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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒Quarterly Report Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED March 31, 2023

OR

☐Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File NumberExact name of registrant as specified in its charter and principal executive office address and telephone numberState of IncorporationI.R.S. Employer ID. Number
1-14514Consolidated Edison, Inc.New York13-3965100
4 Irving Place,New York,New York10003
(212)460-4600
1-01217Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.New York13-5009340
4 Irving Place,New York,New York10003
(212)460-4600

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Consolidated Edison, Inc.,EDNew York Stock Exchange
Common Shares ($.10 par value)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison)Yes☒No ☐
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY)Yes☒No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Con EdisonYes☒No ☐
CECONYYes☒No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Con Edison
Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer ☐Non-accelerated filer☐
Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐
CECONY
Large accelerated filer☐Accelerated filer ☐Non-accelerated filer☒
Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Con EdisonYes☐No☒
CECONYYes☐No☒

As of April 30, 2023, Con Edison had outstanding 346,540,200 Common Shares ($.10 par value). All of the outstanding common equity of CECONY is held by Con Edison.

Filing Format

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report being filed separately by two different registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY). CECONY is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Con Edison and, as such, the information in this report about CECONY also applies to Con Edison. As used in this report, the term the “Companies” refers to Con Edison and CECONY. However, CECONY makes no representation as to the information contained in this report relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.

Glossary of Terms

The following is a glossary of abbreviations or acronyms that are used in the Companies’ SEC reports:

Con Edison Companies
Con EdisonConsolidated Edison, Inc.
CECONYConsolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Con Edison TransmissionCon Edison Transmission, Inc., together with its subsidiaries
O&ROrange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
RECORockland Electric Company
The CompaniesCon Edison and CECONY
The UtilitiesCECONY and O&R
Regulatory Agencies, Government Agencies and Other Organizations
FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board
FERCFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
IRSInternal Revenue Service
NJBPUNew Jersey Board of Public Utilities
NYISONew York Independent System Operator
NYPANew York Power Authority
NYSDECNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYSDPSNew York State Department of Public Service
NYSPSCNew York State Public Service Commission
OTDAOffice of Temporary and Disability Assistance
SECU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Accounting
ASUAccounting Standards Update
GAAPGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America
HLBVHypothetical Liquidation at Book Value
NOLNet Operating Loss
OCIOther Comprehensive Income
VIEVariable Interest Entity
Environmental
GHGGreenhouse gases
PCBsPolychlorinated biphenyls
SuperfundFederal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes
Units of Measure
DtDekatherms
kWhKilowatt-hour
MMlbMillion pounds
MWMegawatt or thousand kilowatts
MWhMegawatt hour
Other
COVID-19Coronavirus Disease 2019
Form 10-KThe Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022
TCJAThe federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as enacted on December 22, 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
PART I—Financial Information
ITEM 1Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Con Edison
Consolidated Income Statement7
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income8
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows9
Consolidated Balance Sheet10
Consolidated Statement of Equity12
CECONY
Consolidated Income Statement13
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income14
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows15
Consolidated Balance Sheet16
Consolidated Statement of Shareholder’s Equity18
Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)19
ITEM 2Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations50
ITEM 3Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk74
ITEM 4Controls and Procedures74
PART II—Other Information75
ITEM 1Legal Proceedings75
ITEM 1ARisk Factors75
ITEM 2Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds75
ITEM 6Exhibits76
Signatures77

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains forward-looking statements that are intended to qualify for the safe-harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations and not facts. Words such as “forecasts,” “expects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “plans,” “will,” “target,” “guidance,” “potential,” “consider” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements reflect information available and assumptions at the time the statements are made, and accordingly speak only as of that time. Actual results or developments might differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements because of various factors such as those identified in reports the Companies have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to:

  • the Companies are extensively regulated and are subject to substantial penalties;

  • the Utilities’ rate plans may not provide a reasonable return;

  • the Companies may be adversely affected by changes to the Utilities’ rate plans;

  • the failure of, or damage to, the Companies’ facilities could adversely affect the Companies;

  • a cyber attack could adversely affect the Companies;

  • the failure of processes and systems and the performance and failure to retain and attract employees and contractors could adversely affect the Companies;

  • the Companies are exposed to risks from the environmental consequences of their operations, including increased costs related to climate change;

  • Con Edison’s ability to pay dividends or interest depends on dividends from its subsidiaries;

  • changes to tax laws could adversely affect the Companies;

  • the Companies require access to capital markets to satisfy funding requirements;

  • a disruption in the wholesale energy markets, increased commodity costs or failure by an energy supplier or customer could adversely affect the Companies;

  • the Companies may have substantial unfunded pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities;

  • the Companies face risks related to health epidemics and other outbreaks, including the COVID-19 pandemic;

  • the Companies’ strategies may not be effective to address changes in the external business environment;

  • the Companies face risks related to supply chain disruption and inflation; and

  • the Companies also face other risks that are beyond their control.

The Companies assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars/Except Share Data)20232022
OPERATING REVENUES
Electric$2,538$2,250
Gas1,4301,250
Steam306302
Non-utility129258
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES4,4034,060
OPERATING EXPENSES
Purchased power702487
Fuel189144
Gas purchased for resale468443
Other operations and maintenance896905
Depreciation and amortization499529
Taxes, other than income taxes765753
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES3,5193,261
Gain on sale of the Clean Energy Businesses855—
OPERATING INCOME1,739799
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Investment income85
Other income20482
Allowance for equity funds used during construction65
Other deductions(22)(2)
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)19690
INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND INCOME TAX EXPENSE1,935889
INTEREST EXPENSE (INCOME)
Interest on long-term debt251241
Other interest expense (income)24(56)
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction(13)(3)
NET INTEREST EXPENSE262182
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE1,673707
INCOME TAX EXPENSE243153
NET INCOME1,430554
Loss attributable to non-controlling interest(3)(48)
NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK$1,433$602
Net income per common share—basic$4.06$1.70
Net income per common share—diluted$4.05$1.70
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING—BASIC (IN MILLIONS)352.9354.1
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING—DILUTED (IN MILLIONS)354.2355.1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
NET INCOME$1,430$554
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST348
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan liability adjustments, net of taxes4—
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAXES4—
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$1,437$602

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income$1,430$554
PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME
Depreciation and amortization499529
Deferred income taxes(81)167
Net derivative gains12(68)
Pre-tax gain on sale of the Clean Energy Businesses(855)—
Other non-cash items, net(64)47
CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Accounts receivable – customers219(252)
Allowance for uncollectible accounts – customers(78)19
Other receivables and other current assets88(189)
Unbilled revenue and net unbilled revenue deferrals4845
Prepayments(564)(471)
Accounts payable(543)(156)
Pensions and retiree benefits obligations, net(43)50
Pensions and retiree benefits contributions(5)(5)
Accrued taxes252(27)
Accrued interest97129
Distributions from equity investments64
System benefit charge15(21)
Deferred charges, noncurrent assets, leases, net and other regulatory assets(321)(214)
Deferred credits, noncurrent liabilities and other regulatory liabilities(31)428
Other current liabilities11(96)
NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES92473
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Utility construction expenditures(1,050)(837)
Cost of removal less salvage(94)(80)
Non-utility construction expenditures(140)(25)
Investments in electric and gas transmission projects(25)(10)
Proceeds from sale of the Clean Energy Businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents sold3,927—
NET CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES2,618(952)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net retirement of short-term debt(2,629)(175)
Issuance of long-term debt500—
Retirement of long-term debt(60)(26)
Debt issuance costs(4)(1)
Common stock dividends(284)(276)
Issuance of common shares for stock plans1514
Repurchase of common shares(1,000)—
Distribution to noncontrolling interest(4)(6)
NET CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES(3,466)(470)
CASH, TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH:
NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD(756)(949)
BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD1,5301,146
BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD$774$197
LESS: CASH BALANCES HELD FOR SALE3—
BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD EXCLUDING HELD FOR SALE$771$197
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH INFORMATION
Cash paid/(received) during the period for:
Interest$156$104
Income taxes$10$(1)
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INFORMATION
Construction expenditures in accounts payable$444$424
Issuance of common shares for dividend reinvestment$4$4
Software licenses acquired but unpaid as of end of period$2$23
Equipment acquired but unpaid as of end of period$17$22

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

(Millions of Dollars)March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and temporary cash investments$771$1,282
Accounts receivable – customers, net allowance for uncollectible accounts of $244 and $322 in 2023 and 2022, respectively2,0402,192
Other receivables, net allowance for uncollectible accounts of $10 in 2023 and 2022444164
Taxes receivable1010
Accrued unbilled revenue506702
Fuel oil, gas in storage, materials and supplies, at average cost431492
Prepayments833264
Regulatory assets251305
Revenue decoupling mechanism receivable139164
Fair value of derivative assets14459
Assets held for sale1627,162
Other current assets137176
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS5,86812,972
INVESTMENTS905841
UTILITY PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST
Electric37,31636,819
Gas13,54713,378
Steam2,9652,935
General4,2504,205
TOTAL58,07857,337
Less: Accumulated depreciation13,37313,069
Net44,70544,268
Construction work in progress2,5712,484
NET UTILITY PLANT47,27646,752
NON-UTILITY PLANT
Non-utility property, net accumulated depreciation of $23 in 2023 and 20221313
Construction work in progress11
NET PLANT47,29046,766
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
Goodwill407408
Regulatory assets4,3503,974
Pension and retiree benefits3,2143,269
Operating lease right-of-use asset558568
Fair value of derivative assets2685
Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets186182
TOTAL OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS8,7418,486
TOTAL ASSETS$62,804$69,065

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

(Millions of Dollars)March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Long-term debt due within one year$650$649
Term loan—400
Notes payable4112,640
Accounts payable1,3631,955
Customer deposits371358
Accrued taxes339102
Accrued interest274153
Accrued wages118116
Fair value of derivative liabilities13142
Regulatory liabilities278374
System benefit charge405390
Operating lease liabilities107103
Liabilities held for sale743,610
Other current liabilities374444
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES4,89511,336
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Provision for injuries and damages175181
Pensions and retiree benefits651577
Superfund and other environmental costs994997
Asset retirement obligations504500
Fair value of derivative liabilities13613
Deferred income taxes and unamortized investment tax credits7,6527,641
Operating lease liabilities474476
Regulatory liabilities5,5376,027
Other deferred credits and noncurrent liabilities298281
TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES16,42116,693
LONG-TERM DEBT20,64520,147
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND GUARANTEES (Note B, Note G, and Note H)
EQUITY
Common shareholders’ equity20,84320,687
Noncontrolling interest—202
TOTAL EQUITY (See Statement of Equity)20,84320,889
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY$62,804$69,065

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

(In Millions, except for dividends per share)Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalRetained EarningsTreasury StockCapital Stock ExpenseAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)Non- controlling InterestTotal
SharesAmountSharesAmount
BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021354$37$9,710$11,44523$(1,038)$(122)$5$299$20,336
Net income (loss)602(48)554
Common stock dividends ($0.79 per share)(280)(280)
Issuance of common shares - public offering11
Issuance of common shares for stock plans1818
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(6)(6)
BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2022354$37$9,728$11,76723$(1,038)$(121)$5$245$20,623
BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022355$37$9,803$11,98523$(1,038)$(122)$22$202$20,889
Net income (loss)1,433(3)1,430
Common stock dividends ($0.81 per share)(288)(288)
Issuance of common shares for stock plans1515
Common stock repurchases(9)(200)9(808)(1,008)
Other comprehensive income44
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(4)(4)
Disposal of Clean Energy Businesses(195)(195)
BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2023346$37$9,618$13,13032$(1,846)$(122)$26$—$20,843

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
OPERATING REVENUES
Electric$2,356$2,084
Gas1,2911,131
Steam306302
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES3,9533,517
OPERATING EXPENSES
Purchased power631430
Fuel189144
Gas purchased for resale365324
Other operations and maintenance750741
Depreciation and amortization473446
Taxes, other than income taxes736721
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES3,1442,806
OPERATING INCOME809711
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Investment and other income18782
Allowance for equity funds used during construction55
Other deductions(10)(6)
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)18281
INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND INCOME TAX EXPENSE991792
INTEREST EXPENSE (INCOME)
Interest on long-term debt216200
Other interest expense293
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction(12)(3)
NET INTEREST EXPENSE233200
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE758592
INCOME TAX EXPENSE154117
NET INCOME$604$475

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
NET INCOME$604$475
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS), NET OF TAXES
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan liability adjustments, net of taxes(1)1
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS), NET OF TAXES(1)1
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$603$476

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income$604$475
PRINCIPAL NON-CASH CHARGES/(CREDITS) TO INCOME
Depreciation and amortization473446
Deferred income taxes296118
Other non-cash items, net(62)43
CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Accounts receivable – customers238(205)
Allowance for uncollectible accounts – customers(78)20
Other receivables and other current assets(201)(150)
Unbilled revenue and net unbilled revenue deferrals7749
Accounts receivable from affiliated companies(53)6
Prepayments(574)(467)
Accounts payable(368)(129)
Accounts payable to affiliated companies3(1)
Pensions and retiree benefits obligations, net(44)43
Pensions and retiree benefits contributions(4)(4)
Accrued taxes(46)(6)
Accrued taxes to affiliated companies(89)(1)
Accrued interest125108
System benefit charge17(17)
Deferred charges, noncurrent assets, leases, net and other regulatory assets(311)(193)
Deferred credits, noncurrent liabilities and other regulatory liabilities(6)381
Other current liabilities48(39)
NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES45477
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Utility construction expenditures(985)(794)
Cost of removal less salvage(92)(79)
NET CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES(1,077)(873)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net retirement of short-term debt(1,895)(300)
Issuance of long-term debt500—
Debt issuance costs(4)(1)
Capital contribution by Con Edison1,67575
Dividend to Con Edison(264)(245)
NET CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES12(471)
CASH AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS
NET CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD(1,020)(867)
BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD1,056920
BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD$36$53
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH INFORMATION
Cash paid/(received) during the period for:
Interest$95$87
Income taxes$(2)$—
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INFORMATION
Construction expenditures in accounts payable$426$366
Software licenses acquired but unpaid as of end of period$2$22
Equipment acquired but unpaid as of end of period$17$22

