Michael Clendenin

All the salt getting into our manholes will continue to corrode wires down there, say the experts, and that's set to cause fires throughout the summer. Here's the science behind it.

Stan Cox, author of Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer), and Michael Clendenin, Con Edison spokesman, talk about electricity use in the city during the hot summer months and alternatives to turning up your air conditioner.

What's your air conditioning strategy? When do you turn it on, where do you set it? Do you use alternative means of cooling off? Let us know!

Con Edison spokesman Michael Clendenin talks first about the heat wave's effects on energy consumption and the blackouts in Brooklyn
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City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) talks about his proposal to have Con Ed provide “smart meters” to all NYC customers by 2011.