The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has increased its oversight of SCE’s outage management.
While SCE has spent billions on grid hardening, the utility maintains that extreme weather conditions necessitate de-energizing circuits to ensure community safety. Regulatory Scrutiny and Financial Penalties socal-edison-power-outage-report
Localized repairs in Santa Ana required the installation of temporary generators in February 2026 to bridge a five-day service gap following major equipment failure. socal-edison-power-outage-report