New Council to Advise PCL&P on Operations in the Community

MILFORD, PA March 19, 2008 — Pike County Light & Power (PCL&P) today announced the formation of a Community Advisory Council comprised of PCL&P and community representatives whose mission is to help guide and advise PCL&P in implementing system and service improvements to meet the needs of its Pike County customers.

In October, PCL&P announced a set of far-reaching plans aimed at substantially fortifying its electric system in Pennsylvania and improving service to its electric customers in the state over the next five years and beyond.

The Council's purpose will be to provide an informational forum for two-way communications between PCL&P and community representatives on behalf of PCL&P customers on issues including: electric supply rates, annual summer preparedness plans, planned outage notification plans, construction plans for short and long term projects and updates regarding wholesale power markets and related industry developments. PCL&P also will provide its Annual Electric Reliability Report to the Community Advisory Council for review and discussion.

The Community Advisory Council is comprised of two members from PCL&P, one member each representing the administrations of the County of Pike, the Borough of Milford, Milford Township, Matamoras Borough and Westfall Township, one member from the Delaware Valley School District, one residential customer member, one small business customer member and one industrial/ large commercial customer member.

PCL&P Vice President of Customer Service James J. O'Brien said, "Under our plan, our system will have more thorough maintenance requirements, stronger customer support goals and a deeper commitment to the community it serves."

PCL&P's plans feature the opening of a new customer service office in Milford, more frequent and aggressive vegetation management to reduce the frequency and extent of outages caused by tree-related interference and the construction of several major new electric service reliability projects, including the possible construction of a new electric substation in the Milford area and the installation of a new third main transmission line to feed Pike County

All of these proposals grew out of a joint settlement of a complaint case brought by Pike County and a number of other parties against PCL&P. The case posed questions about PCL&P's electric delivery service and electric supply rates that went into place in January 2006 when price caps were removed in compliance with orders from the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PAPUC). The settlement resolves these questions and was approved by the PAPUC on February 28, 2008.

PCL&P is a regulated utility that provides electric service in Pike County, Pa. to approximately 4,500 customers in the Townships of Westfall, Milford and the northern part of Dingman and in the Boroughs of Milford and Matamoras. PCL&P also serves 1,200 gas customers in Westfall Township and the Borough of Matamoras.

Pike County Light & Power Company (PCL&P) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc.

PCL&P Community Advisory Council Members

PCL&P: James J. O'Brien, Vice President – Customer Service

PCL&P: Barry Short, Manager – Community Relations

County of Pike: Harry Forbes, Pike County Commissioner

Borough of Milford: Matthew Osterberg, Borough Council President

Milford Township: Donald Quick, Chairman – Township Supervisor

Milford Borough: Merritt Quinn, Mayor

Matamoras Borough: Richard Gassman, Mayor

Matamoras Borough: Robert Stevens, Councilman

Westfall Township: James Muir, Chairman – Township Supervisor

Delaware Valley School District: Dr. Candis M. Finan, District Superintendent and William Hessling, Business Administrator

Residential Customer Member: Maryanne Monte

Industrial Customer Member: Ralph Berger, Voltron Electric

Small Business Customer Member: Richard Snyder

Belle Reve Health Center: Ed Haberzetti