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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3The amount in 2024 represents payments of $779 million for 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events and $361 million for Other Wildfire Events, partially offset by an increase in wildfire estimated losses of $743 million. The amount in 2023 represents payments of $1.0 billion for 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events and $190 million for Other Wildfire Events, partially offset by an increase in wildfire estimated losses of $814 million.

4Includes nuclear decommissioning trusts. See “Nuclear Decommissioning Activities” below for further information. The amount in 2024 also includes cash received from customers to fund certain construction projects and cash received for a state incentive program to pass on to customers. The amount in 2023 also includes outflow from the increases in wildfire insurance receivables.

Net cash provided by operating activities was impacted by the following:

Net income and non-cash items increased in 2024 by $231 million primarily due to higher revenue authorized in Track 4 and an increase in the authorized rate of return resulting from the cost of capital adjustment mechanism, partially offset by higher interest expense. 

The net outflows in cash resulting from working capital were $221 million and $762 million in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Net cash outflows for both 2024 and 2023 were primarily due to increases in unbilled revenue and power procurement related receivables. The higher outflow in 2023 was also due to payments of power purchase contracts that had high gas prices from December 2022, as well as an increase in customer receivables due to various customer protection programs in place. 

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Net cash provided by regulatory assets and liabilities, including changes in net over or undercollections recorded in balancing accounts, was $1,219 million and $576 million in 2024 and 2023, respectively. SCE has a number of balancing and memorandum accounts, which impact cash flows based on differences between timing of collection through rates and incurring expenditures. Cash inflows in 2024 and 2023 were both due to recovery of prior year undercollections. The higher inflow in 2024 compared to 2023 was driven by higher prior year undercollections implemented into rates in 2024, higher sales volume due to hotter weather in 2024, and higher overcollection from funds collected for customer-funded wildfire self-insurance in 2024. 

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities