Consolidated Edison, Inc. operates one of the world's largest energy delivery systems, serving more than 10 million people across New York City and Westchester County with electric, gas, and steam service. Founded in 1823 as the New York Gas Light Company, the company now manages $72 billion in assets and employs nearly 14,000 people. The scale is operationally significant: approximately 3.6 million electric customers, 1.1 million gas customers, and the largest district steam system in the United States serving parts of Manhattan. This is a $15 billion investor-owned energy company maintaining one of the most complex and reliable electric power systems globally.
The technical challenge here is substantial. Con Edison's infrastructure spans electric power systems, gas distribution networks, and district steam operations - each with distinct threat surfaces and operational technology environments. The company operates electric transmission assets through Con Edison Transmission, with principal business segments including Consolidated Edison Company of New York and Orange & Rockland Utilities. Maintaining grid reliability while protecting critical infrastructure from both physical and cyber threats requires defending against nation-state actors, insider threats, and the growing attack surface of industrial control systems and smart grid technologies.
The company is actively positioning itself around clean energy transition, investing in renewable infrastructure and developing technologies to support New York's climate goals. This means securing not just legacy operational technology but also emerging systems: renewable energy integration points, advanced metering infrastructure, distributed energy resources, and the communication protocols that tie them together. The threat model evolves as the grid modernizes - more endpoints, more connectivity, more complexity. Con Edison has operated in Greater New York for nearly two centuries, but the security requirements for energy delivery have fundamentally changed in the last decade.