Friday, February 7, 2014

Con Edison Urges 7,000 Harlem Residents to Cut Back Their Energy Use

 A dangerous mix of melted snow and salt, now a ubiquitous presence on city streets, is eating through upper Manhattan’s subterranean web of electrical cables, Con Edison officials said this week.
 
Salty winter roads are frying Harlem’s underground electrical system and necessitating an uptown crackdown on energy consumption.

A dangerous mix of melted snow and salt, now a ubiquitous presence on city streets, is eating through upper Manhattan’s subterranean web of electrical cables.

Con Edison warned residents who live in a pocket stretching from W. 131th St. to W. 153rd St., between Riverside Dr. and Broadway, to stop using “non-essential” appliances until further notice.

The utility issued the call for conservation as Mother Nature continued to freeze up the five boroughs with what seems to be a never-ending series of storms.

Officials urged residents to refrain from using dishwashers, washing machines, dryers and non-essential lights.

About 7,000 residents are impacted by the request, which Con Ed stressed is voluntary but has no end-date in sight.  (Daily New, 2/6/2014)

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