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Environmental Matters (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract] |
Accrued Liabilities and Regulatory Assets | The accrued liabilities and regulatory assets related to Superfund Sites at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| Con Edison | CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021
Accrued Liabilities: |  |  |  |
Manufactured gas plant sites | $833 | $845 | $744 | $755
Other Superfund Sites | 90 | 95 | 89 | 95
Total | $923 | $940 | $833 | $850
Regulatory assets | $919 | $938 | $840 | $860
Environmental Remediation Costs | Environmental remediation costs incurred related to Superfund Sites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended September 30,
| Con Edison | CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021
Remediation costs incurred | $3 | $7 | $3 | $7
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
| Con Edison | CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021
Remediation costs incurred | $17 | $21 | $16 | $20
Accrued Liability for Asbestos Suits and Workers' Compensation Proceedings | The accrued liability for asbestos suits and workers’ compensation proceedings (including those related to asbestos exposure) and the amounts deferred as regulatory assets or liabilities for the Companies at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| Con Edison | CECONY
(Millions of Dollars) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021
Accrued liability – asbestos suits | $8 | $8 | $7 | $7
Regulatory assets – asbestos suits | $8 | $8 | $7 | $7
Accrued liability – workers’ compensation | $62 | $65 | $59 | $62
Regulatory liabilities – workers’ compensation | $11 | $8 | $11 | $8

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