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Consolidated Edison acquired or merged with more than a dozen companies between 1936 and 1960. Con Edison today is the result of acquisitions, dissolutions, and mergers of more than 170 individual electric, gas, and steam companies. Consolidated Edison acquired land on the Hudson River in Buchanan, NY, in 1954 for the Indian Point nuclear power ...
Articles related to Consolidated Edison (1823-), one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 billion in assets.
The Edison Illuminating Company was purchased by Consolidated Gas in 1901. In 1936, with electricity sales far outpacing gas sales, the company changed its name to Consolidated Edison . Today, Con Ed is a multi-billion dollar company that provides power to around 3.3 million people. [ 12 ]
The steam company was originally established as an independent utility in 1879 and Consolidated Gas (now Consolidated Edison) had acquired a controlling interest in the company in 1929. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In the late 1960s, the plant was capable of burning coal and fuel oil and had a total capacity of 2,273,000 pounds (1,031,000 kg) of steam per ...
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The New York Edison Company became Consolidated Edison in 1936. [14] In 1937, advances in technology allowed steam that had passed through the turbines to be subsequently distributed to customers, making Waterside an early plant to use cogeneration. [7] The combined capacity of Waterside No. 1 and Waterside No. 2 was over 370 MW in 1940. [6]
The Con Edison Energy Museum was a museum located at 145 East 14th Street in Manhattan in the Consolidated Edison Building. [1] It told the history of the company and displayed a series of exhibits related to Thomas Edison and the early years of electricity including a miniature version of the Pearl Street Station and a potential for the future.
Kevin Burke was the Chairman, President, and CEO of Consolidated Edison. [1] [2] He joined Consolidated Edison in 1973.He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2000, President and CEO in 2005, and Chairman in 2006, serving until his retirement in 2013.