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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-K

 


(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 1-2313

 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

California   95-1240335

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue

(P.O. Box 800)

Rosemead, California

  91770
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (626) 302-1212

 


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Capital Stock

Cumulative Preferred

  American
4.08% Series        4.32% Series  
4.24% Series        4.78% Series  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-12 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):

            Large Accelerated Filer  ¨                                Accelerated Filer  ¨                                Non-accelerated filer  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of June 30, 2006, there were 434,888,104 shares of Common Stock outstanding, all of which are held by the registrant’s parent holding company. The aggregate market value of registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates was zero. As of February 23, 2007, there were 434,888,104 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the following documents listed below have been incorporated by reference into the parts of this report so indicated.

 

(1)    Designated portions of the registrant’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2006    Parts I and II
(2)    Designated portions of the Proxy Statement relating to registrant’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders    Part III

 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item

   Page
Forward-Looking Statements    1
Part I

1.       Business

   3
   Regulation    3
   Competition    4
   Properties    5
   Nuclear Power Matters    6
   Purchased Power and Fuel Supply    6
   Seasonality    8
   Environmental Matters    8
   Financial Information About Geographic Areas    12

1A.    Risk Factors

   12

1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments

   16

2.       Properties

   16

3.       Legal Proceedings

   16
   Navajo Nation Litigation    16
   Department of the Army, Los Angeles District, Corps of Engineers/Notice of Violation of Clean Water Act    16

4.       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   17
Executive Officers of the Registrant    18
Part II

5.       Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   20

6.       Selected Financial Data

   20

7.       Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   20

7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   20

8.       Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   20

9.       Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

   21

9A.    Controls and Procedures

   21

9B.    Other Information

   21
Part III

10.     Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

   21

11.     Executive Compensation

   21

12.     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

   22

13.     Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

   22

14.     Principal Accountant Fees and Services

   22

15.     Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

   22
   Financial Statements    22
   Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Schedules Supplementing Financial Statements    23
   Exhibits    23
   Signatures    28


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect SCE’s current expectations and projections about future events based on SCE’s knowledge of present facts and circumstances and assumptions about future events and include any statement that does not directly relate to a historical or current fact. Other information distributed by SCE that is incorporated in this report, or that refers to or incorporates this report, may also contain forward-looking statements. In this report and elsewhere, the words “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “probable,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” and variations of such words and similar expressions, or discussions of strategy or of plans, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements necessarily involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. See “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this report and “Introduction” in the MD&A for cautionary statements that accompany those forward-looking statements and identify important factors that could cause results to differ. Readers should carefully review those cautionary statements as they identify important factors that could cause results to differ, or that otherwise could impact SCE or its subsidiaries.

Additional information about risks and uncertainties, including more detail about the factors described in this report, is contained throughout this report, in the MD&A that appears in the Annual Report, the relevant portions of which are filed as Exhibit 13 to this report, and which is incorporated by reference into Part II, Item 7 of this report, and in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Readers are urged to read this entire report, including the information incorporated by reference, and carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and other factors that affect SCE’s business. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and SCE is not obligated to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements. Readers should review future reports filed by SCE with the SEC.

 

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GLOSSARY

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below.

 

Annual Report   SCE’s 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders
BART   Best Available Retrofit Technology
CAIR   Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAMR   Clean Air Mercury Rule
CDWR   California Department of Water Resources
Corps   Army Corps of Engineers
CO2   carbon dioxide
CPS   Combined Pollutant Standard
CPUC   California Public Utilities Commission
EMF   electric and magnetic fields
EPAct 2005   Energy Policy Act of 2005
Exchange Act   Securities Exchange Act of 1934
FERC   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Four Corners   Four Corners Generating Station
GHG   Greenhouse Gas
ISO   Independent System Operator
kV   kilovolt
MD&A   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
MEHC   Mission Energy Holding Company
Mohave   Mohave Generating Station
Mountainview   Mountainview Power Company LLC
MW   megawatts
NOx   nitrogen oxide
NSR   New Source Review
Palo Verde   Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
PG&E   Pacific Gas & Electric Company
PUHCA 1935   Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (as amended)
PUHCA 2005   Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005
PURPA   Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as amended)
San Onofre   San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
SCE   Southern California Edison Company
SEC   Securities Exchange Commission
SIP   State Implementation Plan
SO2   sulfur dioxide
US EPA   United States Environmental Protection Agency

 

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

SCE was incorporated in 1909 under the laws of the State of California. SCE is a public utility primarily engaged in the business of supplying electric energy to a 50,000-square-mile area of central, coastal and southern California, excluding the City of Los Angeles and certain other cities. This SCE service territory includes approximately 430 cities and communities and a population of more than 13 million people. In 2006, SCE’s total operating revenue was derived as follows: 41% commercial customers, 37% residential customers, 4% resale sales, 7% industrial customers, 5% other electric revenue, 5% public authorities, and 1% agricultural and other customers. At December 31, 2006, SCE had consolidated assets of $26.1 billion and total shareholder’s equity of $6.4 billion. SCE had 14,362 full-time employees at year-end 2006. Edison International owns all of the common stock of SCE. Except when otherwise stated, references to SCE mean SCE together with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Information about SCE is available on the internet website maintained by Edison International at http://www.edisoninvestor.com. SCE makes available, free of charge on that internet website, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statement and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as soon as reasonably practicable after SCE electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC. Such reports are also available on the SEC’s internet website at http://www.sec.gov. The information contained in our website, or connected to that site, is not incorporated by reference into this report.

Regulation

SCE’s retail operations are subject to regulation by the CPUC. The CPUC has the authority to regulate, among other things, retail rates, issuance of securities, and accounting practices. SCE’s wholesale operations are subject to regulation by the FERC. The FERC has the authority to regulate wholesale rates as well as other matters, including retail transmission service pricing, accounting practices, and licensing of hydroelectric projects.

Additional information about the regulation of SCE by the CPUC and the FERC, and about SCE’s competitive environment, appears in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters” and in this section under the subheading “—Competition.”

SCE is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to its nuclear power plants. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations govern the granting of licenses for the construction and operation of nuclear power plants and subject those power plants to continuing review and regulation.

The construction, planning, and siting of SCE’s power plants within California are subject to the jurisdiction of the California Energy Commission (for plants 50mw or greater) and the CPUC. SCE is subject to the rules and regulations of the California Air Resources Board, State of Nevada, and local air pollution control districts with respect to the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere; the regulatory requirements of the California State Water Resources Control Board and regional boards with respect to the discharge of pollutants into waters of the state; and the requirements of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control with respect to handling and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes. SCE is also subject to regulation by the US EPA, which administers federal statutes relating to environmental matters. Other federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection, land use, and water rights also affect SCE.

 

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The construction, planning and siting of SCE’s transmission lines and substation facilities require the approval of many governmental agencies and compliance with various laws, depending upon the location and other attributes of each particular project. These agencies include utility regulatory commissions such as the CPUC, and other state regulatory agencies depending on the project location; the California ISO; and environmental, land management and resource agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Fish and Game; Regional Water Quality Controls Boards; and the States’ Offices of Historic Preservation. In addition, to the extent that SCE transmission line projects pass through lands owned or controlled by Native Americans tribes, consent and approval from the affected tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs will also be necessary for the project to proceed. The agencies’ approval processes, implemented through their respective regulations and other statutes that impose requirements on the approval of such projects, may adversely affect and delay the schedule for these projects.

The California Coastal Commission issued a coastal permit for the construction of the San Onofre Units 2 and 3 in 1974. This permit, as amended, requires mitigation for impacts to fish and the San Onofre kelp bed. California Coastal Commission jurisdiction will continue for several years due to ongoing implementation and oversight of these permit mitigation conditions, consisting of restoration of wetlands and construction of an artificial reef for kelp. SCE has a coastal permit from the California Coastal Commission to construct a temporary dry cask spent fuel storage installation for San Onofre Units 2 and 3. The California Coastal Commission also has continuing jurisdiction over coastal permits issued for the decommissioning of San Onofre Unit 1, including for the construction of a temporary dry cask spent fuel storage installation for spent fuel from that unit.

The United States Department of Energy has regulatory authority over certain aspects of SCE’s operations and business relating to energy conservation, power plant fuel use and disposal, electric sales for export, public utility regulatory policy, and natural gas pricing.

SCE is subject to CPUC affiliate transaction rules and compliance plans governing the relationship between SCE and its affiliates. On October 27, 2005, the CPUC issued an Order Instituting Rulemaking to allow the CPUC to re-examine the relationships of the major California energy utilities with their parent holding companies and non-regulated affiliates. The Order Instituting Rulemaking was issued in part in response to the repeal of PUHCA 1935. Additional information about the Order Instituting Rulemaking appears in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Holding Company Order Instituting Rulemaking.”

In addition, the CPUC has issued affiliate transaction rules governing the relationships between SCE and its affiliates, including Edison International and its nonutility subsidiaries. SCE has filed compliance plans which set forth SCE’s implementation of the CPUC’s affiliate transaction rules. The rules and compliance plans are intended to maintain separateness between utility and nonutility activities and ensure that utility assets are not used to subsidize the activities of nonutility affiliates.

Competition

Because SCE is an electric utility company operating within a defined service territory pursuant to authority from the CPUC, SCE faces competition only to the extent that federal and California laws permit other entities to provide electricity and related services to customers within SCE’s service territory. California law currently provides only limited opportunities for customers to choose to purchase power directly from an energy service provider other than SCE. SCE also faces some competition from cities that create municipal utilities or community choice aggregators. In addition, customers may install their own on-site power generation facilities. Competition with SCE is conducted mainly on the basis of price as customers seek the lowest cost power available. The effect of competition on SCE generally is to reduce the size of SCE’s customer base, thereby creating upward pressure on SCE’s rate structure to cover fixed costs, which in turn may cause more customers to leave SCE in order to obtain lower rates.

 

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Properties

SCE supplies electricity to its customers through extensive transmission and distribution networks. Its transmission facilities, which deliver power from generating sources to the distribution network, consist of approximately 7,200 circuit miles of 33 kV, 55 kV, 66 kV, 115 kV, and 161 kV lines and 3,500 circuit miles of 220 kV lines (all located in California), 1,238 circuit miles of 500 kV lines (1040 miles in California, 86 miles in Nevada, and 112 miles in Arizona), and 858 substations. SCE’s distribution system, which takes power from substations to the customer, includes approximately 60,000 circuit miles of overhead lines, 39,000 circuit miles of underground lines, 1.5 million poles, 588 distribution substations, 704,000 transformers, and 790,000 area and streetlights, all of which are located in California.

SCE owns and operates the following generating facilities: (1) an undivided 78.21% interest (1,690 MW) in San Onofre Units 2 and 3, which are large pressurized water nuclear units located on the California coastline between Los Angeles and San Diego; (2) 36 hydroelectric plants (1,179 MW) located in California’s Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountain ranges, three of which (2.7 MW) are no longer operational and will be decommissioned; and (3) a diesel-fueled generating plant (9 MW) located on Santa Catalina island off the southern California coast.

In addition, SCE acquired Mountainview in 2004, which consisted of a natural gas-fueled two unit power plant in the early stages of construction in Redlands, California. The first unit commenced commercial operations in December 2005, and the second unit commenced commercial operations in January 2006. Mountainview has a generating capacity of 1,050 MW.

SCE also owns an undivided 15.8% interest (601 MW) in Palo Verde, which is located near Phoenix, Arizona, and an undivided 48% interest (720 MW) in Units 4 and 5 at Four Corners, which is a coal-fueled generating plant located near the City of Farmington, New Mexico. Palo Verde and Four Corners are operated by Arizona Public Service Company.

At year-end 2006, the SCE-owned generating capacity (summer effective rating) was divided approximately as follows: 43% nuclear, 23% hydroelectric, 20% natural gas, 14% coal, and less than 1% diesel. The capacity factors in 2005 for SCE’s nuclear and coal-fired generating units were: 98% for San Onofre; 85% for Four Corners; and 77% for Palo Verde. For SCE’s hydroelectric plants, generating capacity is dependent on the amount of available water. SCE’s hydroelectric plants operated at a 50% capacity factor in 2006. These plants were operationally available for 91% of the year.

San Onofre, Four Corners, certain of SCE’s substations, and portions of its transmission, distribution and communication systems are located on lands of the United States or others under (with minor exceptions) licenses, permits, easements or leases, or on public streets or highways pursuant to franchises. Certain of such documents obligate SCE, under specified circumstances and at its expense, to relocate transmission, distribution, and communication facilities located on lands owned or controlled by federal, state, or local governments.

Thirty-one of SCE’s 36 hydroelectric plants (some with related reservoirs) are located in whole or in part on United States lands pursuant to 30- to 50-year FERC licenses that expire at various times between 2006 and 2039 (the remaining five plants are located entirely on private property and are not subject to FERC jurisdiction). Such licenses impose numerous restrictions and obligations on SCE, including the right of the United States to acquire projects upon payment of

 

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specified compensation. When existing licenses expire, the FERC has the authority to issue new licenses to third parties that have filed competing license applications, but only if their license application is superior to SCE’s and then only upon payment of specified compensation to SCE. New licenses issued to SCE are expected to contain more restrictions and obligations than the expired licenses because laws enacted since the existing licenses were issued require the FERC to give environmental purposes greater consideration in the licensing process. SCE has filed applications for the relicensing of certain hydroelectric projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 915 MW. Annual licenses have been issued to SCE hydroelectric projects that are undergoing relicensing and whose long-term licenses have expired. Federal Power Act Section 15 requires that the annual licenses be renewed until the long-term licenses are issued or denied.

Substantially all of SCE’s properties are subject to the lien of a trust indenture securing first and refunding mortgage bonds, of which approximately $4.5 billion in principal amount was outstanding on February 28, 2007. Such lien and SCE’s title to its properties are subject to the terms of franchises, licenses, easements, leases, permits, contracts, and other instruments under which properties are held or operated, certain statutes and governmental regulations, liens for taxes and assessments, and liens of the trustees under the trust indenture. In addition, such lien and SCE’s title to its properties are subject to certain other liens, prior rights and other encumbrances, none of which, with minor or insubstantial exceptions, affect SCE’s right to use such properties in its business, unless the matters with respect to SCE’s interest in Four Corners and the related easement and lease referred to below may be so considered.

SCE’s rights in Four Corners, which is located on land of the Navajo Nation of Indians under an easement from the United States and a lease from the Navajo Nation, may be subject to possible defects. These defects include possible conflicting grants or encumbrances not ascertainable because of the absence of, or inadequacies in, the applicable recording law and the record systems of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Navajo Nation, the possible inability of SCE to resort to legal process to enforce its rights against the Navajo Nation without Congressional consent, the possible impairment or termination under certain circumstances of the easement and lease by the Navajo Nation, Congress, or the Secretary of the Interior, and the possible invalidity of the trust indenture lien against SCE’s interest in the easement, lease, and improvements on Four Corners.

Nuclear Power Matters

Information about operating issues related to San Onofre appears in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Steam Generators and Changes in Ownership.” Information about Palo Verde appears in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Palo Verde Generating Station Steam Generators” and “Other Developments—Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Outages and Inspection.” Information about nuclear decommissioning can be found in Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements. Information about nuclear insurance can be found in Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Purchased Power and Fuel Supply

SCE obtains the power needed to serve its customers from its generating facilities and from purchases from qualifying facilities, independent power producers, renewable power providers, the California ISO, and other utilities. In addition, power is provided to SCE’s customers through purchases by the CDWR under contracts with third parties. Sources of power to serve SCE’s

 

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customers during 2006 were as follows: 44.6% purchased power; 25.6% CDWR; and 29.8% SCE-owned generation consisting of 16.9% nuclear, 6.8% coal, and 6.1% hydro.

Natural Gas Supply

SCE’s natural gas requirements in 2006 were to meet contractual obligations for power tolling agreements (power contracts in which SCE has agreed to provide the natural gas needed for generation under those power contracts) and to serve demand for gas at Mountainview, which commenced operations in December 2005. All of the physical gas purchased by SCE in 2005 was purchased under North American Energy Standards Board agreements (master gas agreements) that define the terms and conditions of transactions with a particular supplier prior to any financial commitment.

SCE contracted for firm access rights onto the Southern California Gas Company system at Wheeler Ridge for 198,863 million British thermal units per day in a 13-year contract entered into in August 1993, effective November 1, 1993. SCE had the unilateral right to renew this contract for an equivalent term upon the expiration of its initial term on October 31, 2006. SCE elected to not exercise its unilateral right to renew this contract.

In 2005, SCE secured a one-year natural gas storage capacity contract with Southern California Gas Company for the 2005/2006 storage season. Storage capacity was secured to provide operation flexibility and to mitigate potential costs associated with the dispatch of SCE’s tolling agreements. SCE has negotiated another one-year natural gas capacity contract with Southern California Gas Company for the 2006/2007 storage season.

Nuclear Fuel Supply

For San Onofre Units 2 and 3, contractual arrangements are in place covering 100% of the projected nuclear fuel requirements through the years indicated below:

 

Uranium concentrates

   2008

Conversion

   2008

Enrichment

   2008

Fabrication

   2014

For Palo Verde, contractual arrangements are in place covering 100% of the projected nuclear fuel requirements through the years indicated below:

 

Uranium concentrates

   2007

Conversion

   2007

Enrichment

   2010

Fabrication

   2015

Spent Nuclear Fuel

Information about Spent Nuclear Fuel appears in Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Coal Supply

SCE has purchased coal pursuant to long-term contracts to provide stable and reliable fuel supplies to its two coal-fired generating stations, Four Corners and Mohave. However Mohave ceased operating on December 31, 2005 and on June 19, 2006, SCE announced that it had decided not to move forward with its efforts to return Mohave to service. Additional information regarding Mohave appears in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters— Mohave Generating Station and Related Proceedings.” SCE entered into a coal contract, dated September 1, 1966, with the Utah Construction & Mining Company, the predecessor to the current owner of the Navajo mine, the BHP Navajo Coal Company, to supply coal to Four Corners Units 4 and 5. The initial term of this coal supply contract for Four Corners was through 2004 and included extension options for up to 15 additional years. On January 1, 2005 SCE and the other Four Corners participants entered into a Restated and Amended Four Corners Fuel Agreement under which coal will be supplied until July 6, 2016. The Restated and Amended Agreement contains an option to extend for not less than five additional years or more than 15 years.

