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Plugged In
by Con Edison
Welcome to Plugged In, Con Edison's podcast about all things related to energy in New York City and Westchester County! For story ideas or comments email us at [email protected]. For customer concerns 24/7, go to http://coned.com/customercentral or 1-800-752-6633 For gas odors, leave area and call 911 or 1-800-75-CONED.
Episodes
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Plugged In Gas Detectors
Con Edison gas services team members explain the energy company's program to install free natural-gas detectors for customers in New York City and Westchester County, providing an unprecedented level of protection. #naturalgasdetectors #gassafety
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Learn More About Waste Heat Recovery
Check out this podcast to learn about the ultimate ideas in energy efficiency - capturing and using they energy from heat that is given off from machinery, solar panels, heating and cooling and put that back to work. Today's guest, Silvia Khurrum will share her ideas on this new technology. To…
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Current Thought - Con Edison Transmission With Mallorie Azzolini
Listen to Mallorie Azzolini from Con Edison Transmission talk about some of the exciting projects in the works to bring clean energy to customers. Mallorie shares her insights on planning for brining offshore wind energy onshore with the fewest impacts to the environment and the consumer's…
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Plugged In - Summer Preparation
A study warns that heatwaves could trigger energy shortages across most of the USA. But those dire concerns do not include New York. Find out how Con Edison is prepared for summer heatwaves and storms in the latest podcast “Plugged In.”
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Plugged In - 200th Anniversary
We spoke with Con Edison's Chief Engineer, Dan Taft and VP of Energy and Environmental Law, Rich Miller on the Clean Energy Revolution, our adaptation to renewables and how we have evolved as a company throughout the last 200 years.
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Plugged In - Looking for Green-Collar Jobs?
There is a big need for qualified workers for green-collar jobs in the fields of energy efficiency, renewables like solar and wind, electrification and more. Learn about training and placement from the founders of the Con Edison-sponsored Clean Energy Academy, and hear from a recent graduate who...
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Current Thought - Upstream Emissions With Bill Slade
Things that are measured tend to improve. That's why we're talking with Con Edison's Bill Slade about greenhouse gas emissions. Find out how greenhouse gases are being measured and why the life cycle of energy generation is an important consideration for a better, more comprehensive understanding...
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Plugged In - 2023 Energy Trends With Steven Parisi
With just seven years left to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent, Con Edison's Steve Parisi, senior Vice President of Central Operations has named electrification the top energy trend for 2023. Find out more in this podcast.
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Plugged In Update With Michele O'Connell
Inflation is soaring, energy prices across the country are high and the cold weather is upon us. Find out what that means to Con Edison customers. Michele O'Connell, senior vice president of Customer Operations updates us on how customers are coping and what they can do reduce the stress on their...
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Plugged In - How to Fight Utility Phone Scams
Tune in to our latest episode to learn about the signs, types of scams, and know-how to spot a scammer before it happens.
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Plugged In - Recovering From Superstorm Sandy
In this episode we discuss how #SuperstormSandy changed the lives of many and how we've studied climate change to help us make considerable upgrades to fortify our infrastructure.
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Current Thought - On Offshore Transmission
Listen to what Marie Berninger from Con Edison Transmission, Inc. has to say about the bourgeoning offshore wind industry in New Jersey and along the Northeast Coast. Find out how the transmission industry's thought leaders are proposing to minimize impacts to shore communities, the environment,...
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Plugged In - Con Edison Helps Customers Prepare for Winter Bills
Listen as top a Con Edison executive tells us how to be more efficient this coming Winter.
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Current Thought: New Ideas Are Hatching with the Support of Con Edison and Clean Energy Incubators
The fight to meet New York’s clean energy goals is on. That’s why Con Edison’s Innovation Hub is working with business incubator programs to help “hatch” new ideas and technologies that will help our customers reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and be as energy efficient as possible. Find out...
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Plugged In - Arts Al Fresco With Hilary Ayala
Hilary Ayala with Con Edison discusses the company’s dedication to funding arts and culture in New York City with Philip O’Brien.
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Plugged In - Heat Tips with Katelyn Tsukada
Con Edison energy expert Katelyn Tsukada debunks myths about saving energy during the hot summer months. Find out if you need de-mything. Saving energy the right way, can save you a lot.
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Current Thought - Subway Train Regenerative Braking
Imagine changing the heat given off by subway trains into electricity. Con Edison's Constantine Spanos is doing just that. And he is sharing his thoughts on regenerative braking. It's a new technology that will reduce the temperature of the sweltering subways, the electricity needed to run them…
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Plugged In - What's Con Edison Doing to Help Customers Behind on Their Bills
Con Edison's senior vice president for Customer Operations Michele O'Connell talks about what the company is doing to help customers get back on track with bills. Listen now to find out more.
