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.
Edison International's call to action for utilities, governments and communities to invest now in a climate-resilient electric grid and other critical infrastructure, based on findings from SCE’s Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment.
Edison International’s policy recommendations for meeting 2030 emissions reduction goals: decarbonizing the power supply; preparing the grid for shifts in usage and increasing demands; and electrifying transportation and buildings, including increasing efficiency.
SCE’s vision of the future electric grid – to enable efficient integration of clean resources, support customer adoption of new technologies and ensure climate adaptation and resilience.
SCE’s 2019 data-driven analysis of the steps that California must take to meet the 2045 goals to clean our electricity grid and reach carbon neutrality.
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.
The Lineworker Scholarship Program provides opportunities for a diverse range of people to become SCE lineworkers.
Our employees are known for their volunteerism, from cleaning beaches to feeding the homeless.
Every part of the world is experiencing the effects of climate change, which continues to impact people, the environment and the economy with only more severe effects anticipated. SCE’s recent Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment (CAVA) filed with the California Public Utilities Commission — the first by a California investor-owned utility — evaluated climate impacts to utility assets, operations and services. Through global climate model (GCM) projections, CAVA studied exposure, vulnerabilities and adaptations from hazards including temperature, precipitation, flood, drought, wildfire and sea level rise. Adapting for Tomorrow: Powering a Resilient Future shares key findings from the CAVA and calls for increased collaboration among industry, governments and communities to successfully adapt while transitioning to a clean energy future that can be equitable for all.
5°F projected increase relative to historical averages
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IMPACTS
7X more likely, on average, for SCE service area to experience temperatures as hot as or hotter than the historical 99th percentile temperature
EXTREME HEAT IMPACTS
23% more land projected to burn during summer fuel-driven wildfires and wildfire season is expected to become longer
WILDFIRE IMPACTS
40% projected decline in snowpack and more variable year-to-year precipitation with more intense drought and fewer, more intense precipitation events
PRECIPITATION IMPACTS
2.6 feet projected sea level rise relative to the year 2000
SEA LEVEL IMPACTS
A range of high-impact, low-probability events can occur from the interaction between exposure variables such as post-fire mudslides (debris flow) and rain-on-snow events
CASCADING EVENTS IMPACTS
Government/Regulatory Planning:
Relevant climate projections must be consistently incorporated across all key long-term energy planning processes. Federal and state governments must fund local and regional adaptation planning and solutions that holistically address specific climate change risks in optimized ways.
Industry/Electric Sector Planning:
Extending planning horizons to 20+ years will help guide shorter-term infrastructure investments that also address longer-term climate change risks. Appropriate resiliency design criteria need to be developed across the electric industry. The industry must develop new frameworks that enable utilities to better plan under uncertainty to arrive at least-regrets solutions that address many plausible outcomes.
Community Collaboration:
Communities, local jurisdictions, state agencies and the federal government must share a common language and understanding of climate risks to facilitate meaningful cross-sector resiliency planning that efficiently minimizes societal costs and maximizes public benefits. Disadvantaged Vulnerable Communities (DVCs) will need extra support to ensure a just transition.
Edison’s analysis of the policy changes and additions needed to ensure that California meets its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 — a reduction that is essential if the state is to achieve its ultimate goal of a decarbonized economy by 2045.
SCE’s vision of the future electric grid — to enable efficient integration of clean resources, support customer adoption of new technologies and ensure climate adaptation and resilience.
SCE’s 2019 data-driven analysis of the steps that California must take to meet the 2045 goals to clean our electric grid and reach carbon neutrality.
