Sandy power outage News

Con Edison’s chief executive said on June 14 that the company is installing hundreds of so-called smart switches that can limit the number of electric customers affected when a tree takes down a power line. Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke …

A major push is on to move New York City’s electrical infrastructure to higher ground or upper floors after Superstorm Sandy sent seawater pouring into low-lying substations and skyscraper basements and plunged half of Manhattan into darkness for four days. …