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Severance Program for Officers of Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its Subsidiaries

 Exhibit 10.1.3 
 SEVERANCE PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS 
 OF CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

 Effective as of September 1, 2005 
 Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2008 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
			
	 I.
	  	Purpose	  	1
			
	 II.
	  	Definitions	  	1
			
	 III.
	  	Benefits	  	6
			
	 IV.
	  	Confidential Information	  	12
			
	 V.
	  	Funding	  	12
			
	 VI.
	  	Administration	  	13
			
	 VII.
	  	Claims Procedure	  	13
			
	 VIII.
	  	Adoption by Company; Obligations of Company	  	14
			
	 IX.
	  	Miscellaneous	  	14

  

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 SEVERANCE PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS OF 
 CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 
  

	I.	Purpose. 

 The purpose of this Severance Program for
Officers of Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (the “Program”) is to provide certain Participants with severance payments and benefits in the event of a Termination of Employment, as set forth herein, including
additional severance payments and benefits in the event of a “Termination upon a Change of Control”, each as hereinafter defined. The Program is intended to be a “top-hat” plan for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees, but is not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Program is not intended to affect eligibility for or payment of
any other compensation or benefits in accordance with the terms of any applicable plans or programs of the Company. The Program is amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2008 to comply with Section 409A of the Code and to include
all officers of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. as Participants in the Program. 
  

	II.	Definitions. 

 When used herein with initial capital
letters, each of the following terms shall have the corresponding meaning set forth below unless a different meaning is specified or is plainly required by the context in which the term is used: 
 “409A Affiliate” means any corporation that is included in a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b)
of the Code) that includes CEI and any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with CEI (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code). 
 “Administrator” shall mean the Vice President, Human Resources of CECONY or such other person designated by the Committee. 

“Base Compensation” for any Participant shall mean the Participant’s annualized base rate of salary received by the Participant
in all capacities with the Company (before any and all salary reduction authorized amounts under any of the Company’s benefit plans or programs) as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date as the same may be increased from time to
time. “Base Compensation” shall not include the value of any target bonuses or other short or long term incentive compensation, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, or restricted stock units granted to a Participant
by the Company. 
 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of CEI. 
 “Cause” shall mean (i) the conviction of the Participant of a felony or the entering by the Participant of a plea of nolo
contendere to a felony, in either case having a significant adverse effect on the business and affairs of the Employer, (ii) the willful and continued failure by the Participant to substantially perform his duties in the course of his
employment with the Employer (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Participant by the Board or the 

  

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CEO which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or CEO believes that the Participant has not substantially performed the Participant’s
duties; or (iii) the willful engaging by the Participant in illegal conduct or in gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Employer. No act or failure to act on the part of the Participant shall be considered
“willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Employer. Any act or failure to act that is
based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution fully adopted by the Board, or the advice of counsel for the Employer, shall, for purposes of this Program, be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good
faith and in the best interests of the Employer. The Employer expressly acknowledges that Cause will not exist merely because of a failure of the Employer to meet budgeted results. 
 “CECONY” shall mean Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a New York corporation. 
 “CEI” shall mean Consolidated Edison, Inc., a New York corporation. 
 “CEO” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of CEI. 
 “Change of Control” shall mean and shall be deemed to have occurred as of the date of the first to occur of the following events: 
  

	 	(a)	any Person or Group acquires stock of CEI that, together with stock held by such Person or Group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of
the stock of CEI. However, if any Person or Group is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of CEI, the acquisition of additional stock by the same Person or Group is not considered to cause
a Change of Control of CEI. An increase in the percentage of stock owned by any Person or Group as a result of a transaction in which CEI acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an acquisition of stock for purposes of this
subsection. This subsection applies only when there is a transfer of stock of CEI (or issuance of stock of CEI) and stock in CEI remains outstanding after the transaction; 

  

	 	(b)	any Person or Group acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Group) ownership of stock of CEI
possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of CEI; 

  

	 	(c)	a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior
to the date of the appointment or election; or 

  

	 	(d)	 any Person or Group acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Group) assets from CEI
that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of CEI immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the 

  

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value of the assets of CEI, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. However,
no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur under this subsection (d) as a result of a transfer to: 

  

	 	(i)	A shareholder of CEI (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock; 

  

	 	(ii)	An entity, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by CEI; 

  

	 	(iii)	A Person or Group that owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of CEI; or 

  

	 	(iv)	An entity, at least 50% of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in clause (iii) above. 

 For these purposes, the term “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, association, joint stock company, business trust or other similar
organization, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof (but shall not include the Employer, any underwriter temporarily
holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Employer, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of CEI in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of voting stock of CEI). The term “Group” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-5 of Exchange Act. If any one Person, or Persons acting as a Group, is considered to effectively
control CEI as described in subsections (b) or (c) above, the acquisition of additional control by the same Person or Persons is not considered to cause a Change of Control. 
 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 “Committee” shall mean the Management Development and Compensation Committee that has been established by the Board, or any subsequent
committee of the Board that has primary responsibility for compensation policies. In the absence of such a committee, “Committee” shall mean the Board or any committee of the Board designated by the Board to perform the functions of the
Committee under the Program. 
 “Company” includes, individually and/or collectively as the context requires, CEI, CECONY,
O&R and such other subsidiaries of the Company that have approved and adopted this Program pursuant to Article VIII, whether or not such entity directly compensates the Participant or the Participant appears on the payroll of such entity.

 “Disability” shall mean (i) the inability of a Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last of a continuous period of not less than a period of twelve calendar months or (ii) the receipt of income replacement
benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. 
  

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 “Effective Date” shall mean September 1, 2005. 
 “Employer” shall mean CEI and all 409A Affiliates of CEI. 
 “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “Good Reason” shall
mean any of the following occurrences that occur without the Participant’s consent on or following a Change of Control: 
 (i) any
material decrease in the Participant’s Base Compensation, except for across-the-board decreases uniformly affecting similarly situated employees of the Company or the business unit in which the Participant is then employed; 
 (ii) any material breach by the Company of any of the material provisions of this Program, other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure
not occurring in bad faith; 
 (iii) the Company’s requiring the Participant to be based at any office or location more than 50 miles
from the location at which the Participant is employed immediately prior to the Change of Control; or 
 (iv) the assignment to the
Participant of any duties materially inconsistent in any respect with the Participant’s position (including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities of the Participant as in effect immediately prior to
the Change of Control, or any other action by the Company which results in a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding, for this purpose, an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad
faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant. 
 For purposes of this
“Good Reason” definition, the Participant must give notice to the Company of the existence of any event described in clauses (i) through (iv) above, within 90 days of the initial existence of the event, and upon such notice the
Company shall have a period of 30 days to remedy the condition and not be required to pay any severance amount or benefit. 
 “Notice
of Termination” means a written notice given in accordance with Section IX E which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Program relied upon, (ii) briefly summarizes the facts and circumstances deemed to
provide a basis for the Participant’s Termination of Employment or a Termination upon a Change of Control (as applicable) and the applicable provision hereof, and (iii) if the Termination Date is other than the date of receipt of such
notice, specifies the Termination Date (which date shall not be more than 15 days after the giving of such notice or, if applicable, the expiration of any cure period by the Company). 
  

