Be it the turkey, side dishes or pies, there’s a prized recipe for just about everything at Thanksgiving. But, a recipe for disaster? Unfortunately, there’s one for that too, no thanks to the nearly fourfold increase in home cooking fires on Thanksgiving that make it easily the leading day for …continue reading
The estimated Halloween spending this year on decorations, costumes and more: $8.8 billion. Safely displaying decorations and wearing all those costumes: priceless. With millions of Southern Californians among the 172 million Americans expected to participate in the Halloween festivities, Southern California Edison joins public safety experts nationwide in encouraging smart …continue reading
Edison International and the California Fire Safe Council (CSFC) selected Orange County Fire Watch as a recipient of a 2019 Edison International Fire-Safe Community Grant. Administered through the California Fire Safe Council (CFSC), the $25,000 grant is provided to help advance wildfire safety throughout Southern California Edison’s (SCE) service areas, …continue reading
The Orange County Automobile Dealers Association announced the addition of Electric Avenue presented by Southern California Edison, an all-new experience set to take place during the Orange County Auto Show, October 3-6, at the Anaheim Convention Center. Electric Avenue, designed to educate and inform car buying customers of the benefits …continue reading
When no one else would, The Youth Center stepped up to help Kiewit, one of North America’s largest construction and engineering organizations, to recycle over 1,500 bottles and cans weekly for a year from their Long Beach site. While working for Southern California Edison (SCE) to bring their power plant …continue reading
It’s illegal, costly and potentially life-threatening. But that didn’t stop thieves on Sunday and Monday from apparently trying to steal copper from separate Southern California Edison facilities — and suffering electrical burn injuries because of their criminal activity that led to one being airlifted to a trauma center and two …continue reading
There’s good news for Southern California Edison customers with limited incomes who need help keeping the lights on. Effective June 1, the California Public Utilities Commission announced new 2019-2020 income-qualified guidelines for three financial assistance programs: California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE), Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) and Energy Savings …continue reading
How likely is it — 3 1/2 months apart — for the very same customers at nearly the very same time of day to experience power outages caused by adrift metallic balloons? As it turns out, very likely for nearly 4,000 Southern California Edison customers in Santa Monica, first on …continue reading
Southern California Edison, like other California utilities that experience hundreds of metallic-balloon-caused power outages and their potential hazards yearly, will find out, thanks to a new state law. Signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown last September and effective since Jan. 1, Assembly bill 2450 requires that metallic balloons made by in-state …continue reading
Customers may be able to lower their electricity bill by taking part in money-saving programs at Southern California Edison. About one-third of SCE’s residential customers are enrolled in income-qualified programs that offer bill discounts and low cost/no cost energy-efficiency products and services. These programs help to not only reduce electricity …continue reading