Con Edison gonna be hooking up those new transmission lines in Brooklyn and Staten Island pretty soon, ya know? Like, this month or something. So, what’s the big deal, right? Well, apparently, these underground cables cost a whopping $505 million to slap together, and they’re gonna help keep the lights on when everyone’s cranking up their AC or charging their electric cars. It’s all part of Con Edison’s plan to make sure they can handle all the extra power we’re gonna need as more and more people switch to electric stuff.
The prez of Con Edison, Matthew Ketschke, says these new lines are all about keeping the juice flowing so Brooklyn and Staten Island can keep on growing and thriving. He’s like, “We need to beef up our infrastructure to make sure we can handle all the power these neighborhoods need.” And get this, Con Edison’s electric service is supposedly nine times more reliable than what you’d get in other parts of New York or the whole country. That’s pretty impressive, if you ask me.
Each of these new 138-kilovolt lines is gonna be able to carry a whopping 300 megawatts of power. Like, that’s enough to power a whole bunch of air conditioners, fridges, or toaster ovens all at the same time. The Brooklyn cable is gonna be a mile long, linking up substations in Gowanus and Greenwood. And the Staten Island line is a bit longer, stretching over nine miles between substations in Goethals and Fox Hills. Plus, there’s more to come with a new line in Queens set to be up and running by the summer of 2026. So yeah, Con Edison is really making moves to keep the lights on and the AC blasting for all of us.
