• Consolidated Edison Inc. workers, who were locked out after their contract expired Saturday, have requested federal mediation.
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service representatives have reportedly already been present during negotiations and are in contact with both parties.
• Small outages have occurred in the Bronx and Queens, a Con Ed spokesman told Reuters, but high temperatures may put more pressure on the company if problems become more wide spread.

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New York City utility workers locked out by Consolidated Edison asked on Monday for federal mediators to step into labor talks, as a series of small power outages raised the specter of major blackouts in America's biggest city during a heat wave. ...