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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.1.1

                               Amendment No. 1 to
                     Eugene R. McGrath Employment Agreement

     The EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between Consolidated Edison, Inc, a New
York Corporation ("CEI"), and Eugene R. McGrath, dated as of September 1, 2000,
is amended effective May 31, 2002, as follows:

     WHEREAS, Eugene R. McGrath (the "Executive") and Consolidated Edison, Inc.
entered into an Employment Agreement effective September 1, 2000 (the
"Agreement");

     WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement to
provide for an additional grant of restricted stock units ("Units");

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing the parties hereto agree
as follows:

     1. The Agreement is amended to provide for an award (the "Additional
Restricted Stock Unit Award") of additional restricted stock units ("Additional
Units") with respect to 60,000 shares of the Common Shares ($.10 par value) of
CEI ("Stock"), effective as of May 31, 2002.

     2. The Additional Units shall vest in accordance with the following
schedule:

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                                             Percentage of Then Outstanding
          Date                                Non Vested Additional Units
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        <S>                                             <C>
        08/31/2004                                       50%
        08/31/2005                                      100%
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     3. The cash value of a unit shall equal the closing price of a share of
Stock in the Consolidated Reporting System as reported in the Wall Street
Journal or in a similarly readily available public source for the trading day
immediately prior to the applicable transaction date. If no trading of shares of
Stock occurred on such date, the closing price of a share of Stock in such
System as reported for the preceding day on which sales of shares of Stock
occurred shall be used.

     4. (A) Prior to the commencement of the calendar year in which the
Additional Units vest, the Executive may elect: (1) to defer the vesting of all
or a portion of the Additional Units, (2) to have, upon vesting, the cash value
of all or a portion of the Additional Units deferred and invested under the
Company's Deferred Income Plan according to the terms and conditions of the
Deferred Income Plan, or (3) any combination of the above listed options.

        (B) If no election is made, upon vesting, the cash value of the
Additional Units shall be automatically distributed to the Executive.

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     5. All other terms and conditions of the initial Units as set forth in
Section 3(d) of the Agreement shall apply to the Additional Units.

     6. In all other respects, the Agreement remains in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto, and the
Executive has hereto set his hand as of the day and year first set forth above.

                                    CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.

                                    By:
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                                        Richard A. Voell, Chairman
                                    Executive Personnel and Pension Committee


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                                          Eugene R. McGrath