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

(Millions of Dollars)March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and temporary cash investments$36$1,056
Accounts receivable – customers, net allowance for uncollectible accounts of $236 and $314 in 2023 and 2022, respectively1,9392,099
Other receivables, net allowance for uncollectible accounts of $8 and $7 in 2023 and 2022, respectively379147
Taxes receivable45
Accrued unbilled revenue400573
Accounts receivable from affiliated companies9946
Fuel oil, gas in storage, materials and supplies, at average cost392440
Prepayments797223
Regulatory assets231286
Revenue decoupling mechanism receivable137164
Fair value of derivative assets13451
Other current assets121157
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS4,6695,247
INVESTMENTS558539
UTILITY PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST
Electric35,10834,636
Gas12,48712,338
Steam2,9652,935
General3,9153,879
TOTAL54,47553,788
Less: Accumulated depreciation12,33212,047
Net42,14341,741
Construction work in progress2,3622,268
NET UTILITY PLANT44,50544,009
NON-UTILITY PROPERTY
Non-utility property, net accumulated depreciation of $25 in 2023 and 202222
NET PLANT44,50744,011
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
Regulatory assets4,0473,669
Operating lease right-of-use asset555567
Pension and retiree benefits3,1363,184
Fair value of derivative assets2580
Other deferred charges and noncurrent assets156148
TOTAL OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS7,9197,648
TOTAL ASSETS$57,653$57,445

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)

(Millions of Dollars)March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Notes payable$405$2,300
Accounts payable1,2611,763
Accounts payable to affiliated companies2017
Customer deposits354341
Accrued taxes4793
Accrued taxes to affiliated companies—89
Accrued interest259134
Accrued wages107105
Fair value of derivative liabilities12135
Regulatory liabilities213308
System benefit charge368351
Operating lease liabilities106103
Other current liabilities346397
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES3,6076,036
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Provision for injuries and damages171177
Pensions and retiree benefits600526
Superfund and other environmental costs900903
Asset retirement obligations503499
Fair value of derivative liabilities1299
Deferred income taxes and unamortized investment tax credits7,5317,144
Operating lease liabilities472475
Regulatory liabilities5,0175,481
Other deferred credits and noncurrent liabilities253237
TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES15,57615,451
LONG-TERM DEBT19,57819,080
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note B and Note G)
SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY (See Statement of Shareholder’s Equity)18,89216,878
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY$57,653$57,445

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalRetained EarningsRepurchased Con Edison StockCapital Stock ExpenseAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)Total
(In Millions)/Except Share Data)SharesAmount
BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021235$589$7,269$9,478$(962)$(62)$—$16,312
Net income475475
Common stock dividend to Con Edison(245)(245)
Capital contribution by Con Edison7575
Other comprehensive income11
BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2022235$589$7,344$9,708$(962)$(62)$1$16,618
BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022235$589$7,419$9,890$(962)$(62)$4$16,878
Net income604604
Common stock dividend to Con Edison(264)(264)
Capital contribution by Con Edison1,6751,675
Other comprehensive income(1)(1)
BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31, 2023235$589$9,094$10,230$(962)$(62)$3$18,892

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

General

These combined notes accompany and form an integral part of the separate interim consolidated financial statements of each of the two separate registrants: Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Con Edison) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and its subsidiaries (CECONY). CECONY is a subsidiary of Con Edison and as such its financial condition and results of operations and cash flows, that are presented separately in the CECONY consolidated financial statements, are also consolidated, along with those of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the Clean Energy Businesses) and Con Edison Transmission, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, Con Edison Transmission) in Con Edison’s consolidated financial statements. The term “Utilities” is used in these notes to refer to CECONY and O&R. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

As used in these notes, the term “Companies” refers to Con Edison and CECONY and, except as otherwise noted, the information in these combined notes relates to each of the Companies. However, CECONY makes no representation as to information relating to Con Edison or the subsidiaries of Con Edison other than itself.

The separate interim consolidated financial statements of each of the Companies are unaudited but, in the opinion of their respective managements, reflect all adjustments (which include only normally recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. The Companies’ separate interim consolidated financial statements should be read together with their separate audited financial statements (including the combined notes thereto) included in Item 8 of their combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Con Edison has two regulated utility subsidiaries: CECONY and O&R. CECONY provides electric service and gas service in New York City and Westchester County. The company also provides steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R, along with its regulated utility subsidiary, provides electric service in southeastern New York, (NY), and northern New Jersey, (NJ), and gas service in southeastern NY. Con Edison Transmission invests in and seeks to develop electric transmission projects and manages investments in gas pipeline and storage facilities. See “Investments” in Note A.

Note A – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Other Matters

Accounting Policies

The accounting policies of Con Edison and its subsidiaries conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP). For the Utilities, these accounting principles include the accounting rules for regulated operations and the accounting requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the state regulators having jurisdiction.

Investments

Con Edison's investments consist primarily of the investments of Con Edison Transmission that are accounted for under the equity method and the fair value of the Utilities' supplemental retirement income plan and deferred income plan assets.

Investment in Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP)

In January 2016, Con Edison Gas Pipeline and Storage, LLC (CET), an indirect subsidiary of Con Edison, acquired a 12.5 percent equity interest in MVP, a company developing a proposed 300-mile gas transmission project (the Project) in West Virginia and Virginia. During 2019, Con Edison exercised its right to limit, and did limit, its cash contributions to the joint venture to approximately $530 million, that reduced CET's interest in MVP to 11.3 percent and 10.2 percent as of December 31, 2020 and 2021, respectively. As of March 31, 2023 CET's interest in MVP is 9.5 percent and is expected to be reduced to 8.0 percent based on the Project's current cost estimate and CET's previous capping of its cash contributions. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, the Project was approximately 94 percent complete.

In December 2021, Virginia and West Virginia issued water quality certification as required under Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act, a prerequisite to the issuance of permits by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete open cut water crossings. In March 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the certification issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Water Control Board, thereby denying a challenge to the Virginia certificate. In April 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the certification issued by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. These developments did not impact Con Edison's assessment of the carrying value of its investment in MVP for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

There is risk that the fair value of Con Edison’s investment in MVP may be further or fully impaired in the future. There are ongoing legal and regulatory matters that must be resolved favorably before the Project can be completed. Assumptions and estimates used to test Con Edison’s investment in MVP for impairment may change if adverse or delayed resolutions to the Project’s pending legal and regulatory challenges were to occur, that could have a material adverse effect on the fair value of Con Edison’s investment in MVP.

Reclassification

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified within the Companies' Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to conform with the current period presentation.

Earnings Per Common Share

Con Edison presents basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of its consolidated income statement. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing earnings available to common shareholders (“Net income for common stock” on Con Edison’s consolidated income statement) by the weighted average number of Con Edison common shares outstanding during the period. In the calculation of diluted EPS, weighted average shares outstanding are increased for additional shares that would be outstanding if potentially dilutive securities were converted to common stock.

Potentially dilutive securities for Con Edison consist of restricted stock units and deferred stock units for which the average market price of the common shares for the period was greater than the estimated vesting price and its common shares that are subject to certain accelerated share repurchase agreements. See Note C.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, basic and diluted EPS for Con Edison are calculated as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars, except per share amounts/Shares in Millions)20232022
Net income for common stock$1,433$602
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic352.9354.1
Add: Incremental shares attributable to effect of potentially dilutive securities1.31.0
Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted354.2355.1
Net Income per common share – basic$4.06$1.70
Net Income per common share – diluted$4.05$1.70

The computation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 excludes approximately 1.9 million shares and an immaterial number of shares, respectively, of potentially dilutive shares that were not included because of their anti-dilutive effect. The anti-dilutive shares as of March 31, 2023 were calculated factoring in the accelerated share repurchase agreements. See Note C.

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) by Component

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, changes to accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (OCI) for Con Edison and CECONY are as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Beginning balance, accumulated OCI, net of taxes (a)$22$5$4$—
OCI before reclassifications, net of tax of $1 for Con Edison in 2022—(1)(1)—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated OCI related to pension plan liabilities, net of tax (a)(b)41—1
Current period OCI, net of taxes4—(1)1
Ending balance, accumulated OCI, net of taxes (a)$26$5$3$1

(a) Tax reclassified from accumulated OCI is reported in the income tax expense line item of the consolidated income statement.

(b)For the portion of unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs relating to the Utilities, costs are recorded into, and amortized out of, regulatory assets and liabilities instead of OCI. The net actuarial losses and prior service costs recognized during the period are included in the computation of total periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs. See Notes E and F. For Con Edison in 2023, amounts reclassified also include accumulated OCI of the Clean Energy Businesses that were sold on March 1, 2023. See Note S.

Reconciliation of Cash, Temporary Cash Investments and Restricted Cash

Cash, temporary cash investments and restricted cash are presented on a combined basis in the Companies’ consolidated statements of cash flows. At March 31, 2023 and 2022, cash, temporary cash investments and restricted cash for Con Edison and CECONY were as follows:

At March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Cash and temporary cash investments$771$108$36$49
Restricted cash (a)289—4
Total cash, temporary cash investments and restricted cash$773$197$36$53

(a)Con Edison's restricted cash for the 2022 period included cash of the Clean Energy Businesses' renewable electric project subsidiaries ($85 million at March 31, 2022) that, under the related project debt agreements, was restricted to being used for normal operating expenditures, debt service, and required reserves until the various maturity dates of the project debt. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S. Con Edison retained one deferred project, Broken Bow II, a 75MW nameplate capacity wind power project located in Nebraska. Con Edison's restricted cash for the 2023 period includes restricted cash of Broken Bow II that was classified as held for sale as of March 31, 2023. See Note T.

Assets Held for Sale

Generally, a long-lived asset or business to be sold is classified as held for sale in the period in which management, with approval from the Board of Directors, commits to a plan to sell, and a sale is expected to be completed within one year. During the first nine months of 2022, Con Edison considered strategic alternatives with respect to the Clean Energy Businesses. As described further in Note S, on October 1, 2022, Con Edison's management received authority to commit to a plan to sell the Clean Energy Businesses and entered into a purchase and sale agreement. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses with the exception of two tax equity interests and one deferred project, Broken Bow II, that was held for sale as of March 31, 2023. See Note S and Note T. Con Edison records assets and liabilities, once held for sale, at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less cost to sell, and also stops recording depreciation on assets held for sale.

Fair value is the amount at which an asset, liability or business could be bought or sold in a current transaction between willing parties and may be estimated using a number of techniques, or may be observable using quoted market prices. Con Edison used a market approach consisting of the contractual sales price adjusted for estimated working capital and other contractual purchase price adjustments to determine the fair value of the Clean Energy Businesses in October 2022, and subtracted estimated costs to sell from that calculated fair value. The resulting net fair value of the Clean Energy Businesses exceeded the carrying value of the Clean Energy Businesses, and accordingly no impairments were noted.

The sale of the Clean Energy Businesses did not represent a strategic shift that had or will have a major effect on Con Edison, and as such, did not qualify for treatment as a discontinued operation.

For further information, see Note T.

Note B – Regulatory Matters

Rate Plans

In March and April of 2023, CECONY and O&R applied for federal grants of $177 million and $125 million, respectively, appropriated under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). In addition, seven states, including NY State, submitted a proposal for a Northeast Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (the Hydrogen Hub) to the U.S. Department of Energy for funding under the IIJA. CECONY is seeking up to $116 million of funding to use carbon-free hydrogen to produce steam at its East River steam generating station as part of the Hydrogen Hub proposal. Federal grants obtained pursuant to the IIJA are expected to be used to reduce customers’ costs for investments in CECONY’s electric and steam systems and O&R's electric system.

In April 2023, the New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC) approved CECONY’s December 2022 petition seeking cost recovery approval for a proposed clean energy hub in Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub) at an estimated cost of $810 million, that is in addition to the capital expenditures approved in the CECONY joint proposal discussed below. The Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub has an estimated in-service date of December 2027 and addresses a 2028 reliability need. The Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub provides the flexibility for offshore wind resources to interconnect during construction and after it commences operation.

CECONY - Electric and Gas

In February 2023, CECONY, the New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) and other parties entered into a joint proposal for CECONY electric and gas rate plans for the three-year period January 2023 through December 2025 (Joint Proposal) reflecting a 9.25 percent return on common equity and a common equity ratio of 48 percent. The Joint Proposal is subject to the approval of the NYSPSC. The Joint Proposal provides for electric rate increases of $442 million, $518 million and $382 million, effective January 1, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. The Joint Proposal provides for gas rate increases of $217 million, $173 million and $122 million, effective January 1, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. The base rate increases will be implemented with increases of $457 million in each of the three rate years for electric and with increases of $187 million in each of the three rate years for gas in order to levelize the customer bill impact. The Joint Proposal provides for total capital expenditures over the three-year rate period of $8,500 million and $3,300 million for electric and gas, respectively. Pursuant to the Joint Proposal, new rates will be effective as of January 1, 2023. CECONY will begin billing customers at the new levelized rate once the Joint Proposal is approved by the NYSPSC. The shortfall in revenues due to the timing of billing to customers will be collected through a surcharge billed through 2024 for electric and through 2025 for gas, including a carrying charge on the outstanding balance. CECONY has reflected the provisions of the Joint Proposal in its financial statements beginning January 1, 2023, that includes the recording of revenues and expenses and making capital investments, based on CECONY's determination that NYSPSC approval is probable later in 2023. The ultimate outcome of this matter, including the impact on the Companies' financial statements, if any, cannot be fully determined until the NYSPSC issues its order on the Joint Proposal.