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 “O&R” shall mean Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. 
 “Participant” at any time shall mean each person who (i) is an officer of CECONY or O&R, or is then holding the office of
president or higher level of CEI or any subsidiary of CEI and (ii) is designated by the Committee to be a participant under the Program; provided, however, that any individual who would otherwise be a participant shall not be
eligible to receive any severance payments or benefits hereunder (x) unless such individual has signed a release agreement with the Company in the form of Annex 1 hereto or in such form as has been approved by the Administrator for
this purpose from time to time prior to a Change of Control, or (y) if such individual is a party to a then effective separate written agreement with the Company which has been authorized or adopted by the Board or the Committee which expressly
provides for severance payments or benefits (unless such agreement expressly provides for participation in this Program). 
 “Section
409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code and the rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder 
 “Separation from
Service” shall mean a “separation from service” from the Employer as determined under the default provisions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h). 
 “Termination of Employment” means a Participant’s Separation from Service other than (i) a termination of employment for
Cause, (ii) a voluntary resignation by the Participant (other than a resignation with Good Reason in connection with a Termination upon a Change of Control), (iii) a termination of employment due to a Participant’s Disability or
death, (iv) a termination of the Participant’s employment due to a sale, merger, acquisition or other transaction in which the Participant (1) is offered the opportunity to become employed by another employer in a position with the
same or similar duties to the Participant’s duties with the Employer immediately prior to the termination of employment and without any decrease in the Participant’s Base Compensation or Target Bonus, or (2) accepts employment in any
position with the new employer (whether or not such employment is comparable), or (v) a termination of employment due to a Participant’s retirement (voluntary at any time or mandatory at or after attainment of age 65). The
Administrator in its sole discretion shall determine whether a Participant’s termination of employment is within the meaning of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v). 
 “Target Bonus” shall mean the target bonus opportunity (if any) in effect for a Participant in respect of the calendar year in which the
Participant’s Separation from Service occurs or, if no such target bonus opportunity has been established by the Company, the average of the two annual bonuses, if any, paid or awarded to the Participant in respect of the most recent two
(2) calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which occurs the Participant’s Termination Date or preceding the Change of Control, if higher. 
 “Termination Date” with respect to any Participant shall mean the date of a Participant’s Termination of Employment or Termination upon a Change of Control (as applicable). 
 “Termination upon a Change of Control” of any Participant shall mean a Termination of Employment without Cause or a Separation from
Service by any Participant for Good Reason upon or within 24 months following a Change of Control. 
  

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	III.	Benefits. 

  

	 	A.	Benefits Following a Termination of Employment. 

  

	 	1.	Before a Change of Control. If, prior to a Change of Control, a Participant incurs a Termination of Employment, then, subject to the Participant executing and delivering to
the Company a written release in the form of Annex 1 hereto (or in such form as has been approved by the Administrator), as further detailed in clause h. below: 

  

	 	a.	the Company shall pay to the Participant in a lump sum in cash, within 60 days following the Participant’s Termination Date, the aggregate of the following amounts:

  

	 	(1)	the sum of (a) the Participant’s Base Compensation through the Termination Date to the extent not theretofore paid, (b) the product of (i) the sum of the
Participant’s Target Bonus, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs through the Termination Date, and the denominator of which is 365 and (c) any
accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (a), (b), and (c) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and 

  

	 	(2)	 a lump sum that is the actuarial equivalent (as defined in clause i. see below) of the excess of (a) the sum of (i) the pension benefit payable to the
Participant under the Company’s applicable qualified defined benefit retirement plan in which the Participant is participating immediately prior to his Termination Date (the “Retirement Plan”), plus (ii) any excess
or supplemental nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan in which the Participant participates (together, the “SERP”), plus (iii), to the extent applicable, any benefit payable to the Participant under any other defined
benefit retirement arrangement between the Participant and the Company (“Other Pension Benefits”) with each element of such sum determined as if the Participant’s employment continued for one additional year beyond the
Termination Date, assuming for this purpose that all accrued benefits are fully vested and further assuming that the Participant’s compensation for such deemed additional period was the Participant’s Base Compensation as in effect
immediately prior to the Termination Date, assuming a bonus in each year during such deemed additional period equal to the Target Bonus, 

  

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assuming that any benefits attributable to such deemed additional period were treated, under all such plans and arrangements, as being fully accrued on the
Termination Date, and assuming that the Participant commenced to receive such benefits in the form of an annuity for his life commencing at later of the Termination Date or the Participant’s attainment of age 65 over, (b) the sum of
the benefits actually payable to the Participant, if any, under the Retirement Plan, the SERP and Other Pension Benefits, determined as of the Termination Date, assuming that the Participant commenced to receive such benefits in the form of an
annuity for his life commencing at later of the Termination Date or the Participant’s attainment of age 65. 

  

	 	b.	the Company shall pay to the Participant in a lump sum in cash, within 60 days following the Participant’s Termination Date, an amount equal to one times the sum of the
Participant’s Base Compensation and Target Bonus; 

  

	 	c.	for a period of one year following the Termination Date, the Company shall continue to provide medical, dental and Company-provided life insurance benefits to the Participant and/or
the Participant’s eligible dependents at least equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the Company’s plans, programs, practices and policies if the Participant had not incurred a Termination of Employment
(at the same contribution rate between the Participant and the Company as is applicable for the Participant while actively employed immediately prior to the Termination Date); provided, however, that if such medical and dental benefits
are provided under a Company plan, program, practice or policy that is subject to Code Section 105(h), the Company shall provide such medical and dental benefits to the Participant and/or the Participant’s eligible dependents by having the
Participant elect “COBRA” continuation coverage and the Company shall reimburse the Participant on a quarterly basis for the cost of the COBRA premiums incurred by him or her during the continuation period, provided, further,
however, that if the Participant becomes employed by another employer and is eligible to receive medical or dental benefits under another employer provided plan, the medical and dental benefits described herein shall be secondary to those
provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility. Such period shall be counted as part of the Participant’s right to continued eligibility under the Company’s medical and dental plans under Section 4980B of
the Code. For purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement of benefits) of the Participant for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Participant shall be considered to have remained
employed until one year following the Termination Date and to have incurred a Termination of Employment on the last day of such period; 

  

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	 	d.	the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Participant with outplacement services suitable to the Participant’s position for a period not to exceed one
year from the Participant’s Termination Date with a nationally recognized outplacement firm; 

  

	 	e.	any compensation previously deferred (other than pursuant to a tax-qualified plan) by or on behalf of the Participant (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon),
whether or not then vested, shall become vested on the Termination Date and shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the plan, policy or practice and elections under which it was deferred; 

  

	 	f.	to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Participant any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the
Participant is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies, including earned but unpaid stock and similar compensation (such other amounts and benefits shall be
hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”) in accordance with the terms of the plan, policy or practice and elections thereunder; and 

  

	 	g.	for purposes of the Company’s stock option and other equity incentive plans and the options, benefits and rights granted to the Participant thereunder, the Participant shall be
deemed to have incurred a Termination of Employment with the consent of the Company. 

  

	 	 h.
	 Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the obligation of the Company to pay any severance benefits
to a Participant is expressly conditioned upon the Participant’s timely execution and delivery of an agreement to be bound by a general release of any and all claims arising out of or relating to the Participant’s employment and Separation
from Service, and agreement by the Participant to the terms and conditions of Section IV below, that becomes irrevocable not later than the 60th calendar day following the Participant’s Termination Date. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any severance benefits to a Participant who fails to execute a general release that becomes irrevocable after the 60th calendar day following the Participant’s Termination Date. 

