Regulatory Matters

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Rate Plans

CECONY – Electric and Gas

On November 5, 2025, CECONY, the New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) and other parties entered into a Joint Proposal for CECONY electric and gas rate plans for the three-year period January 2026 through December 2028 (the Joint Proposal). The Joint Proposal is subject to approval by the New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC). The following tables contain a summary of the Joint Proposal.


CECONY – Electric
Effective period			January 2026 – December 2028
Base rate changes			Yr. 1 – $222 million (a) Yr. 2 – $473 million (a) Yr. 3 – $329 million (a)
Capital expenditures			Yr. 1 - $4,550 million Yr. 2 - $4,474 million Yr. 3 - $4,712 million
Amortizations to income of net liabilities			Yr. 1 – $88 million (b) Yr. 2 – $81 million (b) Yr. 3 – $78 million (b)
Other revenue sources			Retention of $75 million of annual transmission congestion revenues Potential earnings adjustment mechanism incentives for energy efficiency and other potential incentives of up to: Yr. 1 – $40 million Yr. 2 – $42 million Yr. 3 – $47 million
Revenue decoupling mechanisms			Continuation of reconciliation of actual to authorized electric delivery revenues.
Recoverable energy costs			Continuation of current rate recovery of purchased power and fuel costs.
Negative revenue adjustments			Potential charges if certain performance targets relating to service, reliability, safety and other matters are not met: Yr. 1 – $653 million Yr. 2 – $688 million Yr. 3 – $745 million
Regulatory reconciliations			Reconciliation of late payment charges and expenses for uncollectibles (c), expenses for pension and other postretirement benefits, variable-rate debt, major storms, property taxes (d), municipal infrastructure support costs (e), the impact of new laws and environmental site investigation and remediation to amounts reflected in rates (f).
Net utility plant reconciliations			Target levels reflected in rates: Electric average net plant target: Yr. 1 – $33,590 million Yr. 2 – $35,186 million Yr. 3 – $38,624 million
Average rate base			Yr. 1 – $32,935 million Yr. 2 – $35,149 million Yr. 3 – $39,174 million
Weighted average cost of capital (after-tax)			Yr. 1 – 6.98 percent Yr. 2 – 7.04 percent Yr. 3 – 7.10 percent
Authorized return on common equity			9.40 percent
Earnings sharing			Most earnings above an annual earnings threshold of 9.90 percent are to be applied to reduce regulatory assets for environmental remediation and other costs accumulated in the rate year.
Cost of long-term debt			Yr. 1 – 4.78 percent Yr. 2 – 4.90 percent Yr. 3 – 5.01 percent
Common equity ratio			48 percent

(a) The electric base rate increases shown above will be implemented on a shaped bill impact basis resulting in a consistent total bill impact of 2.80% each year with corresponding base rate increases of $234 million in Yr. 1; $410 million in Yr. 2; and $421 million in Yr. 3. New rates will be effective as of January 1, 2026. CECONY will begin billing customers at the new shaped rate once the Joint Proposal is approved by the NYSPSC. Any shortfall in revenues due to the timing of billing to customers will be collected through a surcharge including a carrying charge on the outstanding balance.

(b) Reflects regulatory liability amortization of $63 million in Yr. 1, $58 million in Yr. 2, and $55 million in Yr. 3; amortization of the protected portion of the regulatory liability for excess deferred income taxes allocable to CECONY’s electric customers of $24 million in Yr. 1, $22 million in Yr. 2, and $22 million in Yr. 3; and amortization of the non-plant portion of the regulatory liability for excess deferred income taxes allocable to CECONY’s electric customers of $1 million in Yr. 1, $1 million in Yr. 2, and $1 million in Yr. 3.

(c) During the rate plan, CECONY will calculate the annual difference between (i) its actual uncollectible expenses and late payment charges and (ii) the levels of uncollectible expenses and late payment charges provided in rates. In the event the actual net expenses (late payment charge revenues minus uncollectible expenses) are below the amounts in rates, CECONY will defer the full variance as a regulatory liability and refund to customers via surcredit. In the event the actual net expenses are above the amounts in rates, CECONY will defer the full annual variance above $8.5 million in Yr. 1; $12.75 million in Yr. 2; and $17 million in Yr. 3; as a regulatory asset for recovery via surcharge.

