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https://youtu.be/pNHk-woSq2g A shopping list of failures by utilities in responding to storms is contained in a just-released report by United Westchester, a coalition of local,...

Con Edison reported it had adjusted earnings of $201 million or $0.60 a share for the second quarter of 2020.

In a 41-page report on the utility storm response, Westchester County elected officials called for the companies to make some changes.

“We are going to force our utilities to change," Schumer said.

Business owners are eligible for food spoilage reimbursements up to $10,200, with receipts.

“Along with both presidents stepping down, I would also like a clean sweep of senior management, and I want a new philosophy adopted," the county executive said.

“These storms have now become the rule rather than the exception and they have to have the capacity to quickly restore power,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of utility companies.

ConEd said the majority of the county will have power by Tuesday night. County Executive George Latimer said Monday that the utility was "unprepared."

Three electricity providers head to federal appeals court, looking to terminate a pricing plan that increased Hudson Valley power rates by 6 to 10 percent.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Nov. 13 to establish a commission to investigate the response, preparation and management of New York’s utility companies after Hurricane Sandy, five days after Consolidated Edison Inc. issued an apology for its response.

As power outages enter into their second week, elected officials are turning up the heat on Con Edison of New York, Inc. and New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG).

As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, more than two million New York residents were still without power after Hurricane Sandy swept through the region overnight.

Eighty-five developers, utilities and other entities responded to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for ideas to revitalize the state’s aging energy infrastructure, with the respondents...