  

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	 	i.	For purposes of clause a.(2) above, the term “actuarial equivalent” shall mean a benefit of equal value, computed on the basis of the IRS Mortality Table and the IRS
Interest Rate, as applicable to the Stability Period that includes the Participant’s Termination Date, and to the extent that any benefit payable to the Participant would be subject to adjustment, subsequent to the commencement of such benefit,
based on changes in any Consumer Price Index, then the annual change in such index for all future years shall be assumed to be the quotient of (x) the IRS Interest Rate divided by (y) the excess of the quotient determined by dividing 0.75
by the factor first specified in item “(B)” of clause (c) of the determination of Adjusted IRS Interest Rate, over 1.00. The terms IRS Mortality Table, IRS Interest Rate, Stability Period, and Adjusted IRS Interest Rate shall each
have the meaning set forth in the Retirement Plan as in effect on the Participant’s Termination Date. 

  

	 	2.	Following a Change of Control. Upon a Termination upon a Change of Control, the provisions of Section III.A.1. shall apply, except that: 

  

	 	a.	references to “one” in clauses a.(2), b. and c., respectively, of Section III.A.1. shall be increased to “two”; and 

  

	 	b.	to the extent reimbursements of medical and dental care expenses made pursuant to Section III.A.1.c. are deemed to be a “deferral of compensation” subject to
Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall reimburse medical and dental care expenses no later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such expenses were incurred. 

  

	 	B.	Six-Month Payment Delay for Specified Employees. 

 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a Participant is a “Specified Employee” for purposes of Section 409A, determined under the Company’s established methodology for determining specified employees, on the
date on which such Participant incurs a Separation from Service, to the extent that any payment hereunder (including any provision or continued benefits) is deemed to be a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A,
such payment shall not be paid or commence to be paid on any date prior to the fifteenth business day after the date that is six months following the Participant’s Separation from Service; provided, however, that a payment delayed
pursuant to this clause shall commence earlier in the event of a Participant’s death prior to the end of the six-month period. 
  

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	 	C.	Certain Reduction of Payments. 

  

	 	1.	Anything in this Program to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of a
Participant, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Program or otherwise (the “Payment”), would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code, and that such Participant would receive a greater net after-tax amount if the Payment to Participant were reduced to avoid the taxation of excess parachute payments under Section 4999 of the Code, the aggregate
present value of amounts payable or distributable to or for the benefit of Participant pursuant to this Program (such payments or distributions pursuant to this Program are hereinafter referred to as “Program Payments”) shall be
reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount. The “Reduced Amount” shall be an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the aggregate present value of Program Payments without causing any Payment to be subject to the
taxation under Section 4999 of the Code. For purposes of this Section III.C, present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code. Any reduction will be made from the payments described in Section
III.A.1.a and Section III.A.1.b. 

  

	 	2.	All determinations to be made under this Section III.C shall be made by the Company’s independent public accountant immediately prior to the Change of Control (the
“Accounting Firm”), which firm shall provide its determinations and any supporting calculations both to the Company and the affected Participant within 10 days of the Termination Date of such Participant.

  

	 	3.	As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that
Program Payments will have been made by the Company which should not have been made (“Overpayment”) or that additional Program Payments which have not been made by the Company could have been made (“Underpayment”),
in each case, consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. Within one year after the Termination of Employment of any Participant, the Accounting Firm shall review the determination made by it pursuant to
subsection III C.2. above. In the event that the Accounting Firm determines that an overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment shall be promptly repaid by the Participant to the Company within 20 days of such determination;
provided, however, that no amount shall be payable by the Participant to the Company if and to the extent such payment would not increase the net amount which is payable to the Participant after taking into account the provisions of
Section 4999 of the Code. In the event that the Accounting Firm determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant together with interest at the
Federal Rate within 20 days of such determination. 

  

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	 	4.	All of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm in performing the determinations referred to in subsections III.C.2. and III.C.3. above shall be borne solely by the
Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Accounting Firm of and from any and all claims, damages and expenses resulting from or relating to its determinations pursuant to subsections III.C.2. and III.C.3. above, except for
claims, damages or expenses resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Accounting Firm. 

  

	 	D.	Vesting. Except as provided in Article V hereof, a Participant shall be vested and shall have a nonforfeitable right with respect to the benefits to be provided
hereunder from and after the Termination Date. The respective rights and obligations of the Company and the Participant under this Program shall survive any termination of Participant’s employment to the extent necessary to the intended
preservation of such rights and obligations. 

  

	 	E.	Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Program shall prevent or limit any Participant’s continuing or future participation in or rights under any benefit, bonus,
incentive or other plan or program provided by the Company and for which such Participant may qualify; provided, however, that if such Participant becomes entitled to and receives all of the payments provided for in this Program, the Participant
hereby waives his or her right to receive payments under any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement of the Company providing severance benefits. 

  

	 	F.	Notice of Termination. No Termination upon a Change of Control shall be effective unless accompanied or preceded by a Notice of Termination. 

  

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	IV.	Confidential Information. 

  

	 	A.	Each Participant shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all confidential information, knowledge or data (defined below) relating to the Company or any of
its affiliates or subsidiaries, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Participant during the Participant’s employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public
knowledge (other than by acts by the Participant or representatives of the Participant in violation of this Agreement). Upon termination of the Participant’s employment, he or she shall return to the Company all Company information. After
termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company, the Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information,
knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it, except (a) otherwise publicly available information, or (b) as may be necessary to enforce his rights under this Agreement or necessary to defend himself
against a claim asserted directly or indirectly by the Company or its affiliates. 

  

	 	B.	As used herein, the term “confidential information, knowledge or data” means all trade secrets, proprietary and confidential business information belonging to, used by, or
in the possession of the Company or any of its affiliates and subsidiaries, including but not limited to information, knowledge or data related to business strategies, plans and financial information, mergers, acquisitions or consolidations,
purchase or sale of property, leasing, pricing, sales programs or tactics, actual or past sellers, purchasers, lessees, lessors or customers, those with whom the Company or its affiliates and subsidiaries has begun negotiations for new business,
costs, employee compensation, marketing and development plans, inventions and technology, whether such confidential information, knowledge or data is oral, written or electronically recorded or stored, except information in the public domain,
information known by a Participant prior to employment with the Company, and information received by the Participant from sources other than the Company or its affiliates and subsidiaries, without obligation of confidentiality.

  

	V.	Funding. 

 Benefits payable under this Program shall
be unfunded, as that term is used in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), 401(a)(1) and 4021(a)(6) of ERISA, with respect to unfunded plans maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly
compensated employees, and the Administrator shall administer this Program in a manner that will ensure that benefits are unfunded and that Participants will not be considered to have received a taxable economic benefit prior to the time at which
benefits are actually payable hereunder. Accordingly, the Company shall not be required to segregate or earmark any of its assets for the benefit of Participants or their spouses or other beneficiaries, and each such person shall have only a
contractual right against the Company for benefits hereunder. The Company may from time to time establish a trust and deposit with the trustee thereof funds to be held in trust for the payment of benefits hereunder; provided, that the use of 

  

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such funds for such purpose shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors as set forth in the agreement establishing any such trust.
The rights and interests of a Participant under this Program shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or encumbrance by a Participant or any person claiming under or through a Participant,
nor shall they be subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of a Participant or anyone else prior to payment. The Administrator may from time to time appoint an investment manager or managers for the funds held in any such trust.