(d) If the level of actual expense for property taxes, excluding the effect of property tax refunds, varies in any rate year from the projected level provided in rates, the full amount of the variation will be recovered from or credited to customers via surcharge/surcredit.

(e) In general, if actual expenses for municipal infrastructure support (other than company labor) are below the amounts reflected in rates CECONY will defer the difference for credit to customers, and if the actual expenses are above the amounts reflected in rates, the company will defer for recovery from customers 80 percent of the difference subject to a maximum deferral, subject to certain conditions, of 15 percent of the amount reflected in the rate plans.

(f) In addition, the NYSDPS continues its focused operations audit to investigate CECONY's income tax accounting. Any NYSPSC ordered adjustment to CECONY's income tax accounting is expected to be refunded to or collected from customers, as determined by the NYSPSC. See "Other Regulatory Matters," below.


CECONY – Gas
Effective period			January 2026 – December 2028
Base rate changes			Yr. 1 – $(46) million (a) Yr. 2 – $170 million (a) Yr. 3 – $93 million (a)
Capital expenditures			Yr. 1 – $1,093 million Yr. 2 – $1,057 million Yr. 3 – $1,065 million
Amortizations to income of net liabilities			Yr. 1 – $90 million (b) Yr. 2 – $88 million (b) Yr. 3 – $86 million (b)
Other revenue sources			Retention of annual revenues from non-firm customers of up to $65 million and 15 percent of any such revenues above $65 million.
Revenue decoupling mechanisms			Continuation of reconciliation of actual to authorized gas delivery revenues calculated based upon revenue per customer class.
Recoverable energy costs			Continuation of current rate recovery of purchased gas costs.
Negative revenue adjustments (c)			Potential charges if performance targets relating to service, safety and other matters are not met: Yr. 1 – $133 million (h) Yr. 2 – $140 million (h) Yr. 3 – $149 million (h)
Regulatory reconciliations			Reconciliation of late payment charges and expenses for uncollectibles (d), expenses for pension and other postretirement benefits, variable-rate debt, property taxes (e), municipal infrastructure support costs (f), the impact of new laws and environmental site investigation and remediation to amounts reflected in rates (g).
Net utility plant reconciliations			Target levels reflected in rates: Gas average net plant target: Yr. 1 – $12,931 million Yr. 2 – $13,472 million Yr. 3 – $14,014 million
Average rate base			Yr. 1 – $11,485 million Yr. 2 – $12,050 million Yr. 3 – $12,615 million
Weighted average cost of capital (after-tax)			Yr. 1 – 6.98 percent Yr. 2 – 7.04 percent Yr. 3 – 7.10 percent
Authorized return on common equity			9.40 percent
Earnings sharing			Most earnings above an annual earnings threshold of 9.90 percent are to be applied to reduce regulatory assets for environmental remediation and other costs accumulated in the rate year.
Cost of long-term debt			Yr. 1 – 4.78 percent Yr. 2 – 4.90 percent Yr. 3 – 5.01 percent
Common equity ratio			48 percent

(a) The gas base rate increases shown above will be implemented on a shaped bill impact basis resulting in a consistent total bill impact of 2.01% each year with corresponding base rate increases of $28 million in Yr. 1; $69 million in Yr. 2; and $70 million in Yr. 3. New rates will be effective as of January 1, 2026. CECONY will begin billing customers at the new shaped rate once the Joint Proposal is approved by the NYSPSC. Any shortfall in revenues due to the timing of billing to customers will be collected through a surcharge including a carrying charge on the outstanding balance.

