SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON Co
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 22, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Feb 22, 2024
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GLOSSARY
The following terms and abbreviations appearing in the text of this report have the meanings indicated below.
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| 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events | the Thomas Fire, the Koenigstein Fire, the Montecito Mudslides and the Woolsey Fire, collectively | |
| AB 1054 | | California Assembly Bill 1054, executed by the governor of California on July 12, 2019 |
| AB 1054 Excluded Capital Expenditures | $1.6 billion in wildfire risk mitigation capital expenditures that SCE has excluded from the equity portion of SCE's rate base as required under AB 1054 | |
| AB 1054 Liability Cap | | a cap on the aggregate requirement to reimburse the Wildfire Insurance Fund over a trailing three calendar year period which applies if certain conditions are met and is equal to 20% of the equity portion of the utility's transmission and distribution rate base, excluding general plant and intangibles, in the year of the applicable prudency determination |
| ARO(s) | | asset retirement obligation(s) |
| CAISO | California Independent System Operator | |
| Capistrano Wind | | a group of wind projects referred to as Capistrano Wind |
| Capital Structure Compliance Period | | January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025, the current compliance period for SCE's CPUC authorized capital structure |
| CAPP | | California Arrearage Payment Program |
| CCAs | community choice aggregators which are cities, counties, and certain other public agencies with the authority to generate and/or purchase electricity for their local residents and businesses | |
| COVID-19 | | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CPUC | | California Public Utilities Commission |
| CSRP | | Customer Service Re-platform, a customer service system implemented in April 2021 |
| DART | | a Days Away Restricted or Transferred incident, which is a work-related Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable injury or illness that results in days away from work, restricted duty or transfer of duties |
| DERs | | distributed energy resources |
| DGC | | the decommissioning general contractor engaged by SCE to undertake a significant scope of decommissioning activities at San Onofre |
| ECS | | SCE commercial telecommunications services operated under the name of Edison Carrier Solutions |
| Edison Energy | Edison Energy, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned non-utility subsidiary of Edison International, a global energy advisory firm providing integrated sustainability and energy solutions to commercial, industrial and institutional customers | |
| Edison International Proxy Statement | | Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC in connection with Edison International's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 25, 2024 |
| EEI Serious Injury | | a work-related injury that is categorized as a "serious injury" by Edison Electric Institute |
| EEI SIF | | a work-related fatality or an EEI Serious Injury |
| EIS | | Edison Insurance Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edison International licensed to provide insurance to Edison International and its subsidiaries |
| Electric Service Provider | an entity other than an investor-owned utility or CCA that provides electric power and ancillary services to retail customers | |
| ERRA | Energy Resource Recovery Account | |
| Fast curve settings | | protective settings, used to mitigate the risk of wildfires in high fire risk areas, that enable SCE to more quickly shut off power when an electrical fault occurs than under traditional settings |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | |
| Fitch | | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
| GAAP | | generally accepted accounting principles in the United States |
| GHG | | greenhouse gas |
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| GRC | | general rate case |
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| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | |
| Koenigstein Fire | | a wind-driven fire that originated near Koenigstein Road in the City of Santa Paula in Ventura County, California, on December 4, 2017 |
| MD&A | | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this report |
| Montecito Mudslides | | the debris flows and flooding in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, that occurred in January 2018 |
| Moody's | | Moody's Investors Service, Inc. |
| MW | | Megawatt(s) |
| NDCTP | | Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding, a CPUC proceeding to review decommissioning costs |
| NEM | | net energy metering |
| NERC | | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
| NRC | | United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| OEIS | | Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety of the California Natural Resources Agency |
| PABA | | Portfolio Allocation Balancing Account |
| Palo Verde | | nuclear electric generating facility located near Phoenix, Arizona in which SCE holds a 15.8% ownership interest |
| PBOP(s) | | postretirement benefits other than pension(s) |
| PG&E | | Pacific Gas & Electric Company |
| Post-2018 Wildfires | | Collectively, all the wildfires that originated in Southern California after 2018 where SCE's equipment has been or may be alleged to be associated with the fire's ignition |
| PSPS | | Public Safety Power Shutoff(s) |
| ROE | | return on common equity |
| RPS | | California's Renewables Portfolio Standard |
| S&P | | Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC |
| Safety Tier 1 Contractors | | individuals assigned to contracted work activities that may be high risk and, without implementation of appropriate safety measures, may be potentially hazardous or life threatening |
| San Onofre | | retired nuclear generating facility located in south San Clemente, California in which SCE holds a 78.21% ownership interest |
| SCE | | Southern California Edison Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edison International |
| SCE Recovery Funding LLC | | a bankruptcy remote, wholly owned special purpose subsidiary, consolidated by SCE |
| SDG&E | | San Diego Gas & Electric Company |
| SEC | | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SED | | Safety and Enforcement Division of the CPUC |
| SED Agreement | | an agreement dated October 21, 2021 between SCE and the SED regarding the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events and three other 2017 wildfires |
| SoCalGas | | Southern California Gas Company |
| Thomas Fire | | a wind-driven fire that originated in the Anlauf Canyon area of Ventura County, California, on December 4, 2017 |
| TKM | | collectively, the Thomas Fire, the Koenigstein Fire and the Montecito Mudslides |
| Track 2 | | Track 2 of the 2021 GRC, which addressed the reasonableness of wildfire mitigation costs incurred in 2018 and 2019 that were incremental to amounts authorized in the 2018 GRC |
| Track 3 | | Track 3 of the 2021 GRC, which addressed the reasonableness of wildfire mitigation costs incurred in 2020 that were incremental to amounts authorized in the 2018 GRC |
| Track 4 | | Track 4 of the 2021 GRC, which addressed SCE's revenue requirement for 2024 |
| Turnover Rate | | the number of employees (other than interns) who leave Edison International Parent or SCE for voluntary or involuntary reasons, divided by the average number of employees during the relevant period |
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| WCCP | | Wildfire Covered Conductor Program |
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| WMP | | a wildfire mitigation plan required to be filed under AB 1054 to describe a utility's plans to construct, operate, and maintain electrical lines and equipment that will help minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires caused by such electrical lines and equipment |
| Wildfire Insurance Fund | | the insurance fund established under AB 1054 |
| Woolsey Fire | | a wind-driven fire that originated in Ventura County in November 2018 |
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