Company: SCE-PL
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000827052-25-000022
Chunk: 330

Company: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 330
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 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 and potential claims related to wildfire events and (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management's significant assumptions related to estimates of known and expected claims by third parties based on currently available information, opinions of counsel regarding litigation risk, and prior experience litigating and settling wildfire litigation claims. 

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management's assessment of loss contingencies associated with alleged and potential claims related to wildfire events. These procedures also included, among others (i) obtaining and evaluating the letters of audit inquiry with internal and external legal counsel; (ii) assessing the reasonableness of management's assessment regarding whether the outcome of future events is probable of occurring and whether the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated; (iii) evaluating the appropriateness of the methods used by management in estimating losses associated with alleged and potential claims related to wildfire events; (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of the significant assumptions related to