CECONY - Steam

In November 2022, CECONY filed a request with the NYSPSC for an increase in the rates it charges for steam service rendered in New York, effective November 2023, of $137 million. The filing reflects a return on common equity of 10 percent and a common equity ratio of 50 percent. CECONY requested a new mechanism for decoupling revenues from steam consumption and the continuation of provisions for recovery from customers of the cost of fuel and purchased steam and the reconciliation of actual expenses allocable to the steam business to the amounts for such expenses reflected in steam rates for pension and other postretirement benefits, environmental remediation expenses and uncollectible costs. In addition, CECONY requested full reconciliation of property taxes, municipal infrastructure support costs and long-term debt costs. The filing requested symmetrical reconciliation of inflation for labor and non-labor rates to the extent that the actual inflation rate deviates from what is assumed in the revenue requirement by 50 basis points up or down. The filing included supplemental information regarding steam rate plans for November 2024 through October 2025 and November 2025 through October 2026, which CECONY did not request but would consider through settlement discussions. For purposes of illustration, rate increases of $54 million and $49 million effective November 2024 and 2025, respectively, were calculated based upon an assumed return on common equity of 10 percent and a common equity ratio of 50 percent.

In February 2023, CECONY updated its November 2022 request to the NYSPSC for a steam rate increase effective November 2023. CECONY increased its requested November 2023 rate increase by $4 million to $141 million, increased its illustrated November 2024 rate increase by $1 million to $55 million and increased its illustrated November 2025 rate increase by $4 million to $53 million.

In March 2023, the NYSDPS submitted testimony in the NYSPSC proceeding in which CECONY requested a steam rate increase, effective November 2023. The NYSDPS testimony supports a steam rate increase of $94 million reflecting, among other things, a 9.0 percent return on common equity and a common equity ratio of 48 percent.

The NYSDPS testimony does not support CECONY’s request for a new mechanism for decoupling revenues from steam consumption.

Rockland Electric Company (RECO)

In January 2022, RECO filed a request with FERC for an increase to its annual transmission revenue requirement from $16.9 million to $20.4 million. The revenue requirement reflects a return on common equity of 11.04 percent and a common equity ratio of 47 percent.

COVID-19 Regulatory Matters

Governors, public utility commissions and other regulatory agencies in the states in which the Utilities operate have issued orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic that impact the Utilities as described below.

NY Regulation

In March 2020, a former New York State governor declared a State Disaster Emergency for the State of NY due to the COVID-19 pandemic and signed the "New York State on PAUSE" executive order that temporarily closed all non-essential businesses statewide. The former governor then lifted these closures over time and ended the emergency declaration in June 2021. As a result of the emergency declaration, and due to economic conditions, the NYSPSC and the Utilities have worked to mitigate the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Utilities, their customers and other stakeholders.

In March 2020, the Utilities began suspending service disconnections, certain collection notices, final bill collection agency activity, new late payment charges and certain other fees for all customers. The Utilities also began providing payment extensions for all customers that were scheduled to be disconnected prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, the state of NY enacted a law prohibiting NY utilities, including CECONY and O&R, from disconnecting residential customers, and starting in May 2021 small business customers, during the COVID-19 state of emergency, that ended in June 2021. In addition, such prohibitions were in effect until December 21, 2021 for residential and small business customers who experienced a change in financial circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In November 2021, the NYSPSC issued an order establishing a surcharge recovery mechanism for CECONY to collect, commencing December 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022, $43 million and $7 million for electric and gas, respectively, of late payment charges and fees that were not billed for the year ended December 31, 2020. The company recorded such amounts as revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021, as permitted under the accounting rules for regulated utilities, and also accrued such amounts as a current asset at December 31, 2021. Pursuant to the November 2021 order, the company also established a recovery mechanism for CECONY to collect, commencing January 2023 through December 2023, $19 million and $4 million for electric and gas, respectively, of late payment charges and fees that were not billed for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the company recorded such amounts as revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021, as permitted under the accounting rules for regulated utilities, and also accrued such amounts as a current asset at December 31, 2021. In addition, pursuant to the November 2021 order, CECONY established a reserve of $7 million toward addressing customer arrearages for the year ended December 31, 2021 that, pursuant to the June 2022 NYSPSC Phase 1 Order (as discussed below), was used to fund a portion of the COVID-19 arrears assistance program for low-income customers. The November 2021 order also established a surcharge or surcredit mechanism for any late payment charges and fee deferrals, subject to offsetting related savings resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, for 2022 starting in January 2024 over a twelve-month period. CECONY resumed late payment charges for commercial and residential customers who had not experienced a change in financial circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic on September 3, 2021 and October 1, 2021, respectively.

The Utilities’ NY rate plans allow them to defer costs resulting from a change in legislation, regulation and related actions that have taken effect during the term of the rate plans once the costs exceed a specified threshold. In addition, O&R’s current rate plans and CECONY’s Joint Proposal have deferral provisions related to uncollectible expenses. The total reserve increases to the allowance for uncollectible accounts from January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2023 reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for CECONY electric and gas operations and O&R electric and gas operations were $172 million and $2 million, respectively. The Utilities’ NY rate plans and CECONY's Joint Proposal also provide for an allowance for write-offs of customer accounts receivable balances. The above amounts were increased by the amount that the actual write-offs of customer accounts receivable balances were above the allowance reflected in rates which differences were $19 million and $1 million for CECONY and O&R, respectively, from March 1, 2020 through March 31, 2023.

In June 2020, the NYSPSC directed CECONY to implement a summer cooling credit program to help mitigate the cost of staying home and operating air conditioning for health-vulnerable low-income customers due to the limited availability of public cooling facilities as a result of the COVID-19 social distancing measures. The $63.4 million cost of the program is being recovered over a five-year period that began January 2021.

In April 2021, NY passed a law that created a program that allows eligible residential renters in NY who require assistance with rent and utility bills to have up to twelve months of electric and gas utility bill arrears forgiven, provided that such arrears were accrued on or after March 13, 2020. The program is administered by the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) in coordination with the NYSDPS (the OTDA Program). Under the OTDA Program, CECONY and O&R qualify for a refundable tax credit for NY gross-receipts tax equal to the amount of arrears waived by the Utilities in the year that the arrears are waived and certified by the NYSPSC. OTDA may also use the program funds to provide additional Home Energy Assistance Program payments to the Utilities on behalf of low-income customers.

In April 2022, NY approved the 2022-2023 state budget, that included $250 million for addressing statewide residential utility customers' arrears balances accrued from March 7, 2020 through March 1, 2022. In June 2022, the NYSPSC issued an order implementing a COVID-19 arrears assistance program that provides credits towards reducing the arrears balances of low-income electric and gas customers of CECONY and O&R (Phase 1 Order). Pursuant to the Phase 1 Order, CECONY and O&R agreed not to seek recovery of incremental financing costs incurred associated with low-income customers' arrears from March 2020 through March 2022 of $11 million, most of which is attributable to CECONY, in addition to the $7 million reserve established by CECONY for the year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to the November 2021 order, described above.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, CECONY and O&R issued total credits of $359.9 million and $6.1 million, respectively, towards reducing customers’ accounts receivable balances. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the total credits for CECONY were comprised of: $164.5 million pursuant to the NY funding; $108.4 million pursuant to the Phase 1 Order, that will be recovered over a four-year period via a surcharge mechanism that began September 1, 2022; the $7 million reserve for CECONY described above; and $80.0 million in qualified tax credits and payments pursuant to the OTDA Program described above. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the total credits for O&R were comprised of: $1.6 million pursuant to the NY funding; $3.2 million pursuant to the Phase 1 Order, that will be recovered over a one-year period via a surcharge mechanism that began September 1, 2022; and $1.3 million in qualified tax credits and payments pursuant to the OTDA Program described above.

In January 2023, the NYSPSC issued an order implementing a COVID-19 arrears assistance program that provides credits towards reducing the arrears balances of residential and small commercial electric and gas customers of CECONY and O&R (Phase 2 Order). The Phase 2 Order authorizes a surcharge mechanism for recovery of the eligible credit amounts over a ten-year period commencing after credits are issued for CECONY and over a one-year period commencing after credits are issued for O&R. Pursuant to the Phase 2 Order, CECONY and O&R agreed not to seek recovery of incremental financing costs incurred associated with arrears from March 2020 through December 2022 estimated to be $46 million, most of which is attributable to CECONY. To facilitate implementation, CECONY and O&R agreed to suspend residential terminations for non-payment through March 1, 2023 or 30 days after credits have been applied, whichever is later.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, CECONY and O&R issued total credits of $343.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, towards reducing customers' account receivable balances. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the total credits for CECONY were comprised of: $13.2 million pursuant to the Phase 1 Order, $327.6 million pursuant to the Phase 2 Order, and $2.8 million in qualified tax credits and payments pursuant to the OTDA Program. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the total credits for O&R were comprised of: $0.1 million pursuant to the Phase 1 Order, $2.1 million pursuant to the Phase 2 Order, and an immaterial amount in qualified tax credits and payments pursuant to the OTDA Program.

The Utilities’ rate plans have revenue decoupling mechanisms in their NY electric and gas businesses that largely reconcile actual energy delivery revenues to the authorized delivery revenues approved by the NYSPSC per month and reconcile the deferred balances semi-annually under CECONY's electric rate plan (January through June and July through December, respectively) and annually under CECONY's gas rate plan and O&R's NY electric and gas rate plans (January through December). Differences are accrued with interest each month for CECONY's and O&R's NY electric customers and after the annual deferral period ends for CECONY's and O&R's NY gas customers for refund to, or recovery from customers, as applicable. Generally, the refund to or recovery from customers begins August and February of each year over an ensuing six-month period for CECONY's electric customers and February of each year over an ensuing twelve-month period for CECONY's gas and O&R's NY electric and gas customers.

NJ Regulation

In March 2020, NJ Governor Murphy declared a Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency for the State of NJ. In June 2021, the Governor ended the emergency declaration. As a result of the emergency declaration, and due to economic conditions, the NJBPU and RECO have worked to mitigate the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on RECO, its customers and other stakeholders. In March 2020, RECO began suspending late payment charges, terminations for non-payment, and no access fees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The suspension of these fees continued through July 31, 2021 and were not material.

In July 2020, the NJBPU authorized RECO and other NJ utilities to create a COVID-19-related regulatory asset by deferring prudently incurred incremental costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic beginning on March 9, 2020, and extended such deferrals through December 31, 2022. In March 2023, RECO filed a petition with the NJBPU seeking to defer its net incremental COVID-19 related costs as a regulatory asset of $0.3 million for consideration in RECO's next base rate case.

Gas Safety

In April 2020, the NYSPSC issued an order that extended the deadlines to complete certain gas inspections by all NY gas utilities, including CECONY and O&R, from April 1, 2020 to August 1, 2020. The deadlines were subsequently extended to September 2, 2020 and June 1, 2022. CECONY and O&R have taken all reasonable measures to complete such inspections. As of June 1, 2022, O&R completed all of its required inspections. At June 1, 2022, CECONY substantially completed its required inspections and continues to make progress on completing such required inspections. CECONY is unable to estimate the amount or range of its possible loss, if any, related to this matter. At March 31, 2023, CECONY had not accrued a liability related to this matter.

Other Regulatory Matters

CECONY and O&R are in the process of replacing their separate existing customer billing and information systems with a single new customer billing and information system. In April 2023, CECONY filed a petition with the NYSPSC for permission to capitalize incremental costs (estimated at $75 million) for the new system above a $421 million limit on capital expenditures included in CECONY’s 2020 – 2022 electric and gas rate plans, subject to NYSPSC review. O&R's 2022 - 2024 electric and gas rate plans do not include a limit on capitalization of new system costs.