(b) Reflects regulatory liability amortization of $48 million in Yr. 1, $46 million in Yr. 2, and $45 million in Yr. 3; amortization of the protected portion of the regulatory liability for excess deferred income taxes allocable to CECONY’s gas customers of $6 million in Yr. 1, $6 million in Yr. 2, and $5 million in Yr. 3; and amortization of the unprotected portion of the regulatory liability for excess deferred income taxes allocable to CECONY’s gas customers of $36 million in Yr. 1, $36 million in Yr. 2, and $36 million in Yr. 3.

(c) $33.33 million in annual gas revenue requirement ($100 million over three years) will be recovered through a rate adjustment mechanism, subject to refund to customers relating to NYSDPS's review of CECONY's gas main welds. See "Other Regulatory Matters," below

(d) During the rate plan, CECONY will calculate the annual difference between (i) its actual uncollectible expenses and late payment charges and (ii) the levels of uncollectible expenses and late payment charges provided in rates. In the event the actual net expenses (late payment charge revenues minus uncollectible expenses) are below the amounts in rates, CECONY will defer the full variance as a regulatory liability and refund to customers via surcredit. In the event the actual net expenses are above the amounts in rates, CECONY will defer the full annual variance above $1.5 million in Yr. 1; $2.25 million in Yr. 2; and $3 million in Yr. 3; as a regulatory asset for recovery via surcharge.

(e) If the level of actual expense for property taxes, excluding the effect of property tax refunds, varies in any rate year from the projected level provided in rates, the full amount of the variation will be recovered from or credited to customers via surcharge/surcredit.

(f) In general, if actual expenses for municipal infrastructure support (other than company labor) are below the amounts reflected in rates CECONY will defer the difference for credit to customers, and if the actual expenses are above the amounts reflected in rates the company will defer for recovery from customers 80 percent of the difference subject to a maximum deferral, subject to certain conditions, of 15 percent of the amount reflected in the rate plans.

(g) In addition, the NYSDPS continues its focused operations audit to investigate CECONY's income tax accounting. Any NYSPSC ordered adjustment to CECONY’s income tax accounting is expected to be refunded to or collected from customers, as determined by the NYSPSC. See "Other Regulatory Matters," below.

(h) The rate plan includes the potential for CECONY to earn Offsetting Credit Adjustments (OCAs) to offset any gas negative revenue adjustments. OCAs may only be applied in the calendar year they are earned. Potential OCAs that may be earned are $12 million in Yr. 1, $13 million in Yr. 2, and $14 million in Yr. 3.

CECONY – Steam

In May 2025, CECONY filed a petition with the NYSPSC for authorization and cost recovery for the early deployment of four steam decarbonization projects at an estimated cost of $332 million and for authorization to implement a low carbon fuels pilot program that will procure locally-sourced renewable natural gas for use in generating steam.

O&R New York – Electric and Gas

In March 2025, the NYSPSC approved the November 2024 Joint Proposal for new electric and gas rates. The Joint Proposal provides for an electric rate change of $(13.1) million, $24.8 million, and $44.1 million, effective January 1, 2025, 2026 and 2027, respectively. The rate changes will be implemented on a shaped basis, with no change for 2025, and annual increases of $17.7 million, effective January 1, 2026 and 2027. The Joint Proposal provides for gas rate increases of $3.6 million, $18 million and $16.5 million, effective January 1, 2025, 2026 and 2027, respectively. The rate increases will be implemented on a levelized basis, with annual increases of $10.4 million effective January 1, 2025, 2026 and 2027.

Rockland Electric Company (RECO)

In October 2025, RECO further updated its June and August 2025 requests to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) for an electric rate increase, effective January 1, 2026. The company increased its requested rate increase to $31.8 million and changed the common equity ratio to 50.04 percent. The October 2025 updated filing continues to reflect a return on common equity of 10.30 percent.

In September and October 2025, RECO issued credits of $6.6 million in aggregate to its residential electric customers pursuant to an order issued by the NJBPU that established a residential universal bill credit funded by New Jersey.

In August 2025, the NJBPU issued an order authorizing RECO to defer incremental preparation costs of $5 million associated with six storms that occurred during 2023 and 2024. The prudence of these costs, the manner and time period of recovery, along with carrying costs, are being considered in RECO’s next base rate case.

