By Laws, The only business to be transacted at a Special Membership Meeting is that business for which the meeting was called. Therefore, no other business will be conducted. Imagine during the height of a snowstorm, the power fails. The good news is, a new transformer is on the way. The bad news is, the electricity won t be restored for two days because the transformer is en route from New Hampshire.
Equipment is on the way, but it s coming from Massachusetts in three days.
Although the companies have filed counter-suits claiming the other reneged on the deal, they have resumed negotiations on a merger that is misguided and should never happen. Con Edison s rationale for the merger is economic cutting costs to reduce electricity rates, or so it claims. But customers will ultimately pay a hefty price. In order to cut costs, Con Edison has indicated that much of the its clerical, physical and technical work 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at the outset would be eliminated, gutting the very fabric of the company that guarantees customer services and the safe, reliable delivery of energy. Imagine reporting a gas leak or a power problem, and the person on the other end of the toll-free number is sitting at a switchboard in Vermont, Connecticut or Rhode Island, not knowing Washington Heights from Dyker Heights, or Queens Village from Greenwich Village.