  

	VI.	Administration. 

 The Program shall be operated
under the direction of the Committee and administered by the Administrator. The calculation of all benefits payable under the Program shall be performed by the Administrator, subject to the review of the Committee. The Administrator shall have sole
and complete discretionary authority and control to manage the operation and administration of the Plan, including but not limited to, the determination of all questions relating to eligibility for participation and benefits, interpretation of all
Plan provisions, determination of the amount of benefits payable to any Participant, spouse, heirs or estate, all legal and factual determinations, and construction of disputed or ambiguous term. The Administrator shall determine conclusively any
and all questions arising from the administration of the Plan, and such determinations shall be binding on all parties. The Administrator may delegate responsibilities under the Plan. In any instance where the Plan is administered relative to the
Administrator, the President of the Company shall act as Administrator. 
  

	VII.	Claims Procedure. 

 All claims for benefits under
this Program shall be determined under the claims procedure in effect under the Company’s tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan on the date that such claims are submitted, except that the Administrator shall make initial determinations
with respect to claims hereunder and the Committee shall decide appeals of such determinations. 
 In the event that any dispute under the provisions of this Program is not resolved to the satisfaction of the affected Participant through this Program’s claims procedures described in the preceding paragraph,
other than a dispute in which the primary relief sought is an equitable remedy such as an injunction, the Participant may elect to have the dispute, controversy or claim settled by arbitration in New York City, New York in accordance with the
Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any award entered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and nonappealable and judgment may be entered thereon by either party in accordance with applicable law in any court of
competent jurisdiction. This arbitration provision shall be specifically enforceable. The arbitrator shall have no authority to modify any provision of this Program or to award a remedy for a dispute involving this Program other than a benefit
specifically provided under or by virtue of the Program. If a Participant prevails on any material issue which is the subject of any such arbitration or lawsuit, the Company shall be responsible for all of the fees of the American Arbitration
Association and the arbitrator and any expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration (including the Company’s and the Participant’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses). Otherwise, each party shall be responsible for its own
expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and shall share the fees of the American Arbitration Association. If applicable, payment or reimbursement of the Participant’s
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses shall be made not later than December 31st of the calendar year following the year in which they
are incurred. 
  

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	VIII.	Adoption by Company; Obligations of Company. 

  

	 	A.	At the earliest feasible time or times, CEI shall cause each entity in which it now or hereafter holds, directly or indirectly, more than a 50 percent voting interest to
approve and adopt this Program and, by such approval and adoption, to be bound by the terms hereof. 

  

	 	B.	Benefits under this Program shall, in the first instance, be paid and satisfied by the Company. If the Company shall be dissolved or for any other reason shall fail to pay and
satisfy such benefits, each individual entity referred to in (a) above shall pay and satisfy its share of such benefits, such share to be the ratio of the Participant’s Base Compensation charged to such entity during the three calendar
years immediately preceding the Participant’s Termination Upon a Change of Control to the total of the Participant’s Base Compensation charged to all such entities during the same period. 

  

	IX.	Miscellaneous. 

  

	 	A.	Amendment or Termination. Prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Board may amend or discontinue this Program at any time. Prior to the occurrence of a Change of
Control, the Administrator may amend the Program to facilitate the administration of the Program. Upon and following a Change of Control, this Program may not be amended or terminated in any way that would adversely affect the rights of Participants
under the Program. 

  

	 	B.	Headings. Headings are included in the Program for convenience only and are not substantive provisions of the Program. 

  

	 	C.	Applicable Law. The interpretation of the provisions and the administration of the Program shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any
conflict of laws provisions, and to the extent applicable, the United States of America. 

  

	 	D.	Mitigation. No Participant shall be required to mitigate the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Program by seeking other employment or otherwise and there
shall be no offset against amounts due any Participant under this Program on account of any remuneration attributable to any subsequent employment that may be obtained. 

  

	 	E.	Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted under this Program or necessary or convenient in connection herewith shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been given when hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail to the last known address of the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, reflected upon Company records. Notices to the Company shall be addressed to:

 Consolidated Edison, Inc. 
 4 Irving Place 
 New York, NY 10003 
 Attention: General Counsel 
  

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	 	F.	Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Program shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective
heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, except that the duties and responsibilities of the Participants under this Program are of a personal nature and shall not be assignable or
delegatable in whole or in part by the Participants. CEI shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company,
by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Participants, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Program in the same manner and to the extent CEI would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

  

	 	G.	Severability. If any provision of this Program or application thereof to anyone or under any circumstances is adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or application of this Program which can be given effect without the invalid or unenforceable provision or application and shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision or application in any other jurisdiction. If any provision is held void, invalid or unenforceable with respect to particular circumstances, it shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect in all other circumstances.

  

	 	H.	Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver. No remedy conferred upon a party by this Program is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be
cumulative and shall be in addition to any other remedy given under this Program or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission by a party in exercising any right, remedy or power under this Program or existing at law or in
equity shall be construed as a waiver thereof, and any such right, remedy or power may be exercised by such party from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient or necessary by such party in its sole discretion. 

 

	 	I.	Beneficiaries/References. Each Participant shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under any applicable law, to select and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive
any compensation or benefit payable under this Program following his or her death by giving the Company written notice thereof. In the event of a Participant’s death or a judicial determination of a Participant’s incompetence, reference in
this Program to “Participant” shall be deemed, where appropriate, to refer to such Participant’s beneficiary, estate or other legal representative. 

  

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	 	J.	Withholding. The Company may withhold from any payments under this Program all federal, state and local employment and income taxes as the Company is required to withhold
pursuant to any law or governmental rule or regulation. Each Participant shall bear all expense of, and be solely responsible for, all federal, state and local taxes due with respect to any payment received under this Program. All payments will be
reported to the IRS. 

  

	 	K.	Section 409A. This Program is intended to satisfy the applicable requirements of Section 409A and shall be performed and interpreted consistent with such intent. If
the Administrator determines in good faith that any provision of this Program does not satisfy such requirements or could otherwise cause any person to recognize additional taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A, the Administrator will
modify such provision, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original intent and without violation of the requirements of Section 409A (“Section 409A Compliance”), and, notwithstanding any provision herein to
the contrary, the Administrator shall have broad authority to amend or to modify the Plan, without advance notice to or consent by any person, to the extent necessary or desirable to ensure Section 409A Compliance. Any determination by the
Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties. 

  

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 Annex 1 
 RELEASE AND WAIVER AGREEMENT 
 This Release and Waiver Agreement (“Agreement”) is
between Consolidated Edison, Inc. (“Company”) and                             
(“Employee”) and is being entered into by the Employee in consideration for the Company’s providing the Employee with severance payments and benefits under the Severance Program for Officers of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (the
“Program”). The parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Employee agrees to waive, release and discharge the
Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective legal representatives, successors and assigns, agents, past, present and future employees, directors, officers, shareholders and trustees, from any and all actions, causes of action,
claims, cross-claims, third party claims, counterclaims, contribution claims, debts, demands, actions, promises, judgments, trespasses, extents, executions, awards, damages, liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever, which Employee and his/her
successors and assigns may have or have had against the Company or the above-referenced entities and individuals for all times in the past to the date that this Agreement is signed. This release and discharge is specifically understood to apply to,
but is not limited to, claims for alleged oral, written or implied contract of employment, claims for salary or wages, severance payments, bonuses or other compensation of any kind, claims for libel, slander, defamation and attorneys’ fees,
claims of wrongful discharge, claims of discriminatory treatment based upon any one or combination of the factors of age, sex, race, religion, handicap, national origin and any and all other claims arising under federal, state or local law, whether
such claims arise at common law (whether sounding in tort or contract) or by constitution, statute or ordinance, including, by way of illustration, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000(e)
et seq., the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967,
as amended, 29 U.S.C. 621 et seq., the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law, each as amended from time to time; provided, however, that this waiver, release and discharge shall
not apply to any compensation and benefits payable under the Program. 
 2. Employee acknowledges that he/she is entering into
this Agreement voluntarily and of his/her own free will. Employee also agrees that this Agreement contains the parties’ complete understanding and that there are no other agreements, oral or written, pertaining to the subject matter of this
Agreement. Any amendment or modification of this Agreement must be made in writing and signed by both Employee and the Company. 
 3. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties further agree that should any part or provision of this Agreement be held unenforceable or
in conflict with controlling law, the validity of the remaining parts and provisions shall be unaffected. 
  