Other Regulatory Matters

In January 2023, CECONY initiated a review of welds on certain gas and steam mains following the company’s discovery of a leak from a gas main weld in Queens, New York. During the course of its review thus far, CECONY discovered non-conforming gas and steam main welds. The non-confirming welds are not expected to have a significant impact on operations. New York regulations require utilities to perform and record weld films for certain gas and steam main welds. Upon reviewing these films, CECONY determined that in some instances third-party contractors engaged in misconduct by substituting duplicate weld films for different welds, while another third-party contractor had created poor quality weld films. CECONY voluntarily disclosed its initial review and findings to the NYSDPS which, in turn, initiated its own investigation into CECONY’s compliance with weld requirements under the New York State Public Service Law and the prudence of CECONY’s oversight of the weld testing process that could result in adverse regulatory action against the company. CECONY continues to investigate this matter, is remediating and monitoring non-conforming welds and continues to cooperate with the NYSDPS in its investigation. During the time period CECONY disclosed the issue to the NYSDPS, it also reported the contractors’ misconduct to law enforcement. In August 2025, two employees of the third-party contractors were indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for wire fraud arising out of their scheme to defraud CECONY. Given the nature of the non-conforming welds identified, CECONY does not anticipate significant impact to the operation of its gas and steam mains. In November 2025, CECONY, the NYSDPS and other parties entered into a joint proposal for a new CECONY gas rate plan that, subject to approval by the NYSPSC, provides that $33.3 million in annual gas revenue requirement ($100 million in aggregate from 2026 through 2028) will be recovered through a rate adjustment mechanism that is subject to refund to customers relating to this matter. See “Rate Plans,” above. CECONY is unable to estimate the amount or range of its possible loss, if any, related to this matter. At September 30, 2025, CECONY had not accrued a liability related to this matter and is unable to determine the outcome of this matter at this time.

In May 2024, the NYSPSC issued an order denying an April 2023 petition by CECONY that requested permission to capitalize costs to implement its new customer billing and information system to the extent those costs exceeded the $421 million cap established in CECONY’s 2020 – 2022 electric and gas rate plans. CECONY’s final costs for the new system were $510 million ($89 million above the $421 million cap in the rate plans). CECONY believes that the incremental costs were both prudent and necessary for the successful deployment of the system for the benefit of its customers. In May 2024, CECONY expensed incremental costs of $51 million for the new system that were previously capitalized, in addition to a $38 million reserve established at December 31, 2023. In June 2024, CECONY filed a petition for rehearing with the NYSPSC. CECONY is unable to predict the NYSPSC's response to its rehearing petition.

In January 2018, the NYSPSC issued an order initiating a focused operations audit of the Utilities’ financial accounting for income taxes. The audit is investigating the Utilities’ inadvertent understatement of a portion, the amount of which may be material, of their calculation of total federal income tax expense for ratemaking purposes related to the calculation of plant retirement-related cost of removal. As a result of such understatement, the Utilities accumulated significant income tax regulatory assets ($1,042 million and $10 million for CECONY and O&R, respectively, as of September 30, 2025 and $1,078 million and $14 million for CECONY and O&R, respectively, as of December 31, 2024) which are not earning a return. While the Utilities have properly calculated and paid their federal income taxes and there is no uncertain tax position related to this matter, this understatement of historical income tax expense materially reduced the amount of revenue collected from the Utilities' customers in the past relative to what it should have been. The Utilities’ rate plans have reflected the correct amount of federal income taxes recoverable from customers, including a proportionate recovery of the regulatory asset, beginning with O&R’s rate plans effective November 2015, CECONY’s electric and gas rate plans effective January 2017, and CECONY’s steam plan effective November 2023. As part of the audit, the Utilities plan to pursue a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirming that the Utilities’ inadvertent understatement of prior years’ income tax expense constitutes a normalization violation that can be cured through an increase in future years’ revenue requirements until such time as the regulatory asset is fully recovered in rates, and not through a write-down of all or a portion of the Utilities’ regulatory asset. Under Accounting Standards Codification Topic (ASC) 740, the Utilities recorded an unfunded deferred federal income tax liability (with a gross-up amount) and a corresponding regulatory asset. The income tax regulatory assets are netted against the related regulatory liability for future income tax and are shown in the line “Future income tax” in the following table of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities and on the Companies’ consolidated balance sheets in the line “Regulatory liabilities.” Management’s assessment is that the income tax regulatory assets as of September 30, 2025 are probable of collection through future rates. The IRS provides safe harbor relief for inadvertent normalization violations through the jurisdictional rate setting process of including in rates adequate revenue to fully recover the deferred tax balance. However, the Utilities would record a liability or impair a portion of the regulatory assets associated with this understatement if the NYSPSC were to issue an order that required the Utilities to write off all or a portion of their existing regulatory asset. The Utilities are unable to estimate the amount or range of their possible loss, if any, related to this matter. At September 30, 2025, the Utilities had not accrued a liability related to this matter.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were comprised of the following items:


