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CON EDISON SOLUTIONS TO SERVE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN PIKE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

New York-based energy services company offers competitively priced energy to residential customers

White Plains, NY - October 16, 2007ConEdison Solutions, one of the country’s leading energy services companies, has expanded its presence in the Northeast by announcing it will now serve residential customers in Pike County, Pennsylvania, the state’s fastest-growing county.  
 
ConEdison Solutions will offer competitively priced energy supply to residential customers of Pike County Light and Power.  The offer will represent a savings over the utility and Direct Energy’s aggregation through the end of December 2007 and provide price stability through 2008.  ConEdison Solutions currently serves over 200,000 residential customers from Massachusetts to New York and has served business customers in Pike County since 2006.
 
Established in 1997, ConEdison Solutions is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., and part of a family of companies that is one of America's largest and longest-operating investor-owned energy companies. 
 
ConEdison Solutions serves electric commodity customers in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maryland, Delaware, Illinois, Texas, and the District of Columbia.  Based in White Plains, New York, the company also provides an array of cost-effective energy services to businesses. 

"Thousands of our customers are realizing the bottom-line benefits of switching to ConEdison Solutions by lowering their energy costs,” said Jorge J. Lopez, President and Chief Executive Officer of ConEdison Solutions.  “Pike County residents now have an opportunity for price certainty and can save money by leveraging the power of the competitive energy marketplace.” 

By tapping competitive supplies provided by ConEdison Solutions, Pike County residents can control price volatility and reduce overall energy spending.  ConEdison Solutions offers retail electricity to Pike County Light and Power residential customers with a fixed-price option. 

“Millions of households and businesses around the country are already being served by competitive energy suppliers,” said Mr. Lopez.  “Customers switching from their traditional utility or another marketer to ConEdison Solutions find the changeover easy, seamless and rewarding.”

Pike County Light and Power customers that would like to enroll with ConEdison Solutions can do so by calling 1-866-842-8166 or at www.conedsolutions.com.

ConEdison Solutions is a leading energy services company that provides cost-effective energy solutions for commercial, industrial, residential and government customers.  The company is based in White Plains, New York, with offices in Burlington, Massachusetts; Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Arlington, Virginia; Houston, Texas; and Tampa, Florida.  The firm’s dedicated team of energy professionals delivers a broad range of commodity, consulting, demand-side management and performance contracting services.  ConEdison Solutions offers programs and services tailored to help customers achieve their individual energy objectives and is accredited as an Energy Services Provider (ESP) by the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO).  

ConEdison Solutions is a subsidiary and registered trademark of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED). More information can be obtained by calling 1-888-210-8899 or visiting the ConEdison Solutions web site at www.conedsolutions.com.  You can also visit the Consolidated Edison, Inc. website at www.conedison.com for information on all of the Consolidated Edison companies.