustments. Other does not represent a business segment.

 

Note K - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Reference is made to Note O to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note K to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

Energy Price Hedging

Con Edison’s subsidiaries hedge market price fluctuations associated with physical purchases and sales of electricity, natural gas, and steam by using derivative instruments including futures, forwards, basis swaps, options, transmission congestion contracts and financial transmission rights contracts. The fair values of these hedges at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were as follows:

 

       Con Edison        Con Edison of
New York
 
(Millions of Dollars)      2008      2007        2008      2007  

Fair value of net assets - gross

     $ (174 )    $ (70 )      $ (128 )    $ (49 )

Impact of netting of cash collateral

       193        115          143        92  

Fair value of net assets - net

     $ 19      $ 45           $ 15      $ 43  

 

Credit Exposure

The Companies are exposed to credit risk related to transactions entered into primarily for the various energy supply and hedging activities by the Utilities and the competitive energy businesses. The Companies use credit policies to manage this risk, including an established credit approval process,

 

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monitoring of counterparty limits, netting provisions within agreements, collateral or prepayment arrangements, credit insurance and credit default swaps.

 

At September 30, 2008, Con Edison and Con Edison of New York had $334 million and $71 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral, respectively. Con Edison’s net credit exposure consisted of $149 million with investment-grade counterparties, $184 million primarily with commodity exchange brokers or independent system operators and $1 million with non-investment grade counterparties. Con Edison of New York’s net credit exposure consisted of $11 million with investment-grade counterparties and $60 million with commodity exchange brokers.

 

Economic Hedges

The Companies enter into certain derivative instruments that do not qualify or are not designated as hedges under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” However, management believes these instruments represent economic hedges that mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices. The Utilities are permitted by their respective regulators to reflect in rates all reasonably incurred gains and losses on these instruments. See “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses record unrealized gains and losses on these derivative contracts in earnings in the reporting period in which they occur. For the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, Con Edison recorded in non-utility operating revenues unrealized pre-tax losses of $149 million and $19 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, Con Edison recorded in non-utility operating revenues unrealized pre-tax losses of $42 million and $33 million, respectively.

 

Interest Rate Swaps

In May 2008, Con Edison Development’s interest rate swaps that were designated as cash flow hedges under SFAS No. 133 were sold. The losses were classified to income/(loss) from discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and were immaterial to Con Edison’s results of operations.

 

O&R has an interest rate swap related to its Series 1994A Debt. See Note C. At December 31, 2007, the swap was designated as a cash flow hedge, the fair value of which was an unrealized loss of $11 million that was recorded in OCI. In February 2008, the swap counterparty changed the method of calculating its payments under the swap and, as a result, the swap no longer qualified as a hedge under SFAS No. 133. In accordance with O&R’s July 2008 electric rate plan (see Note B to Part I, Item I of the Second Quarter Form 10-Q), O&R is to defer as a regulatory asset or liability the difference between its actual interest and swap costs relating to its tax-exempt debt and the amount for such costs reflected in

 

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rates. Similar treatment is expected in O&R’s other services. The fair value of this interest rate swap at September 30, 2008 was an unrealized loss of $11 million, which has been deferred as a regulatory asset.

 

Note L - Fair Value Measurements

Reference is made to Note L to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

Effective January 1, 2008, the Companies adopted FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS No. 157). This Statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands the disclosures about fair value measurements.

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2008 are summarized below under the three-level hierarchy established by SFAS No. 157. SFAS No. 157 defines the levels within the hierarchy as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Consists of assets or liabilities whose value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets at the measurement date.

 

   

Level 2 – Consists of assets or liabilities valued using industry standard models and based on prices, other than quoted prices within Level 1, that are either directly or indirectly observable as of the measurement date.

 

   

Level 3 – Consists of assets or liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies using inputs that are generally less readily observable and supported by little, if any, market activity at the measurement date.

 

    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3  

Netting

Adjustments (4)

    Total
(Millions of Dollars)  

Con

Edison

 

Con

Edison

of
New

York

 

Con

Edison

 

Con

Edison

of
New

York

 

Con

Edison

 

Con

Edison

of
New

York

 

Con

Edison

   

Con

Edison

of
New

York

   

Con

Edison

 

Con

Edison

of
New

York

Derivative assets:

                                                               

Energy (1)

  $ 1   $   $ 125   $ 47   $ 109   $ 15   $ (42 )   $ 57     $ 193   $ 119

Other assets (3)

    15     15             98     88                 113     103

Total

  $ 16   $ 15   $ 125   $ 47   $ 207   $ 103   $ (42 )   $ 57     $ 306   $ 222

Derivative liabilities:

                                                               

Energy (1)

  $ 16   $ 16   $ 287   $ 169   $ 106   $ 5   $ (235 )   $ (86 )   $ 174   $ 104

Financial & other (2)

                    11                     11    

Total

  $ 16   $ 16   $ 287   $ 169   $ 117   $ 5   $ (235 )   $ (86 )   $ 185   $ 104
(1) A significant portion of the energy derivative contracts categorized in Level 3 is valued using either an industry acceptable model or an internally developed model with observable inputs. The models also include some less readily observable inputs resulting in the classification of the entire contract as Level 3. See Note K.

 

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(2) Includes an interest rate swap. See Note K.
(3) Other assets are comprised of assets such as life insurance contracts within the Deferred Income Plan and Supplemental Retirement Income Plans, held in rabbi trusts.
(4) Amounts represent the impact of legally-enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Companies to net gain and loss positions and cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties.

 

The table listed below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending net balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:

 

    For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008  
   

Beginning
Balance as of
July 1,

2008

   

Total Gains/(Losses) –

Realized and Unrealized

    Purchases,
Issuances, Sales
and Settlements
    Transfer
In/Out of
Level 3
  Ending Balance
as of September 30,
2008
 
(Millions of Dollars)     Included in
Earnings
    Included in Regulatory
Assets and Liabilities
       

Con Edison

                                             

Derivatives:

                                             

Energy

  $ 125     $ 93     $ (189 )   $ (26 )   $   $ 3  

Financial & other

    (11 )           1       (1 )         (11 )

Other

    106       (1 )     (7 )               98  

Total

  $ 220     $ 92     $ (195 )   $ (27 )   $   $ 90  

Con Edison of New York

 

                                     

Derivatives:

                                             

Energy

  $ 53     $ 5     $ (41 )   $ (7 )   $   $ 10  

Other

    94             (6 )               88  

Total

  $ 147     $ 5     $ (47 )   $ (7 )   $   $ 98  

 

    For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008  
    Beginning
Balance as of
January 1,
2008
   

Total Gains/(Losses) –

Realized and Unrealized

    Purchases,
Issuances, Sales
and Settlements
    Transfer
In/Out of
Level 3
  Ending Balance
as of September 30,
2008
 
(Millions of Dollars)     Included in
Earnings
    Included in Regulatory
Assets and Liabilities
       

Con Edison

                                             

Derivatives:

                                             

Energy

  $ 23     $ 19     $ (3 )   $ (36 )   $   $ 3  

Financial & other

    (11 )                           (11 )

Other

    107             (9 )               98  

Total

  $ 119     $ 19     $ (12 )   $ (36 )   $   $ 90  

Con Edison of New York

 

                                     

Derivatives:

                                             

Energy

  $ 11     $ (10 )   $ (1 )   $ 10     $   $ 10  

Other

    95             (7 )               88  

Total

  $ 106     $ (10 )   $ (8 )   $ 10     $   $ 98  

 

For the Utilities, realized gains and losses on Level 3 energy derivative assets and liabilities are reported as part of purchased power and gas costs. The Utilities generally recover these costs in accordance with

 

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rate provisions approved by the applicable state public utilities commissions. Reference is made to Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K. Unrealized gains and losses for energy derivatives are generally deferred on the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with SFAS No. 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation.”

 

For the competitive energy businesses, realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 energy derivative assets and liabilities are reported in non-utility revenues ($76 million gain) and purchased power costs ($1 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 energy derivative assets and liabilities are reported in non-utility revenues ($7 million gain) and purchased power costs ($4 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets still held at September 30, 2008, included in non-utility revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2008, is a $69 million gain. The change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets still held at September 30, 2008, included in non-utility revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, is a $14 million loss.

 

For the Utilities, realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 other assets of $(1) million are reported in investment and other income on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 other assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 were immaterial to Con Edison’s or Con Edison of New York’s results of operations.

 

Note M - New Financial Accounting Standards

Reference is made to Note S to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note M to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active.” This FSP would amend FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” to clarify its application in an inactive market by providing an illustrative example to demonstrate how the fair value of a financial asset is determined when the market for that financial asset is inactive. The FSP is effective upon issuance, including prior periods for which financial statements have not been issued. The application of this FSP did not have a material impact on the Companies’ financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

Note N - Con Edison Development

Reference is made to Note U to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note N to the financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q.