Seasonality

Due to warmer weather during the summer months, electric utility revenue during the third quarter of each year is generally significantly higher than other quarters.

Environmental Matters

SCE is subject to environmental regulation by federal, state and local authorities in the jurisdictions in which it operates in the United States. This regulation, including the areas of air and water pollution, waste management, hazardous chemical use, noise abatement, land use, aesthetics, nuclear control, and climate change continues to result in the imposition of numerous restrictions on SCE’s operation of existing facilities, on the timing, cost, location, design, construction, and operation by SCE of new facilities, and on the cost of mitigating the effect of past operations on the environment.

SCE believes that it is in substantial compliance with environmental regulatory requirements and that maintaining compliance with current requirements will not materially affect its financial position or results of operations. However, possible future developments, such as the promulgation of more stringent environmental laws and regulations, future proceedings that may be initiated by environmental authorities, and settlements agreed to by other companies could affect the costs and the manner in which SCE conducts its business and could cause it to make substantial additional capital or operational expenditures. There is no assurance that SCE would be able to recover these increased costs from its customers or that SCE’s financial position and results of operations would not be materially adversely affected. SCE is unable to predict the extent to which additional regulations may affect its operations and capital expenditure requirements.

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a proposed project as well as require extensive modifications to existing projects, which may involve significant capital or operational expenditures. Furthermore, if SCE fails to comply with applicable environmental laws, it may be subject to injunctive relief, penalties and fines imposed by regulatory authorities.

The laws and regulations discussed below primarily impact SCE’s coal-fired, gas-fired and nuclear generation facilities. The air quality and climate change laws and regulations primarily impact the coal-fired facilities, Mohave and Four Corners. The discussions below focus on Four Corners in light of the fact that Mohave has suspended operation and SCE is no longer pursuing efforts to return it to service. Developments in the air quality and climate change areas may also have an impact on SCE’s gas-fired plants, but this impact is less likely to be substantial because SCE’s gas-fired plants were recently constructed or are now under development with current generating and pollution control technology and because of the lower emissions, including lower CO2 emissions, from natural gas as compared to coal. SCE’s gas fired generation facilities include Mountainview and the five gas-fired peaker units currently under development. The water quality discussion primarily impacts San Onofre.

Air Quality Regulation

Various air quality regulations, including the Federal Clean Air Act and similar state and local statutes apply to SCE’s plants, and have their largest impact on the operation of the coal-fired plants, Mohave and Four Corners. These regulations are expected to have a lesser impact on SCE operations in the future in light of the decision by SCE not to move forward in its efforts to return Mohave to service.

Suspension of Operations and SCE Decision to Discontinue Its Participation in Efforts to Resume Operations

Information regarding the suspension of Mohave operations and SCE’s decision to discontinue its participation in efforts to resume such operations appears in the MD&A under the heading “Other Developments—Environmental Matters—Air Quality Standards—Suspension of Mohave Operations and SCE Decision to Discontinue Its Participation in Efforts to Resume Operations.” Additional information regarding Mohave appears in the MD&A under the heading “SCE: Regulatory Matters—Mohave Generating Station and Related Proceedings.”

Clean Air Act Interstate Rule

At this time, the US EPA’s CAIR, does not have an impact on SCE’s facilities. CAIR, issued by the US EPA on March 10, 2005, applies to 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia, and is intended to address ozone attainment issues by reducing regional SO2 and NOx emissions. The CAIR has been challenged in court by state, environmental, and industry groups, which may result in changes to the substance of the rule and to the timetables for implementation. While the US EPA has not adopted a rule comparable to CAIR for the western United States, where SCE has facilities, SCE cannot predict what action the US EPA will take in the future with regard to the western United States, and what impact those actions would have on its facilities.

Mercury Regulation

The US EPA’s CAMR was issued on March 15, 2005 and published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2005. CAMR creates a national framework for a market-based cap-and-trade program to reduce mercury emissions from existing coal-fired power plants down to a national cap of 38 tons by 2010 and to 15 tons by 2018. Emissions of mercury are to be reduced primarily by taking advantage of mercury reductions achieved by reducing SO2 and NOx emissions under the CAIR. States may join the trading program by adopting the CAMR model trading rules in state regulations, or they may adopt regulations that mirror the necessary components of the model trading rule. States are not required to adopt a cap-and-trade program and may promulgate alternative regulations, such as command and control regulations, that are equivalent to or more stringent than the CAMR’s suggested cap-and-trade program. Any program adopted by a state must be approved by the US EPA.

Contemporaneous with the adoption of the CAMR, the US EPA rescinded its previous finding that mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants had to be regulated as a hazardous air pollutant pursuant to Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act, which would have imposed technology-based standards. Both the EPA’s recession action and the CAMR are being challenged. Depending on the results of these challenges, the CAMR rules and timetables may change. SCE is working with Arizona Public Service Company, the operator of Four Corners, to assess the potential impact of the CAMR on Four Corners and cannot currently estimate the expenditures that may be required.

 

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Regional Haze

The US EPA issued a final rulemaking on regional haze on June 15, 2005. Under the rule, by 2008, each state must file with the US EPA as part of its SIP plans for regional haze improvement. SCE is working with Arizona Public Service Company, the operator of Four Corners, to evaluate the impact of these rules on Four Corners and cannot currently predict such impact.

Climate Change

To date, the US has chosen to pursue a voluntary GHG emissions reduction program to meet its obligations as a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Currently a number of bills are proposed or under discussion in Congress to mandate reductions of GHG emissions. At this point, SCE is unable to determine whether any of these proposals will be enacted into law or to estimate their potential effect on SCE.

There have been petitions from states and other parties to compel the US EPA to regulate GHG under CAIR. In Massachusetts v. U.S. EPA, the United States Supreme Court currently is considering whether, under existing law, including the Clean Air Act, the US EPA is authorized or compelled to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Oral arguments were heard in November 2006, and a decision is pending. In addition, other global climate-related lawsuits have been filed around the nation against various private parties, include utilities, oil and chemical companies, and automobile manufacturers, under various theories including public nuisance for damages caused by the alleged contribution to global warming resulting from CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants owned and operated by these companies or their subsidiaries by the alleged contribution of those parties to global warming.

Information regarding current developments on climate change and GHG regulation appears in the MD&A under the heading “Other Developments—Environmental Matters—Climate Change.”

Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Waste Laws

Under various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of any facility, including an electric generating facility, may be required to investigate and remediate releases or threatened releases of hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum products located at that facility, and may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage, personal injury, natural resource damages, and investigation and remediation costs incurred by these parties in connection with these releases or threatened releases. Many of these laws, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, impose liability without regard to whether the owner knew of or caused the presence of the hazardous substances, and courts have interpreted liability under these laws to be strict and joint and several.

In addition, the federal Toxic Substances Control Act and accompanying regulations govern the manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, use, and disposal of listed compounds, including polychlorinated biphenyls (known as PCBs), a toxic substance. Federal, state, and local laws, regulations and ordinances also govern the removal, encapsulation or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials when these materials are in poor condition or in the event of construction, remodeling, renovation or demolition of a building and other structures containing asbestos.

 

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In connection with the ownership and operation of its facilities, SCE may be liable for costs associated with hazardous waste compliance and remediation required by the laws and regulations identified herein. The CPUC allows SCE to recover in retail rates paid by its customers partial environmental remediation costs at certain sites through an incentive mechanism. Additional information about these laws and regulations appears in Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements and in the MD&A under the heading “Other Developments—Environmental Matters.”

 

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Water Quality Regulation

Regulations under the federal Clean Water Act require permits for the discharge of pollutants into United States waters and permits for the discharge of storm water flows from certain facilities. The Clean Water Act also regulates the thermal component (heat) of effluent discharges and the location, design, and construction of cooling water intake structures at generating facilities. California has a US EPA approved program to issue individual or group (general) permits for the regulation of Clean Water Act discharges. California also regulates certain discharges not regulated by the US EPA. SCE incurs additional expenses and capital expenditures in order to comply with guidelines and standards applicable to certain of its facilities.

Cooling Water Intake Structures

Information regarding the cooling water intake structure standards appears in the MD&A under the heading “Other Developments—Environmental Matters—Water Quality Regulation—Clean Water Act—Cooling Water Intake Structures.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently struck down major provisions of the US EPA Phase II regulations in Riverkeeper, Inc. v. EPA, and remanded the regulations to US EPA for further consideration and action. While SCE believed that this rule, as originally drafted, would not have a material impact on SCE’s operations at San Onofre, until the US EPA adopts final rules consistent with the court’s decision, SCE cannot determine the full financial impact of this rule.

Electric and Magnetic Fields

Electric and magnetic fields naturally result from the generation, transmission, distribution and use of electricity. Since the 1970s, concerns have been raised about the potential health effects of EMF. After 30 years of research, a health hazard has not been established to exist. Potentially important public health questions remain about whether there is a link between EMF exposures in homes or work and some diseases, and because of these questions, some health authorities have identified EMF exposures as a possible human carcinogen.

In January 2006, the CPUC issued its decision updating its policies and procedures related to EMF emanating from regulated utility facilities. The decision concluded that a direct link between exposure to EMF and human health effects has yet to be proven, and affirmed the CPUC’s existing “low-cost/no-cost” EMF policies to mitigate EMF exposure for new utility transmission and substation projects.

Financial Information About Geographic Areas

All of SCE’s revenue for the last three fiscal years is attributed to SCE’s country of domicile, the United States. All of SCE’s assets are located in the United States.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

SCE’s financial viability depends upon its ability to recover its costs in a timely manner from its customers through regulated rates.

 

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SCE is a regulated entity subject to CPUC jurisdiction in almost all aspects of its business, including the rates, terms and conditions of its services, procurement of electricity for its customers, issuance of securities, dispositions of utility assets and facilities and aspects of the siting and operations of its electricity distribution systems. SCE’s ongoing financial viability depends on its ability to recover from its customers in a timely manner its costs, including the costs of electricity purchased for its customers, in its CPUC-approved rates and its ability to pass through to its customers in rates its FERC-authorized revenue requirements. SCE’s financial viability also depends on its ability to recover in rates an adequate return on capital, including long-term debt and equity. If SCE is unable to recover any material amount of its costs in rates in a timely manner or recover an adequate return on capital, its financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

SCE’s revenues and earnings are substantially affected by regulatory proceedings known as general rate cases and cost of capital proceedings. General rate cases are expected to occur every three years. During those cases, the CPUC determines SCE’s rate base (the value of assets on which SCE earns a rate of return for investors), depreciation rates, operation and maintenance costs, and administrative and general costs that SCE may recover from its customers through its rates. Cost of capital proceedings are conducted annually. During those cases, the CPUC authorizes SCE’s capital structure and the return on common equity applicable to the rate base determined in the general rate case proceedings. More information about these proceedings is set forth in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters.”

SCE’s energy procurement activities are subject to regulatory and market risks that could adversely affect its financial condition, liquidity, and earnings.

SCE obtains energy, capacity, and ancillary services needed to serve its customers from its own generating plants and contracts with energy producers and sellers. California law and CPUC decisions allow SCE to recover in customer rates reasonable procurement costs incurred in compliance with an approved procurement plan. Nonetheless, SCE’s cash flows remain subject to volatility resulting from its procurement activities. In addition, SCE is subject to the risks of unfavorable or untimely CPUC decisions about the compliance of procurement activities with its procurement plan and the reasonableness of certain procurement-related costs.

Many of SCE’s power purchase contracts are tied to market prices for natural gas. Some of its contracts also are subject to volatility in market prices for electricity. SCE seeks to hedge its market price exposure to the extent authorized by the CPUC. SCE may not be able to hedge its risk for commodities on favorable terms or fully recover the costs of hedges in rates, which could adversely affect SCE’s liquidity and results of operation.

In its power purchase contracts and other procurement arrangements, SCE is exposed to risks from changes in the credit quality of its counterparties. If a counterparty were to default on its obligations, SCE could be exposed to potentially volatile spot markets for buying replacement power or selling excess power.

SCE relies on access to the capital markets. If SCE were unable to access capital markets or the cost of capital were to substantially increase, its liquidity and operations could be adversely affected.

SCE’s ability to make scheduled payments of principal and interest, refinance debt, and fund its operations and planned capital expenditure projects depends on its cash flow and access to the capital markets. SCE’s ability to arrange financing and the costs of such capital are dependent on

 

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numerous factors, including its levels of indebtedness, maintenance of acceptable credit ratings, its financial performance, liquidity and cash flow, and other market conditions. Market conditions which could adversely affect SCE’s financing costs and availability include:

 

 

an economic downturn;

 

 

capital market conditions generally;

 

 

market prices for electricity or gas;

 

 

changes in interest rates and rates of inflation;

 

 

terrorist attacks or the threat of terrorist attacks on SCE’s facilities or unrelated energy companies; and

 

 

the overall health of the utility industry.

SCE may not be successful in obtaining additional capital for these or other reasons. The failure to obtain additional capital from time to time may have a material adverse effect on SCE’s liquidity and operations.

SCE is subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations with respect to operation of its facilities. New laws and regulations could adversely affect SCE.

The operation of SCE’s power generation, transmission, and distribution facilities is subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations. Those laws and regulations require SCE to expend substantial sums to mitigate or remove the effect of its operations on the environment and can impede the development of new facilities. Violations of environmental laws and regulations can result in fines, penalties and liability to third parties. In addition, new environmental laws, regulations and standards may be adopted that would impose substantial costs on SCE or impair its future operations. Environmental advocacy groups and regulatory agencies have been focusing considerable attention on CO2 emissions and the effect of those emissions on global warming. The adoption of new laws and regulations to control CO2 or other emissions could adversely affect the operation of SCE’s generating plants and other facilities and result in additional costs that could adversely affect SCE’s results of operations.

SCE is subject to extensive regulation and the risk of adverse regulatory decisions and changes in applicable regulations or legislation.

SCE operates in a highly regulated environment. SCE’s business is subject to extensive federal, state and local energy, environmental and other laws and regulations. The CPUC regulates SCE’s retail operations, and the FERC regulates SCE’s wholesale operations. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulates SCE’s nuclear power plants. The construction, planning, and siting of SCE’s power plants and transmission lines in California are also subject to the jurisdiction of the California Energy Commission (for plants 50mw or greater), the CPUC and the FERC. The construction, planning and siting of transmission lines that are outside of California are subject to the regulation of the relevant state agency as well as the FERC. Additional regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over some of SCE’s operations and construction projects include the California Air Resources Board, the California State Water Resources Control Board, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California Coastal Commission, the US EPA, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, the U.S. Forest Service, Regional Water Quality Boards, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the United States Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and various local regulatory districts.

 

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SCE must periodically apply for licenses and permits from these various regulatory authorities and abide by their respective orders. Should SCE be unsuccessful in obtaining necessary licenses or permits or should these regulatory authorities initiate any investigations or enforcement actions or impose penalties or disallowances on SCE, SCE’s business could be adversely affected. Existing regulations may be revised or reinterpreted and new laws and regulations may be adopted or become applicable to SCE or SCE’s facilities in a manner that may have a detrimental effect on SCE’s business or result in significant additional costs because of SCE’s need to comply with those requirements.

There are inherent risks associated with operating nuclear power generating facilities.

Spent fuel storage capacity could be insufficient to permit long-term operation of SCE’s nuclear plants.

SCE operates and is majority owner of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and is part owner of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The United States Department of Energy has defaulted on its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear industry participants by January 31, 1998. If SCE or the operator of the Palo Verde plant were unable to arrange and maintain sufficient capacity for interim spent-fuel storage now or in the future, it could hinder operation of the plants and impair the value of SCE’s ownership interests until storage could be obtained, each of which may have a material adverse effect on SCE.

Existing insurance and ratemaking arrangements may not protect SCE fully against losses from a nuclear incident.

Federal law limits public liability from a nuclear incident to $10.8 billion. SCE and other owners of the San Onofre and Palo Verde nuclear generating stations have purchased the maximum private primary insurance available of $300 million per site. If the public liability limit is insufficient, federal regulations may impose further revenue-raising measures to pay claims, including a possible additional assessment on all licensed reactor operators. In the event of such an under-insured nuclear incident, a tension could exist between the federal government’s attempt to impose revenue-raising measures upon SCE and the CPUC’s willingness to allow SCE to pass this liability along to its customers, resulting in undercollection of SCE’s costs.

SCE’s financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected if it is unable to successfully manage the risks inherent in operating its facilities.

SCE owns and operates extensive electricity facilities that are interconnected to the United States western electricity grid. The operation of SCE’s facilities and the facilities of third parties on which it relies involves numerous risks, including:

 

 

operating limitations that may be imposed by environmental or other regulatory requirements;

 

 

imposition of operational performance standards by agencies with regulatory oversight of SCE’s facilities;

 

 

environmental and personal injury liabilities caused by the operation of SCE’s facilities;

 

 

interruptions in fuel supply;

 

 

blackouts;

 

 

employee work force factors, including strikes, work stoppages or labor disputes;

 

 

weather, storms, earthquakes, fires, floods or other natural disasters;

 

 

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explosions, accidents, mechanical breakdowns and other events that affect demand, result in power outages, reduce generating output or cause damage to SCE’s assets or operations or those of third parties on which it relies.

The occurrence of any of these events could result in lower revenues or increased expenses, or both, which may not be fully recovered through insurance, rates or other means in a timely manner or at all.

SCE’s insurance coverage may not be sufficient under all circumstances and SCE may not be able to obtain sufficient insurance.

SCE’s insurance may not be sufficient or effective under all circumstances and against all hazards or liabilities to which it may be subject. A loss for which SCE is not fully insured could materially and adversely affect SCE’s financial condition and results of operations. Further, due to rising insurance costs and changes in the insurance markets, insurance coverage may not continue to be available at all or at rates or on terms similar to those presently available to SCE.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

The principal properties of SCE are described above in Part I under the heading “Properties.”

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Navajo Nation Litigation

Information about the Navajo Nation litigation appears in the MD&A under the heading “Other Developments—Navajo Nation Litigation.”