In January 2018, the NYSPSC issued an order initiating a focused operations audit of the Utilities’ financial accounting for income taxes. The audit is investigating the Utilities’ inadvertent understatement of a portion, the amount of which may be material, of their calculation of total federal income tax expense for ratemaking purposes. The understatement was related to the calculation of plant retirement-related cost of removal. As a result of such understatement, the Utilities accumulated significant income tax regulatory assets that were not reflected in O&R’s rate plans prior to 2014, CECONY’s electric and gas rate plans prior to 2015 and 2016, respectively, and is currently not reflected in CECONY’s steam rate plan but a prospective correction was proposed in CECONY's November 2022 steam rate filing. This understatement of historical income tax expense materially reduced the amount of revenue collected from the Utilities' customers in the past. As part of the audit, the Utilities plan to pursue a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that is expected to confirm, among other things, that in order to comply with IRS normalization rules, such understatement may not be corrected through a write-down of a portion of the regulatory asset and must be corrected through an increase in future years’ revenue requirements. The regulatory asset ($1,138 million and $21 million for CECONY and O&R, respectively, as of March 31, 2023) and ($1,150 million and $22 million for CECONY and O&R, respectively, as of December 31, 2022 and which is not earning a return) is netted against the future income tax regulatory liability on the Companies’ consolidated balance sheet. The Utilities are unable to estimate the amount or range of their possible loss, if any, related to this matter. At March 31, 2023, the Utilities had not accrued a liability related to this matter.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were comprised of the following items:

Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Regulatory assets
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs$123$78$121$78
Environmental remediation costs986991902906
Revenue taxes453436433417
Deferred storm costs262270158173
Municipal infrastructure support costs29292929
Brooklyn Queens demand management program32333233
Meadowlands heater odorization project26272627
Recoverable Demonstration project costs17171716
Gate station upgrade project14141414
System peak reduction and energy efficiency programs802783796780
Unamortized loss on reacquired debt1011910
Deferred derivative losses - long term1653115626
Property tax reconciliation132121132121
Legacy meters2020——
Gas service line deferred costs66996699
COVID - 19 customer arrears relief programs441104436101
Pension and other postretirement benefits deferrals196279166240
Preferred stock redemption19191919
MTA power reliability deferral84928492
Non-wire alternative projects21222122
COVID - 19 pandemic deferrals211292208288
Electric vehicle make ready39333630
Other202173186148
Regulatory assets – noncurrent4,3503,9744,0473,669
Deferred derivative losses - short term199184190178
Recoverable energy costs5212141108
Regulatory assets – current251305231286
Total Regulatory Assets$4,601$4,279$4,278$3,955
Regulatory liabilities
Future income tax*$1,694$1,753$1,559$1,616
Allowance for cost of removal less salvage1,3351,3151,1531,137
Net unbilled revenue deferrals108204108204
Energy efficiency portfolio standard unencumbered funds5577
Settlement of prudence proceeding910910
Earnings sharing - electric, gas and steam14131010
System benefit charge carrying charge76737469
BQDM and Demonstration project reconciliations21231921
Pension and other postretirement benefit deferrals16114411598
Property tax refunds35353535
COVID - 19 pandemic uncollectible reconciliation deferral10121012
Late payment charge deferral142127137123
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs1,4051,6381,3161,536
Net proceeds from sale of property65696369
Sales and use tax refunds35373336
Workers’ compensation12111211
Deferred derivative gains - long term1914519130
Other391413338357
Regulatory liabilities – noncurrent$5,537$6,027$5,017$5,481
Refundable energy costs1113461—
Revenue decoupling mechanism529221
Deferred derivative gains - short term162311150287
Regulatory liabilities – current$278$374$213$308
Total Regulatory Liabilities$5,815$6,401$5,230$5,789
  • See "Other Regulatory Matters," above.

In general, the Utilities receive or are being credited with a return at the Other Customer-Provided Capital rate for regulatory assets that have not been included in rate base, and receive or are being credited with a return at the pre-tax weighted average cost of capital once the asset is included in rate base. Similarly, the Utilities pay to or credit customers with a return at the Other Customer-Provided Capital rate for regulatory liabilities that have not been included in rate base, and pay to or credit customers with a return at the pre-tax weighted average cost of capital once the liability is included in rate base. The Other Customer-Provided Capital rate for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was 5.20 percent and 1.75 percent, respectively.

In general, the Utilities are receiving or being credited with a return on their regulatory assets for which a cash outflow has been made ($2,467 million and $2,304 million for Con Edison, and $2,268 million and $2,097 million for CECONY at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively). Regulatory assets of RECO for which a cash outflow has been made ($22 million and $21 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively) are not receiving or being credited with a return. RECO recovers regulatory assets over a period of up to four years or until they are addressed in its next base rate case in accordance with the rate provisions approved by the NJBPU. Regulatory liabilities are treated in a consistent manner.

Regulatory assets that represent future financial obligations and were deferred in accordance with the Utilities’ rate plans or orders issued by state regulators do not earn a return until such time as a cash outlay has been made. Regulatory liabilities are treated in a consistent manner. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, regulatory assets for Con Edison and CECONY that did not earn a return consisted of the following items:

Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return*

Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs$123$78$121$78
Environmental remediation costs985987900903
Revenue taxes448414431397
COVID-19 Deferral for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable174253172249
Deferred derivative losses - current199184190178
Deferred derivative losses - long term1653115626
Other40284027
Total$2,134$1,975$2,010$1,858

*This table presents regulatory assets not earning a return for which no cash outlay has been made.

The recovery periods for regulatory assets for which a cash outflow has not been made and that do not earn a return have not yet been determined, except as noted below, and are expected to be determined pursuant to the Utilities’ future rate plans to be filed or orders issued by the state regulators in connection therewith.

The Utilities recover unrecognized pension and other postretirement costs over 10 years, and the portion of investment gains or losses recognized in expense over 15 years, pursuant to NYSPSC policy.

The deferral for revenue taxes represents the New York State metropolitan transportation business tax surcharge on the cumulative temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities of the Utilities, as well as the difference between taxes collected and paid by the Utilities to fund mass transportation. The Utilities recover the majority of the revenue taxes over the remaining book lives of the electric and gas plant assets, as well as the steam plant assets for CECONY.

The Utilities recover deferred derivative losses – current within one year, and noncurrent generally within three years.

Note C – Capitalization

In February 2023, CECONY issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.20 percent debentures, due 2033.

In March 2023, Con Edison entered into accelerated share repurchase agreements (ASR Contracts) with two dealers to repurchase $1,000 million in aggregate of Con Edison’s Common Shares ($.10 par value) (Common Shares). Pursuant to the ASR Contracts, Con Edison made payments of $1,000 million in aggregate to the dealers and received initial deliveries of 8,730,766 Common Shares in aggregate that were recorded in treasury stock at fair

value based on the closing price on March 6, 2023 of $91.63, of $800 million. The remaining $200 million was recorded as additional paid-in-capital, representing the value of the forward contract to purchase additional shares. The final number of Common Shares to be received from the dealers will be based on the volume-weighted average share price of Common Shares during the term of the applicable transaction, less a discount. At settlement, under certain circumstances, the dealers may be required to deliver additional Common Shares to Con Edison or Con Edison may be required either to make a cash payment or deliver Common Shares to the dealers. The final settlement of the transactions under the ASR Contracts is expected to occur no later than the third quarter of 2023. The terms of the accelerated share repurchases under the ASR Contracts are subject to adjustment if Con Edison enters into or announces certain types of transactions or takes certain corporate actions.

The carrying amounts and fair values of long-term debt at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were:

(Millions of Dollars)20232022
Long-Term Debt (including current portion) (a)Carrying AmountFair ValueCarrying AmountFair Value
Con Edison$21,295(b)(c)$19,483(b)(c)$20,796(b)$18,234(b)
CECONY$19,578$17,901$19,080$16,699

(a)Amounts shown are net of unamortized debt expense and unamortized debt discount of $205 million and $197 million for Con Edison and CECONY, respectively, as of March 31, 2023 and $202 million and $195 million for Con Edison and CECONY, respectively, as of December 31, 2022.

(b)Amounts shown exclude the debt of the Clean Energy Businesses, that were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2022. The carrying value and fair value of the Clean Energy Businesses’ long-term debt, including the current portion, as of December 31, 2022 was $2,645 million and $2,489 million, respectively. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

(c)Amounts shown exclude Broken Bow II, a deferred project, that was classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023. See Note S and Note T.

The fair values of the Companies' long-term debt have been estimated primarily using available market information and at March 31, 2023 are classified as Level 2 liabilities (see Note O).

Note D – Short-Term Borrowing

In March 2023, Con Edison and the Utilities entered into a $2,500 million credit agreement (Credit Agreement), that replaces the December 2016 credit agreement, under which banks are committed to provide loans and letters of credit on a revolving credit basis. The Credit Agreement expires in March 2028, unless extended for up to two additional one–year terms. There is a maximum of $2,500 million of credit available to CECONY and $800 million (subject to increase up to $1,000 million) available to Con Edison, including up to $900 million of letters of credit. The Credit Agreement supports the Companies’ commercial paper programs.

In March 2023, CECONY entered into a 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement (the CECONY Credit Agreement) that replaces the CECONY 2022 364-Day Credit Agreement, under which banks are committed to provide loans up to $500 million on a revolving credit basis. The CECONY Credit Agreement expires in March 2024 and supports CECONY’s commercial paper program.

At March 31, 2023, Con Edison had $411 million of commercial paper outstanding of which $405 million was outstanding under CECONY’s program. The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2023 was 5.4 percent for both Con Edison and CECONY. At December 31, 2022, Con Edison had $2,640 million of commercial paper outstanding of which $2,300 million was outstanding under CECONY’s program. The weighted average interest rate at December 31, 2022 was 4.8 percent for both Con Edison and CECONY.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, no loans were outstanding under the Companies' Credit Agreement and December 2016 credit agreement, respectively, and no loans were outstanding under the CECONY Credit Agreement and the CECONY 2022 364-Day Credit Agreement, respectively. An immaterial amount of letters of credit were outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the December 2016 credit agreement as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

The banks’ commitments under the Credit Agreement and the CECONY Credit Agreement are subject to certain conditions, including that there be no event of default. The commitments are not subject to maintenance of credit rating levels or the absence of a material adverse change. Upon a change of control of, or upon an event of default

by one of the Companies under the Credit Agreement or by CECONY under the CECONY Credit Agreement, the banks may terminate their commitments with respect to that company, declare any amounts owed by that company under the Credit Agreement or the CECONY Credit Agreement, respectively, immediately due and payable and for the Credit Agreement, require that company to provide cash collateral relating to the letters of credit issued for it under the Credit Agreement. Events of default for a company include that company exceeding at any time of a ratio of consolidated debt to consolidated total capital of 0.65 to 1; that company having liens on its assets in an aggregate amount exceeding 10 percent of its consolidated net tangible assets, subject to certain exceptions; that company or any of its material subsidiaries failing to make one or more payments in respect of material financial obligations (in excess of an aggregate $150 million of debt or derivative obligations other than non-recourse debt) of that company; the occurrence of an event or condition which results in the acceleration of the maturity of any material debt (in excess of an aggregate $150 million of debt other than non-recourse debt) of that company or enables the holders of such debt to accelerate the maturity thereof; and other customary events of default. Interest and fees charged for the revolving credit facilities and any loans made or letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement reflect the Companies’ respective credit ratings.

In March 2023, Con Edison repaid $200 million and $400 million that it borrowed in January 2023 and June 2022, respectively, under a 364-Day Senior Unsecured Term Loan Credit Agreement that Con Edison entered into in June 2022 that was amended in November 2022 (the June 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement). As of March 31, 2023, there were no borrowings outstanding pursuant to the June 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Note E – Pension Benefits

Total Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ total periodic benefit cost/(credit) for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Service cost – including administrative expenses$41$72$38$67
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation162126153119
Expected return on plan assets(279)(292)(265)(277)
Recognition of net actuarial loss/(gain)(58)94(55)89
Recognition of prior service credit(4)(4)(5)(5)
TOTAL PERIODIC BENEFIT CREDIT$(138)$(4)$(134)$(7)
Cost capitalized(21)(33)(20)(32)
Reconciliation to rate level73646861
Total expense (credit) recognized$(86)$27$(86)$22

Components of net periodic benefit cost other than service cost are presented outside of operating income on the Companies' consolidated income statements, and only the service cost component is eligible for capitalization. Accordingly, the service cost component is included in the line "Other operations and maintenance" and the non-service cost components are included in the lines "Investment and other income" and "Other deductions" in the Companies' consolidated income statements.

Expected Contributions

Based on estimates as of March 31, 2023, the Companies expect to make contributions to the pension plans during 2023 of $22 million (of which $19 million is to be made by CECONY). The Companies’ policy is to fund the total periodic benefit cost of the qualified plan to the extent tax deductible and to also contribute to the non-qualified supplemental plans. During the first three months of 2023, the Companies contributed $5 million to the pension plans, $4 million of which was contributed by CECONY.

Note F – Other Postretirement Benefits

Total Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the Companies’ total periodic other postretirement benefit cost/(credit) for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Service cost - including administrative expenses$4$5$3$4
Interest cost on projected other postretirement benefit obligation149128
Expected return on plan assets(18)(18)(14)(14)
Recognition of net actuarial gain(4)(1)(2)(1)
TOTAL PERIODIC OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT CREDIT$(4)$(5)$(1)$(3)
Cost capitalized(2)(2)(1)(2)
Reconciliation to rate level1404
Total expense (credit) recognized$(5)$(3)$(2)$(1)

For information about the presentation of the components of other postretirement benefit costs, see Note E.

Expected Contributions

Based on estimates as of March 31, 2023, the Companies expect to make a contribution of $13 million (all of which is to be made by CECONY) to the other postretirement benefit plans in 2023. The Companies' policy is to fund the total periodic benefit cost of the plans to the extent tax deductible.

Note G – Environmental Matters

Superfund Sites

Hazardous substances, such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and coal tar, have been used or generated in the course of operations of the Utilities and their predecessors and are present at sites and in facilities and equipment they currently or previously owned, including sites at which gas was manufactured or stored.

The Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and similar state statutes (Superfund) impose joint and several liability, regardless of fault, upon generators of hazardous substances for investigation and remediation costs (which include costs of demolition, removal, disposal, storage, replacement, containment and monitoring) and natural resource damages. Liability under these laws can be material and may be imposed for contamination from past acts, even though such past acts may have been lawful at the time they occurred. The sites at which the Utilities have been asserted to have liability under these laws, including their manufactured gas plant sites and any neighboring areas to which contamination may have migrated, are referred to herein as “Superfund Sites.”