 

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During the second quarter of 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects (Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power, CEEMI, Newington and Lakewood) with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 megawatts to North American Energy Alliance, LLC. The sale resulted in total cash proceeds, net of estimated taxes and transaction expenses, of $1,063 million, and an after-tax gain, net of all transaction expenses, of approximately $400 million.

 

Effective November 15, 2007, Con Edison ceased recording depreciation and amortization expense on these generation projects. Had the company continued to record depreciation and amortization, an additional charge of $14 million would have been recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

 

In May 2008, Con Edison Energy entered into agreements to provide energy management services, such as plant scheduling and fuel procurement, for the Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power and CEEMI projects for one to two years. Such services are expected to give rise to a significant level of continuing direct cash flows between Con Edison Energy and the disposed projects, and to provide Con Edison Energy with significant continuing involvement with the operations of the disposed projects. As a result, under the guidance of EITF Issue No. 03-13, “Applying the Conditions in Paragraph 42 of FASB Statement No. 144 in Determining Whether to Report Discontinued Operations” (EITF No. 03-13), Con Edison has concluded that the Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power and CEEMI projects do not qualify for discontinued operations. Accordingly, the results of operations of these projects, along with the after-tax gain, net of transaction expenses, of $137 million associated with the sale of these projects, have been reported within continuing operations in the accompanying Con Edison consolidated income statement.

 

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses will engage in certain services for the Newington and Lakewood projects on a short-term basis after the sale. However, such services are much more limited than those provided to the Rock Springs, Ocean Peaking Power and CEEMI projects, and do not give rise to a significant level of continuing direct cash flows between Con Edison and the disposed projects, or to provide Con Edison with significant continuing involvement in the operating or financial policies of the disposed projects. As a result, Con Edison believes that the criteria within SFAS No. 144 and EITF No. 03-13 for discontinued operations treatment have been met for the Newington and Lakewood projects. Accordingly, the results of operations of these projects have been reflected in Income from discontinued operations (net of income taxes) in the accompanying Con Edison consolidated income statement. The Newington and Lakewood projects had revenues of $143 million and $209 million and pre-tax profit (loss) of $7 million and $4 million for the nine months

 

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ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Income from discontinued operations also includes the after-tax gain, net of transaction expenses, of $270 million associated with the sale of these projects.

 

Con Edison’s previously issued financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 reflected a misallocation of the gain associated with the sale of the power generating projects, as a result of which, the gain on sale reported in continuing operations was overstated by $35 million. Income taxes and total operating expenses associated with continuing operations were overstated by $14 million and the gain on sale reported in discontinued operations was understated by $21 million (a $35 million understatement, net of tax expense of $14 million). The misallocation had no impact on Con Edison’s previously reported net income, balance sheet or statement of cash flows. The previously issued financial statements have not been restated as management does not believe the impact of the misallocation of the gain is material to the financial statements. All of Con Edison’s financial information as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, included in this quarterly report reflects the appropriate allocation.

 

Note O - Related Party Transactions

Reference is made to Note R to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

In October 2008, Con Edison of New York loaned O&R up to $104 million, of which $83 million was outstanding as of October 31, 2008.

 

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This combined management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (MD&A) relates to the consolidated financial statements (the Third Quarter Financial Statements) included in this report of two separate registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison of New York) and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and Con Edison of New York. Con Edison of New York is a subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, information in this MD&A about Con Edison of New York applies to Con Edison.

 

This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Third Quarter Financial Statements and the notes thereto and the MD&A in Item 7 of the Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (File Nos. 1-14514 and 1-1217, the Form 10-K) and the MD&A in Part I, Item 2 of their combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008 (File Nos. 1-14514 and 1-1217, the First Quarter Form 10-Q and Second Quarter Form 10-Q, respectively).

 

Information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements referred to in this discussion and analysis is incorporated by reference herein. The use of terms such as “see” or “refer to” shall be deemed to incorporate by reference into this discussion and analysis the information to which reference is made.

 

Corporate Overview

Con Edison’s principal business operations are those of its utility companies, Con Edison of New York and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), together known as the “Utilities.” Con Edison also has competitive energy businesses (see “Competitive Energy Businesses,” below). Certain financial data of Con Edison’s businesses is presented below:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30, 2008
     Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2008
     At September 30,
2008
(Millions of Dollars)    Operating
Revenues
    Net Income      Operating
Revenues
    Net Income      Assets

Con Edison of New York

   $ 3,023     79 %   $ 250     137 %    $ 8,057     76 %   $ 590     57 %    $ 26,326    90%

O&R

     283     7 %     19     10 %      769     7 %     35     3 %      1,914    6%

Total Utilities

     3,306     86 %     269     147 %      8,826     83 %     625     60 %      28,240    96%

Con Edison Development (a)

     (6 )   %     (1 )   (1 )%      48     1 %     148     14 %      432    2%

Con Edison Energy (a)

     324     8 %     3     2 %      685     6 %     (14 )   (1 )%      144    1%

Con Edison Solutions (a)

     245     6 %     (88 )   (48 )%      1,032     10 %     (22 )   (2 )%      93    —%

Other (b)

     (11 )   %     (1 )   %      (7 )   %     25     2 %      413    1%

Total continuing operations

     3,858     100 %     182     100 %      10,584     100 %     762     73 %      29,322    100%

Discontinued operations (c)

     N/A     N/A       N/A     N/A        N/A     N/A       274     27 %      N/A    N/A

Total Con Edison

   $ 3,858     100 %   $ 182     100 %    $ 10,584     100 %   $ 1,036     100 %    $ 29,322    100%
(a)

Income from continuing operations of the competitive energy businesses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 includes $(88) million and $(25) million of net after-tax mark-to-market gains/(losses) (Con Edison Development, $(2) million and $16

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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million, respectively, Con Edison Energy $1 million and $(26) million, respectively and Con Edison Solutions, $(87) million and $(15) million respectively). Con Edison Development’s income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 also includes $137 million after-tax from the gain on the sale of generation projects. See Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

(b) Represents inter-company and parent company accounting. The nine month period ended September 30, 2008 includes $30 million of after-tax net income related to the resolution of the Company’s legal proceeding with Northeast Utilities. See Note H to the Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.
(c) Represents the discontinued operations of Con Edison Development’s generation projects, which includes a $270 million after-tax gain on the sale of generation projects for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. See Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Con Edison’s net income for the three months ended September 30, 2008 was $182 million or $0.66 a share compared with earnings of $312 million or $1.15 a share for the three months ended September 30, 2007. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was $1,036 million or $3.80 a share compared with earnings of $722 million or $2.73 a share for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. See “Results of Operations – Summary,” below.

 

Regulated Utilities

Con Edison of New York provides electric service to approximately 3.2 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. The company also provides steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R, along with its regulated utility businesses, provides electric service to approximately 0.3 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and gas service to over 0.1 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of eastern Pennsylvania.

 

The Utilities are primarily “wires and pipes” energy delivery businesses that deliver energy in their service areas subject to extensive federal and state regulation. The Utilities’ customers buy this energy from the Utilities, or from other suppliers through the Utilities’ retail access programs. The Utilities purchase substantially all of the energy they sell to customers pursuant to firm contracts or through wholesale energy markets, and recover (generally on a current basis) the cost of the energy sold, pursuant to approved rate plans.

 

Con Edison anticipates that the Utilities will continue to provide substantially all of its earnings over the next few years. The Utilities’ earnings will depend on various factors including the Utilities’ ability to charge rates for their services that reflect the costs of service, including a return on invested equity capital.

 

Because the energy delivery infrastructure must be adequate to meet demand in peak periods with a high level of reliability, the Utilities’ capital investment plans reflect in great part past actual electric peak demand adjusted to summer design weather conditions, as well as forecast growth in peak usage.

 

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The factors affecting demand for utility service include growth of customer demand, weather, market prices for energy, economic conditions and measures that promote energy efficiency. Demand for electric service peaks during the summer air conditioning season. Demand for gas and steam service peaks during the winter heating season.

 

The weather during the summer of 2008 was cooler than design conditions. The highest peak electric demand reached in 2008 was 12,987 MW for Con Edison of New York and 1,530 MW for O&R. Both peaks occurred on June 10, 2008. The Companies continue to monitor the effects of the ongoing global financial turmoil on the local economy, and its potential impact on customer demand. The Utilities currently estimate that, under design weather conditions, the 2009 peak electric demand in their respective service areas will be 13,875 MW for Con Edison of New York and 1,670 MW for O&R. The average annual growth rate of the peak electric demand over the next five years at design conditions is currently estimated to be approximately 0.9 percent for Con Edison of New York and 2.6 percent for O&R. The Con Edison of New York forecasted peak demand includes the impact of permanent demand reduction programs. The Companies anticipate an ongoing need for substantial capital investment in order to meet this growth in peak usage with the high level of reliability that they currently provide. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Capital Requirements,” below.