Department of the Army, Los Angeles District, Corps of Engineers/Notice of Violation of Clean Water Act

In December 2004, the Corps sent SCE a Notice of Violation, alleging that SCE or its contractors had discharged fill material into wetlands adjacent to the Santa Ana River, in the City of Huntington Beach, CA. Under Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, the discharge of fill material into waters of the United States is unlawful unless first permitted by the Corps pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

The Notice of Violation provided a general description of the area in question but did not specify the location of the violation. Following discussions and correspondence with the Corps, it was determined that the Corps was concerned about the actions of a licensee of SCE on an SCE-owned transmission right-of-way corridor located adjacent to the Santa Ana River. SCE’s licensee, or its predecessor-in-interest, had obtained from the City of Huntington Beach a Conditional Use Permit to locate landscape nursery operations within the right-of-way corridor. The Conditional Use Permit required the licensee to perform certain drainage and grading improvements to the property before locating nursery operations on site. During the course of the grading work, the licensee brought additional soil onto SCE’s property for use as fill material.

 

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Potential penalties for violation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act include a maximum criminal fine of $50,000 per day and imprisonment for up to three years, and a maximum civil penalty of $25,000 per day of violation. To date, however, the Corps has not proposed to impose any specific fine or penalty on SCE with respect to the subject matter of the Notice of Violation.

In the process of investigating the matter, the Corps requested that SCE perform a wetlands delineation study of the property to determine whether the property in question qualifies as a wetland area subject to the Corps’ jurisdiction. SCE hired a consulting group to perform the wetlands delineation study and delivered the study, which indicated that there are no federally regulated wetlands or waters of the United States associated with the study area, in early 2006. Subsequently, SCE, in response to the Corps request, provided additional technical data which concluded that there were no waters of the United States present at the nursery site. The Corps is evaluating this information but has advised that no further action is likely to be taken in this matter until such time as the Corps develops new policies regarding enforcement of the Clean Water Act in light of a recent United States Supreme Court decision interpreting the scope of federal jurisdiction under that Act.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders of Edison International during the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

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Pursuant to Form 10-K’s General Instruction (General Instruction) G(3), the following information is included as an additional item in Part I:

Executive Officers of the Registrant

 

Executive Officer(1)

  

Age at

December 31, 2006

  

Company Position

John E. Bryson    63    Chairman of the Board
Alan J. Fohrer    56    Chief Executive Officer and Director
John R. Fielder    61    President
Bruce C. Foster    54    Senior Vice President, Regulatory Operations
Polly L. Gault(2)    53    Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Cecil R. House(2)    45    Vice President, Operations Support and Chief Procurement Officer
Ronald L. Litzinger    47    Senior Vice President, Transmission and Distribution
Thomas M. Noonan    55    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Barbara J. Parsky(2)    59    Vice President, Corporate Communications
Stephen E. Pickett    56    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Pedro J. Pizarro    41    Senior Vice President, Power Procurement
Richard M. Rosenblum    56    Senior Vice President, Generation
Mahvash Yazdi    55    Senior Vice President, Business Integration, and Chief Information Officer
Lynda L. Ziegler    54    Senior Vice President, Customer Service
Linda G. Sullivan    43    Vice President and Controller

(1)

The term “Executive Officers” is defined by Rule 3b-7 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(2)

Effective March 1, 2007, Ms. Gault has been elected an Executive Vice President of Edison International and SCE and Mr. House and Ms. Parsky have been elected Senior Vice Presidents of SCE.

 

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None of SCE’s executive officers is related to each other by blood or marriage. As set forth in Article IV of SCE’s Bylaws, the elected officers of SCE are chosen annually by and serve at the pleasure of SCE’s Board of Directors and hold their respective offices until their resignation, removal, other disqualification from service, or until their respective successors are elected. All of the above officers have been actively engaged in the business of SCE, Edison International and/or the nonutility company affiliates of SCE for more than five years. Those officers who have not held their present position with SCE for the past five years had the following business experience during that period:

 

Executive Officer

  

Company Position

 

Effective Dates

John E. Bryson    Chairman of the Board, SCE   January 2003 to present
  

Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Edison International

  January 2000 to present
   Chairman of the Board, EME(1)   January 2000 to December 2002
Alan J. Fohrer    Chief Executive Officer and Director, SCE   January 2003 to present
   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, SCE   January 2002 to December 2002
John R. Fielder    President, SCE   October 2005 to present
   Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy and Affairs, SCE   February 1998 to October 2005
Bruce C. Foster    Senior Vice President, Regulatory Operations   March 2006 to present
   Vice President, Regulatory Operations   January 1995 to February 2006
Polly L. Gault    Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Edison International and SCE   March 2006 to present (2)
   Vice President, Public Affairs, Edison International and SCE   January 2004 to February 2006
   Regional Vice President, Public Affairs, Edison International   January 2001 to December 2003
Cecil R. House    Vice President, Operations Support and Chief Procurement Officer   April 2006 to present (2)
   Vice President, Public Service Electric & Gas Company (3)   February 2003 to March 2006
   Vice President, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (4)   January 2001 to January 2003
Ronald L. Litzinger    Senior Vice President, Transmission and Distribution, SCE   May 2005 to present
   Vice President, Strategic Planning, EIX   May 2004 to April 2005
   Senior. Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, EME   January 2002 to April 2004
Thomas M. Noonan    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, SCE   June 2005 to present
   Vice President and Controller, Edison International and SCE   March 1999 to May 2005
Barbara J. Parsky    Vice President, Corporate Communications, SCE   June 2002 to present (2)
   Consultant, Barbara J. Parsky Consulting (5)   January 2002 to May 2002
Stephen E. Pickett    Senior Vice President and General Counsel, SCE   January 2002 to present
Pedro J. Pizarro    Senior Vice President, Power Procurement, SCE   May 2005 to present
   Vice President, Power Procurement, SCE   January 2004 to April 2005
   Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, SCE   July 2001 to December 2003
Richard M. Rosenblum    Senior Vice President, Generation, and Chief Nuclear Officer, SCE  

November 2005 to present

   Senior Vice President, Generation, SCE   September 2005 to November 2005
   Senior Vice President, Transmission & Distribution   February 1998 to September 2005
Mahvash Yazdi   

Senior Vice President, Business Integration, and Chief Information Officer, Edison International and SCE

  September 2003 to present
  

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, SCE and Edison International

  January 2000 to September 2003
Lynda L. Ziegler    Senior Vice President, Customer Service, SCE   March 2006 to present
   Vice President, Customer Programs and Services Division, SCE   May 2005 to February 2006
   Director, Customer Programs and Services Division, SCE   January 1999 to April 2005
Linda G. Sullivan    Vice President and Controller, Edison International and SCE   June 2005 to present
   Assistant Controller, Edison International   May 2002 to May 2005
   Assistant Controller, SCE   March 2005 to May 2005
   Manager, Controllers Department, Edison International   September 1999 to April 2002

(1)

EME is a subsidiary of Edison International and is an independent power producer engaged in the business of owning or leasing, operating and selling energy and capacity from electric power generation facilities.

(2)

Effective March 1, 2007, Ms. Gault has been elected an Executive Vice President of Edison International and SCE and Mr. House and Ms. Parsky have been elected Senior Vice Presidents of SCE.

(3)

Public Service Electric & Gas Company is a large electric and gas utility located in New Jersey and is not a parent, subsidiary or affiliate of Edison International. Mr. House served as Vice President of Supply Chain Management and Vice President of Customer Operations.

(4)

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is a large provider of computerized transaction processing and information based business solutions and is not a parent, subsidiary or affiliate of Edison International. Mr. House served as Vice President of Business Development.

(5)

Barbara J. Parsky Consulting was Ms. Parsky’s own consulting business which provided corporate communications advice to Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers and is not a parent, subsidiary or affiliate of Edison International.

 

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Certain information responding to Item 5 with respect to frequency and amount of cash dividends is included in the Annual Report, under Quarterly Financial Data on page 89 and is incorporated herein by this reference. As a result of the formation of a holding company described above in Item 1, all of the issued and outstanding common stock of SCE is owned by Edison International and there is no market for such stock.

Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K, “Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans,” is not applicable because SCE has no compensation plans under which equity securities of SCE are authorized for issuance.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Information responding to Item 6 is included in the Annual Report under “Selected Financial Data: 2002–2006” on page 90, and is incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Information responding to Item 7 is included in the Annual Report on pages 1 through 38 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Information responding to Item 7A is included in the MD&A under “Market Risk Exposures” on pages 22 through 24.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Certain information responding to Item 8 is set forth after Item 15 in Part III. Other information responding to Item 8 is included in the Annual Report on pages 40 through 44 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

SCE’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of SCE’s disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period, SCE’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in SCE’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, SCE’s internal control over financial reporting.

For the reasons discussed in Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, SCE has not designed, established, or maintained internal control over financial reporting for four variable interest entities, referred to as “VIEs,” that SCE was required to consolidate under an accounting interpretation issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. SCE’s evaluation of internal control over financial reporting did not include these VIEs.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

Information concerning executive officers of SCE is set forth in Part I in accordance with General Instruction G(3), pursuant to Instruction 3 to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K. Other information responding to Item 10 will appear in SCE’s definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC in connection with SCE’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on April 26, 2007, under the headings “Election of Directors, Nominees for Election,” “Board Committees and Subcommittees,” and “Ethics and Compliance Code,” is incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Information responding to Item 11 will appear in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Compensation Committees’ Report,” “Compensation Committees’ Interlocks and Insider Participation,” “Summary Compensation Table-Fiscal 2006,” “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2006,” “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal 2006 Year-End,” “Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal 2006,” “Pension Benefits,” “Non-qualified Deferred Compensation,” “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control,” and “Director Compensation,” and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

Information responding to Item 12 will appear in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Stock Ownership of Directors, Director Nominee, and Executive Officers” and “Stock Ownership of Certain Shareholders,” and is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K, “Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans,” is not applicable because SCE has no compensation plans under which equity securities of SCE are authorized for issuance.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Information responding to Item 13 will appear in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Certain Relationships and Transactions,” and “Questions and Answers on Corporate Governance — Is SCE subject to the same stock exchange listing standards regarding corporate governance matters as Edison International?, — Q: How do the Edison International and SCE Boards determine which Directors are considered independent? and — Q: Which Directors have the Edison International and SCE Boards determined are independent?” and is incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Information responding to Item 14 will appear in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees,” and is incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a)(1) Financial Statements

The following items contained in the Annual Report are found on pages 1 through 89, and are incorporated herein by this reference.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Statements of Income – Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2006 and 2005

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common Shareholders’ Equity – Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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(a)(2) Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Schedules Supplementing Financial Statements

The following documents may be found in this report at the indicated page numbers:

 

   Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedule

   24

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the

  

Year Ended December 31, 2006

   25

Year Ended December 31, 2005

   26

Year Ended December 31, 2004

   27

Schedules I and III through V, inclusive, are omitted as not required or not applicable.

(a)(3) Exhibits

See Exhibit Index beginning on page 29 of this report.

SCE will furnish a copy of any exhibit listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index upon written request and upon payment to SCE of its reasonable expenses of furnishing such exhibit, which shall be limited to photocopying charges and, if mailed to the requesting party, the cost of first-class postage.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on

Financial Statement Schedule

To the Board of Directors and

Shareholder of Southern California Edison Company

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report dated February 28, 2007, appearing in the 2006 Annual Report of Southern California Edison Company (which report and consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K) also included an audit of the financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, this financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 28, 2007

 

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Southern California Edison Company

SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

          Additions           
Description     
 
 
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
    
 
 
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
    
 
 
Charged to
Other
Accounts
     Deductions      
 
 
Balance
at End
of Period
        (In millions)     

Uncollectible Accounts:

             

Customers

   $ 21.9    $ 7.0    $ —      $ 10.5     $ 18.4

All other

     10.8      5.0      —        5.7       10.1
Total    $ 32.7    $ 12.0    $ —      $ 16.2 (a)   $ 28.5

 


(a) Accounts written off, net.

 

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Southern California Edison Company

SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2005

 

          Additions           
Description   

Balance at

Beginning of

Period

  

Charged to

Costs and

Expenses

  

Charged to

Other

Accounts

   Deductions     Balance
at End
of Period
        (In millions)     

Uncollectible Accounts:

             

Customers

   $ 24.0    $ 8.4    $ —      $ 10.5     $ 21.9

All other

     6.9      8.4      —        4.5       10.8

Total

   $ 30.9    $ 16.8    $ —      $ 15.0 (a)   $ 32.7

 


(a) Accounts written off, net.

 

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Southern California Edison Company

SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2004

 

          Additions           
Description     
 
 
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
    
 
 
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
    
 
 
Charged to
Other
Accounts
     Deductions      
 
 
Balance
at End
of Period
        (In millions)     

Uncollectible Accounts:

             

Customers

   $ 23.7    $ 16.7    $ —      $ 16.4     $ 24.0

All other

     6.6      3.3      —        3.0       6.9

Total

   $ 30.3    $ 20.0    $ —      $ 19.4 (a)   $ 30.9

 


(a) Accounts written off, net.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
By:   /S/ LINDA G. SULLIVAN
  LINDA G. SULLIVAN
  Vice President and Controller

Date: February 28, 2007

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

Principal Executive Officer:    Chief Executive Officer and Director

    Alan J. Fohrer*

  
Principal Financial Officer:    Senior Vice President and
    Thomas M. Noonan*    Chief Financial Officer
Controller or Principal Accounting Officer:    Vice President and Controller
    Linda G. Sullivan   
Board of Directors:   
John E. Bryson*    Director
France A. Córdova*    Director
Bradford M. Freeman*    Director
Luis G. Nogales*    Director
Ronald L. Olson*    Director
James M. Rosser*    Director
Richard T. Schlosberg, III*    Director
Robert H. Smith*    Director
Thomas C. Sutton*    Director

 

*By:   /S/ LINDA G. SULLIVAN
  LINDA G. SULLIVAN
  Vice President and Controller

Date: February 28, 2007

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Restated Articles of Incorporation of Southern California Edison Company, effective March 2, 2006 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)*
3.2    Amended Bylaws of Southern California Edison Company, as Adopted by the Board of Directors effective October 20, 2005 (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 8-K dated October 20, 2005, and filed October 26, 2005)*
4.1    Southern California Edison Company First Mortgage Bond Trust Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1923 (Registration No. 2-1369)*
4.2    Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1927 (Registration No. 2-1369)*
4.3    Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 24, 1935 (Registration No. 2-1602)*
4.4    Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1935 (Registration No. 2-4522)*
4.5    Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1939 (Registration No. 2-4522)*
4.6    Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1940 (Registration No. 2-4522)*
4.7    Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1948 (Registration No. 2-7610)*
4.8    Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1964 (Registration No. 2-22056)*
4.9    Eighty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 1992 (File No. 1-2313, Form 8-K dated July 22, 1992)*
4.10    Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1993 (File No. 1-2313, Form 8-K dated January 28, 1993)*
10.1**    Form of 1981 Deferred Compensation Agreement (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1981)*
10.2**    Form of 1985 Deferred Compensation Agreement for Executives (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1985)*
10.3**    Form of 1985 Deferred Compensation Agreement for Directors (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1985)*
10.4**    Director Deferred Compensation Plan as restated May 14, 2002 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)*
10.4.1**    Director Deferred Compensation Plan Amendment No. 1, effective January 1, 2003 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.4.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)*
10.5**    Director Grantor Trust Agreement, dated August 1995 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995)*
10.5.1**    Director Grantor Trust Agreement Amendment 2002-1, effective May 14, 2002 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)*

 

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10.6**    Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated January 1, 1998 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1998)*
10.6.1**    Executive Deferred Compensation Plan Amendment No. 1, effective January 1, 2003 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.6.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)*
10.7**    Executive Grantor Trust Agreement, dated August 1995 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.12 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995)*
10.7.1**    Executive Grantor Trust Agreement Amendment 2002-1, effective May 14, 2002 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)*
10.8**    Executive Supplemental Benefit Program, as amended January 30, 1990 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999)*
10.9**    Dispute resolution amendment, adopted November 30, 1989 of 1981 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and 1985 Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plans (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.21 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)*
10.10**    Executive Retirement Plan as restated effective April 1, 1999 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999)*
10.10.1**    Executive Retirement Plan Amendment 2001-1, effective March 12, 2001 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001)*
10.10.2**    Executive Retirement Plan Amendment 2002-1, effective January 1, 2003 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)*
10.10.3**    Executive Retirement Plan Amendment 2006-1, effective January 1, 2007 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.10.3 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006)*
10.11**    Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 1997 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.12 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)*
10.12**    Executive Disability and Survivor Benefit Program, effective January 1, 1994 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.22 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994)*
10.13**    Retirement Plan for Directors, as amended February 19, 1998 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998)*
10.14**    Officer Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan as amended January 1, 1998 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1998)*
10.15**    Equity Compensation Plan as restated effective January 1, 1998 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998)*
10.15.1**    Equity Compensation Plan Amendment No. 1, effective May 18, 2000 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000)*
10.16**    2000 Equity Plan, effective May 18, 2000 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000)*

 

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10.17**    Terms and conditions for 1996 long-term compensation awards under the Officer Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.16.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996)*
10.18**    Terms and conditions for 1997 long-term compensation awards under the Officer Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.16.3 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)*
10.19**    Terms and conditions for 1998 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998)*
10.20**    Terms and conditions for 1999 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999)*
10.21**    Terms and conditions for 2000 basic long-term incentive compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan, as restated (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000)*
10.22**    Terms and conditions for 2000 special stock option awards under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000)*
10.23**    Terms and conditions for 2001 retention incentives under the Equity Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001)*
10.24**    Terms and conditions for 2001 exchange offer deferred stock units under the Equity Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Attachment C of Exhibit (a)(1) to Edison International’s Schedule TO-I dated October 26, 2001)*
10.25**    Terms and conditions for 2002 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002)*
10.26**    Terms and conditions for 2003 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003)*
10.27**    Terms and conditions for 2004 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004)*
10.28**    Terms and conditions for 2005 long-term compensation award under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 99.2 to Edison International’s Form 8-K dated December 16, 2004 and filed on December 22, 2004)*
10.29**    Terms and conditions for 2006 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.29 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)*
10.29.1**    Terms and conditions for 2007 long-term compensation awards under the Equity Compensation Plan and 2000 Equity Plan Plan (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 8-K dated February 22, 2007 and filed on February 27, 2007)
10.30**    Director Nonqualified Stock Option Terms and Conditions under the Equity Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)*
10.31**    Director 2004 Nonqualified Stock Option Terms and Conditions under the Equity Compensation Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.)*

