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Exhibit 10.17

EDISON INTERNATIONAL

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

As Amended and Restated Effective December 31, 2008

PREAMBLE

The purpose of this Plan is to provide recognition and retirement compensation to eligible members
of the boards of directors (the “Boards”) of Edison International and Southern California Edison
Company (each, a “Company”) to facilitate the Companies’ ability to attract, retain, and reward
members of the Boards. This Plan is designed to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code and the regulations issued thereunder (“Section 409A”).

ARTICLE 1

ELIGIBILITY

1.2 Eligibility

Eligibility in this Plan is limited to members of the Boards who have at least five years of total
service (which need not be continuous service) as directors, and who retire or resign from the
Boards in good standing or die while in service and in good standing. This Plan covers periods of
service both as an employee director and as an outside director. For purposes of this Plan, a year
of service will be determined on a calendar year basis and a full year of service will be credited
for any fractional year served.

ARTICLE 2

AMOUNT OF ANNUAL BENEFIT

2.1 Benefit

The Plan pays an annual retirement benefit equal to the annual retainer in effect at the time of
the eligible director’s retirement, resignation, or death. The retirement benefit will be paid
quarterly in equal installments for the period described in Section 3.1(a). Each quarterly
installment shall equal one-fourth of the director’s annual retirement benefit. No additional
amount will be paid for service on any of the committees of the Boards, nor will interest be paid.

2.2 Benefit of Directors in Service Before 1996

If a director has Board service prior to 1996, the Plan will pay an annual retirement benefit
determined by multiplying the director’s years of service before and after January 1, 1996 by the
applicable compensation base and dividing the sum of the products by the director’s total years of
service. For service before 1996, the compensation base will be (i) the annual retainer plus
(ii) the

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regular Board meeting fee multiplied by the annual number of regular meetings of the Board as
described in the Bylaws. For service after 1995, the compensation base will be the annual
retainer. The annual retainer, the regular Board meeting fee and the number of regular meetings of
the Board will be those in effect, or made effective, at the time of the eligible director’s
Separation from Service.

2.3 Termination of Benefit Accrual for Service After 1997

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, no Board service after 1997 of
any Director who is elected or re-elected as a Director in 1998, or any time thereafter, will be
taken into account for purposes of determining benefits payable under this Plan. Benefits accrued
based on Board service prior to 1998 shall otherwise remain payable in accordance with the terms of
the Plan.

ARTICLE 3

DURATION OF PAYMENTS

3.1 Benefit Period

(a) Except as provided in Section 3.3, the Plan benefit will be paid to the retired director for
the number of years equal to the director’s total years of service on the Boards through 1997 (the
“Benefit Period”).

(b) A break in service on the Board of Edison International or Southern California Edison Company
which was required to allow the director to render a period of uninterrupted high-level government
service, and which was followed by reelection to that Board within 12 months after the completion
of such government service, will be recognized under this Plan as a period of service on that
Board.

(c) A year of simultaneous service on the Boards of Edison International and Southern California
Edison Company will be counted as one year for computation of the Plan’s benefit period.

3.2 Commencement of Payments

(a) The first quarterly installment of Plan benefits will be paid on the first day of the calendar
quarter following the director’s Separation from Service as a director or the 65th anniversary of
the director’s birth, whichever occurs later. Subsequent quarterly installments of Plan benefits
will be paid on the first day of each subsequent calendar quarter following the payment date of
such first quarterly installment and shall continue through the end of the Benefit Period.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.2(a), if a director elected a specific date on which his or her Plan
benefits will be paid by submitting an election form on or before December 31, 2008, in accordance
with the transition rule under Section 409A, then distribution shall be made to the director on
that specified date.

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3.3 Survivor Benefits

If the director dies, any benefit payments remaining will continue to be paid during the remainder
of the Benefit Period to his or her surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the
estate of the director.

ARTICLE 4

ADMINISTRATION

4.1 Unfunded Status

This Plan is non-contributory, non-qualified and unfunded, and represents an unsecured general
obligation of each Company. No special fund or trust will be created, nor will any notes or
securities be issued with respect to any retirement benefits.