 

The Utilities have rate plans approved by state utility regulators that cover the rates they can charge their customers. Con Edison of New York’s electric, gas and steam rate plans are effective through March 31, 2009, September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, respectively. In May 2008, Con Edison of New York filed a request for a new electric rate plan to be effective April 1, 2009. O&R’s rate plans for its electric and gas service in New York and its subsidiary’s electric service in New Jersey extend through June 30, 2011, October 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, respectively. Pursuant to the Utilities’ multi-year rate plans, charges to customers generally may not be changed during the respective terms of the rate plans other than for recovery of the costs incurred for energy supply, for specified increases provided in the rate plans and for limited other exceptions. The New York rate plans for Con Edison of New York’s gas and steam operations as well as O&R’s electric and gas operations generally require the Utilities to share with customers, earnings in excess of specified rates of return on common equity capital. Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York’s current electric and gas rate plans and O&R’s electric rate plan, the Utilities’ revenues will generally not be affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved.

 

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See “Regulatory Matters” below and Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Accounting rules and regulations for public utilities include Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation,” pursuant to which the economic effects of rate regulation are reflected in financial statements. See “Application of Critical Accounting Policies,” below.

 

Competitive Energy Businesses

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses participate in segments of the electricity industry that are less comprehensively regulated than the Utilities. These segments include the sales and related hedging of electricity to wholesale and retail customers and sales of certain energy-related products and services. At September 30, 2008, Con Edison’s equity investment in its competitive energy businesses was $267 million and their assets amounted to $669 million.

 

Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. (Con Edison Solutions) sells electricity directly to delivery-service customers of utilities primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions (including some of the Utilities’ customers) and also offers energy-related services. Con Edison Solutions does not sell electricity to the Utilities. The company sold approximately 8.2 million MWHs of electricity to customers over the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008.

 

Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. (Con Edison Development) participates in infrastructure projects. During the second quarter of 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 MW. See Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. (Con Edison Energy) procures electric energy and capacity for Con Edison Solutions and fuel for other companies. It sells the electric capacity and energy produced by plants owned, leased or operated by others. The company also provides energy risk management services to Con Edison Solutions, offers these services to others and enters into wholesale supply transactions.

 

The competitive energy businesses are focusing on increasing their customer base and gross margins. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Capital Requirements” and “Capital Resources,” below.

 

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Discontinued Operations

During the second quarter of 2008, Con Edison Development and its subsidiary, CED/SCS Newington, LLC, completed the sale of their ownership interests in power generating projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 1,706 MW. See Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Results of Operations—Summary

Con Edison’s earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2008 were $0.66 (basic and diluted) compared with $1.15 (basic and diluted) for the 2007 period. Con Edison’s earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 were $3.80 ($3.79 on a diluted basis) compared with $2.73 ($2.72 on a diluted basis) for the 2007 period.

 

Net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(Millions of Dollars)    2008     2007     2008    2007  

Con Edison of New York

   $ 250     $ 284     $ 590    $ 659  

O&R

     19       14       35      39  

Competitive energy businesses (a)

     (86 )     13       112      35  

Other (b)

     (1 )     (1 )     25      (14 )

Total continuing operations

     182       310       762      719  

Discontinued operations (c)

           2       274      3  

CON EDISON

   $ 182     $ 312     $ 1,036    $ 722  
(a) Income from continuing operations of the competitive energy businesses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 includes $(88) million and $(25) million of net after-tax mark-to-market losses. The competitive energy businesses’ income from continuing operations also includes $137 million after-tax from the gain on the sale of generation projects. See Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.
(b) Other consists of inter-company and parent company accounting. The nine month period ended September 30, 2008 includes $30 million of after-tax net income related to the resolution of the Company’s legal proceeding with Northeast Utilities. See Note H to the Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q.
(c) Represents the discontinued operations of certain of Con Edison Development’s generation projects, which includes a $274 million after-tax gain ($4 million after-tax income and $270 million after-tax gain on the sale of generation projects) for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. See Note U to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

The Companies’ results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared with the 2007 period, reflect changes in the Utilities’ rate plans (including lower allowed returns on equity and additional revenues designed to recover increases in certain operations and maintenance expenses, depreciation and property taxes, and interest charges) and the results of the competitive energy businesses (including net mark-to-market effects, the gain on the sale of generation projects and discontinued operations). Results for the nine-month periods also include an additional reserve in 2008 related to the Long Island City power outage (see Note B to the Third Quarter Financial

 

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Statements), the resolution in 2008 of litigation with Northeast Utilities (see Note H to the Financial Statements in Part I, Item1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q) and the resolution in 2007 of a deferred tax amortization petition (see “Regulatory Assets and Liabilities” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K). Operations and maintenance expenses were higher in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 periods reflecting primarily higher costs, which are generally reflected in rates, such as pension and other post-retirement benefits, the movement of company facilities to accommodate municipal projects and additional operating programs. Depreciation and property taxes were higher in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 periods reflecting primarily the impact from increased capital expenditures.

 

The following table presents the estimated effect on earnings per share and net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period, resulting from these and other major factors:

 

     Third Quarter Variation     Nine Months Ended Variation  
    

Earnings

per Share
Variation

   

Net Income
Variation

(Millions of Dollars)

   

Earnings

per Share
Variation

   

Net Income
Variation

(Millions of Dollars)

 

Con Edison of New York (a)

                                

Sales growth

   $ 0.01     $ 2     $ 0.05     $ 14  

Impact of weather

     0.03       7       (0.03 )     (7 )

Electric rate plan

     0.06       15       0.26       68  

Gas rate plan

     0.03       9       0.08       22  

Steam rate plan

     0.04       10       0.05       13  

Resolution of deferred tax amortization petition in 2007 and other tax matters

     (0.11 )     (32 )     (0.07 )     (19 )

Operations and maintenance expense

     (0.09 )     (25 )     (0.27 )     (70 )

Long Island City power outage reserve

                 (0.05 )     (14 )

Depreciation and property taxes

     (0.05 )     (14 )     (0.18 )     (48 )

Net interest expense

     (0.02 )     (6 )     (0.03 )     (9 )

Other (includes dilutive effect of new stock issuances)

     (0.04 )           (0.14 )     (19 )

Total Con Edison of New York

     (0.14 )     (34 )     (0.33 )     (69 )

Orange and Rockland Utilities (O&R)

     0.02       6       (0.02 )     (4 )

Competitive energy businesses

                                

Earnings excluding net mark-to-market effects, gain on sale of generation projects and discontinued operations

     (0.08 )     (23 )     (0.20 )     (56 )

Net mark-to-market effects (b)

     (0.28 )     (77 )     (0.02 )     (6 )

Gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects and discontinued operations

     (0.01 )     (1 )     1.50       409  

Total competitive energy businesses

     (0.37 )     (101 )     1.28       347  

Northeast Utilities litigation settlement

                 0.11       30  

Other, including parent company expenses

           (1 )     0.03       10  

Total variation

   $ (0.49 )   $ (130 )   $ 1.07     $ 314  
(a) Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York’s electric and gas rate plans (effective April 2008 and October 2007, respectively) and the weather-normalization clause applicable to the gas business, revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved.

 

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(b) These variations reflect after-tax net mark-to-market losses of $88 million or $(0.32) a share in the third quarter of 2008, after-tax net mark-to-market losses of $11 million or $(0.04) a share in the third quarter of 2007, and after-tax net mark-to-market losses of $25 million or $(0.09) a share in the first nine months of 2008 and after-tax net mark-to-market losses of $19 million or $(0.07) a share in the first nine months of 2007.

 

See “Results of Operations” below for further discussion and analysis of results of operations.

 

Risk Factors

The Companies’ businesses are influenced by many factors that are difficult to predict, and that involve uncertainties that may materially affect actual operating results, cash flows and financial condition. The factors include those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K, including “The Companies Are Active Participants in Financial Markets” and “The Companies Face Risks That Are Beyond Their Control,” which the following paragraph supplements.