 

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10.32**    Estate and Financial Planning Program as amended April 23, 1999 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999)*
10.33**    Resolution regarding the computation of disability and survivor benefits prior to age 55 for Alan J. Fohrer dated February 17, 2000 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000)*
10.34**    Executive Severance Plan as adopted effective January 1, 2001 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.34 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001)*
10.35**    Amendment to 1985 Deferred Compensation Plan Agreement for Executives and Deferred Compensation Plan Deferred Compensation Agreement with John E. Bryson, dated December 31, 2003 (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.34 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)*
10.36**    Agreement between Edison International and Southern California Edison Company, dated December 31, 2003, addressing responsibility for the prospective costs of participation of John E. Bryson under the 1985 Deferred Compensation Plan Agreement for Executives, dated September 27, 1985, as amended, and the Deferred Compensation Plan Deferred Compensation Agreement, dated November 28, 1984, as amended (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.35 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)*
10.37**    Amendment to 1985 Deferred Compensation Plan Agreement for Directors with James M. Rosser, dated December 31, 2003 (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.36 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)*
10.38**    Edison International Director Compensation Schedule, adopted May 19, 2005, as amended (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.48 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)*
10.39**    Edison International Director Nonqualified Stock Options 2005 Terms and Conditions (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 99.3 to Edison International’s Form 8-K dated May 19, 2005, and filed on May 25, 2005)*
10.40**    Edison International Director Nonqualified Stock Options 2005 Terms and Conditions (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 99.3 to Edison International’s Form 8-K dated May 19, 2005, and filed on May 25, 2005)*
10.41**    Director Deferred Compensation Plan Authorization of Edison International and Southern California Edison Company (File No. 1-2313, filed in Southern California Edison Company’s Form 8-K dated December 30, 2004, and filed on January 5, 2005)*
10.42**    Form of Indemnity Agreement between Southern California Edison Company and its Directors and any officer, employee or other agent designated by the Board of

 

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   Directors (File No. 1-2313, filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005, and filed on August 9, 2005)*
10.43**    Edison International Executive Perquisites (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.53 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006)*
10.44**    Amended Director Retirement Plan, dated December 2006 Plan (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.50 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006)*
10.45    Amended and Restated Agreement for the Allocation of Income Tax Liabilities and Benefits among Edison International, Southern California Edison Company and The Mission Group dated September 10, 1996 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002)*
10.46    Administrative Agreement re Tax Allocation Payments among Edison International, Southern California Edison Company, The Mission Group, Edison Capital, Mission Energy Holding Company, Edison Mission Energy, Edison O&M Services, Edison Enterprises, and Mission Land Company dated July 2, 2001 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.3.4 to Edison International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002)*
10.47    Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated February 23, 2007 among Southern California Edison Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citicorp North America, Inc., as Syndication Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agents and the lenders thereto (File No. 1-2313, to Southern California Edison Company’s Form 8-K dated February 22, 2007 and filed on February 27, 2007)*
10.48    Amendment of Equity Compensation Plans, adopted October 25, 2006 (File No. 1-9936, filed as Exhibit 10.52 to Edison International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006)*
10.49    Southern California Edison Company 2006 Bonus Awards (File No. 1-2213, filed in Southern California Edison Company’s Form 8-K dated February 22, 2007 and filed February 27, 2007)*
12    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
13    Selected portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for year ended December 31, 2006
23    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1    Power of Attorney
24.2    Certified copy of Resolution of Board of Directors Authorizing Signature
31.1    Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
31.2    Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
32    Statement Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

* Incorporated by reference pursuant to Rule 12b-32.
** Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement, as required by Item 15(a)3.

 

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EX-12 2 dex12.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED UTILITY-RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(Thousands of Dollars)

 

     Year Ended December 31,
       2001      2002    2003      2004      2005      2006

EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND FIXED CHARGES:

                 

Income before interest expense (1)

   $ 4,850,848    $ 2,473,121    1,727,267    $ 1,767,449    $ 1,414,472    $ 1,682,968

Add:

                 

Rentals (2)

     2,128      1,240    638      776      1,313      2,043

Allocable portion of interest on long-term Contracts for the purchase of power (3)

     1,659      1,616    1,568      1,515      1,457      1,393

Amortization of previously capitalized fixed charges

     1,083      1,440    1,638      1,405      1,579      1,196

Total earnings before income taxes and fixed charges (A)

   $ 4,855,718    $ 2,477,417    1,731,111    $ 1,771,145    $ 1,418,821    $ 1,687,600

FIXED CHARGES:

                 

Interest and amortization

   $ 784,858    $ 584,442    451,792    $ 399,169    $ 370,650    $ 418,572

Rentals (2)

     2,128      1,240    638      776      1,313      2,043

Capitalized fixed charges - nuclear fuel (4)

     756      2,466    1,026      839      1,075      2,439

Allocable portion of interest on long-term contracts for the purchase of power (3)

     1,659      1,616    1,568      1,515      1,457      1,393

Total fixed charges (B)

   $ 789,401    $ 589,764    455,024    $ 402,299    $ 374,495    $ 424,447

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (A) / (B):

     6.15      4.20    3.80      4.40      3.79      3.98

 


(1) Includes allowance for funds used during construction and accrual of unbilled revenue.
(2) Rentals include the interest factor relating to certain significant rentals plus one-third of all remaining annual rentals.
(3) Allocable portion of interest included in annual minimum debt service requirement of supplier.
(4) Includes fixed charges associated with Nuclear Fuel.
EX-13 3 dex13.htm SELECTED PORTIONS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR YEAR ENDED 12/31/2006 Selected portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for year ended 12/31/2006

Exhibit 13

LOGO

2006 Annual Report


Southern California Edison Company

Southern California Edison Company (SCE) is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utilities. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, SCE is a subsidiary of Edison International.

SCE, a 120-year-old electric utility, serves a 50,000-square-mile area of central, coastal and southern California.

 

Table of Contents

1

 

Glossary

3

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

39

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

40

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

40

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

41

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

43

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

44

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common Shareholder’s Equity

45

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

89

 

Quarterly Financial Data

90

 

Selected Financial Data: 2002–2006


Glossary

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below.

 

AFUDC

   allowance for funds used during construction

ARO(s)

   asset retirement obligation(s)

CDWR

   California Department of Water Resources

CEC

   California Energy Commission

CEMA

   catastrophic event memorandum account

CPSD

   Consumer Protection and Safety Division

CPUC

   California Public Utilities Commission

District Court

   U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

DOE

   United States Department of Energy

Duke

   Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC

DWP

   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

EITF

   Emerging Issues Task Force

EITF No. 01-8

   EITF Issue No. 01-8, Determining Whether and Arrangement Contains a Lease

EME

   Edison Mission Energy

ERRA

   energy resource recovery account

FASB

   Financial Accounting Standards Board

FERC

   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FIN 46(R)-6

   Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 46(R)-6, Determining Variability to be Considered in Applying FIN 46(R)

FIN 46(R)

   Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

FIN 47

   Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations

FIN 48

   Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FAS 109

FSP

   FASB Staff Position

GRC

   General Rate Case

IRS

   Internal Revenue Service

ISO

   California Independent System Operator

 

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Glossary (continued)

 

kWh(s)   kilowatt-hour(s)
MD&A   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Midway-Sunset   Midway-Sunset Cogeneration Company
Mohave   Mohave Generating Station
MW   megawatts
MWh   megawatt-hours
Ninth Circuit   United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
NRC   Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Palo Verde   Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
PBOP   postretirement benefits other than pension(s)
PBR   performance-based ratemaking
PG&E   Pacific Gas & Electric Company
PX   California Power Exchange
QF(s)   qualifying facility(ies)
SAB   Staff Accounting Bulletin
San Onofre   San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
SCE   Southern California Edison Company
SDG&E   San Diego Gas & Electric
SFAS   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards issued by the FASB
SFAS No. 71   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 71, Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation
SFAS No. 123(R)   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment (revised 2004)
SFAS No. 133   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and hedging Activities
SFAS No. 143   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations
SFAS No. 157   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements
SFAS No. 158   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Post-Retirement Plans
SRP   Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
The Tribes   Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe
VIE(s)   variable interest entity(ies)

 

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

INTRODUCTION

This MD&A contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect SCE’s current expectations and projections about future events based on SCE’s knowledge of present facts and circumstances and assumptions about future events and include any statement that does not directly relate to a historical or current fact. Other information distributed by SCE that is incorporated in this report, or that refers to or incorporates this report, may also contain forward-looking statements. In this report and elsewhere, the words “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “probable,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” and variations of such words and similar expressions, or discussions of strategy or of plans, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements necessarily involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Some of the risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause results to differ, or that otherwise could impact SCE, include, but are not limited to:

 

 

the ability of SCE to recover its costs in a timely manner from its customers through regulated rates;

 

 

decisions and other actions by the CPUC, the FERC and other regulatory authorities and delays in regulatory actions;

 

 

market risks affecting SCE’s energy procurement activities;

 

 

access to capital markets and the cost of capital;

 

 

changes in interest rates and rates of inflation;

 

 

governmental, statutory, regulatory or administrative changes or initiatives affecting the electricity industry, including the market structure rules applicable to each market;

 

 

environmental regulations that could require additional expenditures or otherwise affect the cost and manner of doing business;

 

 

risks associated with operating nuclear and other power generating facilities, including operating risks, nuclear fuel storage, equipment failure, availability, heat rate, output, and availability and cost of spare parts and repairs;

 

 

the availability of labor, equipment and materials;

 

 

the ability to obtain sufficient insurance, including insurance relating to SCE’s nuclear facilities;

 

 

effects of legal proceedings, changes in or interpretations of tax laws, rates or policies, and changes in accounting standards;

 

 

the cost and availability of coal, natural gas, fuel oil, nuclear fuel, and associated transportation;

 

 

the ability to provide sufficient collateral in support of hedging activities and purchased power and fuel;

 

 

the risk of counter-party default in hedging transactions or fuel contracts;

 

 

general political, economic and business conditions;

 

 

weather conditions, natural disasters and other unforeseen events; and

 

 

changes in the fair value of investments and other assets.

Additional information about risks and uncertainties, including more detail about the factors described above, are discussed throughout this MD&A and in the “Risk Factors” section included in Part I, Item 1A of SCE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers are urged to read this entire report, including the information incorporated by reference, and carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and other factors that affect SCE’s business. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and SCE is not obligated to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements. Readers should review future reports filed by SCE with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

 

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This MD&A is presented in 10 major sections: (1) Management overview; (2) Liquidity; (3) Regulatory Matters; (4) Other Developments; (5) Market Risk Exposures; (6) Results of Operations and Historical Cash Flow Analysis; (7) Acquisitions; (8) Critical Accounting Estimates; (9) New Accounting Pronouncements; and (10) Commitments and Indemnities.

MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

In 2006, SCE continued effective execution of Edison International’s strategic plan, with a focus on implementation of its capital investment plan to meet system growth and ensure reliability and progression toward a set of market rules that permit SCE to procure power efficiently. SCE met and in some cases exceeded what was set out in its 2006 goals associated with the strategic plan as it related to SCE. Principal objectives achieved in 2006 are summarized below:

 

 

Implementation of SCE’s capital investment plan to meet system growth and ensure reliability—During 2006, the CPUC authorized, through the 2006 GRC proceeding, a net increase of $134 million in SCE’s 2006 base rate revenue and supported SCE’s capital investment plan to ensure system reliability. In 2006, SCE undertook new projects to expand its generation, transmission and distribution systems, including pursuing the permitting and construction of five combustion turbine peaker plants, each with a capacity of approximately 45 MW and made continued progress in permitting the expansion of SCE’s transmission system, which will result in the interconnection of renewable generation as well as increased transfer capacity. See “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—2006 General Rate Case Proceeding” and “—Peaker Plant Generation Projects” for further discussion of these matters.

 

 

Progress toward a set of market rules that permit SCE to procure power efficiently – SCE made significant progress in 2006 to ensure that its customers have adequate energy resources available to meet their needs. SCE received CPUC approval of rules to enter into 10-year contracts for new generation projects serving its service territory, with all benefits and costs allocated across all its distribution service customers, including customers of community choice aggregators and direct access providers. SCE added significant new renewable energy contracts, including the nation’s largest wind contract, and is currently in negotiations with counterparties resulting from a request for offers from renewable resources. SCE’s energy portfolio currently meets all required year-ahead system and local resource adequacy requirements. SCE has also been working with a broad range of market participants on a capacity market design that would support development of sufficient resources while allocating cost responsibility fairly across all customers.

Other significant developments in 2006

 

 

On June 19, 2006, SCE announced that it had decided not to move forward with its efforts to return Mohave to service. SCE’s decision was not based on any one factor, but resulted from the conclusion that in light of all the significant unresolved challenges related to returning the plant to service, the plant could not be returned to service in sufficient time to render the necessary investments cost-effective for SCE’s customers. See “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Mohave Generating Station and Related Proceedings” for further discussion.

In 2007, SCE plans to continue implementation of Edison International’s strategic plan, with its primary focus on:

 

 

Managed Growth

 

   

Achieving 2007 milestones for SCE’s 2007 – 2011 capital investment plan of up to $17.3 billion. The capital investment plan for 2007 and 2008 for CPUC-jurisdictional projects is consistent with capital additions authorized by the CPUC in SCE’s 2006 GRC. The capital investment plan for years 2009 through 2011 is subject to regulatory approvals. The capital investment plan includes distribution system refurbishment and expansion, advanced metering implementation, new transmission construction for reliability and renewable energy projects, San Onofre steam generator replacement, and new peaker installation. See “Liquidity—Capital Expenditures” for further discussion.

 

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Operational Excellence –

 

   

SCE has commenced an enterprise-wide project to implement a comprehensive, integrated software system to support the majority of its critical business processes during the next few years. The objective of this initiative is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations.

 

   

In 2007, SCE will continue to procure least-cost, best-fit power resources and execute effective hedging strategies consistent with the CPUC approved procurement plan. SCE expects to enter into contracts with new generation projects to be available by summer 2010 and continue to procure renewable resources in support of Renewable Portfolio Standard goals. SCE will also promote policies where SCE’s bundled customers do not incur costs different than other load-serving entities, including improving regulatory rules governing returning Direct Access customers, and equal responsibility for renewables procurement, greenhouse gas standards, grid reliability costs, and other public policies.

LIQUIDITY

Overview

As of December 31, 2006, SCE had cash and equivalents of $83 million ($78 million of which was held by SCE’s consolidated VIEs). As of December 31, 2006, long-term debt, including current maturities of long-term debt, was $5.6 billion. At December 31, 2006, SCE had a $1.7 billion five-year senior secured credit facility which supported $159 million in letters of credit, leaving $1.5 billion available under the credit facility. On February 23, 2007, SCE amended its credit facility, increasing the amount of borrowing capacity to $2.5 billion, extending the maturity to February 2012 and removing the first mortgage bond security pledge. As a result of removing the first mortgage bond security, the credit facility’s pricing changed to an unsecured basis per the terms of the credit facility agreement.

SCE’s 2007 estimated cash outflows consist of:

 

 

Debt maturities of approximately $396 million, including $246 million of rate reduction notes that have a separate nonbypassable recovery mechanism approved by state legislation and CPUC decisions;

 

 

Projected capital expenditures of $2.4 billion primarily to replace and expand distribution and transmission infrastructure and construct generation assets;

 

 

Dividend payments to SCE’s parent company. On February 22, 2007, the Board of Directors of SCE declared a $25 million dividend to be paid to Edison International;

 

 

Fuel and procurement-related costs (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Energy Resource Recovery Account Proceedings”); and

 

 

General operating expenses.

SCE expects to meet its continuing obligations, including cash outflows for operating expenses, including power-procurement, through cash and equivalents on hand, operating cash flows and short-term borrowings, when necessary. Projected capital expenditures are expected to be financed through operating cash flows and the issuance of short-term and long-term debt and preferred equity.

SCE’s liquidity may be affected by, among other things, matters described in “Regulatory Matters” and “Commitments and Indemnities.”

Capital Expenditures

SCE is experiencing significant growth in actual and planned capital expenditures to replace and expand its distribution and transmission infrastructure, and to construct and replace generation assets. On February 22, 2007, the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors approved SCE’s 2007 through 2011 capital investment plan

 

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which includes total capital spending of up to $17.3 billion. The 2007 and 2008 planned expenditures for CPUC-jurisdictional projects are consistent with capital additions authorized by the CPUC in SCE’s 2006 GRC. Recovery of the 2009 through 2011 planned expenditures is subject to CPUC approval. The completion of the projects, the timing of expenditures, and the associated recovery may be affected by construction delays resulting from the availability of labor, equipment and materials, permitting requirements, financing, legal and regulatory developments, weather and other unforeseen conditions. Recovery of certain projects included in the 2007 through 2011 investment plan has been approved or will be requested through other CPUC-authorized mechanisms on a project-by-project basis. These projects include SCE’s advanced metering infrastructure project, the San Onofre steam generator replacement project, and the peaker plant generation project. SCE plans total spending for 2007 through 2011 to be $1.1 billion, $500 million, and $190 million, for each project, respectively. Recovery of the 2007 through 2011 planned expenditures for FERC-jurisdictional projects will be requested in future transmission rate filings with the FERC.

The estimated capital expenditures for the five years are as follows: 2007 – $2.4 billion; 2008 – $2.8 billion; 2009 – $3.9 billion; 2010 – $4.2 billion; and 2011 – $4.0 billion. Significant investments in 2007 are expected to include:

 

 

$1.4 billion related to transmission and distribution projects;

 

 

$465 million related to generation projects;

 

 

$290 million related to information technology projects, including the implementation of a comprehensive integrated software system to support a majority of SCE’s critical business processes; and

 

 

$220 million related to other customer service and shared services projects.

Credit Ratings

At December 31, 2006, SCE’s credit rating on long-term senior secured debt from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service and Fitch were BBB+ and A2, and A-, respectively. At December 31, 2006, SCE’s short-term (commercial paper) credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service and Fitch were A-2, P-2, and F-1, respectively.

