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Con Edison

Con Edison has 25,597 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2019–2026), totaling $17,462,910 in penalties imposed, 6.7% of all idling penalties citywide in that period.

By Mario Bailey · Data updated November 2026

25,597 Violations since 2019

$17.5M Penalties imposed $12.6M recorded as paid

99.4% Upheld rate (decided) 23,769 upheld · 152 dismissed · 1,676 pending

Violations by year

Peak year: 2024 with 9,408 violations. Recent years may still grow as pending cases are heard.

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · methodology

What sets this record apart

The measures on which Con Edison differs most from all 362,855 DEP idling summonses in the same period.

OATH records show $2,258,198 still due on Con Edison's cases, about $88 per summons, against a citywide average of $382 per summons.
When Con Edison took a case to a hearing on the merits, it won a dismissal 46% of the time (152 of 327), compared with 17% for all contested cases.
69% of Con Edison's summonses were charged at the third-or-subsequent-offense tier, the highest of the three, versus 28% citywide.
72% of Con Edison's cases ended with the respondent admitting the violation, no hearing held; citywide, respondents admit 31%.

How the cases ended

Outcome	Cases	Share	Citywide
Admittedthe respondent admitted the violation without a hearing	18,302	71.5%	31.0%
Decided by defaultthe respondent did not answer or appear	4,074	15.9%	34.9%
Still opennot yet decided, or adjourned	1,676	6.5%	6.4%
Settledresolved by stipulation	1,218	4.8%	8.5%
Lost at a hearingcontested, and the hearing officer sustained the charge	175	0.7%	16.0%
Dismissedcontested, and the charge was thrown out	152	0.6%	3.2%

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · outcome = OATH hearing result · methodology

Offense tier and penalties

Tiers and amounts follow DEP's penalty schedule (15 RCNY 43-02, explained in the NYC idling law guide). Con Edison's summonses by tier as charged: first offense 6,299, second offense 1,623, and third or subsequent 17,675. 2,062 were for idling more than one minute next to a school.

The penalty amounts OATH most often imposed on its upheld cases, and what each one means on the schedule:

$600 14,750 casesthird or later
$350 3,874 casesfirst offense
$1,000 2,058 casesfirst offense, default
$2,000 1,544 casesthird or later, default
$440 1,071 casessecond offense
$1,500 472 casessecond offense, default

Median time from violation to decision: 263 days (citywide 419). Outstanding balances on its cases: $2,258,198.

Where and when

Violations were recorded in 176 ZIP codes. The five with the most: 10009 (2,628, 10.3%), 10001 (1,811, 7.1%), 10003 (1,707, 6.7%), 11201 (1,348, 5.3%), 10011 (1,186, 4.6%).

Violations by day of the week, all years.

The record in detail

First violation in the data: 2019-02-09; most recent: 2026-07-23.
Of 23,921 decided cases, 23,769 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 152 dismissed.
Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (19,132, followed by Brooklyn with 4,441).
Average penalty when upheld: $695 (median $600).

A summons records an alleged violation; cases marked pending have no final outcome. “Paid” reflects payments recorded in OATH case data, which can lag or include fees.

Respondent names behind this record

OATH records name respondents inconsistently. This page aggregates the following source spellings (violation counts in parentheses):

CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF (23,210) · CON EDISON (1,031) · CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO OF NEW (828) · CONSOLIDATED EDISON OF NEW YOR (349) · CONSOLIDATED EDISON (110) · CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO OF NY (24) · CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY O (11) · CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY (6)

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · company grouping documented in methodology · methodology

Cite this record: DashcamBounty, “Con Edison: NYC Idling Enforcement Record, as of November 2026,” analysis of NYC Open Data OATH Hearings Division records. dashcambounty.com/data/company/con-edison/ (underlying tables on the data hub).

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