 

Global Financial Turmoil is Ongoing – Ongoing global financial turmoil has, to a significant extent, reduced the availability, and increased the cost, of credit and capital and reduced the value of financial assets. The level of economic activity also has been reduced. The Companies continue to monitor the effects on their businesses of these events. See “Capital Resources” and “Capital Requirements,” below. For information about potential for material pension plan funding requirements, see Note E to the Third Quarter Financial Statements. The ongoing turmoil could also reduce customer demand for the services provided by the Companies and the ability of the Companies’ customers, lenders and other counterparties to meet their obligations to the Companies.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe-harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectation and not facts. Words such as “expects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “plans,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made, and accordingly speak only as of that time. Actual results or developments might differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements because of various factors such as those discussed under “Risk Factors,” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

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critical accounting policies include industry-specific accounting applicable to regulated public utilities and accounting for pensions and other postretirement benefits, contingencies, long-lived assets, derivative instruments, goodwill and leases. See “Application of Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K. For information about potential material pension plan funding requirements, see Note E to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Companies’ liquidity reflects cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, as shown on their respective consolidated statement of cash flows and as discussed below. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K. Changes in the Companies’ cash and temporary cash investments resulting from operating, investing and financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

     Con Edison     Con Edison of New York  
(Millions of Dollars)    2008     2007     Variance     2008     2007     Variance  

Operating activities

   $ 50     $ 927     $ (877 )   $ 487     $ 765     $ (278 )

Investing activities

     (288 )     (1,450 )     1,162          (1,611 )     (1,384 )     (227 )

Financing activities

     96       621       (525 )     1,042       638       404  

Net change

     (142 )     98       (240 )     (82 )     19       (101 )

Balance at beginning of period

     210       94       116       121       47       74  

Balance at end of period

   $ 68     $ 192     $ (124 )   $ 39     $ 66     $ (27 )

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The Utilities’ cash flows from operating activities reflect principally their energy sales and deliveries and cost of operations. The volume of energy sales and deliveries is dependent primarily on factors external to the Utilities, growth of customer demand, weather, market prices for energy, economic conditions and measures that promote energy efficiency. The prices at which the Utilities provide energy to their customers are determined in accordance with their rate agreements. In general, changes in the Utilities’ cost of purchased power, fuel and gas may affect the timing of cash flows but not net income because the costs are recovered in accordance with rate agreements. See “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Net income is the result of cash and non-cash (or accrual) transactions. Only cash transactions affect the Companies’ cash flows from operating activities. Principal non-cash charges include depreciation and deferred income tax expense. Principal non-cash credits include the revenue requirement impact resulting from the reconciliation pursuant to Con Edison of New York’s 2005 electric rate agreement

 

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of the differences between the actual amount of transmission and distribution utility plant, net of depreciation to the amounts reflected in electric rates (Net T&D Revenues), amortizations of certain net regulatory liabilities, and the pre-tax gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects. Non-cash charges or credits may also be accrued under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York’s current electric and gas rate plans and O&R’s electric rate plan. See “Rate Agreements – Con Edison of New York – Electric and O&R – Electric in Note B to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York were $877 million and $278 million lower, respectively, than in the 2007 period. The decreases reflect primarily the July 2008 prepayment, by Con Edison of New York, of its annual New York City property taxes in the amount of $915 million. By prepaying this annual amount as opposed to paying in semi-annual installments, Con Edison of New York received a 1.5 percent reduction in its New York City property taxes. Con Edison’s decrease also reflects the September 2008 payment of income taxes, which includes the taxes on the gain on the sale of generation projects. The decreases also reflect the effect of changes in commodity prices on cash collateral requirements under the Companies’ derivative instruments.

 

The change in net cash flows also reflects the timing of payments for and recovery of energy costs. This timing issue is reflected within changes to accounts receivable – customers, recoverable energy costs and accounts payable balances.

 

Cash Flows From/(Used) In Investing Activities

Net cash flows from investing activities for Con Edison increased $1.2 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The increase reflects primarily the proceeds from the sale of Con Edison’s generation projects in 2008 offset, in part, by increased utility construction expenditures. Net cash flows used in investing activities for Con Edison of New York was $227 million higher for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 than in the 2007 period reflecting primarily increased utility construction expenditures in the 2008 period.

 

In January 2008, O&R repaid a $55 million loan to Con Edison of New York.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York were $525 million lower and $404 million higher, respectively, than in the 2007 period.

 

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Cash flows from financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 reflect the issuance through a public offering of 11 million Con Edison common shares in the 2007 period and the issuance of Con Edison common shares through its dividend reinvestment and employee stock plans (2008: 1.5 million shares for $36 million, 2007: 2.8 million shares for $98 million). In addition, as a result of the stock plan issuances, cash used to pay common stock dividends was reduced by $21 million in 2008 and $29 million in 2007.

 

Con Edison’s net cash flows from financing activities also include O&R’s financings. In 2007, O&R’s New Jersey subsidiary redeemed at maturity $20 million 7.125% First Mortgage Bonds. In August 2008, O&R issued $50 million of 6.15 percent, 10-year debentures. The net proceeds received from the issuance were used for general corporate purposes, including repayment of short-term debt.

 

In February 2008, Con Edison of New York redeemed at maturity $180 million 6.25% 10-year debentures.

 

In April 2008, Con Edison of New York issued $600 million 5.85% 10-year debentures and $600 million 6.75% 30-year debentures, the proceeds of which were used to repay short-term borrowings and for other general corporate purposes.

 

In June 2008, Con Edison issued $326 million of unsecured notes in exchange for a like amount of secured project debt. See Note C to the Second Quarter Financial Statements.

 

In July 2008, Con Edison of New York redeemed at maturity $100 million 6.15% 10-year debentures.

 

In August 2008, Con Edison redeemed at maturity $200 million, 3.625% 5-year debentures.

 

Common stock issuances and external borrowings are sources of liquidity that could be affected by changes in credit ratings, financial performance and capital market conditions. For information about the Companies’ credit ratings and certain financial ratios, see “Capital Resources,” below.

 

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Other Changes in Assets and Liabilities

The following table shows changes in certain assets and liabilities at September 30, 2008, compared with December 31, 2007.

 

(Millions of Dollars)

   Con Edison
2008 vs. 2007
Variance
  

Con Edison of New York
2008 vs. 2007

Variance

Assets

         

Fair value of derivative assets

   29    9

Deferred derivative losses

   73    71

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts

   133    41

Liabilities

         

Deferred derivative gains

   23    21

Fair value of derivative liabilities

   24    38

Accrued taxes

   87    12

 

Fair Value of Derivative Assets/Liabilities and Deferred Derivative Gains/Losses

Fair value of derivative assets increased $29 million and $9 million for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York, respectively, at September 30, 2008 compared with December 31, 2007. In addition, fair value of derivative liabilities increased $24 million and $38 million for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York, respectively at September 30, 2008 compared with December 31, 2007. The changes are due primarily to the impact of changing electric and gas commodity prices on the hedging portfolios of the Utilities and competitive energy businesses and the timing of entering into new positions, offset in part by the maturity of certain contract positions and cash collateral received or posted.

 

Deferred derivative gains increased $23 million and $21 million for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York, respectively, at September 30, 2008 compared with December 31, 2007. In addition, deferred derivative losses increased $73 million and $71 million for Con Edison and Con Edison of New York, respectively, at September 30, 2008 compared with December 31, 2007. The changes are due primarily to the impact of changing electric and gas commodity prices on the hedging portfolios of the Utilities and the timing of entering into new positions, offset in part, by the maturity of certain contract positions.

 

For the Utilities, mark-to-market activity had no effect on net income as the amounts were deferred as regulatory assets/liabilities (deferred derivative losses/gains). In accordance with provisions approved by state regulators, the Utilities generally recover from customers their energy supply costs, including gains and losses on derivative instruments used to hedge energy purchases. The mark-to-market accounting for Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses resulted in a net increase in the fair value of

 

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derivative assets and liabilities. The competitive energy businesses record mark-to-market gains and losses on derivative instruments in earnings in the reporting period in which such changes occur. See Note K to the Third Quarter Financial Statements. For the Companies, changes in fair value of derivative instruments may lead to collateral payments made to or received from counterparties or brokers that are reflected in the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities.

 

Other Receivables, Less Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts

Other receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accounts for Con Edison increased $133 million at September 30, 2008 compared with December 31, 2007, reflecting primarily higher deposits with an independent system operator for Con Edison Solutions and Con Edison Energy.

 

Accrued Taxes

The increase in accrued taxes at Con Edison reflects primarily taxes accrued for the gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects.

 

Capital Resources

At September 30, 2008, there was no material change in the Companies’ capital resources compared to those disclosed under “Capital Resources” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K other than as described below.

 

The Companies continue to evaluate their plans to finance their capital requirements in light of the ongoing extraordinary volatility and uncertainty in capital markets and the current Con Edison of New York electric rate proceeding. See “Risk Factors,” above. The Companies require access to the capital markets to fund capital requirements that are substantially in excess of available internally-generated funds. See “Capital Requirements,” below. Each of the Companies believes that it will continue to be able to access capital, although capital market instability may affect the timing of the Companies’ financing activities and interest costs are expected to be higher than have been experienced in recent years. The Companies monitor the availability and costs of various forms of capital, and will seek to issue Con Edison common stock and other securities when it is necessary or advantageous to do so. For information about the Companies’ long-term debt and short-term borrowing, see Notes C and D to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

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For each of the Companies, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges (Securities and Exchange Commission basis) for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the 12 months ended December 31, 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was:

 

     Earnings to Fixed Charges (Times)
     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2008
    For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2007
   For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007

Con Edison

   3.8 *   3.4    3.5

Con Edison of New York

   3.4     3.6    3.7
* Includes the gain of the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects that was included within continuing operations.