For Superfund Sites where there are other potentially responsible parties and the Utilities are not managing the site investigation and remediation, the accrued liability represents an estimate of the amount the Utilities will need to pay to investigate and, where determinable, discharge their related obligations. For Superfund Sites (including the manufactured gas plant sites) for which one of the Utilities is managing the investigation and remediation, the accrued liability represents an estimate of the company's share of the undiscounted cost to investigate the sites and, for sites that have been investigated in whole or in part, the cost to remediate the sites, if remediation is necessary and if a reasonable estimate of such cost can be made. Remediation costs are estimated in light of the information available, applicable remediation standards and experience with similar sites.

The accrued liabilities and regulatory assets related to Superfund Sites at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Accrued Liabilities:
Manufactured gas plant sites$874$876$780$782
Other Superfund Sites120121120121
Total$994$997$900$903
Regulatory assets$986$991$902$906

Most of the accrued Superfund Site liability relates to sites that have been investigated, in whole or in part. However, for some of the sites, the extent and associated cost of the required remediation has not yet been determined. As investigations progress and information pertaining to the required remediation becomes available, the Utilities expect that additional liability may be accrued, the amount of which is not presently determinable but may be material. The Utilities are permitted to recover or defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) prudently incurred site investigation and remediation costs.

Environmental remediation costs incurred related to Superfund Sites for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Remediation costs incurred$3$8$3$7

Insurance and other third-party recoveries received by Con Edison or CECONY were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

In 2022, Con Edison and CECONY estimated that for their manufactured gas plant sites (including CECONY’s Astoria site), the aggregate undiscounted potential liability for the investigation and remediation of coal tar and/or other environmental contaminants could range up to $3,140 million and $2,990 million, respectively. These estimates were based on the assumption that there is contamination at all sites, including those that have not yet been fully investigated and additional assumptions about the extent of the contamination and the type and extent of the remediation that may be required. Actual experience may be materially different.

Asbestos Proceedings

Suits have been brought in New York State and federal courts against the Utilities and many other defendants, wherein a large number of plaintiffs sought large amounts of compensatory and punitive damages for deaths and injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos at various premises of the Utilities. The suits that have been resolved, that are many, have been resolved without any payment by the Utilities, or for amounts that were not, in the aggregate, material to them. The amounts specified in all the remaining thousands of suits total billions of dollars; however, the Utilities believe that these amounts are greatly exaggerated, based on the disposition of previous claims. At March 31, 2023, Con Edison and CECONY have accrued their estimated aggregate undiscounted potential liabilities for these suits and additional suits that may be brought over the next 15 years as shown in the following table. These estimates were based upon a combination of modeling, historical data analysis and risk factor assessment. Courts have begun, and unless otherwise determined on appeal may continue, to apply different standards for determining liability in asbestos suits than the standard that applied historically. As a result, the Companies currently believe that there is a reasonable possibility of an exposure to loss in excess of the liability accrued for the suits. The Companies are unable to estimate the amount or range of such loss. In addition, certain current and former employees have claimed or are claiming workers’ compensation benefits based on alleged disability from exposure to asbestos. CECONY is permitted to defer as regulatory assets (for subsequent recovery through rates) costs incurred for its asbestos lawsuits and workers’ compensation claims.

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 March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Accrued liability – asbestos suits$8$8$7$7
Regulatory assets – asbestos suits$8$8$7$7
Accrued liability – workers’ compensation$61$61$58$59
Regulatory liabilities – workers’ compensation$12$11$12$11

Note H – Material Contingencies

Manhattan Explosion and Fire

On March 12, 2014, two multi-use five-story tall buildings located on Park Avenue between 116th and 117th Streets in Manhattan were destroyed by an explosion and fire. CECONY had delivered gas to the buildings through service lines from a distribution main located below ground on Park Avenue. Eight people died and more than 50 people were injured. Additional buildings were also damaged. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated. The parties to the investigation included CECONY, the City of New York, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the NYSPSC. In June 2015, the NTSB issued a final report concerning the incident, its probable cause and safety recommendations. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the incident was (1) the failure of a defective fusion joint at a service tee (which joined a plastic service line to a plastic distribution main) installed by CECONY that allowed gas to leak from the distribution main and migrate into a building where it ignited and (2) a breach in a city sewer line that allowed groundwater and soil to flow into the sewer, resulting in a loss of support for the distribution main, that caused it to sag and overstressed the defective fusion joint. The NTSB also made safety recommendations, including recommendations to CECONY that addressed its procedures for the preparation and examination of plastic fusions, training of its staff on conditions for notifications to the city’s Fire Department and extension of its gas main isolation valve installation program. In February 2017, the NYSPSC approved a settlement agreement with CECONY related to the NYSPSC's investigations of the incident and the practices of qualifying persons to perform plastic fusions. Pursuant to the agreement, CECONY provided $27 million of future benefits to customers (for which it accrued a regulatory liability) and did not recover from customers $126 million of costs for gas emergency response activities that it had previously incurred and expensed. Lawsuits are pending against CECONY seeking generally unspecified damages and, in some cases, punitive damages, for wrongful death, personal injury, property damage and business interruption. CECONY notified its insurers of the incident and believes that the policies in force at the time of the incident will cover CECONY’s costs, in excess of a required retention (the amount of which is not material), to satisfy any liability it may have for damages in connection with the incident. During 2020, CECONY accrued its estimated liability for the suits of $40 million and an insurance receivable in the same amount, and such estimated liability and receivable did not change as of March 31, 2023.

Other Contingencies

For additional contingencies, see "COVID-19 Regulatory Matters" and "Other Regulatory Matters" in Note B, Note G and “Uncertain Tax Positions” in Note J.

Guarantees

Con Edison has entered into various agreements providing financial or performance assurance to third parties on behalf of its subsidiaries. In addition, Con Edison has provided guarantees to third parties on behalf of its former subsidiary, the Clean Energy Businesses, that are in the process of being transferred to the buyer of the Clean Energy Businesses, RWE Aktiengesellschaft (RWE). Maximum amounts guaranteed by Con Edison under these agreements totaled $910 million and $2,412 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

A summary, by type and term, of Con Edison's total guarantees under these agreements at March 31, 2023 is as follows:

Guarantee Type0 – 3 years4 – 10 years> 10 yearsTotal
(Millions of Dollars)
Con Edison Transmission$381$—$—$381
Guarantees on behalf of the Clean Energy Businesses (a)27816226520
Broken Bow II——99
Total$659$16$235$910

(a) On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T. Guarantee amount shown represents guarantees issued on behalf of the Clean Energy Businesses that remain outstanding at March 31, 2023. Prior to and following the sale, RWE, with Con Edison's assistance, engaged in the process of transferring responsibility for these guarantees from Con Edison to RWE and that process is ongoing. Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement, RWE is obligated to reimburse and hold harmless Con Edison for any payments Con Edison makes under guarantees issued by Con Edison on behalf of the Clean Energy Businesses. As of March 31, 2023, no such payments have been, or are probable of being, made.

Con Edison Transmission — Con Edison has guaranteed payment by Con Edison Transmission of the contributions Con Edison Transmission agreed to make to New York Transco LLC (NY Transco). Con Edison Transmission owns a 45.7 percent interest in NY Transco. In April 2019, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) selected a transmission project that was jointly proposed by National Grid and NY Transco. The siting, construction and operation of the project will require approvals and permits from appropriate governmental agencies and authorities, including the NYSPSC. The NYISO indicated it will work with the developers to enter into agreements for the development and operation of the projects, including a schedule for entry into service by December 2023. Guarantee amount shown includes the maximum possible required amount of Con Edison Transmission's contributions for this project as calculated based on the assumptions that the project is completed at 175 percent of its estimated costs and NY Transco does not use any debt financing for the project.

Broken Bow II — Con Edison has guaranteed obligations on behalf of its indirect subsidiary, Broken Bow II, associated with its investment in a wind energy facility. Broken Bow II is held for sale as of March 31, 2023. See Note T.

Note I – Leases

Operating lease cost and cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con Edison (a)CECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Operating lease cost$20$21$17$16
Operating lease cash flows$7$9$4$4

(a) Amounts for Con Edison include amounts for the Clean Energy Businesses through February 2023. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets recorded as finance leases were $2 million for Con Edison and $1 million for CECONY, and the accumulated amortization associated with finance leases for Con Edison and CECONY were $1 million as of March 31, 2023, and $5 million and $2 million as of December 31, 2022, respectively.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, finance lease costs and cash flows for Con Edison and CECONY were immaterial.

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations for Con Edison and CECONY were $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and $44 million and $1 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Other information related to leases for Con Edison and CECONY at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Con EdisonCECONY
2023202220232022
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term:
Operating leases (a)(b)12.1 years12.3 years12.1 years12.4 years
Finance leases6.5 years7.2 years3.3 years2.3 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate:
Operating leases (a)(b)3.7%3.7%3.7%3.7%
Finance leases2.9%1.9%2.8%1.0%

(a)Amounts for Con Edison exclude operating leases of the Clean Energy Businesses, inclusive of Broken Bow II, that were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2022. Including the operating leases of the Clean Energy Businesses would result in a weighted average remaining lease term of 18.3 years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.4 percent as of December 31, 2022. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

(b)Amounts for Con Edison in 2023 exclude the operating lease of Broken Bow II, that was classified as held for sale as of March 31, 2023. Including the operating lease of Broken Bow II would result in a weighted average remaining lease term of 12.3 years and a weighted average discount rate that would not be materially different than shown above as of March 31, 2023. See Note T.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases at March 31, 2023 were as follows:

(Millions of Dollars)Con EdisonCECONY
Year Ending March 31, (b)Operating LeasesFinance LeasesOperating LeasesFinance Leases
2024$64$—$63$—
2025651631
202665—65—
202764—64—
202862—62—
All years thereafter4181418—
Total future minimum lease payments$738$2$735$1
Less: imputed interest(157)—(157)—
Total$581$2$578$1
Reported as of March 31, 2023
Operating lease liabilities (current) (a)$107$—$106$—
Operating lease liabilities (noncurrent) (a)474—472—
Other noncurrent liabilities—2—1
Total$581$2$578$1

(a)Amounts exclude operating lease liabilities of Broken Bow II ($7 million) that are classified as current liabilities held for sale on Con Edison's consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2023. See Note T.

(b)Amounts exclude future minimum operating lease payments of Broken Bow II, of $3 million in total for years ended March 31, 2024 through 2028, and $10 million for all years thereafter, and imputed interest of $6 million.

The Utilities are lessors under certain leases whereby the Utilities own real estate and distribution poles and lease portions of them to others. Revenue under such leases was immaterial for Con Edison and CECONY for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

Note J – Income Tax

Con Edison’s income tax expense increased to $243 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 from $153 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in income tax expense is primarily due to higher income before income tax expense due to the gain on the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses ($202 million) and an increase in the valuation allowance on deferred state tax assets related to state NOLs ($10 million), offset in part by tax benefits from the recognition of deferred unamortized investment tax credits ($107 million) and changes in state apportionments, net of federal income taxes ($44 million), all related to the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses.

CECONY’s income tax expense increased to $154 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 from $117 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in income tax expense is primarily due to

higher income before income tax expense and higher state income taxes, offset in part by lower allowance for uncollectible accounts.

Reconciliation of the difference between income tax expense and the amount computed by applying the prevailing statutory income tax rate to income before income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:

Con EdisonCECONY
(% of Pre-tax income)2023202220232022
STATUTORY TAX RATE
Federal21%21%21%21%
Changes in computed taxes resulting from:
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit5555
Amortization of excess deferred federal income taxes(3)(6)(6)(7)
Taxes attributable to non-controlling interest—2——
Cost of removal—111
Renewable energy credits—(1)——
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, net of COVID-19 assistance——(1)—
Impacts from the sale of Clean Energy Businesses:
Deferred unamortized ITC recognized on sale of subsidiary(7)———
Changes in state apportionments, net of federal income taxes(3)———
Valuation allowance on state NOLs, net of federal income tax1———
Effective tax rate14%22%20%20%

On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses, that was accounted for as a stock sale for GAAP purposes and a deemed sale of assets and liquidation for tax purposes. Con Edison's pretax gain on the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses was $855 million ($791 million, net of tax) for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The sale included all assets, operations and projects of the Clean Energy Businesses with the exception of tax equity interests and a deferred project, that were treated as distributions to Con Edison. See Note S and Note T.

In April 2023, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2023-15 which provides a safe harbor method of accounting that taxpayers may use to determine whether certain expenditures to maintain, repair, replace, or improve natural gas transmission and distribution property must be capitalized as improvements by the taxpayer or currently deducted for federal income tax purposes. This revenue procedure also provides procedures for taxpayers to obtain automatic consent to change their method of accounting to the safe harbor method of accounting permitted by this revenue procedure. Con Edison expects to adopt the guidance in 2023, and is evaluating the cumulative impact of the change in accounting method for the Utilities.

In May 2023, New York State passed a law that extended the increase in the corporate franchise tax rate from 6.5% to 7.25% for another 3-year period, through tax year 2026, for taxpayers with taxable income greater than $5 million. The law also temporarily extended the business capital tax through tax year 2026, not to exceed an annual maximum tax liability of $5 million per taxpayer, with a corporation paying the higher of its franchise or income tax liability during the same period. New York State also passed a law establishing a permanent rate of 30% for the metropolitan transportation business tax surcharge. As a result of the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses in 2023, Con Edison has New York State taxable income in excess of $5 million after using its entire New York State NOL carryforward, and therefore, the group is subject to the higher 7.25 percent rate (9.425 percent with the surcharge rate) on its taxable income for tax year 2023. The Companies are evaluating the impact of these provisions on their financial position, results of operations and liquidity for tax years after 2023.