Dividend Restrictions and Debt Covenants

The CPUC regulates SCE’s capital structure and limits the dividends it may pay Edison International. In SCE’s most recent cost of capital proceeding, the CPUC set an authorized capital structure for SCE which included a common equity component of 48%. SCE determines compliance with this capital structure based on a 13-month weighted-average calculation. At December 31, 2006, SCE’s 13-month weighted-average common equity component of total capitalization was 49.46%. At December 31, 2006, SCE had the capacity to pay $164 million in additional dividends based on the 13-month weighted-average method. However, based on recorded December 31, 2006 balances, SCE’s common equity to total capitalization ratio (as adjusted for rate-making purposes) was 48.65%. SCE had the capacity to pay $73 million of additional dividends to Edison International based on December 31, 2006 recorded balances.

SCE has a debt covenant in its credit facility that requires a debt to total capitalization ratio of less than or equal to 0.65 to 1 to be met. At December 31, 2006, SCE’s debt to total capitalization ratio was 0.45 to 1.

Margin and Collateral Deposits

SCE has entered into certain margining agreements for power and gas trading activities in support of its procurement plan as approved by the CPUC. SCE’s margin deposit requirements under these agreements can vary depending upon the level of unsecured credit extended by counterparties and brokers, changes in market prices relative to contractual commitments, and other factors. At December 31, 2006, SCE had a net deposit of $154 million (consisting of $35 million in cash and reflected in “Margin and collateral deposits” on the balance sheet and $119 million in letters of credit) with counterparties. In addition, SCE has deposited $60 million (consisting of $20 million in cash and reflected in “Margin and collateral deposits” on the balance sheet and $40 million in letters of credit) with other brokers. Cash deposits with brokers and counterparties earn interest at various rates.

 

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Margin and collateral deposits in support of power contracts and trading activities fluctuate with changes in market prices. At January 31, 2007, SCE had a net deposit of $367 million (consisting of $35 million in cash and reflected in “Margin and collateral deposits” on the balance sheet and $332 million in letters of credit) with counterparties. Future margin and collateral requirements may be higher or lower than the margin collateral requirements as of December 31, 2006 and January 31, 2007, based on future market prices and volumes of trading activity.

In addition, as discussed in “Regulatory Matters—Overview of Ratemaking Mechanisms—CDWR-Related Rates,” the CDWR entered into contracts to purchase power for the sale at cost directly to SCE’s retail customers during the California energy crisis. These CDWR procurement contracts contain provisions that would allow the contracts to be assigned to SCE if certain conditions are satisfied, including having an unsecured credit rating of BBB/Baa2 or higher. However, because the value of power from these CDWR contracts is subject to market rates, such an assignment to SCE, if actually undertaken, could require SCE to post significant amounts of collateral with the contract counterparties, which would strain SCE’s liquidity. In addition, the requirement to take responsibility for these ongoing fixed charges, which the credit rating agencies view as debt equivalents, could adversely affect SCE’s credit rating. SCE opposes any attempt to assign the CDWR contracts. However, it is possible that attempts may be made to order SCE to take assignment of these contracts, and that such orders might withstand legal challenges.

Rate Reduction Notes

In December 1997, $2.5 billion of rate reduction notes were issued on behalf of SCE by SCE Funding LLC, a special purpose entity. These notes were issued to finance the 10% rate reduction mandated by state law beginning in 1998. The proceeds of the rate reduction notes were used by SCE Funding LLC to purchase from SCE an enforceable right known as transition property. Transition property is a current property right created by the restructuring legislation and a financing order of the CPUC and consists generally of the right to be paid a specified amount from nonbypassable rates charged to residential and small commercial customers. The rate reduction notes are being repaid over 10 years through these nonbypassable residential and small commercial customer rates, which constitute the transition property purchased by SCE Funding LLC. The notes are scheduled to be paid off in December 2007 and the nonbypassable rates being charged to customers are expected to cease as of January 1, 2008. The notes are collateralized by the transition property and are not collateralized by, or payable from, assets of SCE. SCE used the proceeds from the sale of the transition property to retire debt and equity securities. Although, as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, SCE Funding LLC is consolidated with SCE and the rate reduction notes are shown as long-term debt in the consolidated financial statements, SCE Funding LLC is legally separate from SCE. The assets of SCE Funding LLC are not available to creditors of SCE and the transition property is legally not an asset of SCE.

REGULATORY MATTERS

Overview of Ratemaking Mechanisms

SCE is an investor-owned utility company providing electricity to retail customers in central, coastal and southern California. SCE is regulated by the CPUC and the FERC. SCE bills its customers for the sale of electricity at rates authorized by these two commissions. These rates are categorized into three groups: base rates, cost-recovery rates, and CDWR-related rates.

Base Rates

Revenue arising from base rates is designed to provide SCE a reasonable opportunity to recover its costs and earn an authorized return on SCE’s net investment in generation, transmission and distribution (or rate base). Base rates provide for recovery of operations and maintenance costs, capital-related carrying costs (depreciation, taxes and interest) and a return or profit, on a forecast basis.

 

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Base rates related to SCE’s generation and distribution functions are authorized by the CPUC through a GRC. In a GRC proceeding, SCE files an application with the CPUC to update its authorized annual revenue requirement. After a review process and hearings, the CPUC sets an annual revenue requirement by multiplying an authorized rate of return, determined in annual cost of capital proceedings (as discussed below), by rate base, then adding to this amount the adopted operation and maintenance costs and capital-related carrying costs. Adjustments to the revenue requirement for the remaining years of a typical three-year GRC cycle are requested from the CPUC based on criteria established in a GRC proceeding for escalation in operation and maintenance costs, changes in capital-related costs and the expected number of nuclear refueling outages. See “—Current Regulatory Developments—2006 General Rate Case Proceeding” for SCE’s current annual revenue requirement. Variations in generation and distribution revenue arising from the difference between forecast and actual electricity sales are recorded in balancing accounts for future recovery or refund, and do not impact SCE’s operating profit, while differences between forecast and actual operating costs, other than cost-recovery costs (see below), do impact profitability.

Base rate revenue related to SCE’s transmission function is authorized by the FERC in periodic proceedings that are similar to the CPUC’s GRC proceeding, except that requested rate changes are generally implemented either when the application is filed or after a maximum five month suspension. Revenue collected prior to a final FERC decision is subject to refund.

SCE’s capital structure, including the authorized rate of return, is regulated by the CPUC and is determined in an annual cost of capital proceeding. The rate of return is a weighted average of the return on common equity and cost of long-term debt and preferred equity. In 2006, SCE’s rate-making capital structure was 48% common equity, 43% long-term debt and 9% preferred equity. SCE’s authorized cost of long-term debt was 6.17%, its authorized cost of preferred equity was 6.09% and its authorized return on common equity was 11.60%. If actual costs of long-term debt or preferred equity are higher or lower than authorized, SCE’s earnings are impacted in the current year and the differences are not subject to refund or recovery in rates. See “—Current Regulatory Developments—2007 Cost of Capital Proceeding” for discussion of SCE’s 2007 cost of capital proceeding.

The CPUC is currently considering a Risk/Reward Incentive Mechanism for the California investor-owned utilities based upon their energy efficiency program performance, as measured against the goals set by the CPUC, which may or may not include penalties. A decision by the CPUC is anticipated by the end of the second quarter of 2007.

Cost-Recovery Rates

Revenue requirements to recover SCE’s costs of fuel, purchased power, demand-side management programs, nuclear decommissioning, rate reduction debt requirements, public purpose programs, and certain operation and maintenance expenses are authorized in various CPUC proceedings on a cost-recovery basis, with no markup for return or profit. Approximately 56% of SCE’s annual revenue relates to the recovery of these costs. Although the CPUC authorizes balancing account mechanisms to refund or recover any differences between estimated and actual costs, under- or over-collections in these balancing accounts can build rapidly due to fluctuating prices (particularly for purchased power) and can greatly impact cash flows. SCE may request adjustments to recover or refund any under- or over-collections. The majority of costs eligible for recovery are subject to CPUC reasonableness reviews, and thus could negatively impact earnings and cash flows if found to be unreasonable and disallowed.

CDWR-Related Rates

As a result of the California energy crisis, in 2001 the CDWR entered into contracts to purchase power for sale at cost directly to SCE’s retail customers and issued bonds to finance those power purchases. The CDWR’s total statewide power charge and bond charge revenue requirements are allocated by the CPUC among the customers of SCE, PG&E and SDG&E (collectively, the investor-owned utilities). SCE bills and collects from its customers the costs of power purchased and sold by the CDWR, CDWR bond-related charges and direct access exit fees. The CDWR-related charges and a portion of direct access exit fees (approximately $2.5 billion was collected in 2006) are remitted directly to the CDWR and are not recognized as revenue by SCE and therefore have no impact on SCE’s earnings; however they do impact customer rates.

 

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Impact of Regulatory Matters on Customer Rates

SCE is concerned about high customer rates, which were a contributing factor that led to the deregulation of the electric services industry during the mid-1990s. The following table summarizes SCE’s system average rates at various dates in 2006 in which rate changes were implemented:

 

Date

   SCE System Average Rate

January 1, 2006

   13.7¢

February 4, 2006

   14.3¢

June 4, 2006

   14.5¢

August 1, 2006

   14.7¢

October 1, 2006

   14.8¢

The rate changes implemented during 2006 primarily related to the implementation of SCE’s 2006 ERRA forecast, implementation of the 2006 GRC decision and modification of the FERC transmission-related rates. To mitigate the impact of the August 1, 2006 rate increase on residential customers during a period of record heat conditions in Southern California, the CPUC granted SCE’s request to defer the residential rate increase to November 1, 2006, and subsequently approved the deferral to January 1, 2007. The CPUC also approved a mechanism in which SCE will collect the authorized revenue earned during this deferral period over a twelve month period beginning January 1, 2007. Under regulatory accounting, SCE is entitled to recognize revenue based on amounts authorized. As a result, the revenue associated with the residential rate increase is recognized as earned; however, collection is being deferred until January 1, 2007.

On February 14, 2007 SCE’s system average rate decreased to 13.9¢-per-kWh mainly as the result of estimated lower gas prices in 2007, as well as the refund of ERRA overcollections that occurred in 2006 from lower than expected gas prices and higher than expected kWh sales (see “—Current Regulatory Developments—Energy Resource Recovery Account Proceedings”).

Current Regulatory Developments

This section of the MD&A describes significant regulatory issues that may impact SCE’s financial condition or results of operation.

2006 General Rate Case Proceeding

On May 11, 2006, the CPUC issued its final decision in SCE’s 2006 GRC authorizing an increase of $274 million over SCE’s 2005 base rate revenue, retroactive to January 12, 2006. When the one-time credit of $140 million from an existing balancing account overcollection was applied, SCE’s authorized increase was $134 million. The CPUC also authorized increases of $74 million in 2007 and $104 million in 2008. The decision substantially approved SCE’s request to continue its capital investment program for infrastructure replacement and expansion, with authorized revenue in excess of costs for this program subject to refund. In addition, the decision provided for balancing accounts for pensions, postretirement medical benefits and certain incentive compensation expense.

During the second quarter of 2006, SCE implemented the 2006 GRC decision and resolved an outstanding regulatory issue which resulted in a pre-tax benefit of approximately $175 million. The implementation of the

 

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2006 GRC decision retroactive to January 12, 2006 mainly resulted in revenue of $50 million related to the revenue requirement for the period January 12, 2006 through May 31, 2006, partially offset by the implementation of the new depreciation rates resulting in increased depreciation expense of approximately $25 million for the period January 12, 2006 through May 31, 2006. In addition, there was a favorable resolution of a one-time issue related to a portion of revenue collected during the 2001–2003 period for state income taxes. SCE was able to determine through regulatory proceedings, including the 2006 GRC decision, that the level of revenue collected during that period was appropriate, and as a result recorded a pre-tax gain of $135 million (reflected in the caption “Provisions for regulatory adjustments clauses—net” on the income statement). See “Regulatory Matters—Impact of Regulatory Matters on Customer Rates” for further discussion.

2006 Cost of Capital Proceeding

On December 15, 2005, the CPUC granted SCE’s requested rate-making capital structure of 43% long-term debt, 9% preferred equity and 48% common equity for 2006. The CPUC also authorized SCE’s 2006 cost of long-term debt of 6.17%, cost of preferred equity of 6.09% and a return on common equity of 11.60%. The CPUC decision resulted in a $23 million decrease in SCE’s annual revenue requirement due to lower interest costs partially offset by an increase in return on common equity.

2007 Cost of Capital Proceeding

On March 27, 2006, SCE initiated proceedings requesting the CPUC to waive the requirement that SCE file a 2007 cost of capital application and instead file its next application in 2007 for year 2008. On August 24, 2006, the CPUC issued a final decision granting SCE’s waiver application and, as a result, SCE’s authorized capital structure, return on common equity of 11.60% and overall rate of return on capital of 8.77%, will not change for 2007.

2006 FERC Rate Case

SCE’s electric transmission revenue and wholesale and retail transmission rates are subject to authorization by the FERC. On November 10, 2005, SCE filed proposed revisions to the 2006 base transmission rates, which would have increased SCE’s revenue requirement by $65 million, or 23%, over 2006 base transmission rates (which were authorized in 2003) and requested an effective date of January 10, 2006. On May 30, 2006, the FERC authorized an effective date for the new rates of June 4, 2006. SCE’s request for rehearing on the effective date issue was subsequently denied. On July 6, 2006, the FERC approved a settlement that set a revenue requirement of $312 million, which increased SCE’s revenue requirement by $26 million over 2006 base transmission rates. See “Regulatory Matters—Impact of Regulatory Matters on Customer Rates.”

Energy Resource Recovery Account Proceedings

The ERRA is the balancing account mechanism to track and recover SCE’s fuel and procurement-related costs. As described in “—Overview of Ratemaking Mechanisms,” SCE recovers these costs on a cost-recovery basis, with no mark-up for return or profit. SCE files annual forecasts of the above-described costs that it expects to incur during the following year. These costs are tracked and recovered in customer rates through the ERRA, as incurred, but are subject to a reasonableness review in a separate annual ERRA application. If the ERRA balancing account incurs an overcollection or undercollection in excess of 4% of SCE’s prior year’s generation revenue, the CPUC has established a “trigger” mechanism, whereby SCE must file an application in which it can request an emergency rate adjustment if the ERRA overcollection or undercollection exceeds 5% of SCE’s prior year’s generation revenue.

 

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On September 1, 2006, SCE filed an ERRA trigger application, as a result of a July 2006 overcollection position, proposing that no further rate action be taken and to allow SCE to maintain its currently authorized ERRA rates for the remainder of 2006 until other rate changes, including the 2007 ERRA revenue requirement, were implemented in 2007. As a result, at December 31, 2006, the ERRA was overcollected by $526 million, which was 13.2% of SCE’s prior year’s generation revenue. On January 25, 2007, the CPUC approved SCE’s request to reduce the 2007 ERRA revenue requirement by $630 million, which included the overcollection in the ERRA balancing account. The CPUC also authorized SCE to consolidate the ERRA proceeding revenue requirement with the authorized revenue requirement changes in other SCE proceedings to be implemented in 2007. SCE forecasts that the ERRA overcollection at December 2006 will begin to decrease as the overcollection is returned to customers through lower generation rate levels implemented in February 2007. See “Regulatory Matters—Impact of Regulatory Matters on Customer Rates” for further discussion.

Resource Adequacy Requirements

Under the CPUC’s resource adequacy framework, all load-serving entities in California have an obligation to procure sufficient resources to meet their expected customers’ needs on a system-wide basis with a 15–17% reserve level. In addition, on June 6, 2006, the CPUC adopted local resource adequacy requirements.

Effective February 16, 2006, SCE was required to demonstrate that it had procured sufficient resources to meet 90% of its June–September 2006 system resource adequacy requirement. Beginning in May 2006, SCE is required to demonstrate every month that it has met 100% of its system resource adequacy requirement one month in advance of expected need. SCE made a showing of compliance with its system resource adequacy requirements in each of its monthly compliance filings for May through December 2006. SCE made a showing of compliance with its year-ahead system resource adequacy requirements for 2007 on November 2, 2006. SCE expects to make a showing of compliance with its system resource adequacy requirements in each of its monthly compliance filings for 2007. The system resource adequacy requirements provide for penalties of 150% of the cost of new monthly capacity for failing to meet the system resource adequacy requirements in 2006, and a 300% penalty in 2007 and beyond.

Under the local resource adequacy requirements, SCE must demonstrate that it has procured 100% of its requirement within defined local areas. The local resource adequacy requirements provide for penalties of 100% of the cost of new monthly capacity for failing to meet the local resource adequacy requirements. During the third quarter of 2006, the CPUC established the amount of local capacity necessary for SCE to meet its local resource adequacy requirements. SCE made a showing of compliance with its local resource adequacy requirements for 2007 on November 2, 2006.

Peaker Plant Generation Projects

On August 15, 2006, the CPUC issued a ruling addressing electric reliability needs in Southern California for the summer of 2007 and directing, among other things, that SCE pursue new utility-owned peaker generation (which would be available on notice during peak demand periods) that would be online by August 2007. SCE is currently pursuing the permitting and construction of five combustion turbine peaker plants, each with a capacity of approximately 45 MW. SCE has initially budgeted $250 million for these projects, and as of year-end 2006 had spent or firmly committed approximately $95 million. In November 2006, the CPUC authorized SCE to establish a new memorandum account and revise its existing Base Revenue Requirement Balancing Account, to enable SCE to commence recording the revenue requirement associated with each peaker as soon as each peaker begins operations. After the peaker plants are operating and before December 31, 2007, SCE will be required to submit a review application to determine the reasonableness of the costs. If the CPUC finds any of the costs to be unreasonable, appropriate rate adjustments will be made.

Procurement of Renewable Resources

California law requires SCE to increase its procurement of renewable resources by at least 1% of its annual retail electricity sales per year so that 20% of its annual electricity sales are procured from renewable resources by no later than December 31, 2010.

 

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SCE entered into a contract with Calpine Energy Services, L.P. to purchase the output of certain existing geothermal facilities in northern California. Under previous CPUC decisions and reporting and compliance methodology, SCE was only able to count procurement pursuant to the Calpine contract towards its annual renewable target to the extent the output was certified as “incremental” by the CEC. On October 19, 2006, the CPUC issued a decision that revised the reporting and compliance methodology, and permitted SCE to count the entire output under the Calpine contract towards satisfaction of its annual renewable procurement target thus meeting its renewable procurement objectives for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The decision also implemented a “cumulative deficit banking” feature which would carry forward and accumulate annual deficits until the deficit has been satisfied at a later time through actual deliveries of eligible renewable energy.