 

For each of the Companies, the common equity ratio at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was:

 

     Common Equity Ratio
(Percent of total capitalization)
     September 30, 2008    December 31, 2007

Con Edison

   51.8    53.7

Con Edison of New York

   52.0    52.3

 

The commercial paper of the Companies is rated P-1, A-2 and F2, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. Con Edison’s long-term credit rating is A2, BBB+ and BBB+, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. The unsecured debt of Con Edison of New York is rated A1, A- and A-, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. The unsecured debt of O&R is rated A2, A- and A, respectively, by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. Securities ratings assigned by rating organizations are expressions of opinion and are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities. A securities rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

 

Con Edison of New York has $636 million of tax-exempt debt for which the interest rates are determined pursuant to periodic auctions. Of this amount, $391 million is insured by Ambac Assurance Corporation and $245 million is insured by XL Capital Assurance Inc. Credit rating agencies have downgraded the ratings of these insurers from AAA to lower levels. The weighted average annual interest rate on this tax-exempt debt was 3.67 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The weighted average interest rate was 3.77 percent, 3.45 percent and 2.44 percent for the years 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

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Con Edison of New York has $225 million of uninsured tax-exempt debt and O&R has $99 million of insured tax-exempt debt that currently bears interest at rates determined weekly and is subject to tender by bondholders for purchase by the company. Bondholders have tendered portions of this debt for purchase (see Note C to the Third Quarter Financial Statements). Of the $99 million O&R debt, $55 million is insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company and $44 million is insured by Ambac Assurance Corporation (see Note C to the Third Quarter Financial Statements). Downgrades in the credit ratings of these insurers have resulted in interest rates on this O&R debt that are significantly higher than the interest rates borne by Con Edison of New York’s $225 million of uninsured weekly rate tender bonds. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the weighted average annual interest rate on the O&R insured weekly rate tender bonds outstanding with bondholders, excluding the effects of an interest rate swap agreement (see “ Interest Rate Swaps” in Note K to the Third Quarter Financial Statements), was 5.06 percent, and the rate on the Con Edison of New York weekly rate tender bonds outstanding with bondholders was 2.20 percent. Con Edison of New York and O&R are evaluating alternatives with respect to their weekly rate tender bonds and termination of the O&R interest rate swap agreement.

 

Capital Requirements

Reference is made to “Capital Requirements” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and in Part I, Item 2 of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q and “Capital Resources” above. The Companies continue to monitor the effects on their businesses of the ongoing global financial turmoil. See “Risk Factors,” above. The Companies are in the process of finalizing their capital budgets for 2009. For information about potential material pension plan funding requirements, see Note E to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Contractual Obligations

At September 30, 2008, there were no material changes in the Companies’ aggregate obligation to make payments pursuant to contracts compared to those discussed under “Contractual Obligations” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K, except for the April 2008 issuance by Con Edison of New York of $600 million 5.85% 10-year debentures and $600 million 6.75% 30-year debentures, and the August 2008 issuance by O&R of $50 million 6.15 percent 10-year debentures. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Cash Flows from Financing Activities” above.

 

Electric Power Requirements

At September 30, 2008, there were no material changes in the Companies’ electric power requirements compared to those disclosed under “Electric Power Requirements” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K.

 

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Regulatory Matters

At September 30, 2008, there were no material changes in the Companies’ regulatory matters compared to those disclosed under “Regulatory Matters” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and Part I, Item 2 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q, “Rate and Restructuring Agreements” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and in Part I, Item 1 of the First Quarter and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q, other than as described in Notes B and H to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

The following table summarizes certain significant provisions of the new Con Edison of New York steam rate plan approved by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC).

 

Effective Period    Rate
Increases
   Amortization
To Income
of Net
Regulatory
(Assets) and
Liabilities
   Authorized
Return on
Equity
(ROE)
   

ROE Sharing Threshold
Terms

(Shareholders/
Customers)

 
     (millions of dollars, except percentages)  

Con Edison of New York – Steam

                      

October 2008 – September 2010

   Yr1 $43.7    Yr1 $10.2          10.1 %
     Yr2   43.7    Yr2   10.2    9.3 %   50/50  

 

Financial and Commodity Market Risks

The Companies are subject to various risks and uncertainties associated with financial and commodity markets. The most significant market risks include interest rate risk, commodity price risk, credit risk and investment risk. At September 30, 2008, there were no material changes in the Companies’ financial and commodity market risks compared to those discussed under “Financial and Commodity Market Risks” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K, other than as described above under “Risk Factors” and “Capital Resources,” as described in Notes E and K to the Third Quarter Financial Statements and as described below.

 

Commodity Price Risk

Con Edison’s commodity price risk relates primarily to the purchase and sale of electricity, gas and related derivative instruments. The Utilities and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses have risk management strategies to mitigate their related exposures. See Note K to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Con Edison estimates that, as of September 30, 2008, a 10 percent decline in market prices would result in a decline in fair value of $151 million for the derivative instruments used by the Utilities to hedge purchases of electricity and gas, of which $104 million is for Con Edison of New York and $47

 

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million is for O&R. Con Edison expects that any such change in fair value would be largely offset by directionally opposite changes in the cost of the electricity and gas purchased. In accordance with provisions approved by state regulators, the Utilities generally recover from customers the costs they incur for energy purchased for their customers, including gains and losses on certain derivative instruments used to hedge energy purchased and related costs. See “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A to the financial statements in Items 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Credit Risk

The Companies are exposed to credit risk related to transactions entered into primarily for the various energy supply and hedging activities by the Utilities and the competitive energy businesses. Credit risk relates to the loss that may result from a counterparty’s nonperformance. The Companies use credit policies to manage this risk, including an established credit approval process, monitoring of counterparty limits, netting provisions within agreements and collateral or prepayment arrangements, credit insurance and credit default swaps. The Companies measure credit risk exposure as the replacement cost for open energy commodity and derivative positions plus amounts owed from counterparties for settled transactions. The replacement cost of open positions represents unrealized gains, net of any unrealized losses where the company has a legally enforceable right of setoff.

 

The Utilities had $88 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral , at September 30, 2008, of which $28 million was with investment-grade counterparties and $60 million was with commodity exchange brokers.

 

Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses had $246 million of credit exposure in connection with energy supply and hedging activities, net of collateral, at September 30, 2008, of which $121 million was with investment grade counterparties and $124 million was with commodity exchange brokers or independent system operators, and $1 million was with non-investment grade counterparties.

 

Material Contingencies

For information concerning potential liabilities arising from the Companies’ material contingencies, see “Application of Critical Accounting Policies – Accounting for Contingencies,” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K and Notes B, G and H to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Results of Operations

Results of operations reflect, among other things, the Companies’ accounting policies (see “Application of Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K) and rate plans that cover the rates the Utilities can charge their customers (see “Regulatory Matters” in Item 7 of the Form 10-K, Part I,

 

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Item 1 of each of the First and Second Quarter Forms 10-Q and Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements).

 

The Companies’ results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared with the 2007 period, reflect changes in the Utilities’ rate plans (including lower allowed returns on equity and additional revenues designed to recover increases in certain operations and maintenance expenses, depreciation and property taxes, and interest charges) and the results of the competitive energy businesses (including net mark-to-market effects, the gain on the sale of generation projects and discontinued operations). Results for the nine-month periods include an additional reserve in 2008 related to the Long Island City power outage (see Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements), the resolution in 2008 of litigation with Northeast Utilities (see Note H to the Financial Statements in Part I, Item1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q) and the resolution in 2007 of a deferred tax amortization petition (see “Regulatory Assets and Liabilities” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K). Operations and maintenance expenses were higher in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 periods reflecting primarily higher costs, which are generally reflected in rates, such as pension and other post-retirement benefits, the movement of company facilities to accommodate municipal projects and additional operating programs. Depreciation and property taxes were higher in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 periods reflecting primarily the impact from increased capital expenditures. For additional information about major factors affecting earnings, see “Results of Operations – Summary,” above.

 

In general, the Utilities recover on a current basis the fuel, gas purchased for resale and purchased power costs they incur in supplying energy to their full-service customers (see “Recoverable Energy Costs” in Note A and “Regulatory Matters” in Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K). Accordingly, such costs do not generally affect the Companies’ results of operations. Management uses the term “net revenues” (operating revenues less such costs) to identify changes in operating revenues that may affect the Companies’ results of operations. Management believes that, although “net revenues” may not be a measure determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the measure facilitates the analysis by management and investors of the Companies’ results of operations.

