Cuomo threatens to replace Con Ed: No “blackout” in New York City

A few hours after the power outage on the West Side of Manhattan on Saturday, New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo visited the Union Edison substation where the problem began. In a series of interviews—at least six times since the power outage—he threatened the utility company. “The blackout will not happen…in New York City. It can’t happen for no reason…no high load. They don’t know what happened,” Cuomo commented on the Bryan Lehrer Show on Monday road.
He called the power outage from 30th Street to 72nd Street, Fifth Avenue and the Hudson River a “serious public safety risk” and pointed out that this “is not the first time we have encountered a Con Ed problem.” In the past few years, we have had a transformer fire in Astoria, we have a transformer fire in Brooklyn, and a transformer fire in Lower Manhattan. This is Russian roulette. People may die. ”
On Saturday, a substation in the West End “blacked out”, affecting six networks, and 72,000 metering customers (including homes and businesses, such as stadiums, apartment buildings, and subway systems) were cut off. Con Ed was able to restore power before midnight, but the utility company stated that the outage had nothing to do with demand, admitted that it did not yet know the cause of the outage, and promised to conduct an extensive review to understand what happened. [Update: The power outage was caused by the burning of the smaller 13,000 volt feeder cable. ]
“A Con Ed spokesperson said today that New Yorkers must be patient,” Cuomo told Lehrer. “In terms of public safety, we don’t have to be patient—nor should we be patient. Frankly speaking, I think this is completely wrong information for Con Ed. We need to behave. People pay Con Ed. When they charge When the bill comes from Con Ed, they can’t say “be patient.” This is a vital service they provide.”
Cuomo later declared: “If they don’t show up, they can be replaced. Con Ed almost has an attitude of a bank that is too big to fail. This is a franchise. This is a license. This is not God-given-yes.” He pointed out , He has an independent committee “started last night” and hopes to conduct an independent investigation to find out what happened, so as not to happen again.
It is worth noting that the governor has criticized Con Ed many times in the past, but Con Ed still exists.
Cuomo inspects Con Ed’s outdated electrical equipment that caused thousands of subway delays https://t.co/jKFhXTIuAu pic.twitter.com/IWGe6KFRPc
This morning, a Con Ed spokesperson talked about the upcoming heat wave, telling PIX 11, “We expect there may be service interruptions. These things happen during the heat wave.” Our staff is ready to respond. We will prepare for this. It will be intense. ”
Timothy Cawley, the president of the utility company, stated that Saturday’s power outage was similar to that in Astoria in 2006. “A series of cable failures in Astoria resulted in the remaining power cables— —Yes, the transformer — broke down and caught fire.” At that time, the residents of Astoria had no electricity for a week.


Post time: Dec-16-2021