Under the new methodology, SCE could have deficits in meeting its renewable procurement obligations for 2007 and beyond. However, based on California law, SCE has challenged the CPUC’s accounting determination that defines the annual targets for each year of the renewable portfolio standards program. A change in the CPUC’s accounting methodology in response to this challenge would enable SCE to meet its target for 2007 and possibly later years. At this time, SCE cannot predict the outcome of its challenge. Regardless of the CPUC’s decision on SCE’s challenge, SCE believes it may be able to demonstrate that it should not be penalized for any deficit.

Under current CPUC decisions, potential penalties for SCE’s failure to achieve its renewable procurement objectives for any year will be considered by the CPUC in the context of the CPUC’s review of SCE’s annual compliance filing. Under the CPUC’s current rules, the maximum penalty for failing to achieve renewable procurement targets is $25 million per year. SCE cannot predict whether it will be assessed penalties.

Request for Offers from Renewable Resources

SCE is engaged in several initiatives to procure renewable resources, including formal solicitations approved by the CPUC, bilateral negotiations with individual projects and other initiatives. On July 14, 2006, SCE requested proposals for power purchase contracts from renewable energy resource and received bids in September 2006. SCE has reviewed these bids and has begun negotiations with bidders in an attempt to enter into final contracts. The contract lengths will be from 10 to 20 years. In addition, in November and December 2006, SCE executed several renewable power purchase contracts, subject to CPUC approval, originating from its 2005 solicitation.

Mohave Generating Station and Related Proceedings

Mohave obtained all of its coal supply from the Black Mesa Mine in northeast Arizona, located on lands of the Tribes. This coal was delivered from the mine to Mohave by means of a coal slurry pipeline, which required water from wells located on lands belonging to the Tribes in the mine vicinity. Uncertainty over post-2005 coal and water supply has prevented SCE and other Mohave co-owners from making approximately $1.1 billion in Mohave-related investments (SCE’s share is $605 million), including the installation of enhanced pollution-control equipment required by a 1999 air-quality consent decree in order for Mohave to operate beyond 2005. Accordingly, the plant ceased operations, as scheduled, on December 31, 2005, consistent with the provisions of the consent decree.

On June 19, 2006, SCE announced that it had decided not to move forward with its efforts to return Mohave to service. SCE’s decision was not based on any one factor, but resulted from the conclusion that in light of all the significant unresolved challenges related to returning the plant to service, the plant could not be returned to service in sufficient time to render the necessary investments cost-effective for SCE’s customers. Two of the other Mohave co-owners, Nevada Power Company and the DWP, made similar announcements, while the fourth co-owner, SRP, initially announced that it was pursuing the possibility of putting together a successor owner group, which would include SRP, to pursue continued coal operations. On February 6, 2007, however, SRP issued a press release announcing that it was discontinuing its efforts to return Mohave to service. All of the co-owners are continuing to evaluate the range of options for disposition of the plant, which conceivably could include, among other potential options, sale of the plant “as is” to a power plant operator, decommissioning and sale of the property to a developer, and decommissioning and apportionment of the land among the owners. At this time, SCE continues to work with the water and coal suppliers to the plant to determine if more clarity around the provision of such services can be provided to any potential acquirer.

 

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Following the suspension of Mohave operations at the end of 2005, the plant’s workforce was reduced from over 300 employees to 65 employees by the end of 2006. SCE recorded $15 million in termination costs during the year for Mohave (SCE’s share). These termination costs were deferred in a balancing account authorized in the 2006 GRC decision. SCE expects to recover this amount in the balancing account in future rate-making proceedings.

As of December 31, 2006, SCE had a Mohave net regulatory asset of approximately $81 million representing its net unamortized coal plant investment, partially offset by revenue collected for future removal costs. Based on the 2006 GRC decision, SCE is allowed to continue to earn its authorized rate of return on the Mohave investment and receive rate recovery for amortization, costs of removal, and operating and maintenance expenses, subject to balancing account treatment, during the three-year 2006 rate case cycle. On October 5, 2006, SCE submitted a formal notification to the CPUC regarding the out-of-service status of Mohave, pursuant to a California statute requiring such notice to the CPUC whenever a plant has been out of service for nine consecutive months. SCE also reported to the CPUC on Mohave’s status numerous times previously. Pursuant to the statute, the CPUC may institute an investigation to determine whether to reduce SCE’s rates in light of Mohave’s changed status. At this time, SCE does not anticipate that the CPUC will order a rate reduction. In the past, the CPUC has allowed full recovery of investment for similarly situated plants. However, in a December 2004 decision, the CPUC noted that SCE would not be allowed to recover any unamortized plant balances if SCE could not demonstrate that it took all steps to preserve the “Mohave-open” alternative. SCE believes that it will be able to demonstrate that SCE did everything reasonably possible to return Mohave to service, which it further believes would permit its unamortized costs to be recovered in future rates. However, SCE cannot predict the outcome of any future CPUC action.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Steam Generators and Changes in Ownership

On December 15, 2005, the CPUC issued a final decision on SCE’s application for replacement of SCE’s San Onofre Units 2 and 3 steam generators. In that decision, the CPUC found that: (1) steam generator replacement is cost-effective; (2) SCE’s estimate of the total cost of steam generator replacement of $680 million ($569 million for replacement steam generator installation and $111 million for removal and disposal of the original steam generators) is reasonable; (3) SCE will be able to recover all of its incurred costs and the CPUC does not intend to conduct an after-the-fact reasonableness review if the project is completed at a cost that does not exceed $680 million as adjusted for inflation and AFUDC; (4) a reasonableness review will be required if the project is completed at a cost between $680 million and $782 million or the CPUC later finds that it had reason to believe the costs may be unreasonable regardless of the amount; and (5) if the cost of the project exceeds $782 million, no rate recovery will be allowed for costs above $782 million as adjusted for inflation and AFUDC. On November 30, 2006, the CPUC issued a decision affirming the cost effectiveness of the steam generator replacement project and ending the rehearing of this matter.

The city of Anaheim opted out of the steam generator replacement project and agreed to transfer its 3.16% share of San Onofre to SCE. SCE received authority to acquire Anaheim’s share from the FERC in April 2006 and from the NRC in September 2006. On November 30, 2006, the CPUC granted SCE authority to recover Anaheim’s share of San Onofre operating and decommissioning costs. On December 29, 2006, SCE acquired Anaheim’s share of San Onofre Units 2 and 3.

On November 30, 2006, the CPUC issued a decision authorizing SDG&E to participate in the steam generator replacement and to retain its 20% share of San Onofre. SDG&E immediately informed SCE of its acceptance of the CPUC’s decision, and paid its share of the steam generator replacement project costs through the date of the decision.

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Steam Generators

SCE owns a 15.8% interest in the Palo Verde. During 2003, the Palo Verde Unit 2 steam generators were replaced. During 2005, the Palo Verde Unit 1 steam generators were replaced. In addition, the Palo Verde owners have approved the manufacture and installation of steam generators in Unit 3. SCE expects that replacement

 

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steam generators will be installed in Unit 3 by the end of 2007. SCE’s share of the costs of manufacturing and installing all of the replacement steam generators at Palo Verde is estimated to be approximately $115 million. The CPUC approved the replacement costs for Unit 2 in the 2003 GRC. The final decision in the 2006 GRC proceeding authorized SCE to recover the replacement costs for Units 1 and 3.

ISO Disputed Charges

On April 20, 2004, the FERC issued an order concerning a dispute between the ISO and the Cities of Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Colton and Riverside, California over the proper allocation and characterization of certain transmission service related charges. The order reversed an arbitrator’s award that had affirmed the ISO’s characterization in May 2000 of the charges as Intra-Zonal Congestion costs and allocation of those charges to scheduling coordinators in the affected zone within the ISO transmission grid. The April 20, 2004 order directed the ISO to shift the costs from scheduling coordinators in the affected zone to the responsible participating transmission owner, SCE. The potential cost to SCE, net of amounts SCE expects to receive through the PX, SCE’s scheduling coordinator at the time, is estimated to be approximately $20 million to $25 million, including interest. On April 20, 2005, the FERC stayed its April 20, 2004 order during the pendency of SCE’s appeal filed with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. On March 7, 2006, the Court of Appeals remanded the case back to the FERC at the FERC’s request and with SCE’s consent. A decision is expected by March 2007. The FERC may require SCE to pay these costs, but SCE does not believe this outcome is probable. If SCE is required to pay these costs, SCE may seek recovery in its reliability service rates.

Scheduling Coordinator Tariff Dispute

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, SCE serves as a scheduling coordinator for the DWP over the ISO-controlled grid. In late 2003, SCE began charging the DWP under a tariff subject to refund for FERC-authorized scheduling coordinator charges incurred by SCE on the DWP’s behalf. The scheduling coordinator charges are billed to the DWP under a FERC tariff that remains subject to dispute. The DWP has paid the amounts billed under protest but requested that the FERC declare that SCE was obligated to serve as the DWP’s scheduling coordinator without charge. The FERC accepted SCE’s tariff for filing, but held that the rates charged to the DWP have not been shown to be just and reasonable and thus made them subject to refund and further review by the FERC. As a result, SCE could be required to refund all or part of the amounts collected from the DWP under the tariff. As of December 31, 2006, SCE has accrued a $41 million charge to earnings for the potential refunds. SCE and DWP have entered into a term sheet that would settle this dispute, among others surrounding the Exchange Agreement. If the settlement is effectuated, SCE would refund to DWP the scheduling coordinator charges collected, with an offset for losses, subject to being able to recover the scheduling coordinator charges from all transmission grid customers through another regulatory mechanism. The parties are currently negotiating the exact terms of the settlement.

FERC Refund Proceedings

SCE is participating in several related proceedings seeking recovery of refunds from sellers of electricity and natural gas who manipulated the electric and natural gas markets during the energy crisis in California in 2000 – 2001 or who benefited from the manipulation by receiving inflated market prices. SCE is required to refund to customers 90% of any refunds actually realized by SCE, net of litigation costs, and 10% will be retained by SCE as a shareholder incentive.

During the course of the refund proceedings, the FERC ruled that governmental power sellers, like private generators and marketers that sold into the California market, should refund the excessive prices they received during the crisis period. However, on September 21, 2005, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the FERC does not have authority directly to enforce its refund orders against governmental power sellers. The Court, however, clarified that its decision does not preclude SCE or other parties from pursuing civil claims against the governmental power sellers. On March 16, 2006, SCE, PG&E and the California Electricity Oversight Board jointly filed suit in federal court against several governmental power sellers, seeking refunds based on the reduced prices set by the FERC for transactions during the crisis period. SCE cannot predict whether it may be able to recover any additional refunds from governmental power sellers as a result of this suit.

 

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In November 2005, SCE and other parties entered into a settlement agreement with Enron Corporation and a number of its affiliates, most of which are debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings pending in New York. In April 2006, SCE received a distribution on its allowed bankruptcy claim of approximately $29 million, and 196,245 shares of common stock of Portland General Electric Company with an aggregate value of approximately $5 million. In October 2006, SCE received another distribution on its allowed bankruptcy claim of approximately $20 million and 17,040 shares of Portland General Electric Company stock, with an aggregate value of less than $1 million. Additional distributions are expected but SCE cannot currently predict the amount or timing of such distributions.

In December 2005, the FERC approved a settlement agreement among SCE, PG&E, SDG&E, several governmental entities and certain other parties, and Reliant Energy, Inc. and a number of its affiliates. In March 2006, SCE received $61 million as part of the consideration allocated to it under the settlement.

On August 2, 2006, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion regarding the scope of refunds issued by the FERC. The Ninth Circuit broadened the time period during which refunds could be ordered to include the summer of 2000 based on evidence of pervasive tariff violations and broadened the categories of transactions that could be subject to refund. As a result of this decision, SCE may be able to recover additional refunds from sellers of electricity during the crisis with whom settlements have not been reached.

Holding Company Order Instituting Rulemaking

On October 27, 2005, the CPUC issued an Order Instituting Rulemaking to allow the CPUC to re-examine the relationships of the major California energy utilities with their parent holding companies and nonregulated affiliates.

On December 14, 2006, the CPUC issued a decision. From the perspectives of SCE and Edison International, the most significant provisions of this decision were: (1) changes to the “shared services” affiliate transaction rule, such that SCE must elect either to continue to share regulatory affairs, lobbying and legal services with its affiliates, or to share certain “key” officers with the holding company, including the Chairperson, CEO, President, CFO and the chief regulatory officer; (2) “key” officers (as listed in the preceding item) must personally certify annually that they have complied with the affiliate transaction rules and have no knowledge of any unreported violations; (3) the utility must obtain a nonconsolidation opinion from outside counsel demonstrating that the existing ring-fencing around the utility is sufficient to prevent the utility from being drawn into a bankruptcy of its parent holding company; (4) the utility must file a waiver application if an adverse financial event reduces the utility’s actual equity ratio by more than one percent or more below the approved ratio; (5) the utility must file an annual report on utility capital needs and related financial practices; and (6) changes to the executive compensation reporting rules to increase disclosure obligations and certify that compensation has been accurately reported. It is not expected that there will be any further developments in this proceeding.

 

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Investigations Regarding Performance Incentives Rewards

SCE was eligible under its CPUC-approved PBR mechanism to earn rewards or penalties based on its performance in comparison to CPUC-approved standards of customer satisfaction, employee injury and illness reporting, and system reliability.

SCE conducted investigations into its performance under these PBR mechanisms and has reported to the CPUC certain findings of misconduct and misreporting as further discussed below.

Customer Satisfaction

SCE received two letters in 2003 from one or more anonymous employees alleging that personnel in the service planning group of SCE’s transmission and distribution business unit altered or omitted data in attempts to influence the outcome of customer satisfaction surveys conducted by an independent survey organization. The results of these surveys are used, along with other factors, to determine the amounts of any incentive rewards or penalties for customer satisfaction. SCE recorded aggregate customer satisfaction rewards of $28 million over the period 1997–2000. Potential customer satisfaction rewards aggregating $10 million for the years 2001 and 2002 are pending before the CPUC and have not been recognized in income by SCE. SCE also anticipated that it could be eligible for customer satisfaction rewards of approximately $10 million for 2003.

Following its internal investigation, SCE proposed to refund to ratepayers $7 million of the PBR rewards previously received and forgo an additional $5 million of the PBR rewards pending that are both attributable to the design organization’s portion of the customer satisfaction rewards for the entire PBR period (1997–2003). In addition, SCE also proposed to refund all of the approximately $2 million of customer satisfaction rewards associated with meter reading.

SCE has taken remedial action as to the customer satisfaction survey misconduct by disciplining employees and/or terminating certain employees, including several supervisory personnel, updating system process and related documentation for survey reporting, and implementing additional supervisory controls over data collection and processing. Performance incentive rewards for customer satisfaction expired in 2003 pursuant to the 2003 GRC.

Employee Injury and Illness Reporting

In light of the problems uncovered with the customer satisfaction surveys, SCE conducted an investigation into the accuracy of SCE’s employee injury and illness reporting. The yearly results of employee injury and illness reporting to the CPUC are used to determine the amount of the incentive reward or penalty to SCE under the PBR mechanism. Since the inception of PBR in 1997, SCE has recognized $20 million in employee safety incentives for 1997 through 2000 and, based on SCE’s records, may be entitled to an additional $15 million for 2001 through 2003.

On October 21, 2004, SCE reported to the CPUC and other appropriate regulatory agencies certain findings concerning SCE’s performance under the PBR incentive mechanism for injury and illness reporting. SCE disclosed in the investigative findings to the CPUC that SCE failed to implement an effective recordkeeping system sufficient to capture all required data for first aid incidents.

As a result of these findings, SCE proposed to the CPUC that it not collect any reward under the mechanism and return to ratepayers the $20 million it has already received. SCE has also proposed to withdraw the pending rewards for the 2001–2003 time frames.

SCE has taken remedial action to address the issues identified, including revising its organizational structure and overall program for environmental, health and safety compliance, disciplining employees who committed wrongdoing and terminating one employee. SCE submitted a report on the results of its investigation to the CPUC on December 3, 2004.

 

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System Reliability

In light of the problems uncovered with the PBR mechanisms discussed above, SCE conducted an investigation into the third PBR metric, system reliability. On February 28, 2005, SCE provided its final investigatory report to the CPUC concluding that the reliability reporting system is working as intended.

CPUC Investigation

On June 15, 2006, the CPUC instituted a formal investigation to determine whether and in what amounts to order refunds or disallowances of past and potential PBR rewards for customer satisfaction, employee safety, and system reliability portions of PBR. The CPUC also may consider whether to impose additional penalties on SCE.

In June 2006, the CPSD of the CPUC issued its report regarding SCE’s PBR program, recommending that the CPUC impose various refunds and penalties on SCE. Subsequently, in September 2006, the CPSD and other intervenors, such as the CPUC’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates and The Utility Reform Network filed testimony on these matters recommending various refunds and penalties to be imposed upon SCE. On October 16, 2006, SCE filed testimony opposing the various refund and penalty recommendations of the CPSD and other intervenors. Based on SCE’s proposal for refunds and the combined recommendations of the CPSD and other intervenors, the potential refunds and penalties could range from $52 million up to $388 million. SCE has recorded an accrual at the lower end of this range of potential loss and is accruing interest on collected amounts that SCE has proposed to refund to customers. Evidentiary hearings which addressed the planning and meter reading components of customer satisfaction, safety, issues related to SCE’s administration of the survey, and statutory fines associated with those matters took place in the fourth quarter of 2006. A schedule has not been set to address the other components of customer satisfaction, system reliability, and other issues in a second phase of the proceeding, although the CPSD has indicated its intent to complete a report by August 2007. A Presiding Officer’s Decision is expected during the second quarter of 2007 on the issues addressed during phase one. At this time, SCE cannot predict the outcome of these matters or reasonably estimate the potential amount of any additional refunds, disallowances, or penalties that may be required above the lower end of the range.

