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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001047862-21-000054
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kelly Mary
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001720771

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14514
		FILM NUMBER:		21657792

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 IRVING PLACE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10003

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001047862
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				133965100
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 IRVING PLACE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10003
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8005225635

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 IRVING PLACE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10003
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each Performance Unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Performance Units granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (&quot;LTIP&quot;) will vest in 2024 when they are determined and awarded by the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The number of shares (or cash equivalents) will be adjusted based on certain performance criteria, including criteria other than the market price, as specified under the LTIP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The number of shares (or cash equivalents) were adjusted based on certain performance criteria, including criteria other than the market price, as specified under the LTIP.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Vanessa M. Franklin; Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-02-19</signatureDate>
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<html><body><pre>Power of Attorney

Effective immediately, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

Deneen L. Donnley, Sylvia V. Dooley, Monica Janairo, Vanessa M. Franklin, and

Michele M. Weber, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of

substitution, the undersigned&#39;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#39;s

capacity as an officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc. or its subsidiaries

(the &quot;Company&quot;), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 (collectively, the &quot;Forms&quot;) in

accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) and the rules thereunder;



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



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&#39;s discretion.



Effective immediately, 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 o substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying

and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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. Effective immediately,

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 24 day of February 2020.



/s/  Mary Kelly



Mary Kelly

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