Company: SCE-PL
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000827052-25-000022
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Company: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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fire/Mudslide Events") within the Company's service area caused loss of life, substantial damage to both residential and business properties, and service outages for the Company's customers. Numerous claims related to wildfire events have been initiated against the Company. The Company has incurred material losses in connection with the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events. As disclosed by management, management records loss contingencies when it determines that the outcome of future events is probable of occurring and when the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had paid $9.5 billion under executed settlements, had $86 million to be paid under executed settlements, including $57 million to be paid under the Safety and Enforcement Division agreement, and had $340 million of estimated losses for remaining alleged and potential claims reflected on its consolidated balance sheets related to the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events. As of the same date, the Company had assets for expected recoveries through Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) electric rates of $64 million on its consolidated balance sheets and had exhausted expected insurance recoveries related to 

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the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events. Each reporting period, management reviews the Company’s loss estimates for remaining alleged and potential claims related to wildfire events. The process for estimating losses associated with alleged and potential wildfire related claims requires management to exercise significant judgment based on a number of assumptions and subjective factors, including, but not limited to: estimates of known and expected claims by third parties based on currently available information, opinions of counsel regarding litigation risk, the status of and developments in the course of litigation, and prior experience litigating and settling wildfire litigation claims. As additional information becomes available, management's estimates and assumptions regarding the causes and financial impact of wildfire events may change. For the year ended December 31, 2024 management recorded charges for wildfire claims of $490 million and expected revenue from FERC customers of $27 million. The resulting pre-tax charge to earnings was $463 million ($333 million after-tax).

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the wildfire-related claims from the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when determining whether the outcome of future events is probable of occurring and whether the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated as well as in estimating losses associated with alleged