Edison International Provides Update on Southern California Wildfires and SCE Power Outages
January 08 2025 - 7:10PM
Business Wire
Extreme winds and dangerous fires fueled by strong winds have
created life-threatening conditions in parts of Southern
California.
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by this significant
event, and we offer our immense gratitude to the firefighters and
other public safety officials.
Safety remains our number one priority for customers, employees
and our communities.
The most notable current events are the Palisades, Eaton and
Hurst fires. The Palisades Fire began Tuesday morning; the reported
area of origin is not in Southern California Edison’s service area.
The Eaton Fire began Tuesday afternoon in SCE’s service area. SCE
has transmission facilities on the east side of Eaton Canyon. SCE’s
distribution lines immediately to the west of Eaton Canyon were
de-energized well before the reported start time of the fire, as
part of SCE’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) program. SCE is
currently conducting a review of the event. The Hurst Fire began
late Tuesday evening. While the reported ignition site is within
the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s service area, SCE
has transmission facilities near the reported ignition site, and
the company is currently conducting a review of the event.
This extreme weather event is a rapidly evolving situation.
While the most severe winds have started to abate, this weather is
expected to continue through the early part of the weekend. Given
the unsafe conditions for electric power restorations, customers
may experience several days of outages. SCE will restore service as
soon as it is safe to do so. The company will be supported by other
utilities through our industry’s mutual assistance program, a
hallmark of collaboration in the utility sector. As of 4 p.m. PST
on January 8, 413,639 SCE customers are without power. Of those,
183,186 are from PSPS and 230,453 are related to the windstorm
(non-PSPS); 453,872 are under a PSPS watch but still have power as
of 4 p.m.
About Edison International
Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is one of the nation’s largest
electric utility holding companies, focused on providing clean and
reliable energy and energy services through its independent
companies. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison
International is the parent company of Southern California Edison
Company, a utility delivering electricity to 15 million people
across Southern, Central and Coastal California. Edison
International is also the parent company of Trio (formerly Edison
Energy), a portfolio of nonregulated competitive businesses
providing integrated sustainability and energy advisory services to
large commercial, industrial and institutional organizations in
North America and Europe.
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