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Plugged In: Con Edison Is All In On EVs At The New York Auto Show
We're all in on EVs. Tune in to our latest Plugged In episode to hear how we're servicing EV customers with our programs and incentives. #ChargeUpNY
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Current Thought - King Look's Disruptive Technology
Con Edison’s King Look talks clean energy technology that could disrupt the way we produce energy and mitigate its impacts. From the Swiss’ work on modular geothermal panels, to capturing the energy in wastewater to heat and cool buildings, to new and innovative uses for carbon that is captured...
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Women in Energy History
It’s Women’s History Month and on this episode of Plugged In we find out how working in the energy industry has changed for women over the past three decades. The conversation has insightful perspectives from three impressive women each at a different stage of their career. Join Anastasia…
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Current Thought: What's the Buzz On Green Hydrogen With Silvia Khurrum
How green is green hydrogen, what does it cost and can it meet our energy needs? Current Thought looks at green hydrogen as a promising source of clean energy. Con Edison's Silvia Khurrum shares her analysis in this episode on green hydrogen technology.
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Plugged In: 2022 Energy Trends with Leonard Singh
Con Edison's Sr. VP of Customer Energy Solutions, Leonard Singh looks ahead to what we can expect in energy in 2022. Lenny shares his insights on the work the company is doing to meet its newly expanded clean energy commitment and help customers meet city and state clean energy goals.
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Current Thought: Home of the Future
Hear Con Edison's Mark Brescia talk about how appliances in the home of the future work. They are more reliable, safer, better for the environment, your wallet and available now.
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The Grid of the Future is Better Than Smart - It's Dynamic
To accommodate renewable energy the grid of the future has to be dynamic. Con Edison's Damian Sciano shares his insight on the changes that are coming in the not so distant future.
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Con Edison's Steam Team May Be the Dream Team for Our Clean Energy Future
How is New York going to meet its clean energy goals for buildings? Con Edison's Frank Cuomo thinks it just might be with electric steam. Hear how Con Edison is looking to decarbonize the steam system and make the buildings that use it cleaner and even more efficient. Frank Cuomo general manager…
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Plugged In: Mutual Aid With Patrick Hanley
Con Edison crews travel to Louisiana to help restore customers impacted by Hurricane Ida. Listen to Patrick Hanley from Bronx Westchester overhead recount his experiences from bunking on rodeo grounds to restoring an animal shelter and enjoying local cuisine and making new friends.
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What is the hydrogen rainbow, and is it a pot of gold for our clean energy future?
The hydrogen rainbow is the topic as Current Thought continues its look at clean energy. Con Edison's Silvia Khurrum gives us the basics on the hydrogen and its potential in our clean energy future.
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Current Thought on Fusion Energy with John Catuogno
Want to know more about green energy? Listen to John Catuogno, Con Edison's energy forecaster talk about fusion - a promising clean energy source. Fusion energy mimics the sun -- it's safer than fission, self-sustain, clean and reliable.
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Current Thought: Con Edison is All In on EVs
Con Edison is all in on EVs. Hear what Con Edison's Lenny Singh has to say about how we're working to reduce transportation's carbon footprint.
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Mini Splits: A Cleaner Way to Heat and Cool Any Room in Your Home
Many homeowners interested in reducing their carbon footprint are choosing to switch to mini-split heat pumps to heat and cool their homes. These devices use energy very effectively, delivering one-and-a-half to three times more heat energy to a building than the electrical energy they consume....
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Transmission Line With Walter Alvarado
Listen to Walter Alvarado Vice President of System and Transmission Operations share Con Edison's plan for building three new transmission lines. The project will boost the use of renewable energy in the region when it comes on line and reduce the need for old fossil fuel peaker plants.
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Con Edison Study Outlines Steps to Counter Climate Change Consequences
Hear how Con Edison is leading the way energy companies are thinking about climate change—designing the grid of the future to improve resiliency and sustainability. Con Edison’s manager of strategic planning, Charles Viemeister and @MichaelGerrard, founder and director of Columbia Law’s Sabin...
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Steering into the Future: Con Edison is Developing the first All-Electric Bucket Truck
Con Edison and its partners Lion Electric and Posi-Plus are developing the country's first all-electric utility bucket truck capable of performing the full range of work required. This class 8 truck will be able to put in a full day's work, lift a line worker 60 feet into the air, travel 130…
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Black History Month 2021 Plugged In Podcast
February is Black History Month. But between February 2020 and February 2021, the experience has been marked by unprecedented events. Listen to a frank discussion in Con Edison’s podcast “Plugged In” about the meaning and impact of Black History Month with company employees Lance Becca, Vice...