 

Con Edison’s principal business segments are Con Edison of New York’s regulated electric, gas and steam utility activities, O&R’s regulated electric and gas utility activities and Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses. Con Edison of New York’s principal business segments are its regulated electric, gas

 

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and steam utility activities. A discussion of the results of operations by principal business segment for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 follows. For additional business segment financial information, see Note J to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

The Companies’ results of operations (which were discussed above under “Results of Operations – Summary”) in 2008 compared with 2007 were:

 

    Con Edison*     Con Edison of New York     O&R     Competitive Energy
Businesses and Other**
 
(Millions of Dollars)   Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
 

Operating revenues

  $ 279     7.8 %   $ 445     17.3 %   $ 48     20.4 %   $ (214 )   (27.9 )%

Purchased power

    281     16.2       273     29.6       37     31.6       (29 )   (4.2 )

Fuel

    43     31.6       53     42.4       N/A     N/A       (10 )   (90.9 )

Gas purchased for resale

    19     16.8       22     25.0       1     5.9       (4 )   (50.0 )

Operating revenues less purchased power, fuel and gas purchased for resale (net revenues)

    (64 )   (4.0 )     97     6.7       10     9.9       (171 )   Large  

Other operations and maintenance

    46     8.5       45     9.7       3     5.8       (2 )   (6.9 )

Depreciation and amortization

    20     12.3       22     14.7                 (2 )   (66.7 )

Taxes, other than income taxes

    13     3.8       15     4.6                 (2 )   (33.3 )

Income taxes

    (34 )   (27.0 )     37     34.3       3     37.5       (74 )   Large  

Gain of sale of generation projects***

    (1 )                             (1 )    

Operating income

    (108 )   (25.8 )     (22 )   (5.6 )     4     20.0       (90 )   Large  

Other income less deductions and related federal income tax

    (10 )   (50.0 )     (3 )   (50.0 )               (7 )   (53.8 )

Net interest expense

    10     7.8       9     7.8       (2 )   (25.0 )     3     50.0  

Income from continuing operations

    (128 )   (41.3 )     (34 )   (12.0 )     6     46.2       (100 )   Large  

Gain on sale of generation projects, net of tax***

                                       

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax***

    (2 )   Large       N/A     N/A       N/A     N/A       (2 )   Large  

Net income

  $ (130 )   (41.7 )%   $ (34 )   (12.0 )%   $ 6     46.2 %   $ (102 )   Large  
* Represents the consolidated financial results of Con Edison and its businesses.
** Includes inter-company and parent company accounting.
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Con Edison of New York

Electric

Con Edison of New York’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious

  3,818   3,870   (52 )   (1.3 )%   $ 1,050   $ 851   $ 199     23.4 %

Commercial/Industrial

  3,747   3,628   119     3.3       952     744     208     28.0  

Retail access customers

  6,402   6,092   310     5.1       500     423     77     18.2  

NYPA, Municipal Agency and other sales

  3,104   3,086   18     0.6       137     115     22     19.1  

Other operating revenues

                  31     139     (108 )   (77.7 )

Total

  17,071   16,676   395     2.4 %   $ 2,670   $ 2,272   $ 398     17.5 %

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric operating revenues increased $398 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher fuel and purchased power recoveries ($53 million and $264 million, respectively), the electric rate plans ($25 million) and the impact of the warmer weather in the 2008 period than in the 2007 period ($11 million). Effective April 2008, Con Edison of New York’s revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area increased 2.4 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to the warmer weather in the third quarter of 2008. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area increased 1.1 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric fuel costs increased $53 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to an increase in unit costs ($50 million) and higher sendout volumes from the company’s generating facilities ($3 million). Electric purchased power costs increased $264 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due to higher unit costs ($310 million) offset by a decrease in purchased volumes ($46 million).

 

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Con Edison of New York’s electric operating income decreased $25 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects higher income taxes ($44 million), operations and maintenance costs ($36 million, due primarily to increased pension expenses), depreciation ($20 million) and taxes other than income taxes ($5 million due primarily to increases in state and local taxes on revenues) offset in part by higher net revenues ($81 million).

 

Gas

Con Edison of New York’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

  3,149   3,408   (259 )   (7.6 )%   $ 94   $ 86   $ 8     9.3 %

General

  3,693   4,025   (332 )   (8.2 )     67     64     3     4.7  

Firm transportation

  5,282   4,934   348     7.1       26     23     3     13.0  

Total firm sales and transportation

  12,124   12,367   (243 )   (2.0 )     187     173     14     8.1  

Interruptible sales

  1,418   1,558   (140 )   (9.0 )     16         16     Large  

NYPA

  13,574   13,537   37     (0.3 )     1     1          

Generation plants

  29,304   30,681   (1,377 )   (4.5 )     15     15          

Other

  3,706   3,748   (42 )   (1.1 )     4     5     (1 )   (20.0 )

Other operating revenues

                19     10     9     90.0  

Total

  60,126   61,891   (1,765 )   (2.9 )%   $ 242   $ 204   $ 38     18.6 %

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating revenues increased $38 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher recoverable purchased gas costs ($22 million), the gas rate plan ($14 million) and sales growth ($1 million). Con Edison of New York’s revenues from gas sales are subject, effective October 2007, to a revenue decoupling mechanism as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other gas operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with these and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

 

Con Edison of New York’s sales and transportation volumes for firm customers decreased 2.0 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, firm gas sales and transportation volumes in the company’s service area decreased 2.0 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008.

 

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Con Edison of New York’s purchased gas costs increased $22 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due to higher unit costs ($30 million), offset by lower sendout volumes ($8 million).

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating income increased $3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The increase reflects primarily higher net revenues ($16 million) and lower income taxes ($4 million), offset by higher operations and maintenance expense ($9 million due primarily to increased pension expenses) and taxes other than income taxes ($7 million, principally property taxes).

 

Steam

Con Edison of New York’s steam sales and deliveries in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Millions of Pounds Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

General

  19   18   1     5.6 %   $ 1   $ 2   $ (1 )   (50.0 )%

Apartment house

  866   1,036   (170 )   (16.4 )     20     20          

Annual power

  4,022   4,120   (98 )   (2.4 )     84     73     11     15.1  

Other operating revenues

                6     7     (1 )   (14.3 )

Total

  4,907   5,174   (267 )   (5.2 )%   $ 111   $ 102   $ 9     8.8 %

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam operating revenues increased $9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher recoverable purchased power costs ($9 million). Other steam operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s rate plans. See Note H to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Steam sales and delivery volumes decreased 5.2 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, steam sales and deliveries decreased 7.3 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008.

 

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Con Edison of New York’s steam fuel costs remained unchanged for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. Steam purchased power increased $9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher unit costs ($7 million) and higher purchased power volumes ($2 million).

 

Steam operating income was the same in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period reflecting primarily the recording of a regulatory liability ($4 million), pursuant to a PSC order regarding the July 2007 Manhattan steam main rupture, offset in part by lower income taxes ($3 million). See Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Taxes, Other Than Income Tax

Taxes, other than income tax increased $15 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to increased state and local taxes on revenues.

 

Income Taxes

Operating income taxes increased $37 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to the resolution in 2007 of a deferred tax amortization petition.

 

Other Income (Deductions)

Other income (deductions) decreased $3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to lower income from the Company’s supplemental retirement program trust ($2 million) and lower interest on Con Edison of New York’s hedging programs ($1 million).

 

Net Interest Expense

Net interest expense increased $9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher outstanding long-term debt and commercial paper balances.

 

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O&R

Electric

O&R’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended         Three Months Ended        
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
    Variation   Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious

  584   601   (17 )   (2.8 )%   $ 121   $ 100     $ 21   21.0 %

Commercial/Industrial

  554   582   (28 )   (4.8 )         98     81       17   21.0  

Retail access customers

  493   483   10     2.1       25     24       1   4.2  

Public authorities

  34   34             6     4       2   50.0  

Other operating revenues

                2     (4 )     6   Large  

Total

  1,665   1,700   (35 )   (2.1 )%   $ 252   $ 205     $ 47   22.9 %

 

O&R’s electric operating revenues increased $47 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to increased recoverable purchased power costs ($37 million). Effective July 2008, O&R’s revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which, revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s electric rate plan.

 

Electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 2.1 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. After adjusting for weather variations and unbilled volumes, electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 1.9 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Electric operating income increased by $4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The increase reflects higher net revenues ($10 million), offset in part by higher operations and maintenance expense ($3 million) and income taxes ($2 million).

 

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Gas

O&R’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Three Months Ended               Three Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

  571   606   (35 )   (5.8 )%   $ 13   $ 12   $ 1     8.3 %

General

  135   160   (25 )   (15.6 )     2     3     (1 )   (33.3 )

Firm transportation

  902   837   65     7.8       6     5     1     20.0  

Total firm sales and transportation

  1,608   1,603   5     0.3 %     21     20     1     5.0  

Interruptible sales

  1,171   1,280   (109 )   (8.5 )     6     6          

Generation plants

  1,702   2,778   (1,076 )   (38.7 )     1     1          

Other

  86   88   (2 )   (2.3 )                  

Other gas revenues

                3     3          

Total

  4,567   5,749   (1,182 )   (20.6 )%   $ 31   $ 30   $ 1     3.3 %

 

O&R’s gas operating revenues increased $1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher gas purchased for resale ($1 million).

 

Sales and transportation volumes for firm customers increased 0.3 percent in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period reflecting the impact of the weather in 2008. After adjusting for weather and other variations, total firm sales and transportation volumes were 0.7 percent higher in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Non-firm transportation of customer-owned gas to electric generating plants decreased in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period because certain facilities discontinued burning gas to generate electricity. The decrease in gas burned had minimal impact on earnings because most revenues from these customers result from a fixed demand charge for local transportation.

 

Gas operating income decreased by $1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects higher income taxes ($2 million), offset by lower operation and maintenance expense ($1 million).

 

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Operating Income Taxes

Operating income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2008 increased $3 million compared to the 2007 period due primarily to higher income.

