07.23.2019

Is It Time For New York To Take Control Of Con Ed?

With the exception of major incidents, there is little pressure from voters to keep an eye on the utilities, says Lerner, “because electricity is seen as the purview of a private corporation.” But while the average New Yorker may not be especially concerned with the policy minutiae of power distribution, the corporations tasked with dispensing that commodity have taken an active role in such discussions.