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The East River: New York's Testing Ground for Tidal Energy
Manhattan's East River Tidal project is changing water currents to electrical currents and unlocking the potential for New York's newest renewable energy technology. It's predictable, reliable, and sustainable and now Manhattan Islanders will be using electricity generated by this project to help...
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2021 Trends: Long-Term Climate Change, Cyber Threats, and Everyday Clean Energy
Matt Ketschke the new president of Con Edison of New York, and the new senior vice president of customer energy solutions, Lenny Singh talk about energy trends in 2021.
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Are Tides and Waves a Path Towards a Cleaner Energy Future?
Tidal energy is renewable energy harnessed by the natural rise and fall of ocean tides using technologies like turbines to generate electricity. It’s not widely used but can be more predictable than the sun and wind. Con Edison engineers in research and development are exploring its reliability…
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Vertical Solar Technology: When There’s No Place to Go But Up!
Move over rooftop solar panels, vertical solar farms are coming! With more than 10 million windows in Manhattan alone, Con Edison is keeping close tabs on the technology that can change a window pane into a solar energy generator, creating a new energy source without altering New York’s…
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Current Thought: “Ground Truth” Weather Stations Provide Hyper-Local Meteorology to Protect Utility Grid
Con Edison’s Bobby Kennedy, his team and the University of Albany are taking a hyper-local look at New York City weather. With 17 newly installed weather stations that measure wind, rain, snow, air and even river temperatures, providing hyper local data to find the so-called “ground truth.” With...
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“Quiet Jackhammer" Shatters Rock With Electricity, Water and Barely a Noise
The idea sprang from NASA’s space exploration: a device that breaks up rocks without the ear-shattering roar of a pneumatic drill. Con Edison engineers are developing a “quiet jackhammer” for use in the streets of New York. Silvia Khurrum, senior engineer in Research & Development, explains the...
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High Tech Tools Adapted to Help Shield Against Coronavirus
Con Edison engineers are repurposing technology used to spot trouble in electric infrastructure to spot check for coronavirus. Thermal cameras, normally used to find temperature fluctuations in ductwork, ultraviolet lights and even safety glasses for field crews have new-found purposes in the...
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ENERGY INDUSTRY LEADER’S OUTLOOK ON CLEAN ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE
Con Edison’s Matthew Ketschke, senior vice president of Customer Energy Solutions, discusses key clean energy trends and what they mean for customers. Ketschke, who will become president of Consolidated Edison of New York on Jan. 1, offers his insights on: * Climate change * Renewable energy *...
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CON EDISON CLIMATE STUDY DETAILS PROJECTED IMPACTS TO ENERGY SYSTEMS THROUGH THE 21st CENTURY
Extreme heat, coastal storm surge, inland flooding and more violent storms are the most significant climate-driven impacts to Con Edison’s energy delivery systems and its customers through the 21st century, according to a new report. The study coned.com/resiliency, evaluated present-day...
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From Severe Weather to Pandemic, Energy Expert Outlines Challenges Ahead for Utility Industry
In the latest episode of “Plugged In,” noted energy expert Dr. Ted Kury of the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida gives his take on the two big issues confronting energy companies in 2020: severe weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Con Edison Employees Embrace Each Other in Trying Times
Con Edison’s 14,000 employees joined with millions of people around the world in reaction to the police killing of George Floyd. But at the energy company, employees embraced each other to create something healing, loving, and honest. “People were looking for a way to talk about what’s going on,”...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Teams Are Managing New Ways Employees Will Work
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the way many of us work. For large, public corporations like Con Edison, that transformation covers a wide scope of departments and subjects, including protecting the health and mental well-being of employees, as well as assisting customers. Con Edison set up...
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Easy Tips on How to Save Energy at Home This Summer
Listen to these easy tips to save energy and money - and help the environment - while working or studying from home this summer. A Con Edison energy efficiency expert outlines ways to save in the kitchen, the bedroom, all-around your home for yourself and the entire family.
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Plugged In 2020 Episode 3: Unconscious Bias
We are all guilty of unconscious bias. At one time or another, people attach learned stereotypes, instant judgements, towards others. These hidden biases are unintentional and automatic. They are also harmful, even debilitating. Con Edison is launching training to curb unconscious bias among its...
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Plugged In 2020 Episode 2: Six Energy Trends For 2020
Con Edison’s Matthew Ketschke, senior vice president of Customer Energy Solutions, discusses key energy trends and what they mean for customers. Listen to Plugged In to hear what Ketschke has to say on: * Climate change * Renewable energy * Artificial intelligence * Electric vehicles * Cyber...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Plugged In, Con Edison's podcast about all things related to energy in New York City and Westchester County! For story ideas or comments email us at [email protected]. For customer concerns 24/7, go to http://coned.com/customercentral or 1-800-752-6633 For gas odors, leave area and call 911 or 1-800-75-CONED.
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