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                        CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
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                            Consolidated Edison, Inc






     Reference is made to Consolidated Edison, Inc.'s Proxy Statement for its
     Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2004.

     With respect to the standing committees of the Board (pages 9-11), be
     advised that Mr. Volk is no longer a member of the Corporate Governance
     and Nominating Committee.

     With respect to the Company's Stock Purchase Plan, the approval of which is
     to be considered at the meeting (Proposal No. 3;  pages 13-15), be advised
     that over the past eleven years an average of approximately 600,000 shares
     were issued per year under the plan.  The Company has no reason to believe
     that the average number of shares to be issued each year under the Plan
     over the next ten years will differ materially from this average.
     The numbers of shares issued during the years 1993 through 2003 were as
     follows:


     1993  -   540,127
     1994  -   741,416
     1995  -   709,927
     1996  -   717,881
     1997  -   650,194
     1998  -   466,205
     1999  -   536,028
     2000  -   714,120
     2001  -   609,901
     2002  -   466,060
     2003  -   584,953

                                                     Dated: May 3, 2004