 

Competitive Energy Businesses

The competitive energy businesses’ earnings from continuing operations decreased $99 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to mark-to-market losses in 2008. Excluding mark-to-market activity in both periods, earnings decreased $22 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Operating revenues decreased $203 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period, due primarily to mark-to-market activity and the sale of electric generation projects. Electric wholesale revenues decreased $28 million, reflecting primarily a decrease of $108 million due to lower sales volumes partially offset by an increase of $80 million due to higher unit prices. Electric retail revenues decreased $14 million, of which $78 million was due to lower sales volume, partially offset by $64 million due to higher unit prices. Electric retail revenues decreased 4 percent from 2007 to 2008 and gross margins decreased due to lower sales volumes and lower unit margins. Revenues from the sale of electricity decreased $52 million as a result of the sale of electric generation projects. Net mark-to-market losses increased $130 million due primarily to lower commodity prices on electric and natural gas contracts, which were economic hedges that supported retail obligations (but were not accounted for as cash flow hedges). Other revenues increased $21 million in 2008 as compared with 2007 due primarily to energy services revenues.

 

Operating expenses including income taxes decreased $113 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period, reflecting decreased purchased power costs ($19 million), fuel expense ($11 million), gas purchased for resale ($4 million), depreciation and other ($2 million), and income taxes ($75 million).

 

Other income (deductions) decreased $8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to the gain on the sale of a wind power project in 2007 and lower equity income in 2008.

 

Other

For Con Edison, “Other” also includes inter-company eliminations relating to operating revenues and operating expenses.

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007

The Companies’ results of operations (which were discussed above under “Results of Operations – Summary”) in 2008 compared with 2007 were:

 

     Con Edison*     Con Edison of
New York
    O&R     Competitive Energy
Businesses and Other**
 
(Millions of Dollars)    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
    Increases
(Decreases)
Amount
    Increases
(Decreases)
Percent
 

Operating revenues

   $ 691     7.0 %   $ 570     7.6 %   $ 66     9.4 %   $ 55     3.2 %

Purchased power

     563     13.7       329     14.4       61     20.5       173     11.4  

Fuel

     12     2.4       41     8.9       N/A     N/A       (29 )   (93.5 )

Gas purchased for resale

     (6 )   (0.7 )     14     1.9       (8 )   (6.9 )     (12 )   (52.2 )

Operating revenues less purchased power, fuel and gas purchased for resale (net revenues)

     122     2.8       186     4.7       13     4.5       (77 )   (59.2 )

Other operations and maintenance

     167     10.9       132     10.0       24     16.8       11     17.5  

Depreciation and amortization

     50     10.4       55     12.4       2     7.1       (7 )   (63.6 )

Taxes, other than income taxes

     45     4.6       45     4.8       2     6.3       (2 )   (13.3 )

Income taxes

     74     20.8       (7 )   (2.3 )     (5 )   (21.7 )     86     Large  

Gain of sale of generation projects***

     261     Large                           261     Large  

Operating income

     47     4.4       (39 )   (4.0 )     (10 )   (15.6 )     96     Large  

Other income less deductions and related federal income tax

     1     2.2       (16 )   (59.3 )     2           15     Large  

Net interest expense

     5     1.3       14     4.1       (4 )   (16.0 )     (5 )   Large  

Income from continuing operations

     43     6.0       (69 )   (10.5 )     (4 )   (10.3 )     116     Large  

Gain on sale of generation projects, net of tax***

     270                               270      

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax***

     1     33.3       N/A     N/A          N/A     N/A       1     33.3  

Net income

   $ 314     43.5 %   $ (69 )   (10.5 )%   $ (4 )   (10.3 )%   $ 387     Large  
* Represents the consolidated financial results of Con Edison and its businesses.
** Includes inter-company and parent company accounting.
*** See Note N to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

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Con Edison of New York

Electric

Con Edison of New York’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Nine Months Ended               Nine Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious

  9,109   9,418   (309 )   (3.3 )%   $ 2,286   $ 2,039   $ 247     12.1 %

Commercial/Industrial

  9,732   9,767   (35 )   (0.4 )     2,165     1,889     276     14.6  

Retail access customers

  16,756   16,140   616     3.8       1,101     989     112     11.3  

NYPA, Municipal Agency and other sales

  8,835   8,672   163     1.9       311     260     51     19.6  

Other operating revenues

                299     469     (170 )   (36.2 )

Total

  44,432   43,997   435     1.0 %   $ 6,162   $ 5,646   $ 516     9.1 %

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric operating revenues increased $516 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to an increase in recoverable purchased power costs ($319 million), the electric rate plans ($113 million), and higher recoverable fuel costs ($34 million). Effective April 2008, Con Edison of New York’s revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the revenue decoupling mechanism and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area increased 1.0 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to sales growth. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, electric delivery volumes in Con Edison of New York’s service area increased 0.8 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Con Edison of New York’s electric purchased power costs increased $319 million in the first nine months of 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to an increase in unit costs ($355 million) offset by lower purchased volumes ($36 million). Electric fuel costs increased $34 million in the first nine months of 2008 compared with the 2007 period reflecting higher unit costs ($54 million) offset by lower sendout volumes from the company’s generating facilities ($20 million).

 

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Con Edison of New York’s electric operating income decreased $23 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects higher operations and maintenance costs ($98 million, due primarily to a reserve associated with the Long Island City power outage ($23 million) and increased pension expenses ($47 million)), higher depreciation ($50 million), taxes other than income taxes ($26 million, principally state and local taxes on revenues) and income taxes ($12 million), offset, in part, by higher net revenues ($163 million due principally to the electric rate plan).

 

Gas

Con Edison of New York’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Nine Months Ended  

Variation

   

Percent
Variation

    Nine Months Ended  

Variation

   

Percent
Variation

 
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
      September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
   

Residential

  30,173   32,706   (2,533 )   (7.7 )%   $ 621   $ 641   $ (20 )   (3.1 )%

General

  21,740   24,055   (2,315 )   (9.6 )         358     386     (28 )   (7.3 )    

Firm transportation

  32,166   28,660   3,506     12.2       146     121     25     20.7  

Total firm sales and transportation

  84,079   85,421   (1,342 )   (1.6 )     1,125     1,148     (23 )   (2.0 )

Interruptible sales

  9,086   8,338   748     9.0       112     62     50     80.6  

NYPA

  33,597   33,268   329     1.0       3     3          

Generation plants

  59,666   63,185   (3,519 )   (5.6 )     46     39     7     17.9  

Other

  15,376   11,291   4,085     36.2       20     17     3     17.6  

Other operating revenues

                60     47     13     27.7  

Total

  201,804   201,503   301     0.1 %   $ 1,366   $ 1,316   $ 50     3.8 %

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating revenues increased $50 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to the gas rate plan ($36 million) and higher recoverable purchased gas costs ($13 million). Con Edison of New York’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause and, effective October 2007, a revenue decoupling mechanism as a result of which revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other gas operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with these and other provisions of the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

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Con Edison of New York’s sales and transportation volumes for firm customers decreased 1.6 percent in the first nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to the impact of weather. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, firm gas sales and transportation volumes in the company’s service area increased 1.2 percent in the first nine months ended September 30, 2008. Con Edison of New York’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause that moderates, but does not eliminate, the effect of weather-related changes on net income.

 

Con Edison of New York’s purchased gas costs increased $14 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due to higher unit costs ($114 million), offset by lower sendout volumes ($100 million).

 

Con Edison of New York’s gas operating income decreased $7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects primarily higher operations and maintenance expense ($28 million, due primarily to increased pension expenses) and taxes other than income taxes ($17 million, principally property taxes), offset, in part, by higher net revenues ($36 million).

 

Steam

Con Edison of New York’s steam sales and deliveries in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Millions of Pounds Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Nine Months Ended   Variation     Percent
Variation
    Nine Months Ended   Variation     Percent
Variation
 
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
      September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
   

General

  383   450   (67 )   (14.9 )%   $ 16   $ 18   $ (2 )   (11.1 )%

Apartment house

  4,903   5,625   (722 )   (12.8 )     137     142     (5 )   (3.5 )

Annual power

  12,945   13,710   (765 )   (5.6 )     349     341     8     2.3  

Other operating revenues

                27     24     3     12.5  

Total

  18,231   19,785   (1,554 )   (7.9 )%   $ 529   $ 525   $ 4     0.8 %

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam operating revenues increased $4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to the steam rate plan ($21 million), offset in part by the milder weather in the first nine months of 2008 ($11 million) and higher cost recoverable fuel costs ($7 million). Other steam operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s rate plans. See Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

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Steam sales and delivery volumes decreased 7.9 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period, reflecting primarily the impact of weather. After adjusting for variations, principally weather and billing days, steam sales and deliveries decreased 3.1 percent in the first nine months of 2008.

 

Con Edison of New York’s steam fuel costs increased $7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher unit costs ($26 million) offset by lower sendout volumes ($19 million). Steam purchased power costs increased $10 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher unit costs ($20 million) offset by lower purchased volumes ($10 million).

