Press Release

NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Hoglund will participate in three panel discussions at the Sixth Annual Goldman Sachs Power and Utility Conference in Las Vegas, Nev., this week. The panel discussions will be webcast live on Friday, May 12, at the following links:

    8:00 a.m. PDT - M&A - Does PUHCA Repeal Really Make it More Attractive?
    http://customer.talkpoint.com/GOLD006/051106a_cs/default.asp?entity=coned

    10:30 a.m. PDT - Capacity Markets: How to Plan For an Uncertain Future?
    http://customer.talkpoint.com/GOLD006/051106a_cs/default.asp?entity=coned2

    11:15 a.m. PDT - Regulated Companies: How to Stimulate Above-Average
    Growth?
    http://customer.talkpoint.com/GOLD006/051106a_cs/default.asp?entity=coned3

A live audio webcast of each panel discussion can also be accessed at the Consolidated Edison, Inc. Web site at http://investor.conedison.com. A replay will be available shortly after the live presentation is completed and will be posted at the same link for 90 days.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED) is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues and $25 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through its two regulated utility subsidiaries and its three competitive energy businesses. For additional financial, operations and customer service information, visit Consolidated Edison, Inc.'s Web site at http://www.conedison.com.

SOURCE Consolidated Edison, Inc. -0- 05/08/2006 /CONTACT: Joseph Petta of Con Edison, +1-212-460-4111/ /Web site: http://investor.conedison.com http://www.conedison.com http://www.coned.com / (ED)