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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Con Edison

Information required by Part III as to Con Edison, other than the information required in Item 12 of this report by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K, is incorporated by reference from Con Edison’s definitive proxy statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 20, 2024. The proxy statement is to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after December 31, 2023, the close of the fiscal year covered by this report.

The information required pursuant to Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K as at December 31, 2023 is as follows:

Equity Compensation Plan Information

Plan categoryNumber of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rightsWeighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rightsNumber of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (1))
(1)(2)(3)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
2003 LTIP (a)35,819——
2013 LTIP (b)1,595,201—2,725,420
2023 LTIP (b)25,653—9,974,347
Stock Purchase Plan (c)——2,521,178
Total equity compensation plans approved by security holders1,656,673—15,220,945
Total equity compensation plans not approved by security holders———
Total1,656,673—15,220,945

(a)The number of shares of Con Edison common stock that may be issued pursuant to outstanding awards under the Long Term Incentive Plan approved by the company’s shareholders in 2003 (the “2003 LTIP”) include 35,819 shares for stock unit awards made prior to 2013 that have vested and for which the receipt of shares was deferred. Amounts do not include shares that may be issued pursuant to any dividend reinvestment in the future on the deferred stock units. There is no dividend reinvestment on the other outstanding awards. Outstanding awards had no exercise price. No new awards may be made under the 2003 LTIP.

(b)The number of shares of Con Edison common stock that may be issued pursuant to outstanding awards under the Long Term Incentive Plan approved by the company’s shareholders in 2013 (the “2013 LTIP”) include: (A) outstanding awards made in 2014 and subsequent years (924,898 shares for performance restricted stock units and 345,199 shares for time-based restricted stock units); (B) 325,104 shares covered by outstanding directors’ deferred stock unit awards (which vested upon grant)), and under the Long Term Incentive Plan approved by the company's shareholders in 2023 (the "2023 LTIP"), 25,653 shares covered by outstanding directors’ deferred stock unit awards (which vest upon grant). Amounts do not include shares that may be issued pursuant to any dividend reinvestment in the future on the deferred stock units. There is no dividend reinvestment on the other outstanding awards. The outstanding awards had no exercise price.

(c)Shares of Con Edison common stock may be issued under the Stock Purchase Plan until May 19, 2024 (which is 10 years after the date of the annual meeting at which Con Edison’s shareholders approved the plan).

For additional information about Con Edison’s stock-based compensation, see Note O to the financial statements in Item 8 of this report (which information is incorporated herein by reference).

In accordance with General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, other information regarding Con Edison’s Executive Officers may be found in Part I of this report under the caption “Information about our Executive Officers.”

CECONY

Information required by Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Part III as to CECONY is omitted pursuant to Instruction (I)(2) to Form 10-K (Omission of Information by Certain Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).

CON EDISON ANNUAL REPORT 2023177

Fees paid or payable by CECONY to its principal accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, for services related to 2023 and 2022 are as follows:

20232022
Audit fees$5,009,627$3,690,800
Audit-related fees (a)909,768753,795
Total fees$5,919,395$4,444,595

(a)Relates to assurance and related service fees that are reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit or quarterly reviews of the company's financial statements that are not specifically deemed “Audit Services.” The major items included in audit-related fees in 2022 and 2023 are fees related to reviews of system implementations and associated internal controls.

Con Edison’s Audit Committee or, as delegated by the Audit Committee, the Chair of the Committee, approves in advance each auditing service and non-audit service permitted by applicable laws and regulations, including tax services, to be provided to CECONY by its independent accountants.

178CON EDISON ANNUAL REPORT 2023

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