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Con Edison's Sr. VP of Customer Energy Solutions, Leonard Singh looks ahead to what we can expect in energy in 2022. Lenny shares his insights on the work the company is doing to meet its newly expanded clean energy commitment and help customers meet city and state clean energy goals.

Hear Con Edison's Mark Brescia talk about how appliances in the home of the future work. They are more reliable, safer, better for the environment, your wallet and available now.

To accommodate renewable energy the grid of the future has to be dynamic. Con Edison's Damian Sciano shares his insight on the changes that are coming in the not so distant future.

How is New York going to meet its clean energy goals for buildings? Con Edison's Frank Cuomo thinks it just might be with electric steam. Hear how Con Edison is looking to decarbonize the steam system and make the buildings that use it cleaner and even more efficient. Frank Cuomo general manager of Con Edison's Steam Services is our guest.

Con Edison crews travel to Louisiana to help restore customers impacted by Hurricane Ida. Listen to Patrick Hanley from Bronx Westchester overhead recount his experiences from bunking on rodeo grounds to restoring an animal shelter and enjoying local cuisine and making new friends.

The hydrogen rainbow is the topic as Current Thought continues its look at clean energy. Con Edison's Silvia Khurrum gives us the basics on the hydrogen and its potential in our clean energy future.

Want to know more about green energy? Listen to John Catuogno, Con Edison's energy forecaster talk about fusion - a promising clean energy source. Fusion energy mimics the sun -- it's safer than fission, self-sustain, clean and reliable.

Con Edison is all in on EVs. Hear what Con Edison's Lenny Singh has to say about how we're working to reduce transportation's carbon footprint.

In this episode of Plugged In we take a closer look at Con Edison’s award-winning commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion with Joan Jacobs, Vice President of Learning and Inclusion and Nicole Leon, Director of Diversity.

Many homeowners interested in reducing their carbon footprint are choosing to switch to mini-split heat pumps to heat and cool their homes. These devices use energy very effectively, delivering one-and-a-half to three times more heat energy to a building than the electrical energy they consume. Steven Pak from the Con Edison Energy Efficiency team explains how mini-splits work and what are the advantages to installing them in your home. Learn more in this episode of “Current Thought" and on our website at coned.com/minisplit

Listen to Walter Alvarado Vice President of System and Transmission Operations share Con Edison's plan for building three new transmission lines. The project will boost the use of renewable energy in the region when it comes on line and reduce the need for old fossil fuel peaker plants.

Hear how Con Edison is leading the way energy companies are thinking about climate change—designing the grid of the future to improve resiliency and sustainability. Con Edison’s manager of strategic planning, Charles Viemeister and @MichaelGerrard, founder and director of Columbia Law’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law highlight the plans.

Con Edison and its partners Lion Electric and Posi-Plus are developing the country's first all-electric utility bucket truck capable of performing the full range of work required. This class 8 truck will be able to put in a full day's work, lift a line worker 60 feet into the air, travel 130 miles and top off its batteries in about eight hours. It is expected to be on the road in 2022. Click the link for more information: https://bit.ly/3m6OxOR

February is Black History Month. But between February 2020 and February 2021, the experience has been marked by unprecedented events. Listen to a frank discussion in Con Edison’s podcast “Plugged In” about the meaning and impact of Black History Month with company employees Lance Becca, Vice President for Staten Island Electric Operations, Christianna Ambo-Jones, a manager for Energy Efficiency, and Nikolai Wolfe, an attorney in the Law Department.

Manhattan's East River Tidal project is changing water currents to electrical currents and unlocking the potential for New York's newest renewable energy technology. It's predictable, reliable, and sustainable and now Manhattan Islanders will be using electricity generated by this project to help meet New York's clean energy goals. Find out more about this fascinating project and what's next in tidal energy generation on part two of "Current Thought" with Verdant Power, Inc.'s Dean Corren. Part 2

Matt Ketschke the new president of Con Edison of New York, and the new senior vice president of customer energy solutions, Lenny Singh talk about energy trends in 2021.

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Tidal energy is renewable energy harnessed by the natural rise and fall of ocean tides using technologies like turbines to generate electricity. It’s not widely used but can be more predictable than the sun and wind. Con Edison engineers in research and development are exploring its reliability and uses. Learn more in this episode of “Current Thought" and on our website: https://bit.ly/3rlq2Qm. Part 1

Move over rooftop solar panels, vertical solar farms are coming! With more than 10 million windows in Manhattan alone, Con Edison is keeping close tabs on the technology that can change a window pane into a solar energy generator, creating a new energy source without altering New York’s spectacular skyline. Learn more in this episode of our new podcast, “Current Thought."

Con Edison’s Bobby Kennedy, his team and the University of Albany are taking a hyper-local look at New York City weather. With 17 newly installed weather stations that measure wind, rain, snow, air and even river temperatures, providing hyper local data to find the so-called “ground truth.” With that data, trends can be better identified to drive decisions on everything from climate change to storm hardening the grid. Learn more in this episode of our new podcast, “Current Thought.”