Settlement Agreement with Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC

On September 21, 2006, the CPUC approved a settlement agreement between SCE and Duke that resolved disputes arising from Duke’s termination of certain bilateral power supply contracts in early 2001. Under the settlement, Duke made a $77 million principal and interest payment to SCE in October 2006, which will be refunded to ratepayers through the ERRA mechanism. The settlement also permitted $58 million in liabilities that SCE had previously recorded with respect to the Duke terminated contracts to be reversed, which resulted in an equivalent benefit recorded by SCE in the third quarter of 2006 (reflected in the caption “Purchased power” on the income statement). The CPUC agreed that these liabilities should not be refunded to ratepayers. The recorded liabilities consisted of $40 million in cash collateral received from Duke in 2000 and $18 million in power purchase payments that SCE, in light of Duke’s termination of the bilateral contracts, withheld for energy delivered by Duke in January 2001.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

Environmental Matters

SCE is subject to numerous federal and state environmental laws and regulations, which require it to incur substantial costs to operate existing facilities, construct and operate new facilities, and mitigate or remove the effect of past operations on the environment. SCE believes that its operating affiliates are in substantial compliance with existing environmental regulatory requirements.

SCE’s power plants, in particular its coal-fired plants, may be affected by recent developments in federal and state environmental laws and regulations. These laws and regulations, including those relating to SO2 and NOx emissions, mercury emissions, ozone and fine particulate matter emissions, regional haze, water quality, and climate change, may require significant capital expenditures at these facilities. The developments in certain of these laws and regulations are discussed in more detail below. These developments will continue to be monitored to assess what implications, if any, they will have on the operation of domestic power plants owned or operated by SCE, or the impact on SCE’s results of operations or financial position.

 

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SCE’s projected environmental capital expenditures over the next five years are: 2007 – $414 million; 2008 – $423 million; 2009 – $419 million; 2010 – $423 million; and 2011 – $423 million. The projected environmental capital expenditures are mainly for undergrounding certain transmission and distribution lines.

Air Quality Standards

Suspension of Mohave Operations and SCE Decision to Discontinue Its Participation in Efforts to Resume Operations

In 1998, several environmental groups filed suit against the co-owners of Mohave regarding alleged violations of emissions limits. In order to resolve the lawsuit and accelerate resolution of key environmental issues regarding the plant, the parties entered into a consent decree, which was approved by the Nevada federal district court in December 1999. The consent decree required the installation of certain air pollution control equipment prior to December 31, 2005 if the plant was to operate beyond that date. In addition, operation beyond 2005 required, among other things, that agreements be reached with the Tribes regarding post-2005 water and coal supply needs. Without the prior resolution of the post-2005 water and coal supply issues, the Mohave owners did not proceed with the major expenditures necessary for the pollution controls and other investments necessary for long-term operation of Mohave beyond 2005.

Agreement with the Tribes on water and coal supplies for Mohave was not reached by December 31, 2005. Efforts to modify the terms of the federal court consent decree to allow Mohave to continue operating for an interim period without the required pollution controls, pending resolution of water and coal issues, also were unsuccessful. As a result, Mohave suspended all generation operations on December 31, 2005.

On June 19, 2006, SCE announced that for numerous reasons it had decided not to move forward with its efforts to return Mohave to service. Additional information regarding Mohave appears in the MD&A under the heading “Regulatory Matters—Mohave Generating Station and Related Proceedings.”

Climate Change

In April 2006, private citizens brought a complaint in federal court in Mississippi against numerous defendants, including several electric utilities, arguing that emissions from the defendants’ facilities contributed to climate change and seeking monetary damages related to the 2005 hurricane season. On December 19, 2006, the plaintiffs sought permission from the court to file an amended complaint naming approximately one hundred new defendants, including SCE. The court has not yet ruled on the plaintiffs’ motion.

In September 2006, California’s Governor Schwarzenegger signed two bills into law regarding GHG emissions. The first, known as AB 32 or the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, establishes a comprehensive program of regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve reductions of GHGs. AB 32 requires the California Air Resources Board to develop regulations and market mechanisms targeted to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. California Air Resources Board’s mandatory program will take effect commencing 2012 and will implement incremental reductions so that greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. The second bill, known as SB 1368, relates specifically to power generation and requires the CPUC and the CEC to adopt GHG performance standards for investor owned and publicly owned utilities, respectively, for long-term procurement of electricity. The standards must equal the performance of a combined-cycle gas turbine generator. The CPUC adopted such a standard on January 25, 2007 (which limits emissions to 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide per MWh). The CEC must take similar action by June 30, 2007. In addition, the CPUC is addressing climate change related issues in various regulatory proceedings. SCE will continue to monitor the federal and state developments relating to regulation of GHG emissions to determine their impacts on SCE’s operations. Requirements to reduce emissions of CO2 and other GHGs could significantly increase SCE’s cost of generating electricity from fossil fuels, especially coal, as well as the cost of purchased power, which are generally borne by SCE’s customers.

 

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Environmental Remediation

SCE records its environmental remediation liabilities when site assessments and/or remedial actions are probable and a range of reasonably likely cleanup costs can be estimated. SCE reviews its sites and measures the liability quarterly, by assessing a range of reasonably likely costs for each identified site using currently available information, including existing technology, presently enacted laws and regulations, experience gained at similar sites, and the probable level of involvement and financial condition of other potentially responsible parties. These estimates include costs for site investigations, remediation, operations and maintenance, monitoring and site closure. Unless there is a probable amount, SCE records the lower end of this reasonably likely range of costs (classified as other long-term liabilities) at undiscounted amounts.

SCE’s recorded estimated minimum liability to remediate its 23 identified sites is $78 million. The ultimate costs to clean up SCE’s identified sites may vary from its recorded liability due to numerous uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, such as: the extent and nature of contamination; the scarcity of reliable data for identified sites; the varying costs of alternative cleanup methods; developments resulting from investigatory studies; the possibility of identifying additional sites; and the time periods over which site remediation is expected to occur. SCE believes that, due to these uncertainties, it is reasonably possible that cleanup costs could exceed its recorded liability by up to $123 million. The upper limit of this range of costs was estimated using assumptions least favorable to SCE among a range of reasonably possible outcomes. In addition to its identified sites (sites in which the upper end of the range of costs is at least $1 million), SCE also has 32 immaterial sites whose total liability ranges from $3 million (the recorded minimum liability) to $8 million.

The CPUC allows SCE to recover environmental remediation costs at certain sites, representing $31 million of its recorded liability, through an incentive mechanism (SCE may request to include additional sites). Under this mechanism, SCE will recover 90% of cleanup costs through customer rates; shareholders fund the remaining 10%, with the opportunity to recover these costs from insurance carriers and other third parties. SCE has successfully settled insurance claims with all responsible carriers. SCE expects to recover costs incurred at its remaining sites through customer rates. SCE has recorded a regulatory asset of $77 million for its estimated minimum environmental-cleanup costs expected to be recovered through customer rates.

SCE’s identified sites include several sites for which there is a lack of currently available information, including the nature and magnitude of contamination and the extent, if any, that SCE may be held responsible for contributing to any costs incurred for remediating these sites. Thus, no reasonable estimate of cleanup costs can be made for these sites.

SCE expects to clean up its identified sites over a period of up to 30 years. Remediation costs in each of the next several years are expected to range from $11 million to $25 million. Recorded costs for the year ended December 31, 2006 were $14 million.

Based on currently available information, SCE believes it is unlikely that it will incur amounts in excess of the upper limit of the estimated range for its identified sites and, based upon the CPUC’s regulatory treatment of environmental remediation costs, SCE believes that costs ultimately recorded will not materially affect its results of operations or financial position. There can be no assurance, however, that future developments, including additional information about existing sites or the identification of new sites, will not require material revisions to such estimates.

Enterprise-Wide Software System Project

SCE has commenced an enterprise-wide project to implement a comprehensive, integrated software system to support the majority of its critical business processes during the next few years. The objective of this initiative is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations and enhance the transparency of information.

 

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Federal and State Income Taxes

Edison International received Revenue Agent Reports from the IRS in August 2002 and in January 2005 asserting deficiencies in federal corporate income taxes with respect to audits of its 1994–1996 and 1997–1999 tax years, respectively. Many of the asserted tax deficiencies are timing differences and, therefore, amounts ultimately paid (exclusive of penalties), if any, would benefit SCE as future tax deductions. Edison International has also submitted affirmative claims to the IRS and state tax agencies which are being addressed in administrative proceedings. Any benefits would be recorded at the earlier of when Edison International believes that the affirmative claim position has a more likely than not probability of being sustained or when a settlement is reached. Certain affirmative claims may be recorded as part of the implementation of FIN 48.

The IRS Revenue Agent Report for the 1997–1999 audit also asserted deficiencies with respect to a transaction entered into by an SCE subsidiary which may be considered substantially similar to a listed transaction described by the IRS as a contingent liability company. While Edison International and SCE intend to defend their tax return position with respect to this transaction, the tax benefits relating to the capital loss deductions will not be claimed for financial accounting and reporting purposes until and unless these tax losses are sustained.

In April 2004, Edison International filed California Franchise Tax amended returns for tax years 1997 through 2002 to abate the possible imposition of new California penalty provisions on transactions that may be considered as listed or substantially similar to listed transactions described in an IRS notice that was published in 2001. These transactions include the SCE subsidiary contingent liability company transaction described above. Edison International filed these amended returns under protest retaining its appeal rights.

Midway-Sunset Cogeneration Company

San Joaquin Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of EME, owns a 50% general partnership interest in Midway-Sunset, which owns a 225-MW cogeneration facility near Fellows, California. Midway-Sunset is a party to several proceedings pending at the FERC because Midway-Sunset was a seller in the PX and ISO markets during 2000 and 2001, both for its own account and on behalf of SCE and PG&E, the utilities to which the majority of Midway-Sunset’s power was contracted for sale. As a seller into the PX and ISO markets, Midway-Sunset is potentially liable for refunds to purchasers in these markets. See “Regulatory Matters—Current Developments—FERC Refund Proceedings”.

The claims asserted against Midway-Sunset for refunds related to power sold into the PX and ISO markets, including power sold on behalf of SCE and PG&E, are estimated to be less than $70 million for all periods under consideration. Midway-Sunset did not retain any proceeds from power sold into the PX and ISO markets on behalf of SCE and PG&E in excess of the amounts to which it was entitled under the pre-existing power sales contracts, but instead passed through those proceeds to the utilities. Since the proceeds were passed through to the utilities, EME believes that PG&E and SCE are obligated to reimburse Midway-Sunset for any refund liability that it incurs as a result of sales made into the PX and ISO markets on their behalves.

During this period, amounts SCE received from Midway-Sunset were credited to SCE’s customers against power purchase expenses through the ratemaking mechanism in place at that time. SCE believes that any net amounts reimbursed to Midway-Sunset would be substantially recoverable from its customers through current regulatory mechanisms. SCE does not expect any reimbursement to Midway-Sunset to have a material impact on earnings.

Navajo Nation Litigation

The Navajo Nation filed a complaint in June 1999 in the District Court against SCE, among other defendants, arising out of the coal supply agreement for Mohave. The complaint asserts claims for, among other things,

 

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violations of the federal RICO statute, interference with fiduciary duties and contractual relations, fraudulent misrepresentations by nondisclosure, and various contract-related claims. The complaint claims that the defendants’ actions prevented the Navajo Nation from obtaining the full value in royalty rates for the coal supplied to Mohave. The complaint seeks damages of not less than $600 million, trebling of that amount, and punitive damages of not less than $1 billion.

In April 2004, the District Court dismissed SCE’s motion for summary judgment and concluded that a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision in an on-going related lawsuit by the Navajo Nation against the U.S. Government did not preclude the Navajo Nation from pursuing its RICO and intentional tort claims.

Pursuant to a joint request of the parties, the District Court granted a stay of the action on October 5, 2004 to allow the parties to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the issues associated with Mohave with the assistance of a facilitator. An initial organizational session was held with the facilitator on October 14, 2004 and negotiations are on-going. On July 28, 2005, the District Court issued an order removing the case from its active calendar, subject to reinstatement at the request of any party.

SCE cannot predict the outcome of the 1999 Navajo Nation’s complaint against SCE, the ultimate impact on the complaint of the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision and the on-going litigation by the Navajo Nation against the Government in the related case, or the impact on the facilitated negotiations of the Mohave co-owners’ announced decisions to discontinue efforts to return Mohave to service.

Nuclear Insurance

Federal law limits public liability claims from a nuclear incident to $10.8 billion. SCE and other owners of San Onofre and Palo Verde have purchased the maximum private primary insurance available ($300 million). The balance is covered by the industry’s retrospective rating plan that uses deferred premium charges to every reactor licensee if a nuclear incident at any licensed reactor in the United States results in claims and/or costs which exceed the primary insurance at that plant site. Federal regulations require this secondary level of financial protection. The NRC exempted San Onofre Unit 1 from this secondary level, effective June 1994. The current maximum deferred premium for each nuclear incident is $101 million per reactor, but not more than $15 million per reactor may be charged in any one year for each incident. The maximum deferred premium per reactor and the yearly assessment per reactor for each nuclear incident will be adjusted for inflation on a 5-year schedule. The next inflation adjustment will occur no later than August 20, 2008. Based on its ownership interests, SCE could be required to pay a maximum of $201 million per nuclear incident. However, it would have to pay no more than $30 million per incident in any one year. Such amounts include a 5% surcharge if additional funds are needed to satisfy public liability claims and are subject to adjustment for inflation. If the public liability limit above is insufficient, federal regulations may impose further revenue-raising measures to pay claims, including a possible additional assessment on all licensed reactor operators.

Property damage insurance covers losses up to $500 million, including decontamination costs, at San Onofre and Palo Verde. Decontamination liability and property damage coverage exceeding the primary $500 million also has been purchased in amounts greater than federal requirements. Additional insurance covers part of replacement power expenses during an accident-related nuclear unit outage. A mutual insurance company owned by utilities with nuclear facilities issues these policies. If losses at any nuclear facility covered by the arrangement were to exceed the accumulated funds for these insurance programs, SCE could be assessed retrospective premium adjustments of up to $42 million per year. Insurance premiums are charged to operating expense.

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Outage and Inspection

Between December 2005 when Palo Verde Unit 1 returned to service from its refueling and steam generator replacement outage and March 2006, Palo Verde Unit 1 operated at between 25% and 32% power level. The need to operate at a reduced power level was due to the vibration level in one of the unit’s shutdown cooling lines. On March 21, 2006, Arizona Public Service, the operating agent for Palo Verde Unit 1, removed the unit from service

 

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in order to resolve the problem. The vibration problem was resolved and Palo Verde Unit 1 was returned to service on July 7, 2006. Incremental replacement power costs incurred during the outage and periods of reduced power operation of approximately $34 million are expected to be recovered through the ERRA rate-making mechanism.

The NRC held three special inspections of Palo Verde, between March 2005 and February 2007. A follow-up to the first inspection resulted in a finding that Palo Verde had not established adequate measures to ensure that certain corrective actions were effective to address the root cause of the event. The second recent inspection identified five violations, but none of those resulted in increased NRC scrutiny. The most recent inspection, concerning the failure of an emergency backup generator at Palo Verde Unit 3 identified a violation that, combined with the first inspection finding, will cause the NRC to undertake additional oversight inspections of Palo Verde. In addition, Palo Verde will be required to take additional corrective actions, including surveys of its plant personnel and self-assessments of its programs and procedures, which will increase costs to both Palo Verde and its co-owners, including SCE. Because the surveys and self-assessments have not yet occurred and are critical to determining what other actions Palo Verde will need to take to address the NRC’s concerns, SCE cannot at this time predict how much the costs will increase.

Spent Nuclear Fuel

Under federal law, the DOE is responsible for the selection and construction of a facility for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The DOE did not meet its obligation to begin acceptance of spent nuclear fuel not later than January 31, 1998. It is not certain when the DOE will begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre or other nuclear power plants. Extended delays by the DOE have led to the construction of costly alternatives and associated siting and environmental issues. SCE has paid the DOE the required one-time fee applicable to nuclear generation at San Onofre through April 6, 1983 (approximately $24 million, plus interest). SCE is also paying the required quarterly fee equal to 0.1¢-per-kWh of nuclear-generated electricity sold after April 6, 1983. On January 29, 2004, SCE, as operating agent, filed a complaint against the DOE in the United States Court of Federal Claims seeking damages for the DOE’s failure to meet its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre. The case was stayed through April 7, 2006, when SCE and the DOE filed a Joint Status Report in which SCE sought to lift the stay and the government opposed lifting the stay. On June 5, 2006, the Court of Federal Claims lifted the stay on SCE’s case and established a discovery schedule. A Joint Status Report is due on September 7, 2007, regarding further proceedings in this case and presumably including establishing a trial date.

SCE has primary responsibility for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel generated at San Onofre. Spent nuclear fuel is stored in the San Onofre Units 2 and 3 spent fuel pools and the San Onofre independent spent fuel storage installation where all of Unit 1’s spent fuel located at San Onofre is stored. There is now sufficient space in the Unit 2 and 3 spent fuel pools to meet plant requirements through mid-2007 and mid-2008, respectively. In order to maintain a full core off-load capability, SCE began moving Unit 2 spent fuel into the independent spent fuel storage installation in late February 2007.

There are now sufficient dry casks and modules available to the independent spent fuel storage installation to meet plant requirements through 2008. SCE, as operating agent, plans to continually load casks on a schedule to maintain full core off-load capability for both units in order to meet the plant requirements after 2008 until 2022 (the end of the current NRC operating license).

In order to increase on-site storage capacity and maintain core off-load capability, Palo Verde has constructed an independent spent fuel storage facility. Arizona Public Service, as operating agent, plans to continually load dry casks on a schedule to maintain full core off-load capability for all three units.

MARKET RISK EXPOSURES

SCE’s primary market risks include fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices and volumes, and counterparty credit. Fluctuations in interest rates can affect earnings and cash flows. Fluctuations in commodity prices and volumes and counterparty credit losses may temporarily affect cash flows, but are not expected to affect earnings due to expected recovery through regulatory mechanisms. SCE uses derivative financial instruments, as appropriate, to manage its market risks.

 

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Interest Rate Risk

SCE is exposed to changes in interest rates primarily as a result of its borrowing and investing activities used for liquidity purposes, to fund business operations, and to finance capital expenditures. The nature and amount of SCE’s long-term and short-term debt can be expected to vary as a result of future business requirements, market conditions and other factors. In addition, SCE’s authorized return on common equity (11.6% for 2006 and 11.4% for 2005), which is established in SCE’s annual cost of capital proceeding, is set on the basis of forecasts of interest rates and other factors.

