The state commission will be holding a public hearing to determine whether or not Southern California Edison did everything in its, er, power to prevent and restore power outages caused by last year's crazy windstorm. more ›

The Southland is due for another round of high winds tonight through Thursday, so you may want to make a feast of your most perishable food items from your fridge tonight and stock up on flashlight batteries in case your power goes out. more ›

Southern California Edison employees are returning to work today, just four days after the December 16 shooting rampage. Grief counselors will be available to the 1,050 employees of the Irwindale offices. Security at the complex has also been increased. more ›

A photo of Andre Turner, the employee who opened fire on his colleagues at Southern California Edison in Irwindale on Friday, has been made public. Turner, 48, fatally shot Henry Serrano, 56, and Robert Lindsay, 53, and wounded Abhay Pimpale, 38, and Angela Alvarez, 46. more ›

More details are coming out about Andre Turner, the employee who opened fire on his colleagues at Southern California Edison in Irwindale on Friday. more ›

Details are starting to come out about a gunman's shooting rampage at Southern California Edison in Irwindale that left three — including the gunman — dead and two more injured. more ›

A gunman opened fire this afternoon at an office building in Irwindale which houses offices of Southern California Edison. According to reports from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the gunman wounded a man and a woman, and there may be more victims. more ›

Southern California Edison (SCE) is reporting this morning that they have about 6,600 customers without power in Los Angeles County, according to Altadena Patch, where nearly 900 customers are in the dark today. more ›

Now that the lights are finally back on, local agencies are tallying up the damage wrought by last week's epic windstorm. Officials estimated that the storm caused $40 million in damage — half of that is in Pasadena, the epicenter of the storm — but they expect that number to rise. more ›

It took them a week--a long, cold, dark week for some--to do it, but Southern California Edison says they have fully restored power to all customers who lost service during last week's crazy windstorm. The good news was official as of 6:21 a.m. Thursday. Clean up work is still in progress, says SCE. more ›

The president of Southern California Edison just sent out a letter to let you know he is is so sorry that some of you haven't had power for the better part of the last week. more ›

California's clean energy projects will lose around $400 million in funding in 2012 due to the elimination of the so-called public goods charge. This surcharge, paid by customers of Southern California Edison and other investor-owned utilities, adds a practically unnoticeable $1 to $2 each month to the average residential electric bill and helps fund energy efficiency programs and research. more ›

It's a double-shot of espresso kind of morning for commuters in Torrance this morning, after a 3-foot-deep sinkhole on Hawthorne Boulevard south of Sepulveda Boulevard is causing traffic delays and detours, according to the Daily Breeze. "Traffic is slow, and motorists should expect delays throughout the day as crews work to fix the street. Southern California Edison crews are on the scene, along with emergency personnel." more ›

A new plan to install smart meters in every home in Southern California using Edison electricity has reached a milestone. The utility has now installed one million smart meters in only 10 months time. The first smart meter was installed in September of last year in a home in Downey and the one millionth was installed yesterday in a home in Redondo Beach. But Edison does not plan to stop there -- they are hoping to install 5 million by 2012. more ›

Northridge: 1, 476There have been multiple reports of damage to buildings and due to fallen trees all over the city. At about 7 last night a tree fell onto the Pilgrim Community Church in South Los Angeles and as a result the "building has been red-tagged," reports abc7, noting that a tree fell onto a parked car at Burbank Boulevard and Topanga Canyon as well, and another in Long Beach. "In Pacoima, a camper broke the fall of a tree, and a Jack in the Box sign flew off at Sherman Way and Coldwater Canyon in North Hollywood."
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Good news for anyone whose home was destroyed or damaged by last weekend's wildfires who also happens to be a Southern California Edison (SCE) customer: You don't have to pay your current bill. According to CalFire's blog, those customers "will not have to pay for electricity used since the last bill they received at those damaged residences," and that SCE is "offering payment arrangements for those who were indirectly affected by the fires, such as customers who lost business income." An SCE Customer Service rep expressed sympathy on behalf of the company to all those who were affected, and gave out phone numbers to help direct inquiries regarding bill forgiveness--(800) 250-7339--and payment arrangement--(800) 950-2356. Crews are still working in some areas to restore full service. more ›