Focus Areas
Extreme Weather Adaptation and Mitigation
We are committed to strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and communities across our service territory. By advancing climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, we are driving progress toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and preparing neighborhoods to withstand the impacts of extreme weather through nature-based solutions.
Priority Areas
- Adaptation: We support the restoration and preservation of urban forests and green spaces, the protection of vital waterways and wetlands, and the conservation of biodiversity and wildlife. These efforts help our neighborhoods thrive, even as climate challenges intensify.
- Mitigation: We invest in nature-based solutions, with an emphasis on green and blue infrastructure projects. From rain gardens to restored wetlands, our projects capture carbon, reduce emissions, and create healthier, more resilient environments.
Social Justice and Community Resilience
We believe resilience must be equitable. That’s why we support programs that expand energy access, cultivate local justice leaders, and deliver innovative cooling and flood solutions in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Priority Areas:
- Cooling & Flooding Solutions: Funded programs will prioritize community-driven approaches to address one or both challenges. Programs may include public outreach and resource distribution, technical assistance or targeted, short-term structural interventions.
- Energy Access: Fund community-based organizations and projects that support initiatives to ensure marginalized and disadvantaged communities have the capacity, leadership, and agency to engage in the clean energy transition. Eligible programs may include technical assistance, community outreach, and initiatives that strengthen energy advocacy within disadvantaged communities.
- Advocacy Training: Con Edison is committed to cultivating and supporting local leaders who champion stronger, safer communities at the intersection of community priorities and our vision for a clean energy transition. We are prioritizing funding for programs that employ a cohort-based model in the areas of climate, energy, and economic justice. Program outcomes should focus on developing local leaders equipped with robust advocacy skills.
Clean Energy and Technology Careers
We will foster a new generation of New Yorkers—especially those from disadvantaged communities—for well-paying jobs in emerging and in-demand clean energy and technology careers. Our focus is on skills training, career exploration education, economic supports, and work-based learning that create clear pathways to employment.
Priority Areas:
- Skills Training: Hands-on training programs that equip new and existing workers with industry-recognized credentials and direct connections to employment in high-demand fields like HVAC, building efficiency and electrification, clean mobility, and cybersecurity.
- Career Exploration & Pathways: Programs and initiatives that engage high schoolers and adults through career and technical education, apprenticeships, dual enrollment, and work-based learning.
- Energy Ecosystems: Collaborations among employers, training providers, and community organizations to scale workforce solutions, strengthen employer connections, and remove barriers to entry.