	Con Edison		CECONY
(Millions of Dollars)	2025	2024	2025	2024
Regulatory assets
Energy efficiency and other clean energy programs (a)	$1,772	$1,675	$1,680	$1,601
Customer account deferrals (b)	1,178	1,073	1,169	1,058
Environmental investigation and remediation costs	1,024	1,038	937	952
Revenue taxes	616	540	589	517
Legacy meters (c)	390	413	377	398
Property tax reconciliation (d)	111	131	109	131
Deferred storm costs (e)	88	147	10	53
Deferred derivative losses - long term	64	106	57	94
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs (f)	21	—	13	—
MTA power reliability deferral (g)	8	31	8	31

Pension and other postretirement benefits deferrals	—	2	—	2
Other	282	367	248	321
Regulatory assets – noncurrent	5,554	5,523	5,197	5,158
Deferred derivative losses - short term	116	102	108	92
Recoverable energy costs	2	39	2	14
Regulatory assets – current	118	141	110	106
Total Regulatory Assets	$5,672	$5,664	$5,307	$5,264
Regulatory liabilities
Allowance for cost of removal less salvage (h)	$1,597	$1,527	$1,383	$1,322
Future income tax*	1,146	1,224	1,039	1,112
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs (f)	736	1,054	684	984
Pension and other postretirement benefit deferrals	373	368	324	304
Net unbilled revenue deferrals	296	436	296	436
Late payment charge deferral	223	231	219	224
System benefit charge carrying charge	103	115	96	110
Deferred derivative gains - long term	16	8	12	6

Settlement of prudence proceeding (i)	9	10	9	10
Other	447	471	404	432
Regulatory liabilities – noncurrent	4,946	5,444	4,466	4,940
Refundable energy costs	84	59	55	18
Deferred derivative gains - short term	22	25	18	22
Revenue decoupling mechanism	17	18	—	—
Regulatory liabilities – current	123	102	73	40
Total Regulatory Liabilities	$5,069	$5,546	$4,539	$4,980

* See "Other Regulatory Matters" above.

(a) Energy Efficiency and Other Clean Energy Programs represent programs designed to increase energy efficiency achievements and other clean energy transformation efforts.

(b) Customer account deferrals include (1) the amount to be collected from customers related to the Emergency Summer Cooling Credits program for CECONY, (2) deferrals under CECONY and O&R's electric and gas rate plans for the reconciliation of write-offs of customer accounts receivable balances to amounts reflected in rates as well as for increases to the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and (3) deferral related to the arrears relief programs. Amounts deferred under the arrears relief programs were $279.3 million and $1.2 million for CECONY and O&R at September 30, 2025, respectively, and $323.7 million and $1.4 million at December 31, 2024, respectively, and receive a return at the pre-tax weighted average cost of capital. The Phase I and Phase II Arrears relief programs' recovery periods end in August 2026 and April 2033, respectively. The Emergency Summer Cooling Credits program recovery period ends in December 2025.