4.2 Plan Interpretations

The Chair of each Company’s Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee (each, a “Committee”),
or the Vice President of Human Resources of Southern California Edison Company, will have full and
final authority to interpret this Plan, and to make determinations advisable for the administration
of this Plan, to approve ministerial changes, and to approve changes as may be required by law or
regulation. All such decisions and determinations will be final and binding upon all parties.

4.3 Incapacity

If any person entitled to payments under this Plan is incapacitated and unable to use such payments
in his/her own best interest, the Company may direct that payments (or any portion) be made to the
person’s spouse or legal guardian, as an alternative to the payment to the person unable to use the
payments. The Companies will have no obligation to supervise the use of such payments.

4.4 Applicable Law

This Plan will be governed by the laws of the State of California.

ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Section 409A

It is intended that any amounts payable under this Plan and the exercise of authority or discretion
by either the Company or any director or other person hereunder shall comply with Section 409A so
as not to subject any person receiving benefits hereunder to payment of any interest or additional
tax imposed under Section 409A.

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5.2 Specified Employees

Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if a director is reasonably determined
to be a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A, the director shall not be entitled to any
payments upon his or her Separation from Service until the earlier of (i) the date which is six
(6) months after such Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of
the director’s death. Any amounts otherwise payable to the director following his or her
Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this paragraph shall be paid within
30 days after the date that is six (6) months after the director’s Separation from Service (or, if
earlier, the date of the director’s death).

5.3 Separation from Service

For purposes of this Plan, “Separation from Service” means when a director dies, retires, or
otherwise has a termination of service from the Board that constitutes a “separation from service”
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h), without regard to the optional
alternative definitions available thereunder.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EDISON INTERNATIONAL AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

 	 
	 	/s/ Diane L. Featherstone
 	 
	 	     Diane L. Featherstone 	 
	 	 	 
	 

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Exhibit 10.24

EDISON INTERNATIONAL

ESTATE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING PROGRAM

As Amended December 31, 2008

     I. PURPOSE

The purpose of this Estate and Financial Planning Program (the “Program”) is to provide independent
professional estate planning, financial planning and income tax preparation services to executives
of Edison International and certain affiliates of Edison International.

     II. PARTICIPATION

Participation in the Program is voluntary. Participants may elect to participate in the estate
planning, the financial planning and/or the income tax preparation portions of the Program.

     III. ELIGIBILITY

1. Eligibility for this Program is limited to the Executive Officers of Edison International, the
Presidents of Edison International affiliates whose participation has been approved by the Chief
Executive Officer of Edison International or the Administrator, and such other executives whose
participation has been approved by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Edison
International. For purposes of this Program, “Executive Officer” means the Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents,
Corporate Vice Presidents and the Corporate Secretary of Edison International and eligible
Presidents of an Edison International affiliate. The spouse (other than the surviving spouse of a
deceased retired Participant) of a Participant will receive services under this Program only to the
extent that his/her estate plan, financial plan, or tax plan or tax return is directly related to
that of the Participant.

2. Eligibility will continue as long as the Participant is an Executive Officer of Edison
International, or an otherwise qualified and approved Participant, and for five years after
retirement as such.

3. Eligibility for this Program will end and benefits will cease upon termination of employment
with Edison International or the affiliate, or resignation from Edison International or the
affiliate. If a Participant becomes disabled, and because of such disability is unable to continue
to work as an executive of Edison International or the affiliate, eligibility for this Program will
continue throughout the period of disability.

     IV. SERVICES PROVIDED

1. Services provided under this Program are paid for by Edison International, including any
start-up fees and expenses. Services provided will include all requested and necessary estate
planning, preparation and implementation of will and trust plans, financial planning and
counseling, income tax and retirement tax planning and return preparation and other similar
expenses.

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2. Services provided under this Program are the only services of this type paid for by Edison
International. Edison International will not pay for any services in lieu of the services of this
Program. A Participant may not elect to receive a cash payment in lieu of services under this
Program, and the right to reimbursement for eligible services is not subject to liquidation or
exchange for any other benefit. Services provided are only those services directly related to the
estate planning, financial planning and income tax needs of the Participant and his/her spouse as
set forth in Section IV, Paragraph 1 (above).

3. Invoices for services performed under this Program must be submitted with an authorization for
payment or reimbursement to the Edison International Controller. Reimbursement for eligible
services will be paid to the Participant by the end of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which the expenses were incurred. Eligible services incurred or reimbursements paid in one
year will not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement in any other year.

     V. SERVICE PROVIDERS

1. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Edison International will (a) designate
the professional providers of services for the Program and/or (b) establish the qualification
requirements of professional providers for those instances when Edison International gives
Participants discretion to select their own.

2. Edison International will periodically inform Participants who the approved professional
providers are under the Program. In addition, Edison International will specify the qualification
requirements which must be met by professional providers when Participants have selection
discretion.

     VI. SERVICES FOLLOWING RETIREMENT

Services under this Program to the Participant and his/her surviving spouse will continue for five
years after the retirement of the Participant, provided however, that the surviving spouse and the
Participant must have been married on the date of the Participant’s retirement. In the event of
the re-marriage of the surviving spouse of the Participant during the five-year period following
retirement, any benefits under this Program will cease as of the date of the re-marriage. All
benefits under this Program will cease on the anniversary of the fifth year following the
Participant’s retirement from the Company.

     VII. TAXES

1. Amounts paid on behalf of a Participant under this Program may be subject to income tax
withholding or other deductions as may be required from time-to-time by federal, state or local
law.

2. Any taxes which may result because of the services provided under this Program are the sole
responsibility of the Participant.

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     VIII. CONFIDENTIALITY

Information obtained in the course of this Program will be held confidential between the
professional service providers and their individual clients, and such information will not be made
available to Edison International or the affiliate unless required by a court of competent
jurisdiction, or unless such information is required to be disclosed by law, or by the professional
service provider’s ethical standards of conduct.

     IX. ADMINISTRATION

1. This Program is administered by the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Board
of Directors or its designee. Day-to-day administration of the Program has been delegated to the
Executive Compensation Division of Southern California Edison Company. The Committee will at all
times have full power and authority to interpret, construe, administer, and prospectively to
modify, amend, or terminate this Program. The Committee’s interpretations, constructions and
actions shall be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes. No member of the
Committee, nor its designee, shall be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in
connection with this Program.

2. Questions as to the extent of covered services or other routine administrative matters, and
questions regarding the scope of this Program will be decided by the Edison International General
Counsel in consultation with the Edison International Controller, and as they deem necessary, with
the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

     X. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT

Nothing contained in this document or the Program shall be construed as conferring upon a
Participant the right to continue in the employ of Edison International or an Edison International
affiliate as an Executive Officer or in any other capacity. A Participant’s eligibility to
participate in this Program will continue only so long as the Participant remains an Executive
Officer of the Company, an otherwise qualified and approved Participant, or a retired Participant
subject to the limitations of the Program.

     XI. SIX MONTH DELAY FOR SECTION 409A

Notwithstanding any provision of this Program to the contrary, if the Participant is a “specified
employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Participant shall not be
entitled to any reimbursements or payments under the Program upon a termination of his or her
employment until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after his or her “separation
from service” (as such term is defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations
promulgated thereunder) for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of the Participant’s
death. Any reimbursements or other amounts otherwise payable to the Participant following a
termination of his or her employment that are not so paid by reason of this Section XI shall be
paid as soon as practicable (and in any event within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six
(6) months after the Participant’s separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of the
Participant’s death). The provisions of this Section XI shall only apply if, and to the extent,
required to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

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     XII. MISCELLANEOUS

1. If any of the provisions of this Program are held invalid, or held to violate any law, the
remainder of the Program may remain in full force and effect.

2. Any right to receive services under this Program is hereby expressly declared to be a personal,
nonassignable and nontransferable benefit of employment related to the Participant’s status as an
Executive Officer or other executive of Edison International or an affiliate. In the event of any
attempted assignment, alienation or transfer of such rights contrary to the provisions of this
Program, or upon determination by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer after
consultation with the General Counsel and the Controller that in their good faith opinion the
Participant has abused his/her services under the Program, and after written notice of such
determination has been given to the Participant, Edison International shall have no further
liability for the provision of or payment for services hereunder.

3. This Program will be governed by the laws of the State of California.

4. This Program is effective on September 21, 1989.

	 	 	 	 
	Edison International

 	 
	By: Diane L. Featherstone
 	 
	     Diane L. Featherstone 	 
	 	 	 
	 

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