Uncertain Tax Positions

At March 31, 2023, the estimated liability for uncertain tax positions for Con Edison was $26 million ($9 million for CECONY). During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, Con Edison recognized $3 million of income tax expense mostly related to research and development credits on the Clean Energy Businesses. Con Edison reasonably expects to resolve within the next twelve months approximately $23 million of various federal uncertainties due to the expected completion of ongoing tax examinations, of which the entire amount, if recognized, would reduce Con Edison's effective tax rate. The amount related to CECONY is $6 million, that, if recognized, would reduce CECONY’s effective tax rate. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, that would reduce Con Edison’s effective tax rate is $26 million, with $9 million attributable to CECONY.

The Companies recognize interest on liabilities for uncertain tax positions in interest expense and would recognize penalties, if any, in operating expenses in the Companies’ consolidated income statements. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Companies recognized an immaterial amount of interest expense and no penalties for uncertain tax positions in their consolidated income statements. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Companies recognized an immaterial amount of accrued interest on their consolidated balance sheets.

Note K – Revenue Recognition

The following table presents, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, revenue from contracts with customers as defined in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers," as well as additional revenue from sources other than contracts with customers, disaggregated by major source.

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
(Millions of Dollars)Revenues from contracts with customersOther revenues (a)Total operating revenuesRevenues from contracts with customersOther revenues (a)Total operating revenues
CECONY
Electric$2,263$93$2,356$2,107$(23)$2,084
Gas1,257341,2911,104271,131
Steam30333062993302
Total CECONY$3,823$130$3,953$3,510$7$3,517
O&R
Electric17841821633166
Gas1381139120(1)119
Total O&R$316$5$321$283$2$285
Clean Energy Businesses (c)
Renewables68—68129—129
Energy services7—719—19
Develop/Transfer Projects7—711—11
Other—4747—101101
Total Clean Energy Businesses$82$47$129$159$101$260
Con Edison Transmission1—11—1
Other (b)—(1)(1)—(3)(3)
Total Con Edison$4,222$181$4,403$3,953$107$4,060

(a) For the Utilities, this includes primarily revenue or negative revenue adjustments from alternative revenue programs, such as the revenue decoupling mechanisms under their NY electric and gas rate plans (see "Rate Plans" in Note B). For the Clean Energy Businesses, this includes revenue from wholesale services. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

(b) Other includes the parent company, Con Edison's tax equity investments, the deferred project held for sale and consolidated adjustments.

(c) On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

Clean Energy Businesses' Use of the Percentage-of-Completion Method

Sales and profits on each percentage-of-completion contract were recorded each month based on the ratio of actual cumulative costs incurred to the total estimated costs at completion of the contract, multiplied by the total estimated contract revenue, less cumulative revenues recognized in prior periods (the ‘‘cost-to-cost’’ method). The impact of revisions of contract estimates, that may result from contract modifications, performance or other reasons, were recognized on a cumulative catch-up basis in the period in which the revisions are made. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S.

20232022
(Millions of Dollars)Unbilled contract revenue (a)Unearned revenue (b)Unbilled contract revenue (a)Unearned revenue (b)
Beginning balance as of January 1,$80$3$35$7
Additions (c)2—21—
Subtractions (c)333(d)364(d)
Ending balance as of March 31,$49(e)$—$20$3

(a)Unbilled contract revenue represents accumulated incurred costs and earned profits on contracts (revenue arrangements), that have been recorded as revenue, but have not yet been billed to customers, and which represent contract assets as defined in Topic 606. Substantially all accrued unbilled contract revenue is expected to be collected within one year. Unbilled contract revenue arises from the cost-to-cost method of revenue recognition. Unbilled contract revenue from fixed-price type contracts is converted to billed receivables when amounts are invoiced to customers according to contractual billing terms, that generally occur when deliveries or other performance milestones are completed.

(b)Unearned revenue represents a liability for billings to customers in excess of earned revenue, that are contract liabilities as defined in Topic 606.

(c)Additions for unbilled contract revenue and subtractions for unearned revenue represent additional revenue earned. Additions for unearned revenue and subtractions for unbilled contract revenue represent billings. Activity also includes appropriate balance sheet classification for the period. Of the subtractions in 2023, $21 million and $1 million relate to the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses for unbilled contract revenue and unearned revenue, respectively.

(d)Of the subtractions from unearned revenue, $3 million and $4 million were included in the balances as of January 1, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(e)Following the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses, Con Edison remains entitled to certain unbilled contract revenue for a battery storage project located in Imperial County, California. See Note S.

On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

Note L – Current Expected Credit Losses

Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts

The Utilities’ “Account receivable – customers” balance consists of utility bills due (bills are generally due the month following billing) from customers who have energy delivered, generated, or services provided by the Utilities. The balance also reflects the Utilities’ purchase of receivables from energy service companies to support the retail choice programs.

“Other receivables” balance generally reflects costs billed by the Utilities for goods and services provided to external parties, such as accommodation work for private parties and certain governmental entities, real estate rental and pole attachments.

The Companies develop expected loss estimates using past events data and consider current conditions and future reasonable and supportable forecasts. Changes to the Utilities’ reserve balances that result in write-offs of customer accounts receivable balances above existing rate allowances are not reflected in rates during the term of the current rate plans. For the Utilities’ customer accounts receivable allowance for uncollectible accounts, past events considered include write-offs relative to customer accounts receivable; current conditions include macro-and micro-economic conditions related to trends in the local economy, bankruptcy rates and aged customer accounts receivable balances, among other factors; and forecasts about the future include assumptions related to the level of write-offs and recoveries. Generally, the Utilities write off customer accounts receivable as uncollectible 90 days after the account is turned off for non-payment, or the account is closed during the collection process. See "COVID-19 Regulatory Matters" in Note B.

Other receivables allowance for uncollectible accounts is calculated based on a historical average of collections relative to total other receivables, including current receivables. Current macro- and micro-economic conditions are also considered when calculating the current reserve. Probable outcomes of pending litigation, whether favorable or unfavorable to the Companies, are also included in the consideration.

Starting in 2020, the potential economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was also considered in forward-looking projections related to write-off and recovery rates and resulted in increases to the allowance for uncollectible accounts. The allowance for customer uncollectible accounts for Con Edison and CECONY decreased by $78 million from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023. The decreases primarily resulted from the credits issued pursuant to the New York State COVID-19 arrears assistance programs. See "COVID-19 Regulatory Matters" in Note B. The allowance for uncollectible accounts for Con Edison and CECONY increased by $19 million and $20 million, respectively, from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Customer accounts receivable and the associated allowance for uncollectible accounts are included in the line “Accounts receivable – customers” on the Companies’ consolidated balance sheets. Other receivables and the associated allowance for uncollectible accounts are included in “Other receivables” on the consolidated balance sheets.

The table below presents a roll forward by major portfolio segment type for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
Accounts receivable - customersOther receivablesAccounts receivable - customersOther receivables
(Millions of Dollars)20232022202320222023202220232022
Allowance for credit losses
Beginning Balance at January 1,$322$317$10$22$314$304$7$19
Recoveries45——44——
Write-offs(48)(30)(1)(3)(47)(28)—(2)
Reserve adjustments(34)4416(35)4416
Ending Balance March 31,$244$336$10$25$236$324$8$23

Note M – Financial Information by Business Segment

Con Edison’s principal business segments are CECONY’s regulated utility activities, O&R’s regulated utility activities and Con Edison Transmission. CECONY’s principal business segments are its regulated electric, gas and steam utility activities. The financial data for the business segments for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Operating revenuesInter-segment revenuesDepreciation and amortizationOperating income/(loss)
(Millions of Dollars)20232022202320222023202220232022
CECONY
Electric$2,356$2,084$5$4$343$332$194$170
Gas1,2911,1312210590559451
Steam306302181925245690
Consolidation adjustments——(25)(25)————
Total CECONY$3,953$3,517$—$—$473$446$809$711
O&R
Electric$182$166$—$—$18$17$1$8
Gas139119——774038
Total O&R$321$285$—$—$25$24$41$46
Clean Energy Businesses (a)$129$260$—$—$—$59$36$46
Con Edison Transmission11————(2)(3)
Other (b)(1)(3)——1—855(1)
Total Con Edison$4,403$4,060$—$—$499$529$1,739$799

(a) On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. As a result of this sale, the Clean Energy Businesses are no longer a principal segment. See Note S and Note T.

(b) Other includes the parent company, Con Edison’s tax equity investments, the deferred project held for sale and consolidation adjustments. Other does not represent a business segment.

Note N – Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Con Edison’s subsidiaries hedge market price fluctuations associated with physical purchases and sales of electricity, natural gas, steam and, to a lesser extent, refined fuels by using derivative instruments including futures, forwards, basis swaps, options, transmission congestion contracts and financial transmission rights contracts. These are economic hedges, for which the Utilities do not elect hedge accounting. The Companies use economic hedges to manage commodity price risk in accordance with provisions set by state regulators. The volume of hedging activity at the Utilities is dependent upon the forecasted volume of physical commodity supply to meet customer needs, and program costs or benefits are recovered from or credited to full-service customers, respectively. See "Recoverable Energy Costs" in Note A. Derivatives are recognized on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value (see Note O), unless an exception is available under the accounting rules for derivatives and hedging. Qualifying derivative contracts that have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales contracts are not reported at fair value under the accounting rules. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

The fair values of the Companies’ derivatives including the offsetting of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were:

(Millions of Dollars)20232022
Balance Sheet LocationGross Amounts of Recognized Assets/(Liabilities)Gross Amounts OffsetNet Amounts of Assets/ (Liabilities) (a)Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets/(Liabilities)Gross Amounts OffsetNet Amounts of Assets/ (Liabilities) (a)
Con Edison
Fair value of derivative assets
Current$203$(73)$130(b)$378$(332)$46(b)
Noncurrent58(32)26193(108)85
Total fair value of derivative assets held and used261(105)156571(440)131
Current - assets held for sale (d)———93(8)85(c)(d)
Noncurrent - assets held for sale (d)———831194(c)(d)
Total fair value of derivative assets$261$(105)$156$747$(437)$310
Fair value of derivative liabilities
Current$(196)$72$(124)(b)$(198)$166$(32)(b)
Noncurrent(174)38(136)(49)36(13)
Total fair value of derivative liabilities held and used(370)110(260)$(247)$202$(45)
Current - liabilities held for sale (d)———(31)6(25)(d)
Noncurrent - liabilities held for sale (d)———(3)(8)(11)(d)
Total fair value of derivative liabilities$(370)$110$(260)$(281)$200$(81)
Net fair value derivative assets/(liabilities)$(109)$5$(104)$466$(237)$229
CECONY
Fair value of derivative assets
Current$190$(69)$121(b)$350$(312)$38(b)
Noncurrent56(31)25176(96)80
Total fair value of derivative assets$246$(100)$146$526$(408)$118
Fair value of derivative liabilities
Current$(188)$69$(119)(b)$(189)$160$(29)
Noncurrent(165)36(129)(43)34(9)
Total fair value of derivative liabilities$(353)$105$(248)$(232)$194$(38)
Net fair value derivative assets/(liabilities)$(107)$5$(102)$294$(214)$80

(a)Derivative instruments and collateral were offset on the consolidated balance sheet as applicable under the accounting rules. The Companies enter into master agreements for their commodity derivatives. These agreements typically provide offset in the event of contract termination. In such case, generally the non-defaulting party’s payable will be offset by the defaulting party’s payable. The non-defaulting party will customarily notify the defaulting party within a specific time period and come to an agreement on the early termination amount.

(b)At March 31, 2023, margin deposits for Con Edison ($14 million and $(7) million) were classified as derivative assets and derivative liabilities, respectively, and for CECONY ($14 million and $(2) million) were classified as derivative assets and derivative liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheet, but not included in the table. At December 31, 2022 margin deposits for Con Edison and CECONY of $13 million were classified as derivative assets, and ($(10) million and $(6) million, respectively) were classified as derivative

liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet, but not included in the table. Margin is collateral, typically cash, that the holder of a derivative instrument is required to deposit in order to transact on an exchange and to cover its potential losses with its broker or the exchange.

(c)Includes amounts for interest rate swaps of $75 million in noncurrent assets, $31 million in current assets. At December 31, 2022, the Clean Energy Businesses had interest rate swaps with notional amounts of $982 million. The expiration dates of the swaps ranged from 2025-2041.

(d)Amounts represent derivative assets and liabilities included in current assets and current liabilities held for sale, respectively, on Con Edison's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

The Utilities generally recover their prudently incurred fuel, purchased power and gas costs, including hedging gains and losses, in accordance with rate provisions approved by the applicable state utility regulators. In accordance with the accounting rules for regulated operations, the Utilities record a regulatory asset or regulatory liability to defer recognition of unrealized gains and losses on their electric and gas derivatives. As gains and losses are realized in future periods, they will be recognized as purchased power, gas and fuel costs in the Companies’ consolidated income statements.

