SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
McAvoy John

(Last) (First) (Middle)
CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. C/O SECRETARY
4 IRVING PLACE, ROOM 1618-S

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10003

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2013
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC [ ED ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President & CEO, O&R
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 747.88 D
Common Stock 1,880.56 I Tax Reduction Act Stock Ownership Plan (TRASOP)
Common Stock 502.4 I By THRIFT PLAN
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
Carole Sobin, Attorney in Law 01/04/2013
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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Power of Attorney



      The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

Elizabeth D. Moore, Carole Sobin, Peter J. Barrett, Marisa Joss,

and Vanessa M. Franklin, or any of them signing singly, and with

full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer of Consolidated

Edison, Inc. or its subsidiaries (the "Company"), Forms

ID, 3, 4 and 5 (collectively, the "Forms") in accordance

with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder;





(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the

undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to

complete and execute any such Forms, complete and

execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely

file such Forms with the United States Securities and

Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of

such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best

interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it

being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant

to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such

attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's

discretion.



      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact

full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and

thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the

exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully

to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do

if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such

attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or

substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of

this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are

not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the

Exchange Act.



      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect

until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with

respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact.  The undersigned hereby revokes all previously

executed powers of attorney relating to the Forms.



      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of

Attorney to be executed as of this 10 day of December, 2012.







/s/ John McAvoy

John McAvoy



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