[7] On November 17, 1883, the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania was founded.

38 arc lamps and 50 incandescent light bulbs were erected in the downtown business district.

[8] Edison also opened plants in Fall River, Massachusetts (1883),[9] Cumberland, Maryland (1884)[citation needed], Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (1885),[10] and Boston (1886).

Today, Con Ed is a multi-billion dollar company that provides power to around 3.3 million people.

[12] Occasionally, it is misreported that the Edison Illuminating Company later became General Electric; however, they were never related aside from their common founder.