SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-05-06

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<div><a name="s2bb55f981cce4c99b5147b1d30f0ac8c"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Description of Directors&#8217; Compensation </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The following tables show, effective as of December 31, 2015, the annual retainer amounts and committee meeting fees payable, in quarterly installments, to the members of the Board of Directors of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) who were not employees of the Company or its subsidiaries: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:87%;"></td><td style="width:1%;"></td><td style="width:11%;"></td><td style="width:1%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:4px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:4px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:4px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:4px solid #000000;"><div style="padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Annual Retainer</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:6pt">(1)</sup></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#e5e5e5;border-top:4px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:4px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">90,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#e5e5e5;border-top:4px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Lead Director Retainer</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">35,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Chair of Audit Committee Retainer</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#e5e5e5;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">25,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#e5e5e5;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Member of Audit Committee Retainer (excluding the Audit Committee Chair)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10