Once again, Con Edison is offering free programmable thermostats tocustomers with central air-conditioning.

Homeowners, religious institutions, and businesses with centralair-conditioning are eligible to join more than 20,000 customers whoalready have received programmable thermostats and are taking control oftheir summer electricity use. Customers save energy and stay comfortable byusing air conditioning only when it is needed.

With these high-tech thermostats, customers in New York City andWestchester County can program their central air-conditioning systemsmanually or remotely through the Internet. These programmable thermostatsallow customers to:

• Adjust cooling temperatures based on personal preferences.
• Automatically turn the air conditioner on and off.
• Use the Internet or manual override options to change the thermostatsettings.

The program also allows Con Edison to adjust the thermostats remotely toreduce high demand on the electric system. Customers may override ConEdison's adjustment, if necessary.

Eligible customers may obtain the programmable thermostat and freeinstallation by calling toll-free1-866-521-8600, or online atwww.conEd.com/cool.

To continue delivering reliable electricity to 9 million New Yorkers inWestchester County and New York City, Con Edison is investing more than$7.5 billion over the next five years. EnergyNY, the company's recentlyannounced plan to meet the future energy needs of its customers throughinfrastructure upgrades and energy efficiency programs, can be viewed athttp://www.conEd.com/energyny.

Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED), one ofthe nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately$13 billion in annual revenues and $28 billion in assets. The utilityprovides electric, gas, and steam service to more than three millioncustomers in New York City and Westchester County, New York. Foradditional financial, operations and customer service information, visitCon Edison's web site at www.conEd.com.