The Clean Energy Businesses recorded realized and unrealized gains and losses on their derivative contracts in gas purchased for resale and non-utility revenue in the reporting period in which they occur. The Clean Energy Businesses recorded changes in the fair value of their interest rate swaps in other interest expense at the end of each reporting period. Management believes that these derivative instruments represent economic hedges that mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices and interest rates. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

The following table presents the realized and unrealized gains or losses on derivatives that have been deferred or recognized in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)Balance Sheet Location2023202220232022
Pre-tax gains/(losses) deferred in accordance with accounting rules for regulated operations:
CurrentDeferred derivative gains$(149)$339$(137)$312
NoncurrentDeferred derivative gains(126)45(111)41
Total deferred gains/(losses)$(275)$384$(248)$353
CurrentDeferred derivative losses$(16)$(36)$(12)$(32)
CurrentRecoverable energy costs(291)157(274)143
NoncurrentDeferred derivative losses(133)(34)(130)(34)
Total deferred gains/(losses)$(440)$87$(416)$77
Net deferred gains/(losses)$(715)$471$(664)$430
Income Statement Location
Pre-tax gains/(losses) recognized in income
Gas purchased for resale$4$5$—$—
Non-utility revenue17(17)——
Other operations and maintenance expense—3—3
Other interest expense (a)565——
Total pre-tax gains/(losses) recognized in income$26$56$—$3

(a)Comprised of amounts related to interest rate swaps of the Clean Energy Businesses. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

The following table presents the hedged volume of Con Edison’s and CECONY’s commodity derivative transactions at March 31, 2023:

Electric Energy (MWh) (a)(b)Capacity (MW) (a)Natural Gas (Dt) (a)(b)Refined Fuels (gallons)
Con Edison30,093,32548,600273,950,0004,116,000
CECONY28,352,72541,400260,910,0004,116,000

(a)Volumes are reported net of long and short positions, except natural gas collars where the volumes of long positions are reported.

(b)Excludes electric congestion and gas basis swap contracts that are associated with electric and gas contracts and hedged volumes.

The Companies are exposed to credit risk related to transactions entered into primarily for the various energy supply and hedging activities by the Utilities. Credit risk relates to the loss that may result from a counterparty’s nonperformance. The Companies use credit policies to manage this risk, including an established credit approval process, monitoring of counterparty limits, netting provisions within agreements, collateral or prepayment arrangements, credit insurance and credit default swaps. The Companies measure credit risk exposure as the replacement cost for open energy commodity and derivative positions plus amounts owed from counterparties for settled transactions. The replacement cost of open positions represents unrealized gains, net of any unrealized losses where the Companies have a legally enforceable right to offset.

At March 31, 2023, Con Edison and CECONY had $66 million and $58 million of credit exposure in connection with open energy supply net receivables and hedging activities, net of collateral, respectively. Con Edison’s net credit exposure consisted of $36 million with investment-grade counterparties and $30 million with commodity exchange brokers. CECONY’s net credit exposure consisted of $30 million with commodity exchange brokers and $28 million with investment-grade counterparties. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

The collateral requirements associated with, and settlement of, derivative transactions are included in net cash flows from operating activities in the Companies’ consolidated statement of cash flows. Most derivative instrument contracts contain provisions that may require a party to provide collateral on its derivative instruments that are in a net liability position. The amount of collateral to be provided will depend on the fair value of the derivative instruments and the party’s credit ratings.

The following table presents the aggregate fair value of the Companies’ derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position, the collateral posted for such positions and the additional collateral that would have been required to be posted had the lowest applicable credit rating been reduced one level and to below investment grade at March 31, 2023:

(Millions of Dollars)Con Edison (a)CECONY (a)
Aggregate fair value – net liabilities$179$170
Collateral posted205205
Additional collateral (b) (downgrade one level from current ratings)166
Additional collateral (b)(c) (downgrade to below investment grade from current ratings)7056

(a)Non-derivative transactions for the purchase and sale of electricity and gas and qualifying derivative instruments, that have been designated as normal purchases or normal sales, are excluded from the table. These transactions primarily include purchases of electricity from independent system operators. In the event the Utilities are no longer extended unsecured credit for such purchases, the Companies would be required to post $1 million of additional collateral at March 31, 2023. For certain other such non-derivative transactions, the Companies could be required to post collateral under certain circumstances, including in the event counterparties had reasonable grounds for insecurity.

(b)The Companies measure the collateral requirements by taking into consideration the fair value amounts of derivative instruments that contain credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position plus amounts owed to counterparties for settled transactions and amounts required by counterparties for minimum financial security. The fair value amounts represent unrealized losses, net of any unrealized gains where the Companies have a legally enforceable right to offset.

(c)Derivative instruments that are net assets have been excluded from the table. At March 31, 2023, if Con Edison had been downgraded to below investment grade, it would have been required to post additional collateral for such derivative instruments of $23 million.

Note O – Fair Value Measurements

The accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in a principal or most advantageous market. Fair value is a market-based measurement that is determined based on inputs, that refer broadly to assumptions that market participants use in pricing assets or liabilities. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable firm inputs. The Companies often make certain assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, and the risks inherent in the inputs to valuation techniques. The Companies use valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures established a fair value hierarchy, that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value in three broad levels. The rules require that assets and liabilities be classified in their entirety based on the level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Assessing the significance of a particular input may require judgment considering factors specific to the asset or liability and may affect the valuation of the asset or liability and their placement within the fair value

hierarchy. The Companies classify fair value balances based on the fair value hierarchy defined by the accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures as follows:

  • Level 1 – Consists of assets or liabilities whose value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets at the measurement date. An active market is one in which transactions for assets or liabilities occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. This category includes contracts traded on active exchange markets valued using unadjusted prices quoted directly from the exchange.

  • Level 2 – Consists of assets or liabilities valued using industry standard models and based on prices, other than quoted prices within Level 1, that are either directly or indirectly observable as of the measurement date. The industry standard models consider observable assumptions including time value, volatility factors and current market and contractual prices for the underlying commodities, in addition to other economic measures. This category includes contracts traded on active exchanges or in over-the-counter markets priced with industry standard models.

  • Level 3 – Consists of assets or liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies using inputs that are generally less readily observable and supported by little, if any, market activity at the measurement date. Unobservable inputs are developed based on the best available information and subject to cost benefit constraints. This category includes contracts priced using models that are internally developed and contracts placed in illiquid markets. It also includes contracts that expire after the period of time for which quoted prices are available and internal models are used to determine a significant portion of the value.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are summarized below.

20232022
(Millions of Dollars)Level 1Level 2Level 3Netting Adjustment (e)TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3Netting Adjustment (e)Total
Con Edison
Derivative assets:
Commodity (a)(b)(c)$34$154$—$(18)$170$84$476$2$(420)$142
Commodity held for sale (g)—————63431273
Interest rate swaps (a)(b)(c)(f)(g)——————106——106
Other (a)(b)(d)455115——570437116——553
Total assets$489$269$0$(18)$740$527$732$33$(418)$874
Derivative liabilities:
Commodity (a)(b)(c)$28$259$11$(31)$267$18$204$16$(184)$54
Commodity held for sale (g)—————8242236
Total liabilities$28$259$11$(31)$267$26$228$18$(182)$90
CECONY
Derivative assets:
Commodity (a)(b)(c)$34$142$—$(16)$160$83$434$2$(388)$131
Other (a)(b)(d)442109——551422110——532
Total assets$476$251$—$(16)$711$505$544$2$(388)$663
Derivative liabilities:
Commodity (a)(b)(c)$27$251$5$(33)$250$18$198$8$(180)$44
Total liabilities$27$251$5$(33)$250$18$198$8$(180)$44

(a)The Companies’ policy is to review the fair value hierarchy and recognize transfers into and transfers out of the levels at the end of each reporting period. Con Edison and CECONY had $7 million of commodity derivative liabilities transferred from level 3 to level 2 during the three months ended March 31, 2023 because of availability of observable market data due to the decrease in the terms of certain contracts from beyond three years as of December 31, 2022 to less than three years as of March 31, 2023. Con Edison and CECONY had an immaterial amount of derivative liabilities and $10 million and $9 million of commodity derivative assets, respectively, transferred from level 3 to level 2 during the year ended December 31, 2022 because of availability of observable market data due to the decrease in the terms of certain contracts from beyond three years as of September 30, 2022 to less than three years as of December 31, 2022.

(b)Level 2 assets and liabilities include investments held in the deferred compensation plan and/or non-qualified retirement plans, exchange-traded contracts where there is insufficient market liquidity to warrant inclusion in Level 1, and certain over-the-counter derivative instruments for electricity, refined products and natural gas. Derivative instruments classified as Level 2 are valued using industry standard

models that incorporate corroborated observable inputs, such as pricing services or prices from similar instruments that trade in liquid markets, time value and volatility factors.

(c)The accounting rules for fair value measurements and disclosures require consideration of the impact of nonperformance risk (including credit risk) from a market participant perspective in the measurement of the fair value of assets and liabilities. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Companies determined that nonperformance risk would have no material impact on their financial position or results of operations.

(d)Other assets are comprised of assets such as life insurance contracts within the deferred compensation plan and non-qualified retirement plans.

(e)Amounts represent the impact of legally-enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Companies to net gain and loss positions and cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties.

(f)See Note N.

(g)On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

The employees in the Companies’ risk management group develop and maintain the Companies’ valuation policies and procedures for, and verify pricing and fair value valuation of, commodity derivatives and interest rate swaps. Under the Companies’ policies and procedures, multiple independent sources of information are obtained for forward price curves used to value commodity derivatives and interest rate swaps. Fair value and changes in fair value of commodity derivatives and interest rate swaps are reported monthly to the Companies’ risk committees, comprised of officers and employees of the Companies that oversee energy hedging at the Utilities. The risk management group reports to the Companies’ Vice President and Treasurer.

Fair Value of Level 3 at March 31, 2023Valuation TechniquesUnobservable InputsRange
(Millions of Dollars)
Con Edison – Commodity
Electricity(11)Discounted Cash FlowForward capacity prices (a)$2.25-$7.26 per kW-month
Transmission Congestion Contracts—Discounted Cash FlowInter-zonal forward price curves adjusted for historical zonal losses (b)$0.38-$1.38 per MWh
Total Con Edison—Commodity$(11)
CECONY – Commodity
Electricity(5)Discounted Cash FlowForward capacity prices (a)$2.25-$7.26 per kW-month
Transmission Congestion Contracts—Discounted Cash FlowInter-zonal forward price curves adjusted for historical zonal losses (b)$0.38-$1.38 per MWh
Total CECONY—Commodity$(5)

(a)Generally, increases/(decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a higher/(lower) fair value measurement.

(b)Generally, increases/(decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a lower/(higher) fair value measurement.

The table listed below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending net balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2023 and 2022 and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Con EdisonCECONY
(Millions of Dollars)2023202220232022
Beginning balance as of January 1,$15$(11)$(6)$(7)
Included in earnings(2)24(1)(1)
Included in regulatory assets and liabilities817—
Settlements4—22
Decrease due to the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses (a)(29)———
Transfer out of level 3(7)—(7)—
Ending balance as of March 31,$(11)$14$(5)$(6)

(a) On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

For the Utilities, realized gains and losses on Level 3 commodity derivative assets and liabilities are reported as part of purchased power, gas and fuel costs. The Utilities generally recover these costs in accordance with rate provisions approved by the applicable state public utilities regulators. Unrealized gains and losses for commodity

derivatives are generally deferred on the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with the accounting rules for regulated operations.

For the Clean Energy Businesses, realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 commodity derivative assets and liabilities are reported in non-utility revenues ($17 million loss and $27 million gain) on the consolidated income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022,respectively. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses and amounts for 2023 are shown through the date of sale. See Note S and Note T.

Note P – Variable Interest Entities

The accounting rules for consolidation address the consolidation of a variable interest entity (VIE) by a business enterprise that is the primary beneficiary. A VIE is an entity that does not have a sufficient equity investment at risk to permit it to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, or whose equity investors lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. The primary beneficiary is the business enterprise that has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and either absorbs a significant amount of the VIE’s losses or has the right to receive benefits that could be significant to the VIE.

The Companies enter into arrangements including leases, partnerships and electricity purchase agreements, with various entities. As a result of these arrangements, the Companies retain or may retain a variable interest in these entities.

CECONY

CECONY has an ongoing long-term electricity purchase agreement with Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners, LP, a potential VIE. In 2022, a request was made of this counterparty for information necessary to determine whether the entity was a VIE and whether CECONY is the primary beneficiary; however, the information was not made available. The payments for this contract constitute CECONY’s maximum exposure to loss with respect to the potential VIE.

Clean Energy Businesses

On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S.

In connection with the sale, Con Edison retained a tax equity interest valued at $20 million in two renewable electric projects located in Virginia that is accounted for as an equity method investment and that represent the maximum exposure to loss for this investment. See Note S. The earnings of the projects, once in service, are determined using the hypothetical liquidation at book value (HLBV) method of accounting, and such earnings were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Con Edison is not the primary beneficiary since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of the renewable electric projects is not held by Con Edison.

In June 2021, a subsidiary of the Clean Energy Businesses sold substantially all of its membership interest in the Crane solar project, and retained an equity interest of $11 million in the project that was $0 as of March 31, 2023 and that is accounted for as an equity method investment. See Note S. The earnings of the project are determined using the hypothetical liquidation at book value (HLBV) method of accounting, and such earnings were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2023 or 2022. Con Edison is not the primary beneficiary since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of the renewable electric project is not held by Con Edison.

HLBV Accounting

Con Edison has determined that the use of HLBV accounting is reasonable and appropriate to attribute income and loss to the tax equity investors. Using the HLBV method, the company's earnings from the projects are adjusted to reflect the income or loss allocable to the tax equity investors calculated based on how the project would allocate and distribute its cash if it were to sell all of its assets for their carrying amounts and liquidate at a particular point in time. Under the HLBV method, the company calculates the liquidation value allocable to the tax equity investors at the beginning and end of each period based on the contractual liquidation waterfall and adjusts its income for the period to reflect the change in the liquidation value allocable to the tax equity investors.