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 4. The parties expressly agree that this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns. 
 5. Employee acknowledges that he/she
was provided a copy of this Agreement on                      and that he/she has until [21][45] days from such date to sign and return it to
the Company. The Employee shall have seven days from the date on which he/she signs and returns this Agreement, to revoke said Agreement. It is agreed that this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until this seven-day revocation
period has passed. Any such revocation within this period must be submitted in writing to the Company and signed by the Employee. 
 6. Employee acknowledges that he/she has been advised to consult with an attorney and other advisors of his/her choice prior to signing this Agreement and that his/her execution of this Agreement is made voluntarily and with a full
understanding of its consequences and has not been coerced in any way. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of
                    . 
  

			
	CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	
	 
		 	Employee

  

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 Annex 2 
 [Names of Officers with special 
 arrangements and the terms thereof] 
  

 19The Consolidated Edison, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan

 Exhibit 10.1.4 
 THE CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. 
 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 As Amended and Restated Effective May 19, 2008 

 THE CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. 
 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 Table of Contents 
  

					
	 ARTICLE
	  	 TITLE
	  	PAGE
	ARTICLE I	  	Definitions	  	1
	ARTICLE II	  	Shares Subject to Plan and Duration	  	3
	ARTICLE III	  	Maximum Employee Investment	  	3
	ARTICLE IV	  	Means of Payment of Employee Contributions	  	4
	ARTICLE V	  	Employer Contributions	  	6
	 ARTICLE VI
	  	Purchase of Shares	  	6
	ARTICLE VII	  	Custody of Shares; Distributions from Accounts	  	8
	ARTICLE VIII	  	Termination of Status as Employee; Leave of Absence	  	9
	ARTICLE IX	  	Stock Dividends and Stock Splits; Rights Offerings; Other Non-Cash Distribution	  	10
	ARTICLE X	  	Voting of Shares	  	11
	ARTICLE XI	  	Termination and Modification; Responsibility of Company and Plan Director	  	11
	ARTICLE XII	  	Administration, Operation and General Provisions	  	12

 Appendix A – Employer Contributions 
 Appendix B – Employer and Participating Employees 

 PREAMBLE 
 The Stock Purchase Plan (“Plan”) provides a means for employees of Con Edison, Inc.’s affiliated companies and members of their boards of directors to purchase shares of stock of Consolidated Edison, Inc. without any fee,
commission or charges, other than the purchase price. In addition, these affiliated companies can elect to contribute one dollar for each nine dollars invested by a participating employee or board member to the purchase of his or her shares.
Effective May 19, 2008, the Plan has been amended and restated designating Mellon Investor Services, LLC as the Plan agent and making changes in administrative provisions, including the implementation of a website for participant’s to use
to access their account. 

 ARTICLE I 
 Definitions 
  

	(a)	“Account” means a custodian account established with the Agent to hold Shares purchased under the Plan, and any Shares transferred to such Account pursuant to
Article 12, beneficially owned by an Employee. Such Account shall be an individual Account unless such Employee shall designate in writing that it shall be a joint Account, in which case it shall be a joint Account of such Employee and such other
person as such Employee shall have designated. A joint Account may be converted to an individual Account of an Employee who is joint holder of such Account, upon written request signed by such Employee and the other joint holder of such Account. Any
transfer taxes payable in connection with a change from individual to joint Account or vice versa will be the responsibility of the Employee. An Employee may not have more than one Account, except that two Employees, each having an Account, may hold
one or both of such Accounts jointly. All distributions from a joint Account, whether of cash or Shares, shall be made jointly to the Employee and the other holder of such joint Account. All references in this Plan to distributions to an Employee
shall in the case of a joint Account be subject to the preceding sentence. Ineligibility of an Employee to make investments under the Plan shall render the other holder of a joint Account with such Employee likewise ineligible to make investments
through such Account. 

  

	(b)	Affiliate” means any company which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”))
which also includes as a member the Company; any trade or business under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code) with the Company; any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group
(as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code) which includes the Company; and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code. 

  

	(c)	“Agent” means Mellon Investor Services LLC., or a successor or successors designated by the Board to serve as Agent under this Plan. 

  

	(d)	“Anniversary Date” for any Share or fractional Share held in an Account shall mean the first day of the thirteenth month next following the Purchase Period during
which such Share or fractional Share was purchased for such Account. 

  

	 (e)
	 “Basic Rate of Pay” means in respect of a particular Purchase Period: 

  

	 	(i)	In the case of an Employee compensated on an hourly basis, 40 times his or her basic hourly rate in effect at the beginning of such Purchase Period; 

  

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	 	(ii)	In the case of an Employee compensated on a monthly basis, his or her basic annual rate in effect at the beginning of such Purchase Period, divided by 12; and

  

	 	(iii)	In the case of an Employee compensated on a semi-monthly basis, his or her basic annual rate in effect at the beginning of such Purchase Period, divided by 24.

  

	(f)	“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

  

	(g)	“Board of Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Employer. 

  

	(h)	“Company” means Consolidated Edison, Inc. 

  

	(i)	“Effective Date” means April 20, 2000. 

  

	(j)	“Employee” means any person employed by the Employer or a Participating Employer who has attained regular status as an active employee or who has completed three
months of the “on trial” or “probationary” period as of the beginning of a Purchase Period. For purposes of this Plan only, “Employee” shall also include a person who is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Board of Trustees of the Employer, and, if applicable, the board of directors of a Participating Employer and not otherwise an Employee. Employee also means a duly elected or appointed officer of the Company, the Employer or a
Participating Employer. 

  

	(k)	“Employer” means Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. 

  

	(l)	“Investment Funds” means all funds received by the Agent or the Company pursuant to Articles 4(a), 4(b), 6(a), and 6(b), plus the amount of all cash dividends
received by the Agent, other than dividends which are to be distributed to Employees in accordance with instructions pursuant to Article 4(c). 

  

	(m)	“Participating Employer” means an Affiliate which, with the approval of the Board of Directors, has adopted the Plan for its Employees. 

  

	(n)	“Plan” means the Consolidated Edison Inc. Stock Purchase Plan, as now or hereafter in effect. 

  

	(o)	“Plan Director” means the Vice President – Human Resources of the Employer or such other person or persons as may from time to time be designated by the
Company or the Chief Executive Officer of the Employer to act as such Plan Director in respect of the Plan. The Plan Director shall serve as such without compensation and at the discretion of the Company or the Chief Executive Officer of the
Employer. 

  

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	(p)	“Purchase Period” means a calendar month. 

  

	(q)	“Shares” means shares of Common Stock of the Company whether newly issued by or purchased directly from the Company, or purchased on any securities exchange on
which shares of Common Stock are traded, in the over-the-counter market or in negotiated transactions with parties not affiliated with the Company, and includes both full and fractional Shares unless otherwise specified. 

