Power of Attorney

      The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Charles E.
McTiernan, Carole Sobin, Peter J. Barrett, Marisa Joss and Vanessa
Moreno Franklin and each of them, 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 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 and timely file the
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 have done 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or
5 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 16th day of October, 2008.



/s/ Gordon J. Davis
Gordon J. Davis