In all, Con Edison customers in New York City and Westchester County, N.Y. have completed 5,500 solar projects, producing 75 megawatts to power their homes and businesses.

Solar energy fits with Con Edison’s ongoing quest to protect the environment, maintain its industry-leading reliable service and save customers money. Solar energy is an important part of Con Edison’s plan to manage the demand for electricity in certain parts of Brooklyn and Queens where rapid economic development is taking place.

The company is also conducting a demonstration project called Virtual Power Plant to explore how solar can be combined with battery storage to increase benefits to the grid and make service more resilient.

Con Edison even placed solar panels on the roof of its headquarters in Manhattan. The 200 panels produce 40 kilowatts of clean, renewable power.

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