Lawmakers grill Con Ed president over summer power outages
BOROUGHWIDE — The electrical power outages that Brooklyn residents were forced to endure in the summer of 2019 will not soon be forgotten if a hearing the state legislature held on Tuesday is any indication of public sentiment.
Lawmakers grilled Con Edison President Timothy Cawley at a joint hearing held by the State Senate and State Assembly in lower Manhattan that focused on Con Edison’s preparedness as well as the utility’s oft-criticized response to the blackouts that impacted thousands of New Yorkers on several hot, humid summer days.
Another hot topic of discussion was whether New York State should consider bypassing Con Ed altogether and establishing a publicly-run utility, according to a person who attended the session.