Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that were quickly extinguished, as the utility battled to prevent catastrophe in the months leading up to the Los Angeles wildfires.
The escalation of fire ignitions in SCE’s territory, disclosed this month by the utility in a quarterly filing for regulators, preceded multiple wildfires that devastated metropolitan Los Angeles at the start of this year.
SCE, a unit of Edison International, faces multiple lawsuits blaming its equipment for starting the Eaton Canyon blaze, one of the