Word: cons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powerful explosion tore the western wall from a 24-story office building in Manhattan, injuring more than 90 people. Witness after witness told of smelling gas fumes before the explosion, and the city's fire commissioner called it "highly probable" that a weekend buildup of gas caused the blast. Con Ed automatically issued a statement denying that gas, which it provides for the city, was involved...
Last month, many consumers saw their electric bills rise drastically. Tales abounded of $80 electric fees suddenly turning into $300 electric fees--a more-than-300-per-cent increase. Con Ed said it was merely passing along its own increased fuel costs. It appended its statement with a clever argument that because power companies are generating less energy during the "shortage," they should get paid more for what they do. The utility denied that the increases were exorbitant...
...Con Ed spokesman could not give a specific date when the blasting would reach its closest point to the aqueduct, about half way between the top and the bottom of the Storm King plant's tunnel to the Hudson...
...also would not estimate when Con Ed would need Harvard's land, but said most of the early work would be done at the riverfront, on the opposite side of the project...
...Con Ed announced early last month that it would begin construction within a month, despite several legal obstacles in its path...