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The article says the CHPE line was expected to come online in 2025. The project’s official construction page now states that all major construction work was completed in January 2026 and that CHPE became operational on May 13, 2026. That directly contradicts the 2025 in-service date stated here.

Because this claim is about a specific project timeline, the current official project status is the strongest evidence. The statement may have been accurate as an earlier expectation, but as written now it is no longer correct.

The article says Con Edison produces steam through its seven power plants. Current Con Edison source material says otherwise: "The vast majority of our steam ... is made ... in one of our five steam-generating plants" and adds that the company also receives steam "under contract from the Brooklyn Navy Yard." The same page breaks that down as 4 plants in Manhattan, 1 plant in Queens, and 1 plant delivering steam under contract in Brooklyn.

So the current system is not seven Con Edison-operated power plants. It is five steam-generating plants operated by Con Edison, plus one contracted supplier in Brooklyn.

The article says over five million electric and gas meters were replaced. Current Con Edison materials say "We've installed nearly five million smart meters", which is below five million. A New York Department of Public Service filing from Con Edison is more specific: it says that as of June 2024, Con Edison had successfully deployed approximately 4.85 million AMI meters.

Those official figures contradict the article’s claim that the project replaced over five million meters.