Fuming state lawmakers will hold a hearing to grill Con Edison officials over recent blackouts that have left thousands of New York City residents without power.
“Members from both houses have called for a hearing after meeting with constituents impacted by the rolling blackouts,” Senators Leroy Comrie (D-Queens) Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) and Assembly members Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) and Michael Cusick (D-Staten Island) said in a joint statement.
“The hearing will examine Con Edison’s preparedness and response to the blackouts that have left tens of thousands of New Yorkers in the dark this summer as well as consider remedies to ensure system reliability in the future. Both houses will consult on a date to ensure the hearing is held in a timely fashion.”
Earlier this month, power outages left Times Square and swaths of Manhattan’s west side in the dark.
A cable fire triggered the massive blackout.
Con Edison last weekend also cut power across parts of southern Brooklyn amid a heat wave.
“There’s real service issues going on with all the things that have been happening,” said Comrie, chairman of the Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.
Parker, who chairs the Senate energy committee said, “This has been disappointing to be honest with you, because this is the first major heat wave of the summer and we don’t know if there’s going to be others.”
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Cusick, who chairs the Assembly energy committee said, “The failure rate of ConEd’s infrastructure is unacceptable.”
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