So Cal Edison Co Class C Water and Small Gas Utilities A2603003

APPLICATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY (U 338-E) FOR AUTHORITY TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RECOVER COSTS FOR ITS CLASS C WATER UTILITY AND SMALL GAS UTILITY

BACKGROUND

On March 11, 2026, Southern California Edison Company (SCE) filed an application (A.26-03-003) for authority to, among other things, recover costs for its Class C water utility and small gas utility.  SCE requested recovery in rates for certain costs that SCE incurred in the course of providing water and gas services to customers on Santa Catalina Island. 

SCE requested that the CPUC authorize SCE to recover $6.207 million in recorded costs from several memorandum accounts, including the Catastrophic Event Memorandum Account (CEMA), Catalina Water Pipeline Assessment Memorandum Account (CWPAMA), Catalina Water Decommissioned Pipe Memorandum Account (CWDPMA), Catalina Water Rationing Memorandum Account (CWRMA), and Lead and Copper Rule Memorandum Account (LCMA). SCE also requested to collect its memorandum costs solely from non-residential customers.

 

PUBLIC ADVOCATES OFFICE’S POSITION

The Public Advocates Office protested SCE's applications on April 13, 2026, and provided its report and recommendations on September 11, 2026.

The Public Advocates Office urges the CPUC to reject or reduce SCE's requested recovery because certain costs are untimely, excessive, unsupported, or inconsistent with cost-causation principles. The Public Advocates also recommends that any authorized costs be recovered through a fair and equitable rate design that appropriately reflects cost causation. Specifically, of SCE's $6.207 million recovery request, the Public Advocates Office recommends the CPUC:

  • should not authorize SCE’s recovery of $428,197 of expenses recorded in COVID-19 CEMA for its gas operations during 2020-2022 and
  • should not authorize SCE’s recovery of $2.57 million of expenses recorded in its COVID-19 CEMA Water expenses for 2020-2021.

 

Downloads:

A.26-03-003 Public Advocates Office Executive Summary (M. Aslam)

A.26-03-003 Public Advocates Office Report on CEMA Gas Account (L. Loethen)

A.26-03-003 Public Advocates Office Report on Water Memo Acc and Proposed Rev Recovery (S. Ibrahim)