  

	(r)	“Share Price” depends on the source of the Shares and shall be determined in accordance with Article 6. 

  

	(s)	“Shareholders’ Approval Date” means May 16, 2004. 

 ARTICLE II 
 Shares Subject to Plan and Duration. 
 The Plan terminates on May 17, 2014, unless sooner terminated by the Board of Directors. The Employee’s rights upon termination shall be as set
forth in Article 11 (a). 
 ARTICLE III 
 Maximum Employee Investment 
  

	(a)	With respect to a particular Purchase Period, and subject to Article 7(e), an Employee, other than an Employee who is a member of the Board of Directors, Board of Trustees or board
of directors of a Participating Employer and who is not otherwise an Employee, may invest in the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Plan an amount not in excess of 20% of such Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay, multiplied by the number of pay
periods of such Employee ending within such Purchase Period provided, however, that an Employee may not invest more than $25,000 pursuant to the Plan during any calendar year; and provided further that amounts invested pursuant to Article 4(c) shall
not be subject to such limits. 

  

	(b)	 If at any time it is discovered that an Employee has invested in any Purchase Period an amount in excess of the maximum investment permitted by this Article 3 for
such Employee in such Purchase Period, then the maximum investment permitted for such Employee shall thereafter be reduced by subtracting the amount of such excess from the maximum amount which such Employee would otherwise 

  

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be permitted to invest in the Purchase Period or Periods next following such discovery, until the aggregate of such reductions shall equal the amount of such
excess. In any such case the Employee involved shall be notified by the Plan Director and requested to appropriately restrict or suspend his or her investments under the Plan during such Purchase Period or Periods. If an Employee repeatedly exceeds
the limitations of this Article 3, the Plan Director may, in his or her sole discretion, suspend the eligibility of such Employee for such period as the Plan Director, in his or her sole discretion, may determine. Any such suspension shall have the
same effect as a period of ineligibility pursuant to Article 7(e). 

 ARTICLE IV 
 Means of Payment of Employee Contributions 
 Subject to the limitations of Article 3, an Employee may provide funds for the purchase of Shares under the Plan by any one or more of the following methods: 
  

	(a)	Payroll deductions. On a form provided by the Employer or a Participating Employer, or in some other means as authorized by the Plan Director, an Employee, other than
an Employee who is a member of the Board of Directors, Board of Trustees or board of directors of a Participating Employer and who is not otherwise an Employee, may authorize payroll deductions to be made which are not less than $2.00 per pay
period, but in no case more than 20% of such Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay. Payroll deductions shall commence as soon as administratively possible but no later than the second Purchase Period after receipt by the Agent of the payroll deduction
authorization. Payroll deductions shall continue for successive Purchase Periods until such Employee instructs the Agent to make no further deductions or until such Employee’s participation in the Plan shall be suspended under the provisions of
Articles 3(b), 7(e) or 8(b), or until his or her status as an Employee ceases, whichever shall first occur. An Employee may change the rate of or terminate his or her payroll deductions, and such change or termination shall be effective as soon as
administratively possible but no later than the second Purchase Period after receipt by the Agent of a new authorization to change or terminate such deductions. 

  

	 	(i)	For Shares purchased other than from the Company, the Employer and any Participating Employer shall pay over the amount of each payroll deduction so authorized to the Agent, for the
Account of the Employee, within five business days after the date such amount would otherwise have been payable to such Employee. 

  

	 	(ii)	 For Shares newly issued by or purchased directly from the Company, the Employer and any Participating Employer shall pay over the amount of each payroll deduction
so authorized to the Company, for the purchase of Shares 

  

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for the Employee, within five business days after the date such amount would otherwise have been payable to such Employee. As promptly as practicable after
the last day of the Purchase Period, the Company shall cause the maximum number of whole Shares to be newly issued by or purchased from the Company based on the Share Price as determined by the Agent in accordance with Article 6(c), and will cause
these Shares to be sent to the Agent to be allocated to the Employees’ accounts. 

  

	 (b)
	 Cash Payments. From time to time, but not more frequently than once during each Purchase Period, an
Employee may deliver to the Agent a money order or a check acceptable to, and payable to the order of, the Agent, in an amount in each case not less than $10.00, together with a direction, on a form provided by the Employer, Participating Employer
or the Agent, to purchase Shares pursuant to the Plan. If such money order or check is received by the Agent from the 1st to the 15th of the Purchase Period and is cleared with good funds prior to the 25th of the Purchase Period such money order or check shall be applied during that Purchase Period. If such money order or check is received by the Agent after the 15th of the Purchase
Period and is cleared with good funds prior to the 25th of the next Purchase Period such money order or check shall be applied during the next
Purchase Period. If such money order or check shall prove uncollectible, it shall not be applied to the purchase of Shares. The aggregate amount so delivered by an Employee, except an Employee who is a member of the Board of Directors, Board of
Trustees or board of directors of a Participating Employer and who is not otherwise an Employee, during any Purchase Period may not exceed $1,000.00. 

  

	(c)	Dividend Reinvestment. Unless the Employee otherwise instructs the Agent, the Agent shall apply dividends received with respect to Shares held in his or her Account to
the purchase, either from the Company or by the Agent, of additional Shares. However, the Employee may instruct the Agent to distribute to the Employee any such dividends received by the Agent for which the record date has not occurred prior to the
Agent’s receipt of such instructions. Any dividends covered by such instructions shall be distributed by the Agent to such Employee as promptly as practicable. Such instructions shall be revocable by the Employee, effective with respect to any
dividends for which the record date has not occurred prior to the Agent’s receipt of such revocation. 

  

	(d)	No Interest. There shall be no payment or accrual of interest in respect of payments under the foregoing Articles 4(a), (b) and (c), while held by the Employer,
any Participating Employer, the Company, the Agent, or otherwise. 

  

	(e)	Automated Telephone System and Website. The Agent’s automated telephone voice response system and its website enables Employees to access account information and
authorize transactions over the telephone or the website twenty-four (24) hours a day and generally replaces, other than the initial enrollment form, all written authorization forms. 

  

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 ARTICLE V 
 Employer Contributions 
  

	(a)	The Employer and any Participating Employer shall separately determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether to make contributions on behalf of its Employees who participate
in the Plan. If the Employer or a Participating Employer decides to make contributions on behalf of its Employees, Appendix “A”, attached and incorporated herein as part of the Plan, shall provide the terms and conditions for such
contributions made by the Employer and any Participating Employer. 

  

	(b)	Appendix B, attached and incorporated herein as part of the Plan, sets forth a list of the Employer and Participating Employers and states whether the Employer or Participating
Employer has determined to make contributions on behalf of its Employees. 

 ARTICLE VI 
 Purchase of Shares 
  

	(a)	For Shares purchased by the Agent - As and when Investment Funds are received by it, the Agent shall promptly apply the same to the purchase, in one or more transactions, of the
maximum number of whole Shares obtainable at then prevailing prices, exclusive of brokerage commissions and other expenses of purchase. Such purchases may be made from the Company, on any securities exchange where Shares are traded, in the
over-the-counter market, or in negotiated transactions. Shares purchased other than from the Company may be on such terms as to price, delivery and otherwise as the Agent may determine to be in the best interest of the Employees participating in the
Plan. The Agent shall complete such purchases as soon as practical after receipt of such funds, having due regard for any applicable requirements of law affecting the timing or manner of such purchases. If, for any reason, the Agent is unable, on or
before the last day of any Purchase Period, to apply all Investment Funds received by it during such Purchase Period, then any such Investment Funds remaining in any Account at the end of such Purchase shall be held by the Agent and applied as soon
as practical in a subsequent Purchase Period or Periods. 

