Gothamist: Even More Confirmation Con Ed Sucks

patrick

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:20:23 -0500

no supprise to con eds lack of humility,worked for them for 35 yrs.took sick with scleraderma,was forced to go to their medical at least 15 times in a 12 month peroid, was constantly harrassed by the medical dept. now am retired and on disability and nothing has changed they have no regard for their retirees. my condolences to all of you who have their servive, thankfully i live in nj.

Ryan

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:45:05 -0500

The PDF link is 404.

an Adirondacker

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:40:14 -0500

Man, WTF. Why don't you a) get organized and b) boycott your bill for the next 3 months. That's what teh intarnetz r forz (other than porn).

an Adirondacker

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:39:42 -0500

Man, WTF. Why don't you a) get organized and b) boycott your bill for the next 3 months. That's what teh intarnetz r forz (other than porn).

an Adirondacker

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:38:59 -0500

Man, WTF. Why don't you a) get organized and b) boycott your bill for the next 3 months. That's what teh intarnetz r forz (other than porn).

Schadenfreudian Mensch

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:16:34 -0500

No, no, no. You got it all wrong. What Bloomberg is suggesting you do is to go down to the Con Ed office, pull down your pants and get on all four, that way you'll be prepared the next time they have another blackout and you start screaming your head off.

warren

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:42:09 -0500

So, Bloomberg is saying that we should do nothing to prevent something like this from happening again? Furthermore, is he implying that we should reward the man who led Con Ed during the black-out?

anonymous

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:19:56 -0500

Bloomberg has done it again. This quote is from AM New York's web site. What's going on with him and Kevin Burke? "Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended CEO Kevin Burke, who was widely criticized after the blackout. "My personal experience with Kevin Burke is he's very competent," Bloomberg said. "He is very hardworking. He cares and he's done everything you could possibly ask for." "And if you want lousy electrical service, you keep trying to drive Burke out of the office. And then you won't have as good people there. And they won't do as good a job." Asked whether he thinks fines should be levied against the utility, Bloomberg replied: "If you want to fine Con Ed, just go to your electric bill and next time you get it, you're going to have a higher cost."

uncommon sense

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:09:17 -0500

3,000 customers is the threshold for emergency action? So if two thousand nine hundred ninety-nine customers (whatever that translates too in terms of actual people) are without power through ConEd (or really, anyone's fault), the city will just ignore it? Is that really actual policy?!?

warren

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:55:00 -0500

yep, privatization of public utilities is a briiiilliant idea. it's wonderful having a company that provides an essential service not care about its customers.

Rodney P. Sweetchops

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:42:12 -0500

I loathe ConEd with a passion. Of course everyone knew it was 100% their fault, and their non-apology and minuscule payment of ~$300 for spoiled food did nothing to change public opinion. At the very least they should have given every single one of us who lost power during those 8-10 days free power for a year. I can understand not having power in the event of a natural disaster but to have a power failure that is 100% the fault of the utility and to have them lie and distort the magnitude of the event is just unacceptable. I guarantee if this type of thing ever happened in Manhattan, the power would be back within 24 hours. Never mind the fact that a majority of the city's power is generated down the street from my apartment. ConEd simply doesn't give a shit about providing their customers with any kind of service and gives EVEN LESS when it happens out in Queens. Such a disgrace, FEMA-esque incompetence.