Other companies receiving awards include New York's Consolidated Edison Company, Houston's CenterPoint Energy, and Progress Energy.

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The author went on to ask the State regulators to allow the cruise ships to connect to sources of shore-side power without paying debatably excessive fees to the local utility, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, to do so.

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In New York City and Westchester County, about 275, 000 customers of the Consolidated Edison utility company were still cut off as of 07:30 on Saturday (11:30 GMT).

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In New York, the US financial capital, an explosion at a sub-station caused power outages and darkened most of downtown Manhattan as well as Westchester County and affected more than 650, 000 customers, power company Consolidated Edison said.

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Consolidated Edison, a main utility company for the New York region, said it is preparing additional crews to deal with potential power outages and advised customers to stay clear of downed power lines.

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Among the largest underlying components of IWR, in trading today Annaly Capital Management Incorporated ( NYSE: NLY) is up about 0.2%, Consolidated Edison Incorporated ( NYSE: ED) is off about 0.6%, and HJ Heinz Company ( NYSE: HNZ) is lower by about 1%.

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Its members include Alliant Energy, Ameren, CMS Energy, Consolidated Edison, DTE Energy, Northwest Utilities, PPL, Progress Energy, Public Service Enterprise Group, SCANA, Southern Company and The United Illuminating Company.

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