When an emergency or power outage strikes, SCE customers can help keep their household devices running by incorporating a backup battery or portable generator into their safety kit. The utility is offering rebates for qualifying backup generation.
Blog
by Gabriela Ornelas
Published on July 27, 2021
Every day, customers power their lives with the safe and reliable delivery of energy from Southern California Edison. When that service is disrupted, whether due to a Public Safety Power Shutoff, maintenance or repairs to the electric grid or a natural disaster, SCE encourages its customers to be prepared with a plan.
The program based at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo seeks to find solutions to wildfire threats through innovative research, training and education.
Blog
By Eliza Gano
Published on July 21, 2021
The western U.S. is in the throes of a severe drought as, more locally, California’s parched landscape finds residents bracing for another peak wildfire season. The increasing threat of wildfires requires an all-of-the-above approach for mitigation and one of those solutions includes groundbreaking research opportunities with academia.
New SCE white paper points out that the effects of climate change also are driving needed grid evolution
Press Release
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Dec. 9, 2020 /3BL Media/ — Fundamental changes in how the electric power grid is planned, designed, built and operated are necessary to meet future challenges that are arriving quickly. Those challenges are created by changes in electricity use and in the sources of energy connected to the grid, including greatly expanded use of electric vehicles and growth in large-scale solar power and energy storage, fundamental to California’s clean energy future.
See how SCE works with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other wildlife resource agencies to minimize impacts to the Yosemite toad.
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California’s Sierra Nevada provides habitat for a wide variety of wildlife, making it a place to admire, visit and protect. California is ranked as one of the top states with the highest number of endangered or threatened animal or plant species, which are protected under the state and federal
Partnership with the Orange County Fire Authority and Coulson Aviation brings the world’s largest fire helicopter to SCE’s service area.
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by Ron Gales
Capt. Greg Barta of the Orange County Fire Authority has been on the front lines of firefighting for 13 years. He has one word to describe the 2020 fire season to date: “Explosive.”
IBEW Local 47 is sponsoring members who take part in various food distribution events held throughout SoCal by the LA Fed and Labor Community Services of Los Angeles.
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by Caroline Aoyagi-Stom
As Robert Madrigal lifted the heavy food donation boxes into a car recently at Long Beach City College, he could see the long line of vehicles waiting in the drive-through line stretching back almost to the nearby freeway.
Our success as a company is rooted in the work of our people. We’re building a culture where everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work and where our teams are empowered to innovate today for the challenges of tomorrow.
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Our success as a company is rooted in the work of our people. We’re building a culture where everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work and where our teams are empowered to innovate today for the challenges of tomorrow.
A significant portion of SCE customers live in environmental and social justice (ESJ) communities, which are vulnerable to climate change and other threats, and face more challenges than other communities in accessing clean energy. We believe a clean energy future is for everyone, and prioritize support for ESJ communities in our programs and services. In 2019, 92% of our philanthropic giving went to support underserved communities, exceeding our target of 80% developed in partnership with The Greenlining Institute.
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A significant portion of SCE customers live in environmental and social justice (ESJ) communities, which are vulnerable to climate change and other threats, and face more challenges than other communities in accessing clean energy. We believe a clean energy future is for everyone, and prioritize support for ESJ communities in our programs and services. In 2019, 92% of our philanthropic giving went to support underserved communities, exceeding our target of 80% developed in partnership with The Greenlining Institute.
