EIX: Community

To help you understand the key issues facing our industry, please use the following glossary of terms:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

General Rate Case: The 2009 application represents Edison’s estimates of the costs to provide reliable service during the period 2009 through 2011. It is the result of a detailed review of the costs associated with meeting the challenges of the region’s population and business growth, as well as the replacement of aging components of SCE’s power grid.

In a rate case proceeding, utilities seek authorization to collect revenues for operations and maintenance expenses as well as capital investment. In SCE’s case, this represents approximately 40 percent of the total revenues needed to serve customers. The remaining 60 percent — power plant fuel and purchased power costs — is reviewed in other regulatory proceedings.
Generation: Producing electricity at power plants.
GFI: Ground Fault Interrupter -Senses when an appliance on an electrical circuit becomes grounded. The GFI initiates the opening of a circuit breaker to de-energize the circuit.
Green Power: Another name for Renewable Energy.
Ground: A path of electrical current to the earth.
Guy Wire: A wire attached directly from a pole or structure to an anchor rod buried in the ground.