(c) Pursuant to their rate plans, CECONY and O&R are recovering the costs of legacy meters over a 15-year period beginning January 1, 2024 and a 12-year period beginning January 1, 2022, respectively.

(d) Property tax reconciliation represents the amount deferred between actual property taxes incurred and the level included in rates subject to the provisions of the respective rate plans.

(e) Deferred storm costs represent response and restoration costs, other than capital expenditures, in connection with Tropical Storm Isaias and other major storms that were deferred by the Utilities.

(f) Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs represent the deferrals associated with the accounting rules for retirement benefits.

(g) MTA power reliability deferral represents CECONY’s costs in excess of those reflected in its prior electric rate plan to take certain actions relating to the electrical equipment that serves the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway system. The company is recovering this regulatory asset pursuant to its current electric rate plan.

(h) Allowance for cost of removal less salvage represents cash previously collected from customers to fund future anticipated removal expenditures.

(i) Settlement of prudence proceeding represents the remaining amount to be credited to customers pursuant to a Joint Proposal, approved by the NYSPSC in April 2016, with respect to the prudence of certain CECONY expenditures and related matters.

In general, the Utilities receive or are being credited with a return at the Other Customer-Provided Capital rate for regulatory assets that have not been included in rate base, and receive or are being credited with a return at the pre-tax weighted average cost of capital once the asset is included in rate base. Similarly, the Utilities pay to or credit customers with a return at the Other Customer-Provided Capital rate for regulatory liabilities that have not been included in rate base, and pay to or credit customers with a return at the pre-tax weighted average cost of capital once the liability is included in rate base. The Other Customer-Provided Capital rate was 4.75% percent and 5.95% percent for the 2025 and 2024 rate years, respectively.

In general, the Utilities are receiving or being credited with a return on their regulatory assets for which a cash outflow has been made ($3,220 million and $3,262 million for Con Edison, and $3,008 million and $3,024 million for CECONY at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively). Regulatory liabilities are treated in a consistent manner. Regulatory assets of RECO for which a cash outflow has been made ($33 million at September 30, 2025 and $28 million at December 31, 2024) are not receiving or being credited with a return. RECO recovers regulatory assets over a period of up to four years or until they are addressed in its next base rate case in accordance with the rate provisions approved by the NJBPU. Regulatory liabilities are treated in a consistent manner.

Regulatory assets that represent future financial obligations and were deferred in accordance with the Utilities’ rate plans or orders issued by state regulators do not earn a return until such time as a cash outlay has been made. Regulatory liabilities are treated in a consistent manner. At September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, regulatory assets for Con Edison and CECONY that did not earn a return consisted of the following items:

Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return*


	Con Edison		CECONY
(Millions of Dollars)	2025	2024	2025	2024
Environmental investigation and remediation costs	$1,022	$1,037	$935	$942
Revenue taxes	612	567	586	543
UB deferral for uncollectible accounts receivable	541	551	536	541
Deferred derivative losses - short-term	116	102	108	92
Deferred derivative losses - long-term	64	106	57	94
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs	21	—	13	—
Other	76	39	64	28
Total	$2,452	$2,402	$2,299	$2,240

*This table presents regulatory assets not earning a return for which no cash outlay has been made.

The recovery periods for regulatory assets for which a cash outflow has not been made and that do not earn a return have not yet been determined, except as noted below, and are expected to be determined pursuant to the Utilities’ future rate plans to be filed or orders issued by the state regulators in connection therewith.

The Utilities recover unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs over 10 years, and the portion of investment gains or losses is recognized in expense over 15 years, pursuant to NYSPSC policy.

The deferral for revenue taxes represents the New York State metropolitan transportation business tax surcharge on the cumulative temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities of the Utilities, as well as the difference between taxes collected and paid by the Utilities to fund mass transportation. The Utilities recover the majority of the revenue taxes over the remaining book lives of the electric and gas plant assets, as well as the steam plant assets for CECONY.

The Utilities recover deferred derivative losses – current within one year, and noncurrent generally within three years.