We’ve been delivering safe, affordable, reliable electricity for well over a century.
Representing a mix of ethnic backgrounds, generational ties, gender, and life experiences, our leadership team offers a broad array of perspectives and strategic insights.
Climate change and air pollution are serious threats that require the transformation of the way energy is produced and used. Here’s our proposal to do just that.
Today's energy customers are increasingly seeking choice in how they manage their energy. Utilities will evolve to become facilitators of customer choice and the clean energy economy.
The Clean Energy Access Working Group was launched through a groundbreaking partnership to help ensure no community is left behind as we move toward a clean energy future.
At San Onofre, the long and complex decommissioning process will be guided by three core principles.
Meeting California's ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction goals will require a significant electrification of homes and other buildings.
As fuel for transportation, electricity makes sense.
We're modernizing the grid to support California's transition to a clean and sustainable future.
We're developing and implementing cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies to secure the electricity grid and protect customer data.
We are using battery energy storage to help create a cleaner, more resilient grid.
Our utility, Southern California Edison, is working to incorporate more clean energy into the grid every day.
We're examining whether renewable energy and other cleaner sources can help lessen the need for new power plants in California.
We're making a difference in the community by partnering with local nonprofits that have programs focused on education, the environment, public safety & emergency preparedness, and civic engagement.
Edison Scholars awards $40,000 scholarships to students who want to make a difference in the world.
Our employees are known for their volunteerism, from cleaning beaches to feeding the homeless.
Sustainability is elemental to our vision of a safer, more dependable, and cleaner energy future.
Our teams are diverse and inclusive, and we count on everyone to bring something to the table.
Working here means being part of a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic workplace culture.
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Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Adam Umanoff is executive vice president and general counsel of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, and a number of competitive businesses engaged in emerging sectors of the electric industry. He is responsible for the legal affairs of the company.
Prior to joining Edison International in January 2015, Umanoff was a partner and co-chair of the global project finance practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, an international law firm. Previously, Umanoff was a partner at several international law firms where he focused on infrastructure and energy project development and finance.
Umanoff also served as president and CEO of Enron Wind Corporation, one of the world’s largest renewable energy developers and wind turbine manufacturers. He has been recognized as one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers and Top 25 Clean Tech Lawyers.
Umanoff serves on the Board of Directors of Bet Tzedek, a Los Angeles-based organization providing free legal services to the disadvantaged, the Advisory Council to the Dean of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and on the Legal Planning Committee of the Edison Electric Institute.
He received his BS from Cornell University and his JD from Columbia Law School, where he was editor of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and the recipient of the Wertheimer Prize in Labor Law.