CED Nevada Virginia

In February 2021, a subsidiary of the Clean Energy Businesses entered into an agreement relating to certain projects (CED Nevada Virginia) with a noncontrolling tax equity investor to which a percentage of earnings, tax attributes and cash flows will be allocated. CED Nevada Virginia is a consolidated entity in which Con Edison had less than a 100 percent membership interest at December 31, 2022 and has no interest subsequent to the sale of the Clean Energy Business on March 1, 2023. Con Edison was the primary beneficiary since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of CED Nevada Virginia was held by Con Edison. The HLBV method of accounting resulted in an immaterial amount of income/(loss) for Con Edison and the tax equity investor for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were as follows. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S.

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)2022
Income/(Loss) attributable to tax equity investor$42
Income/(Loss) attributable to tax equity investor after tax32
Income/(Loss) attributable to Con Edison39
Income/(Loss) attributable to Con Edison after tax30

Tax Equity Projects

In 2018, the Clean Energy Businesses completed its acquisition of Sempra Solar Holdings, LLC. Included in the acquisition were certain operating projects (Tax Equity Projects) with a noncontrolling tax equity investor to which a percentage of earnings, tax attributes and cash flows are allocated. The Tax Equity Projects were consolidated entities in which Con Edison had less than a 100 percent membership interest at December 31, 2022 and has no interest in subsequent to the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses on March 1, 2023. Con Edison was the primary beneficiary since the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economics of the Tax Equity Projects was held by Con Edison. Electricity generated by the Tax Equity Projects is sold to utilities and municipalities pursuant to long-term power purchase agreements. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S. The HLBV method of accounting resulted in an immaterial amount of income/(loss) for Con Edison and the tax equity investor for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were as follows.

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)2022
Income/(Loss) attributable to tax equity investor$(5)
Income/(Loss) attributable to tax equity investor, after tax(4)
Income/(Loss) attributable to Con Edison10
Income/(Loss) attributable to Con Edison, after tax7

At December 31, 2022, Con Edison’s consolidated balance sheet included the following amounts associated with its VIEs:

Tax Equity Projects
Great Valley Solar (c)(d)Copper Mountain - Mesquite Solar (c)(e)CED Nevada Virginia (c)(f)
(Millions of Dollars)202220222022
Assets held for sale (a)$305$580$686
Total assets (a)$305$580$686
Liabilities held for sale (b)2081331
Total liabilities (b)$20$81$331

(a)The assets of the Tax Equity Projects and CED Nevada Virginia represent assets of a consolidated VIE that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated VIE. Amounts shown for 2022 are included in current assets held for sale on Con Edison's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T. For the disposal of the noncontrolling interest, see Con Edison's Consolidated Statement of Equity.

(b)The liabilities of the Tax Equity Projects and CED Nevada Virginia represent liabilities of a consolidated VIE for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary. Amounts shown for 2022 are included in current liabilities held for sale on Con

Edison's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T. For the disposal of the noncontrolling interest, see Con Edison's Consolidated Statement of Equity.

(c)Con Edison did not provide any financial or other support during the year that was not previously contractually required.

(d)Great Valley Solar consists of the Great Valley Solar 1, Great Valley Solar 2, Great Valley Solar 3 and Great Valley Solar 4 projects, for which the noncontrolling interest of the tax equity investor was $67 million at December 31, 2022.

(e)Copper Mountain - Mesquite Solar consists of the Copper Mountain Solar 4, Mesquite Solar 2 and Mesquite Solar 3 projects for which the noncontrolling interest of the tax equity investor was $94 million at December 31, 2022.

(f)CED Nevada Virginia consists of the Copper Mountain Solar 5, Battle Mountain Solar and Water Strider Solar projects for which the noncontrolling interest of the tax equity investor was $39 million at December 31, 2022.

Note Q – Related Party Transactions

The NYSPSC generally requires that the Utilities and Con Edison’s other subsidiaries be operated as separate entities. The Utilities and the other subsidiaries are required to have separate operating employees and operating officers of the Utilities may not be operating officers of the other subsidiaries. The Utilities may provide administrative and other services to, and receive such services from, Con Edison and its other subsidiaries only pursuant to cost allocation procedures approved by the NYSPSC. Transfers of assets between the Utilities and Con Edison or its other subsidiaries may be made only as approved by the NYSPSC. The debt of the Utilities is to be raised directly by the Utilities and not derived from Con Edison. Without the prior permission of the NYSPSC, the Utilities may not make loans to, guarantee the obligations of, or pledge assets as security for the indebtedness of Con Edison or its other subsidiaries. The NYSPSC limits the dividends that the Utilities may pay Con Edison to not more than 100 percent of their respective income available for dividends calculated on a two–year rolling average basis. Excluded from the calculation of “income available for dividends” are non-cash charges to income resulting from accounting changes or charges to income resulting from significant unanticipated events. The restriction also does not apply to dividends paid in order to transfer to Con Edison proceeds from major transactions, such as asset sales, or to dividends reducing each utility subsidiary’s equity ratio to a level appropriate to its business risk. As a result, substantially all of the net assets of CECONY and O&R ($18,892 million and $1,036 million, respectively), at March 31, 2023, are considered restricted net assets. The NYSPSC may impose additional measures to separate, or “ring fence,” the Utilities from Con Edison and its other subsidiaries.

The costs of administrative and other services provided by CECONY to, and received by it from, Con Edison and its other subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
CECONY (a)
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
Cost of services provided$33$33
Cost of services received$19$17

(a) On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S and Note T.

In addition, CECONY and O&R have joint gas supply arrangements in connection with which CECONY sold to O&R, $33 million and $45 million of natural gas for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. These amounts are net of the effect of related hedging transactions.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, CECONY's net receivable (payable) to Con Edison for income taxes was $69 million and $(89) million, respectively.

The Utilities perform work and incur expenses on behalf of NY Transco, a company in which Con Edison Transmission has a 45.7 percent equity interest. The Utilities bill NY Transco for such work and expenses in accordance with established policies. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the amounts billed by the Utilities to NY Transco were $4 million and a $1 million amount, respectively.

CECONY has a 20-year transportation contract with Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) for 250,000 dekatherms per day of capacity. CET owns an equity interest in MVP. See "Investments - Investment in Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP)" in Note A. In October 2017, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resource Defense Council requested the NYSPSC to prohibit CECONY from recovering costs under its MVP contract unless CECONY can demonstrate that the contract is in the public interest. CECONY advised the NYSPSC that it would respond to the request if the NYSPSC opened a proceeding to consider this request. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, CECONY incurred no costs under the contract.

FERC has authorized CECONY to lend funds to O&R for a period of not more than 12 months, in an amount not to exceed $250 million, at prevailing market rates. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there were no outstanding loans to O&R.

The Clean Energy Businesses had financial electric capacity contracts with CECONY and O&R. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Clean Energy Businesses realized an immaterial gain and $2 million gain respectively, under these contracts. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. As a result of the sale, the Clean Energy Businesses are no longer recognized as a related party. See Note S and Note T.

Note R – New Financial Accounting Standards

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (ASU 2020-04). In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced that it intends to stop persuading or compelling banks to submit the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a benchmark interest rate referenced in a variety of agreements, after 2021. The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority ceased publication of U.S. Dollar LIBOR after December 31, 2021 for one-week and two-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR tenors, and expects to cease publishing after June 30, 2023 for all other U.S. Dollar LIBOR tenors. ASU 2020-04 provides entities with optional expedients and exceptions for applying generally accepted accounting principles to contract modifications and hedging relationships, subject to meeting certain criteria, that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. In January 2021, the FASB issued amendments to the guidance through ASU 2021-01 to include all contract modifications and hedging relationships affected by reference rate reform, including those that do not directly reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued, and clarify which optional expedients may be applied to them. As the Companies continue to modify contracts that contain references to LIBOR to allow for the use of an alternative rate, they have applied the practical expedient to not assess each change for a contract modification. The guidance can be applied prospectively. The optional relief is temporary and generally cannot be applied to contract modifications and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The Companies do not expect the new guidance to have a material impact on their financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

In March 2023, the FASB issued amendments to the guidance on accounting for Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323) through ASU 2023-02. The amendments would expand the use of the proportional amortization method of income recognition. The Companies do not expect the new guidance to have a material impact on their financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Note S – Dispositions

During the first nine months of 2022, Con Edison considered strategic alternatives with respect to the Clean Energy Businesses. On October 1, 2022, following the conclusion of such review and to allow for continued focus on the Utilities and their clean energy transition, Con Edison entered into a purchase and sale agreement pursuant to which Con Edison agreed to sell the Clean Energy Businesses to RWE Renewables Americas, LLC, a subsidiary of RWE for a total of $6,800 million, subject to closing adjustments. On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses to RWE for $3,993 million. The preliminary purchase price at closing was adjusted (i) upward for certain cash and cash equivalents, (ii) downward for certain indebtedness and debt-like items, (iii) downward for certain transaction expenses, (iv) downward to the extent that the net working capital varied from a set target, (v) upward to the extent that capital expenditures incurred prior to the closing of the transaction varied from a set budget, and (vi) downward by the value allocated to Broken Bow II, a project that was not able to be conveyed to RWE upon closing of the transaction. The final purchase price is subject to customary adjustments for timing differences and a final valuation report, among other factors; the process to finalize the purchase price is ongoing. The transaction was completed at arm’s length and RWE was not, and will not be, considered a related party to Con Edison.

Con Edison's preliminary gain on the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses was $855 million ($791 million, after tax) for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and is subject to true-up for the finalization adjustments described above. The portion of the gain attributable to the non-controlling interest retained in certain tax-equity projects was not material. The sale included all assets, operations and projects of the Clean Energy Businesses with the exception of tax equity interests in three projects, described below, and one deferred project, Broken Bow II, a 75MW nameplate capacity wind power project located in Nebraska. See Note T. Transfer of the project is dependent on one outstanding counterparty consent, and if and when such consent is obtained within two years of the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses, i.e., by February 28, 2025, the project will transfer. RWE Renewables Americas, LLC is operating the facility on behalf of Con Edison pursuant to certain service agreements, for which the fees are not material.

Con Edison retained the Clean Energy Businesses' tax equity investment interest in the Crane solar project and another tax equity investment interest in two solar projects located in Virginia. These tax equity partnerships produce renewable energy tax credits that can be used to reduce Con Edison’s federal income tax in the year in which the projects are placed in service. These tax credits would be subject to recapture, in whole or in part, if the assets were sold within a five-year period beginning on the date on which the assets are placed in service. Con Edison will continue to employ HLBV accounting for its interests in these tax equity partnerships. The combined carrying value of the retained tax equity interests is approximately $20 million.

Con Edison has also retained any post-sale deferred income taxes (federal and state income taxes, including tax attributes), any valuation allowances associated with the deferred tax assets, all current federal taxes and New York state taxes and the estimated liability for uncertain tax positions. The unamortized deferred investment tax credits of the Clean Energy Businesses were recognized in full upon the completion of the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses.

Concurrent with entering into the purchase and sale agreement, Con Edison incurred costs in the normal course of the sale process. Transaction costs of $48 million ($35 million after-tax) were recorded in 2022, and $11 million ($8 million after-tax) were recorded in the first quarter of 2023. Also, depreciation and amortization expense of approximately $41 million ($28 million after-tax) were not recorded on the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses in the first quarter of 2023 through the closing of the transaction.

Following the sale, of the Clean Energy Businesses and pursuant to a reimbursement and indemnity agreement with RWE, Con Edison remains responsible for certain potential costs related to a battery storage project located in Imperial County, California. Con Edison's exposure under the agreement could range up to approximately $172 million. As of March 31, 2023, no amounts were recorded as liabilities on Con Edison's consolidated balance sheet related to this agreement. Con Edison is entitled to approximately $61 million of proceeds from this battery storage project, of which $49 million was recorded as unbilled contract revenue as of March 31, 2023. See Note K.

The following table shows the pre-tax operating income for the Clean Energy Businesses for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The 2023 period shown is through the date of the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses.

For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Millions of Dollars)20232022
Pre-tax operating income$25$130
Pre-tax operating income, excluding non-controlling interest2182

Note T – Assets and Liabilities Held-for-Sale

On March 1, 2023, Con Edison completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Clean Energy Businesses. See Note S. The sale included all assets, operations and projects of the Clean Energy Businesses with the exception of tax equity interests in three projects and one deferred project, Broken Bow II, a 75 MW nameplate capacity wind power project located in Nebraska. Transfer of the project from Con Edison to RWE is dependent on one outstanding counterparty consent, and if and when such consent is obtained within two years of the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses, i.e., by February 28, 2025, the project will transfer. RWE Renewables Americas, LLC is operating the facility on behalf of Con Edison pursuant to certain service agreements for which the fees are not material.

At March 31, 2023, the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities of Broken Bow II that are expected to be sold are presented on a held-for-sale basis, and accordingly exclude net deferred tax liability balances, as follows:

(Millions of Dollars)March 31, 2023
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Restricted cash$2
Other current assets5
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS7
NON-UTILITY PLANT
Non-utility property, net accumulated depreciation76
NET PLANT76
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization72
Operating lease right-of-use asset7
TOTAL OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS79
TOTAL ASSETS$162
(Millions of Dollars)March 31, 2023
LIABILITIES
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Long-term debt due within one year$2
Operating lease liabilities2
Other current liabilities1
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES5
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Asset retirement obligations2
Operating lease liabilities5
TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES7
LONG-TERM DEBT62
TOTAL LIABILITIES$74

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