NEW YORK (AP) -- Consolidated Edison has agreed not to charge ratepayers for the cost of last summer's steam explosion in midtown Manhattan.
The utility says it will foot the nearly $24 million in repair costs from the blast near Grand Central Terminal last July. It also has agreed to credit customers for the period they were unable to enter their homes.
A woman died of a heart attack and dozens of people were injured when the pipe ruptured, spewing a geyser of steam and mud.
Regulators and the state Consumer Protection Board have signed off on the agreement, which would settle a state probe into whether Con Ed improperly managed its Manhattan steam network. It must still be approved by the Public Service Commission after a public hearing this month.
Meadowlands Stadium Construction Update - 7/6/2009 They're still working on the new home of the Giants and Jets football teams. Check out these photographs of taken over the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880.
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