 

Steam operating income decreased $10 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects primarily lower net revenues ($13 million), higher operations and maintenance expense ($5 million, due primarily to increased pension expenses) and depreciation ($2 million), offset in part by lower income tax ($7 million).

 

Taxes, Other Than Income Tax

Taxes, other than income tax increased $45 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher property taxes, and state and local taxes on revenues.

 

Income Taxes

Operating income taxes decreased $7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to lower income, offset in part by, the resolution of a deferred tax amortization petition in 2007.

 

Other Income (Deductions)

Other income (deductions) decreased $16 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to lower income from the company’s supplemental retirement program trust ($6 million), lower interest on the World Trade Center deferral ($4 million) and lower interest on Con Edison of New York’s hedging programs ($3 million).

 

Net Interest Expense

Net interest expense increased $14 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to higher outstanding long-term debt and commercial paper balances.

 

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O&R

Electric

O&R’s electric sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Millions of kWhs Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Nine Months Ended               Nine Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
    Variation   Percent
Variation
 

Residential/Religious

  1,460   1,483   (23 )   (1.6 )%   $ 267   $ 232     $ 35   15.1 %

Commercial/Industrial

  1,580   1,675   (95 )   (5.7 )     244     217       27   12.4  

Retail access customers

  1,385   1,262   123     9.7       62     56       6   10.7  

Public authorities

  90   89   1     1.1       13     11       2   18.2  

Other operating revenues

                4     (2 )     6   Large  

Total

  4,515   4,509   6     0.1 %   $ 590   $ 514     $ 76   14.8 %

 

O&R’s electric operating revenues increased $76 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to increased recoverable purchased power costs ($61 million). Effective July 2008, O&R’s revenues from electric sales are subject to a revenue decoupling mechanism, as a result of which, revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. Other electric operating revenues generally reflect changes in regulatory assets and liabilities in accordance with the company’s electric rate plan. See Note B to the Third Quarter Financial Statements.

 

Electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area increased 0.1 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. After adjusting for weather variations and unbilled volumes, electric delivery volumes in O&R’s service area decreased 0.7 percent in the first nine months of 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Electric operating income decreased by $6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects higher operations and maintenance expense ($22 million) including the amortization of deferred pension and other post retirement benefit costs in accordance with the 2007 electric rate order, offset in part by higher net revenues ($15 million) and lower income taxes ($3 million).

 

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Gas

O&R’s gas sales and deliveries, excluding off-system sales, in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period were:

 

    Thousands of dths Delivered     Revenues in Millions  
    Nine Months Ended               Nine Months Ended            
Description   September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
    September 30,
2008
  September 30,
2007
  Variation     Percent
Variation
 

Residential

  5,473   6,105   (632 )   (10.4 )%   $ 95   $ 105   $ (10 )   (9.5 )%

General

  1,261   1,462   (201 )   (13.7 )     20     24     (4 )   (16.7 )

Firm transportation

  7,041   7,031   10     0.1       32     27     5     18.5  

Total firm sales and transportation

  13,775   14,598   (823 )   (5.6 )     147     156     (9 )   (5.8 )

Interruptible sales

  4,061   4,446   (385 )   (8.7 )     20     18     2     11.1  

Generation plants

  2,315   3,940   (1,625 )   (41.2 )     3     2     1     50.0  

Other

  718   733   (15 )   (2.0 )                  

Other gas revenues

                9     13     (4 )   (30.8 )

Total

  20,869   23,717   (2,848 )   (12.0 )%   $ 179   $ 189   $ (10 )   (5.3 )%

 

O&R’s gas operating revenues decreased $10 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to lower costs of gas purchased for resale in the first nine months of 2008 ($8 million).

 

Sales and transportation volumes for firm customers decreased 5.6 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period reflecting the impact of the weather in 2008. After adjusting for weather and other variations, total firm sales and transportation volumes were 0.6 percent higher in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. O&R’s revenues from gas sales are subject to a weather normalization clause that moderates, but does not eliminate, the effect of weather-related changes on net income.

 

Non-firm transportation of customer-owned gas to electric generating plants decreased in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period because certain facilities discontinued burning gas to generate electricity. The decrease in gas burned had minimal impact on earnings because most revenues from these customers result from a fixed demand charge for local transportation.

 

Gas operating income decreased by $4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period. The decrease reflects higher operations and maintenance expenses ($1 million), lower net revenues ($1 million), and higher depreciation ($1 million).

 

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Operating Income Taxes

Operating income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 decreased $5 million compared to the 2007 period due primarily to lower income.

 

Competitive Energy Businesses

The competitive energy businesses’ earnings from continuing operations increased $77 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to a $137 million gain on the sale of Con Edison Development’s generation projects. Excluding mark-to-market activity in both periods, and the gain on the sale of the generation projects, earnings decreased $54 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period.

 

Operating revenues increased $68 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period, due primarily to higher electric wholesale revenues. Electric wholesale revenues increased $88 million, of which $384 million was due to higher sales volumes, offset by $296 million due to lower unit prices. Electric retail revenues increased $18 million, of which $135 million was due to higher unit prices, offset by a $117 million decrease due to lower sales volumes. Electric retail revenues increased 2 percent from 2007 to 2008 and gross margins decreased due to lower sales volumes and lower unit margins. Revenues from the sale of electricity from the competitive energy businesses’ generation facilities decreased $60 million. Net mark-to-market losses increased $9 million due primarily to lower prices on electric and natural gas contracts, which were economic hedges that supported retail obligations (but were not accounted for as cash flow hedges). Other revenues increased $31 million in 2008 as compared with 2007 due primarily to energy services revenues.

 

Operating expenses including income taxes increased $235 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period, reflecting increased purchased power costs ($186 million), higher income taxes ($84 million) and other operations and maintenance costs ($12 million) offset, in part, by lower fuel costs ($28 million), lower gas purchased for resale costs ($10 million), and lower depreciation expense ($8 million).

 

Other income (deductions) decreased $17 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the 2007 period due primarily to an impairment charge on investments in electric generating plants ($7 million) in 2008, and the gain on the sale of a wind power project in 2007.

 

Income from continuing operations reflects a pre-tax gain of $261 million and income taxes of $124 million related to the sale of Con Edison Development’s generating plants.

 

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Discontinued Operations

Net income from discontinued operations was $4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared with $3 million in the 2007 period. Net income from discontinued operations on the sale of Con Edison’s generation projects was $270 million, net of $174 million of income tax expense.

 

Other

For Con Edison, “Other” also includes the receipt of $30 million after-tax for a litigation settlement with Northeast Utilities in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and inter-company eliminations relating to operating revenues and operating expenses.

 

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ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

For information about the Companies’ primary market risks associated with activities in derivative financial instruments, other financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments, see “Financial and Commodity Market Risks” in Part 1, Item 2 of this report, which information is incorporated herein by reference. Also, see Item 7A of the Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Companies maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that they submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. For each of the Companies, its management, with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report and, based on such evaluation, has concluded that the controls and procedures are effective to provide such reasonable assurance. Reasonable assurance is not absolute assurance, however, and there can be no assurance that any design of controls or procedures would be effective under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

 

There was no change in the Companies’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Companies’ most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companies’ internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 4T.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The information required for Con Edison of New York pursuant to this Item 4T has been included in Item 4 (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

 

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

CON EDISON

 

Northeast Utilities

For information about the settlement of legal proceedings relating to Con Edison’s October 1999 agreement to acquire Northeast Utilities, see “Northeast Utilities” in Part II, Item 1 of the First Quarter Form 10-Q (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

 

CON EDISON OF NEW YORK

 

Power Outage Proceedings

For information about proceedings relating to power outages in 2006, including the Queens outage Joint Proposal, which was approved by the PSC in July 2008, see “Power Outage Proceedings” in Note B to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report and the First Quarter Form 10-Q (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

 

Manhattan Steam Main Rupture

For information about proceedings relating to the July 2007 rupture of a steam main located in midtown Manhattan, see “Manhattan Steam Main Rupture” in Note H to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report (which information is incorporated herein by reference.)

 

ITEM 1A    RISK FACTORS

There were no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Companies’ Form 10-K, other than as described in “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 2 of this report.

 

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ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS

 

Con Edison

 

Exhibit 12.1

   Statement of computation of Con Edison’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, and the 12-month period ended December 31, 2007.

Exhibit 31.1.1

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 31.1.2

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

Exhibit 32.1.1

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 32.1.2

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.
Con Edison of New York

Exhibit 12.2

   Statement of computation of Con Edison of New York’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, and the 12-month period ended December 31, 2007.

Exhibit 31.2.1

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 31.2.2

   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

Exhibit 32.2.1

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Executive Officer.

Exhibit 32.2.2

   Section 1350 Certifications—Chief Financial Officer.

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

       Consolidated Edison, Inc.
       Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

DATE: November 7, 2008

     By   

/s/ Robert Hoglund

           

Robert Hoglund

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Duly

Authorized Officer

 

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