  

	(b)	 For Shares purchased from the Company - As and when Investment Funds are received by it, the Company shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt of such funds,
notify the Agent of the amount received so the Agent can allocate such amount to the account of each participant. The Agent shall determine the 

  

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Purchase Price of all Shares purchased during the Purchase Period in accordance with Article 6 (c). As soon as practicable after the last day of the Purchase
Period, the Company shall cause the maximum number of whole Shares to be newly issued by or purchased from the Company based on the Share Price as determined by the Agent and will cause these Shares to be sent to the Agent to be allocated to the
participants’ accounts. Any Investment Funds remaining with the Company at the end of such Purchase Period shall be held by the Company and applied as soon as practical in a subsequent Purchase Period or Periods. 

 

	(c)	The price to participants for Shares purchased will depend on the source of the Shares. 

  

	 	(i)	If the Shares are newly issued or purchased from the Company, a price shall be assigned for any contribution made on the Employees’ payroll dates, the dates dividends are
reinvested, and the dates the Agent receives cash contributions that are applied during the Purchase Period. The price assigned to these contributions will be the average of the high and low prices at which Shares were traded on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Transactions on the trading day immediately preceding the Employees’ payroll dates, the date dividends are reinvested, and the dates the Agent receives cash contributions that are applied during the Purchase Period, as
applicable. The Share Price will be the weighted average price, exclusive of brokerage commissions and other expenses of purchase, of all Shares using the price assigned for all contributions made during the Purchase Period.

  

	 	(ii)	If the Shares are purchased other than from the Company, the purchase price per share shall be the weighted average cost, exclusive of brokerage commissions and other expenses of
purchase, of all Shares purchased by the Agent during the Purchase Period. 

  

	(d)	Promptly after the end of each Purchase Period, the Agent shall compute the Share Price for such Purchase Period and shall allocate the Shares purchased during such Purchase Period
among the Employees’ Accounts by allocating to each Account the number of full and fractional Shares obtained by dividing the Share Price for such Purchase Period into the amount of Investment Funds applied for such Account during such Purchase
Period pursuant to Articles 6(a), (b) and (c). 

  

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 ARTICLE VII 
 Custody of Shares; Distributions from Accounts. 
  

	(a)	The Shares purchased under the Plan shall be held in the name and custody of the Agent or a nominee. The Agent shall mail periodic statements of account to each participating
Employee, showing such account information as the Plan Director may from time to time determine. Account information is also available as provided in Article 4(e). (b) An Employee may at any time direct that: 

  

	 	(i)	Certificates for some or all of the full Shares in his or her Account be distributed to such Employee; or 

  

	 	(ii)	Some or all of the Shares in his or her Account, both full Shares and any fractional Share, be sold, and the resulting cash proceeds distributed to such Employee.

  

	(b)	In any such event, promptly after receipt of such direction by the Agent, such distribution, or sale and distribution, shall be made by the Agent, whose judgment as to the terms of
any such sale shall be conclusive and binding. All cash distributions, whether in respect of sales of full Shares or fractional Shares, shall be net of any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and service charges incurred in connection with such
sales. 

  

	(c)	No Shares held in an Account may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated prior to distribution from such Account of the related Share certificates. Neither may any interest of an
Employee in or under the Plan be assigned, pledged or hypothecated. 

  

	(d)	Subject to Article 1(a), all Share certificates distributed pursuant to this Article 7 shall be in the name of the respective Employee. 

  

	(e)	Subject to Article 12(c), an Employee participating in the Plan shall at all times have the right to have all of the Shares in his or her Account distributed or sold in accordance
with Article 7(b). However, if an Employee shall direct that a Share or fractional Share in his or her Account be so distributed or sold prior to the Anniversary Date of such Share or fractional Share, such Employee shall thereafter be ineligible
(effective as of the first day of the Purchase Period next succeeding such distribution or sale) to make further investments under the Plan until the Anniversary Date of the most recently acquired Share or fractional Share sold or distributed from
such Employee’s Account pursuant to Article 7(b) shall occur. In the event of such ineligibility: 

  

	 	(i)	Any authorization for payroll deductions given by such Employee pursuant to Article 4(a) shall thereupon be revoked, such Employee shall be deemed to have given instructions to
distribute dividends pursuant to Article 4(c), any Investment Funds held in such Employee’s Account shall be applied to purchase Shares in the next Purchase Period but no further contributions pursuant to Article 4(b) shall be accepted during
such ineligibility. 

  

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	 	(ii)	Any full or fractional Shares remaining in such Employee’s Account shall remain in such Account unless and until disposed of in accordance with Articles 7(b), 8(a) or 12(c).

  

	 	(iii)	The Employee may conclusively rely on the information furnished by the Agent, for the purpose of determining the number of Shares in such Employee’s Account for which the
Anniversary Date has occurred. Any direction for the sale or distribution of Shares pursuant to Article 7(b) shall be satisfied first from those Shares in such Account for which the Anniversary Date has at the time occurred, unless the Employee
otherwise expressly directs. Upon application by an Employee, the Plan Director may, for good cause shown, waive all or any part of any period of ineligibility which would otherwise result under this Article 7(e) from a sale or distribution of a
specified Share or Shares from such Employee’s Account. Such waiver shall be within the sole discretion of the Plan Director, whose decision on any such application shall be final. 

  

	 	(iv)	The concept of “Anniversary Date” shall only apply to Shares of those Employees of the Employer and of any Participating Employer who has determined to make contributions
on behalf of its Employees. 

 ARTICLE VIII 
 Termination of Status as Employee; Leave of Absence 
  

	(a)	Subject to Article 1(a), when an Employee’s status as an Employee ceases, any fractional Share in such Employee’s Account shall be sold and the proceeds thereof, together
with all full Shares in such Employee’s Account, shall be distributed to such Employee (or in the event of death or disability, to his or her legal representatives), without the necessity of any request by or on behalf of the Employee under
Article 7(b), as promptly as practicable after receipt by the Agent of notice of such change of status, unless the Agent receives, within thirty days after such change of status and prior to any such distribution, an election by such former Employee
(or his or her legal representatives as aforesaid), to have such full Shares sold and the resulting cash proceeds distributed. The judgment of the Agent as to the terms of any such sale shall be conclusive and binding. All cash distributions,
whether in respect of sale of full Shares or fractional Shares, shall be net of any brokerage or commissions, transfer taxes, and service charges incurred in connection with such sales. Any Investment Funds held in such Employee’s Account that
have not been applied to purchase Shares shall also be distributed to such Employee (or in the event of death or disability, to his or her legal representatives). 

  

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	(b)	An Employee on an unpaid leave of absence shall be ineligible (effective as of the first day of the first Purchase Period beginning during such an unpaid leave of absence) to make
further investments under the Plan until the termination of such an unpaid leave of absence. Such ineligibility shall have the same effects as a period of ineligibility arising under Article 7(e). 

 ARTICLE IX 
 Stock Dividends and
Stock Splits; Rights Offerings; 
 Other Non-Cash Distribution 
  

	(a)	Any Shares received as stock dividends or split shares distributed by the Company on full or fractional Shares held in the Plan for an Employee will be credited to the
Employee’s Account. The Anniversary Date of any Share so received shall be that of the Share in respect of which it shall be received. 

