SCE Comments on Wildfire Conference Committee’s SB 901
August 29 2018 - 6:48PM
Business Wire
Company will continue to work with
California leaders toward a comprehensive wildfire solution
Southern California Edison commented today on Senate Bill 901
(Dodd, D-Napa), as approved Tuesday by the Wildfire Preparedness
and Response Legislative Conference Committee.
Pedro Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison
International, the parent company of SCE, said: “Wildfire
policy is a complex topic and we appreciate the committee’s
attention to this critical issue. While the bill includes
some constructive elements, further work is required to adequately
reform policies on how the state
addresses wildfire prevention, response and liability
that are essential to protecting Californians in the
future.
“If the bill is enacted, SCE will work with the
proposed Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and
Recovery to identify and implement additional elements that
address the ever-increasing threat posed by wildfires in
California. If the bill is not enacted, we urge legislators to
build on the efforts of the past weeks to develop workable
solutions. Our state needs financially healthy electric
utilities to be catalysts for controlling carbon emissions,
cleaning the air and providing good, middle-class jobs for tens of
thousands of Californians.”
Pizarro concluded, “There is nothing more important than
the safety of our customers, communities and employees, and
safety is a core value for SCE. SCE’s employees work
vigilantly year-round to strengthen our system and protect the
public and our employees against a variety of natural and man-made
threats. We continue to invest in hardening our infrastructure,
bolstering our ability to monitor weather conditions that lead to
fires and implementing industry-leading safety practices.”
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California
Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a
population of approximately 15 million via 5 million customer
accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central,
Coastal and Southern California.
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