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Company Profiles

Description

Edison International Profile

Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison (SCE),
a regulated electric utility, and Edison Mission Group (EMG), a competitive power generation business and parent company to Edison Mission Energy (EME) and Edison Capital.

SCE Profile

SCE is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving nearly 14 million people in 15 counties of Central, Coastal and Southern California.

Edison Mission Group Profile 

EMG manages the competitive power generation business and other unregulated subsidiaries of Edison International.

Community Involvement Description
Supporting the Communities We Serve 

Supporting the Communities Served by the People of Edison
The core areas of Edison’s community support programs are enhancing education opportunities among underserved groups, and strengthening community environmental stewardship.

Customer Services & Rates Description
Edison SmartConnect

A Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future for Southern California Edison Customers
SCE collaborated with meter manufacturers to develop a completely new solid-state metering and communication system that would offer customers a lower cost, greater benefits and improved grid operations.

Rates

Myths and Facts about Southern California Edison Rates

Environmental Stewardship Description

Environmental Restoration

San Onofre Industry-Leading Environmental Restoration Projects

Industry Leadership Description
Edison International - Leading the Way in Electricity Edison International is an industry leader, with pioneering initiatives that include developing new energy sources and power delivery systems.
Edison - Utility Champion of Electric Transportation

Provides  details of SCE’s national leadership in utility electric transportation, including its large EV fleet, research partnerships, and EV testing facility.

Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Describes SCE’s national leadership offering programs that help customers save energy and reduce demand during power emergencies.

Renewable Energy Leadership

Describes renewable energy procurement and clean generation development at SCE.

Smarter Grid Leadership

SCE leads the nation in the way electricity is delived to homes and businesses.

Power Generation 

Description

Solar Power from SCE

SCE's involvement in the advancement of all major forms of solar power.

Power Transmission & Distribution

Description
Building a Smarter, Greener Neighborhood Power Grid

Installation of SCE's massive solar photovoltaic project will lead to advances in the design of neighborhood distribution circuits that are described in this backgrounder.

Renewing California's Essential Electricity Infrastructure

Explains SCE’s massive infrastructure investment program that makes the power greener and smarter for nearly 14 million Southern Californians.

San Onofe Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Description

SCE's Nuclear Power Program

The San Onofre plant’s importance to utility customers, the Southern California economy and the environment.

How It Works

Major plant components and how the San Onofre facility makes electricity.

Ocean Water Cooling Systems

How ocean water cooling systems such as those used by Southern California Edison’s (SCE’s) San Onofre plant benefit customers while safeguarding local marine life.

Marine Enhancement Programs

SCE marine and wildlife enhancement projects that more than offset any adverse impact on local ecosystems by San Onofre plant’s ocean water cooling system.

A Secure Stable Power Fuel

The abundant, secure North American fuel source used by nuclear power plants – used fuel storage.

Emergency Response Preparation

The San Onofre facility’s aggressive community partnership designed to ensure the safety of its neighbors.

San Onofre Plant Safety

Straight answers to questions about plant safety.

The United States Nuclear Power Industry The industry’s unsurpassed safety record – 50 years of commercial operation without a single radiological injury to workers or the public.
Steam Generator Replacement Steam generators -- from a description, to the steps involved in the replacement at SONGS.

The Future of SONGS

This one-pager provides specific details about the future of Edison's  plant, Southern California's largest power source and its only major source of  "baseload" generation that does not emit greenhouse gasses.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions.

Contacting Us

Easy access to SCE employees who can assist with San Onofre plant information and services.
SONGS Launches New Community Information Web Site Contains a description of Web site content developed to provide the plant's neighbors with the latest, most accurate information about plant operations.
The Language of Nuclear Power

The language of nuclear power.

 

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