  

	(b)	If the Company should determine to offer securities through the issuance of rights to subscribe, warrants representing the rights on all Shares registered in the name of the Agent
(or a nominee) will be issued to the Agent. Except as provided in the last three sentences of this Article 9(b), the Agent shall sell such rights and distribute the proceeds among the Employees in proportion to the full and fractional Shares held in
each Employee’s Account on the record date for such rights. Any Employee who wishes to exercise subscription rights on his or her Plan Shares shall, prior to the record date for any such rights, advise the Agent of such desire and make
arrangements, satisfactory to the Company and the Agent, to provide the Agent with funds to exercise such rights. Any Shares so purchased shall be added to such Employee’s Account and any other securities so purchased shall be delivered to such
Employee. No contribution shall be made under the Plan by the Employer or a Participating Employer in connection with any such exercise of rights. 

  

	(c)	Any non-cash distribution which the Company may make in respect of Shares held by the Agent for the Accounts of Employees, except a distribution subject to Articles 9(a) or (b),
shall, to the extent practicable, be distributed in kind to the Employees in proportion to the respective numbers of Shares in their Accounts. To the extent that such a distribution in kind is not practicable, such non-cash distribution shall be
sold and the proceeds distributed in like manner. 

  

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 ARTICLE X 
 Voting of Shares 
 Each Employee shall be provided with the opportunity to direct the manner
in which any Shares held in such Employee’s Account are to be voted and appropriate procedures shall be established to enable the Employee to exercise such right. The Company shall provide to each Employee for whose account Shares are held
under the Plan a copy of all proxy statements and annual, quarterly and other reports distributed by the Company to holders of record of Shares. 
 ARTICLE XI 
 Termination and Modification; 
 Responsibility of Company and Plan Director 
  

	(a)	The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the power to suspend, terminate, amend or otherwise modify the Plan and the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board,
the Vice President-Human Resources and the Treasurer of the Employer are each authorized to make such changes from time to time to the Plan as such officer may approve as necessary or desirable to comply with law or to facilitate the administration
of the Plan. No such suspension, termination, amendment or modification shall restrict the right of any Employee to withdraw all full Shares held in his or her Account, and to receive the net proceeds, after expenses of sale, of any fractional Share
held in such Account. All participating Employees shall be given notice of any such suspension, termination, amendment or modification at least 30 days prior to the effective date thereof. Termination of the Plan shall have the same effects, with
respect to each Employee, as are provided for in Article 8(a) in the event of termination of such Employee’s status as an Employee. 

  

	(b)	Any Affiliate may adopt this Plan with the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer and the Vice President-Human Resources of the Employer shall each have authority to permit participation in the Plan by an Affiliate on such terms and conditions as such officer may approve. Upon the effective
date of the adoption of the Plan by an Affiliate, the Affiliate shall become a Participating Employer. Each Participating Employer shall be named in Appendix B. A Participating Employer may terminate its participation in the Plan upon appropriate
action. 

  

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	(c)	The Company, Employer, Participating Employer(s), and the Plan Director shall not be liable hereunder for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act,
including, without limitation, any claim for delay in paying funds over to the Agent for the Account of an Employee. 

 ARTICLE XII 
 Administration, Operation and General Provisions. 
  

	(a)	Plan Director Authority. All determinations required or permitted under the Plan or in its administration, which are not reserved to the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Chief Executive Officer of the Employer, or the Agent or otherwise specified under the Plan, shall be made by the Plan Director. All such determinations, whether reserved or not reserved, shall be conclusive and binding on the Employee
or Employees affected. 

  

	(b)	Expenses of Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Employer and any Participating Employer shall pay all expenses in connection with administration of the
Plan, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Agent applicable to its Employees. 

  

	(c)	Recoupment of Company Overpayments. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if at any time it is discovered that through error, inadvertence, mistake or
for any other reason, the Employer or any Participating Employer has paid over to the Agent or the Company for the Account of an Employee an amount which is in excess of the amount which should have been paid over for such Account, pursuant to
Article 5 and Appendix A, or if it shall be discovered that an amount paid over to the Agent or the Company pursuant to Article 4(a) was in excess of the pay due such Employee (net of all other deductions) from which such amount was to have been
deducted, and if such overpayment shall be discovered and notice given to the Agent prior to the application of such overpayment by the Agent or the Company to the purchase of Shares, the Agent shall promptly return the amount of such overpayment to
the Employer or Participating Employer. 

  

	(d)	Agent’s Tenure and Responsibility. 

  

	 	(i)	 The Agent may resign at any time by delivering its written resignation to the Employer, and the Employer may remove the Agent at any time by delivering to the Agent
a written notice of removal; provided that such resignation or removal shall not take effect until the effective date of an appointment of a successor Agent. A successor Agent may be appointed by the Employer upon 30 days notice to the participating
Employees and the incumbent Agent. Each participating Employee shall be deemed to have consented to such appointment unless such Employee directs, 

  

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pursuant to Article 7(b), a distribution or sale of all Shares in such Employee’s Account prior to the effective date of such appointment. If no
successor Agent shall be appointed within 90 days of delivery of the Agent’s resignation or notice of removal, the Plan shall terminate. 

  

	 	(ii)	The Agent shall not be liable hereunder for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including without limitation, any claims with respect to the prices at
which Shares are purchased or sold for Employees’ Accounts. 

  

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 APPENDIX A 
 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS 
  

	(a)	This Appendix A applies to the Employer and any Participating Employer listed in Appendix B who has determined to make contributions to the Plan for the account of its Employees who
participate in the Plan. 

  

	(b)	At the time the Employer or Participating Employer pays over to the Agent or the Company any amount for the Account of an Employee pursuant to Article 4(a) [Payroll Deductions] of
the Plan, the Employer or Participating Employer shall concurrently pay over to the Agent or the Company for the Account of the Employee an additional amount equal to one-ninth of the amount so provided by such Employee. 

  

	(c)	Within 10 business days after the receipt of funds from an Employee pursuant to Article 4(b) [Cash Payments] of the Plan, the Agent shall advise the Employer or Participating
Employer of such receipt and the Employer or Participating Employer shall promptly pay over to the Agent or the Company for the Account of such Employee an additional amount equal to one-ninth of the amount so provided by such Employee.

  

	(d)	Not less than 10 business days after each dividend record date in respect of Shares, the Agent shall advise the Employer or Participating Employer of the amount of dividends to be
received by the Agent for the Account of each Employee on the corresponding dividend payment date, excluding those dividends for which the Agent has received instructions pursuant to Article 4(c) [Dividend Reinvestments] of the Plan. On such
dividend payment date the Employer or Participating Employer shall pay over to the Agent or the Company, for the Account of each such Employee, an amount equal to one-ninth of the amount of such dividends to be received by the Agent on such date for
such Account. 

  

	(e)	The Employer or Participating Employer shall, promptly upon request by the Agent, reimburse or provide funds to the Agent for the payment of brokerage commissions and other
reasonable expenses of purchase incurred by the Agent pursuant to Article 6. 

 APPENDIX B 
 EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS 
  

	(a)	Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. is the Employer and has made contributions on behalf of its Employees since the Plan’s inception. 

  

	(b)	Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. became a Participating Employer in the Plan effective as of January 1, 2000, and has determined to make contributions on behalf of its
Employees. 

  

	(c)	Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. has become a Participating Employer in the Plan effective as of May 1, 2000, and has determined effective January 1, 2005, to make
contributions on behalf of its Employees. 

  

	(d)	Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. has become a Participating Employer in the Plan effective as of September 1, 1997, and has determined to make contributions on behalf of its
Employees. 

 Date: October 21, 2008

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