A judge on Tuesday approved a temporary restraining order for Southern California Edison to preserve data and equipment related to the area where the Eaton fire started.
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to approve Southern California Edison's wildfire mitigation plan, ignoring requests that the decision be delayed.
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) shares closed little changed Thursday after the California Public Utilities Commission approved an update to Southern California Edison's 2025 wildfire mitigation plan.
As deadly wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, allegations of blame are being made on behalf of victims.
As of late last week, investigations were under way into whether equipment owned and operated by Southern California Edison, the utility subsidiary of
The complaints allege the utility failed to de-energize its power lines, which allowed the electrical equipment to spark the massive blaze near Pasadena on Jan. 7.
State utility regulators will vote Thursday on Southern California Edison's wildfire-mitigation plan, which safety auditors have said does not properly assess the risk of blazes during extreme winds,
Southern California Edison meteorologists expect PSPS conditions to continue through at least early Wednesday morning, if not longer.
Attorneys representing those affected by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison alleging that the company's equipment sparked the disastrous blaze in Altadena.
Despite questions around electrical equipment, the utility wrote to California regulators that no fire agency nor its own analysis suggests that it started the fire near Los Angeles.
The utility has notified the California Public Utilities Commission that it had received a number of notices, from attorneys representing insurance companies, to preserve evidence regarding the Eaton fire.
A California energy company is under investigation for a potential link to one of the wildfires currently raging in Los Angeles, with their possible role in the 800 acre Hurst fire under scrutiny