At December 31, 2006, SCE did not believe that its short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt was subject to interest rate risk, due to the fair market value being approximately equal to the carrying value.

At December 31, 2006, the fair market value of SCE’s long-term debt was $5.21 billion, compared to a carrying value of $5.17 billion. A 10% increase in market interest rates would have resulted in a $299 million decrease in the fair market value of SCE’s long-term debt. A 10% decrease in market interest rates would have resulted in a $331 million increase in the fair market value of SCE’s long-term debt.

Commodity Price Risk

SCE is exposed to commodity price risk associated with its purchases for additional capacity and ancillary services to meet its peak energy requirements as well as exposure to natural gas prices associated with power purchased from QFs, fuel tolling arrangements, and its own gas-fired generation, including the Mountainview plant. SCE purchases power from QFs under CPUC-mandated contracts. Contract energy prices for most nonrenewable QFs are based in large part on the monthly southern California border price of natural gas. In addition to the QF contracts, SCE has power contracts in which SCE has agreed to provide the natural gas needed for generation under those power contracts, which are referred to as tolling arrangements.

The CPUC has established resource adequacy requirements which require SCE to acquire and demonstrate enough generating capacity in its portfolio for a planning reserve margin of 15-17% above its peak load as forecast for an average year (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Resource Adequacy Requirements”). The establishment of a sufficient planning reserve margin mitigates, to some extent, exposure to commodity price risk for spot market purchases.

SCE’s purchased-power costs and gas expenses, as well as related hedging costs, are recovered through the ERRA. To the extent SCE conducts its power and gas procurement activities in accordance with its CPUC-authorized procurement plan, California statute (Assembly Bill 57) establishes that SCE is entitled to full cost recovery. As a result of these regulatory mechanisms, changes in energy prices may impact SCE’s cash flows but are not expected to affect earnings. Certain SCE activities, such as contract administration, SCE’s duties as the CDWR’s limited agent for allocated CDWR contracts, and portfolio dispatch are reviewed annually by the CPUC for reasonableness. The CPUC has currently established a maximum disallowance cap of $37 million for these activities.

In accordance with CPUC decisions, SCE, as the CDWR’s limited agent, performs certain services for CDWR contracts allocated to SCE by the CPUC, including arranging for natural gas supply. Financial and legal responsibility for the allocated contracts remains with the CDWR. The CDWR, through coordination with SCE, has hedged a portion of its expected natural gas requirements for the gas tolling contracts allocated to SCE. Increases in gas prices over time, however, will increase the CDWR’s gas costs. California state law permits the CDWR to recover its actual costs through rates established by the CPUC. This would affect rates charged to SCE’s customers, but would not affect SCE’s earnings or cash flows.

 

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SCE has an active hedging program in place to minimize ratepayer exposure to spot-market price spikes; however, to the extent that SCE does not hedge the exposure to commodity price risk, the unhedged portion is subject to the risks and benefits of spot-market price movements, which are ultimately passed-through to ratepayers.

To mitigate SCE’s exposure to spot-market prices, SCE entered into energy options, tolling arrangements, and forward physical contracts. SCE records these derivative instruments on its consolidated balance sheets at fair value unless they meet the definition of a normal purchase or sale. The normal purchases and sales exception requires, among other things, physical delivery in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business. SCE enters into contracts for power and gas options, as well as swaps and futures, in order to mitigate its exposure to increases in natural gas and electricity pricing. These transactions are pre-approved by the CPUC or executed in compliance with CPUC-approved procurement plans. The derivative instrument fair values are marked to market at each reporting period. Any fair value changes for recorded derivatives are recorded in purchased-power expense and offset through the provision for regulatory adjustment clauses; therefore, fair value changes do not affect earnings. Hedge accounting is not used for these transactions due to this regulatory accounting treatment. The following table summarizes the fair values of outstanding derivative financial instruments used at SCE to mitigate its exposure to spot market prices:

 

     December 31, 2006    December 31, 2005

In millions

   Assets    Liabilities    Assets    Liabilities

Energy options

   $         —    $ 10    $         —    $ 27

Forward physicals (power) and tolling arrangements

          1      3     

Gas options, swaps and forward arrangements

          101      105     
                           

Total

   $    $ 112    $ 108    $ 27
                           

Quoted market prices, if available, are used for determining the fair value of contracts, as discussed above. If quoted market prices are not available, internally maintained standardized or industry accepted models are used to determine the fair value. The models are updated with spot prices, forward prices, volatilities and interest rates from regularly published and widely distributed independent sources.

A 10% increase in energy prices at December 31, 2006 would increase the fair value of energy options by approximately $71 million; a decrease in energy prices at December 31, 2006, would decrease the fair value by approximately $39 million. A 10% increase in energy prices at December 31, 2006 would increase the fair value of forward physicals (power) and tolling arrangements by approximately $20 million; a decrease in energy prices at December 31, 2006, would decrease the fair value by approximately $17 million. A 10% increase in gas prices at December 31, 2006 would increase the fair value of gas options, swaps and forward arrangements by approximately $27 million; a decrease in gas prices at December 31, 2006, would decrease the fair value by approximately $154 million.

SCE recorded net unrealized gains (losses) of $(237) million, $90 million and $(9) million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. The 2006 unrealized losses were primarily due to changes in both the gas and power portfolios, as well as decreases in the gas and power forward-market prices.

Credit Risk

Credit risk arises primarily due to the chance that a counterparty under various purchase and sale contracts will not perform as agreed or pay SCE for energy products delivered. SCE uses a variety of strategies to mitigate its exposure to credit risk. SCE’s risk management committee regularly reviews procurement credit exposure and approves credit limits for transacting with counterparties. Some counterparties are required to post collateral depending on the creditworthiness of the counterparty and the risk associated with the transaction. SCE follows the credit limits established in its CPUC-approved procurement plan, and accordingly believes that any losses which may occur should be fully recoverable from customers, and therefore are not expected to affect earnings.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND HISTORICAL CASH FLOW ANALYSIS

The following subsections of “Results of Operations and Historical Cash Flow Analysis” provide a discussion on the changes in various line items presented on the Consolidated Statements of Income, as well as a discussion of the changes on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Results of Operations

Net Income Available for Common Stock

SCE’s net income available for common stock was $776 million in 2006, compared to $725 million in 2005. The increase reflects the impact of higher net revenue authorized in the 2006 GRC decision, higher earnings from SCE’s Mountainview plant and a 2006 benefit from a generator settlement, partially offset by higher income tax expense. Net income available for common stock in 2006 also includes an $81 million benefit from resolution of an outstanding regulatory issue related to a portion of revenue collected during the 2001 – 2003 period for state income taxes and a $49 million benefit from favorable resolution of a state apportionment tax issue. Net income available for common stock in 2005 includes a $61 million benefit from an IRS tax settlement and a $55 million benefit related to a favorable FERC decision on a SCE transmission proceeding.

SCE’s net income available for common stock was $725 million in 2005, compared to $915 million in 2004. SCE’s 2005 net income available for common stock included positive items of $61 million related to a favorable tax settlement (see “Other Developments—Federal and State Income Taxes”), $55 million from a favorable FERC decision on a SCE transmission proceeding and a $14 million incentive benefit from generator refunds related to the California energy crisis period (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—FERC Refund Proceedings”). SCE’s net income available for common stock in 2004 includes $329 million of positive regulatory and tax items, primarily from implementation of the 2003 GRC decision that was received in July 2004. Excluding these positive items, net income available for common stock was up $9 million due to higher net revenue, including tax benefits, and lower financing costs, partially offset by the impact of a lower CPUC-authorized rate of return in 2005.

Operating Revenue

The following table sets forth the major changes in operating revenue:

 

In millions

   2006 vs. 2005     2005 vs. 2004  

Operating revenue

    

Rate changes (including unbilled)

   $ 1,441     $ 517  

Sales volume changes (including unbilled)

     311       410  

Balancing account overcollections

     (422 )     (324 )

Sales for resale

     (463 )     256  

SCE’s VIEs

     (75 )     177  

Other (including intercompany transactions)

     20       16  
                

Total

   $ 812     $ 1,052  
                

SCE’s retail sales represented approximately 88%, 82%, and 85% of operating revenue for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. Due to warmer weather during the summer months, operating revenue during the third quarter of each year is generally significantly higher than other quarters.

Total operating revenue increased $812 million in 2006, compared to 2005 (as shown in the table above). The increase resulting from rate changes was mainly due to rate increases implemented throughout 2006 (see

 

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“Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Impact of Regulatory Matters on Customer Rates” for further discussion of these rate changes), primarily relating to the implementation of SCE’s 2006 ERRA forecast, implementation of the 2006 GRC decision and modification of the FERC transmission-related rates. The increase in operating revenue resulting from sales volume changes was mainly due to an increase in kWhs sold resulting from record heat conditions experienced in the third quarter of 2006, SCE providing a greater amount of energy to its customers from its own sources in 2006, as compared to 2005, and customer growth. Balancing account overcollections represent the difference between authorized retail revenue and recorded retail revenue that is subject to regulatory balancing account mechanisms. Recorded retail revenue exceeded authorized revenue by approximately $515 million in 2006, compared to approximately $93 million in 2005, due to warmer weather and timing differences from sales and purchases of power subject to balancing account mechanisms. Operating revenue from sales for resale represents the sale of excess energy. Excess energy from SCE sources which may exist at certain times is resold in the energy markets. Sales for resale revenue decreased due to a lesser amount of excess energy in 2006, as compared to 2005, due to higher demand in 2006 resulting from record heat conditions and lower availability of energy from SCE’s own sources resulting from the Mohave shutdown and the San Onofre outages. Revenue from sales for resale is refunded to customers through the ERRA balancing account and does not impact earnings. SCE’s VIEs revenue represents the recognition of revenue resulting from the consolidation of four gas-fired power plants where SCE is considered the primary beneficiary. These VIEs affect SCE’s revenue, but do not affect earnings; the decrease in revenue from SCE’s VIEs is primarily due to lower natural gas prices in 2006, compared to 2005. The increase in other revenue was primarily due to higher net investment earnings from SCE’s nuclear decommissioning trusts. The nuclear decommissioning trust investment earnings are offset in depreciation, decommissioning and amortization expense and as a result, have no impact on net income.

Total operating revenue increased by $1.1 billion in 2005, compared to 2004 (as shown in the table above). The variance in operating revenue from rate changes reflects the implementation of the 2003 GRC, effective in August 2004. As a result, generation and distribution rates increased revenue by approximately $166 million and $351 million, respectively. The increase in operating revenue resulting from sales volume changes was mainly due to an increase in kWhs sold and SCE providing a greater amount of energy to its customers from its own sources in 2005, compared to 2004. The change in deferred revenue reflects the deferral of approximately $93 million of revenue in 2005, resulting from balancing account overcollections, compared to the recognition of approximately $231 million in 2004. Operating revenue from sales for resale represents the sale of excess energy. As a result of the CDWR contracts allocated to SCE, excess energy from SCE sources may exist at certain times, which then is resold in the energy markets. Revenue from sales for resale is refunded to customers through the ERRA rate-making mechanism and does not impact earnings. SCE’s VIEs revenue represents the recognition of revenue resulting from the consolidation of SCE’s VIEs effective March 31, 2004.

Amounts SCE bills and collects from its customers for electric power purchased and sold by the CDWR to SCE’s customers, CDWR bond-related costs and a portion of direct access exit fees are remitted to the CDWR and none of these collections are recognized as revenue by SCE. These amounts were $2.5 billion, $1.9 billion and $2.5 billion for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Operating Expenses

Fuel Expense

SCE’s fuel expense decreased $81 million in 2006 and increased $383 million in 2005. The 2006 decrease was due to lower fuel expense of approximately $90 million at SCE’s Mohave Generating Station resulting from the plant shutdown on December 31, 2005 (see “Regulatory Matters—Mohave Generating Station and Related Proceedings” for further discussion); lower fuel expense of $200 million related to SCE’s consolidated VIEs, driven by lower natural gas prices; and lower nuclear fuel expense of $15 million resulting primarily from planned refueling and maintenance outages at SCE’s San Onofre Unit 2 and Unit 3; partially offset by higher fuel expense of $240 million resulting from SCE’s Mountainview plant which became operational in December 2005. The 2005 increase was primarily due to the consolidation of SCE’s VIEs effective March 31, 2004 resulting in the recognition of fuel expense of $924 million in 2005 and $578 million in 2004.

 

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Purchased-Power Expense

Purchased-power expense increased $787 million in 2006 and increased $290 million in 2005. The 2006 increase was mainly due to net realized and unrealized losses of $575 million, compared to net realized and unrealized gains of $205 million in 2005 (see “Market Risk Exposures—Commodity Price Risk” for further discussion) and lower energy refunds and a generator settlement in 2006. SCE received energy refunds and a generator settlement totaling approximately $180 million in 2006, compared to $285 million in 2005 (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—FERC Refund Proceedings” for further discussion). The increase was partially offset by lower power purchased and lower prices from QFs of approximately $95 million (as further discussed below).

The 2005 increase was mainly due to higher firm energy and QF-related purchases, partially offset by net realized and unrealized gains on economic hedging transactions and an increase in energy settlement refunds in 2005, as compared to 2004. Firm energy purchases increased by approximately $670 million resulting from an increase in the number of bilateral contracts in 2005, as compared to 2004, and QF-related purchases increased by approximately $170 million in 2005, as compared to 2004 (as further discussed below). Net realized and unrealized gains related to economic hedging transactions reduced purchased-power expense by approximately $205 million in 2005, as compared to net realized and unrealized losses of approximately $25 million which increased purchased-power expense in 2004. Energy settlement refunds received in 2005 and 2004 were approximately $285 million and $190 million, respectively, further decreasing purchased-power expense in these periods (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—FERC Refund Proceedings”). The consolidation of SCE’s VIEs effective March 31, 2004 resulted in a $935 million and $669 million reduction in purchased-power expense in 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Federal law and CPUC orders required SCE to enter into contracts to purchase power from QFs at CPUC-mandated prices. Energy payments to gas-fired QFs are generally tied to spot natural gas prices. Energy payments for most renewable QFs are at a fixed price of 5.37¢-per-kWh. In late 2006, certain renewable QF contracts were amended and energy payments for these contracts will be at a fixed price of 6.15¢-per-kWh, effective May 2007. Average spot natural gas prices were lower during 2006 as compared to 2005. The lower expenses related to power purchased from QFs were mainly due to lower average spot natural gas prices and lower kWh purchases.

Provisions for Regulatory Adjustment Clauses – Net

Provisions for regulatory adjustment clauses – net decreased $410 million in 2006 and increased $636 million in 2005. The 2006 decrease was mainly due to net unrealized losses related to economic hedging transactions (mentioned above in purchased-power expense) of approximately $237 million in 2006, that, if realized, would be recovered from ratepayers, compared to unrealized gains of $90 million in 2005, which, if realized, would be refunded to ratepayers (see “Market Risk Exposures—Commodity Price Risk” for further discussion). The decrease also reflects lower energy refunds and generator settlements of $105 million (discussed above) and the resolution of a one-time issue related to a portion of revenue collected during the 2001–2003 period related to state income taxes. SCE was able to determine through the 2006 GRC decision and other regulatory proceedings that the level of revenue collected during that period was appropriate, and as a result recorded a pre-tax gain of $135 million in 2006. The decrease was partially offset by higher net overcollections of purchase-power, fuel, and operation and maintenance expenses of approximately $240 million.

The 2005 increases mainly result from regulatory adjustments recorded in 2004, net overcollections related to balancing accounts, higher net unrealized gains on economic hedging transactions and lower CEMA-related costs. The net regulatory adjustments of $345 million recorded in 2004 related to the implementation of SCE’s 2003 GRC decision and the implementation of an ERRA-related CPUC decision (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Energy Resource Recovery Account Proceedings”). In addition to these net regulatory adjustments, the increase reflects higher net overcollections of purchased power, fuel, and operating and maintenance expenses of approximately $65 million which were deferred in balancing accounts for future recovery, higher net unrealized gains of approximately $95 million related to economic hedging transactions (mentioned above in purchased-power expense) that, if realized, would be refunded to ratepayers, and lower costs incurred and deferred of approximately $95 million associated with CEMA-related costs (primarily bark beetle infestation related costs). The 2003 GRC

 

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regulatory adjustments primarily related to recognition of revenue from the rate recovery of pension contributions during the time period that the pension plan was fully funded, resolution over the allocation of costs between transmission and distribution for 1998 through 2000, partially offset by the deferral of revenue previously collected during the incremental cost incentive pricing mechanism for dry cask storage, as well as pre-tax gains related to the 1997–1998 generation-related capital additions.

Other Operation and Maintenance Expense

SCE’s other operation and maintenance expense increased $155 million in 2006 and $66 million in 2005. The 2006 increase was mainly due to higher generation-related costs of approximately $80 million resulting from the planned refueling and maintenance outages at SCE’s San Onofre Unit 2 and Unit 3 and higher maintenance costs at Palo Verde, partially offset by lower costs at Mohave resulting from the plant ceasing operations on December 31, 2005; higher transmission and distribution maintenance cost of approximately $60 million; and increased operation and maintenance expense of $20 million at SCE’s Mountainview plant as a result of the plant becoming operational at the end of 2005. Upon implementation of the 2006 GRC in May 2006, costs related to the Mohave shutdown, pensions, PBOPs, and the employee results sharing incentive plan are recovered through balancing account mechanisms. The 2005 increase was mainly due to an increase in reliability costs, demand-side management and energy efficiency costs, and benefit-related costs, partially offset by lower CEMA-related costs and generation-related costs. Reliability costs increased approximately $80 million, as compared to 2004, due to an increase in must-run units to improve the reliability of the California ISO systems operations (which are recovered through regulatory mechanisms approved by the FERC). Demand-side management and energy efficiency costs increased approximately $90 million (which are recovered through regulatory mechanisms approved by the CPUC). Benefit-related costs increased approximately $50 million in 2005, resulting from an increase in heath care costs and value of performance shares. The 2005 increase was partially offset by lower CEMA-related costs (primarily bark beetle infestation related costs) of approximately $95 million and a decrease in generation-related expenses of approximately $90 million, resulting from lower outage and refueling costs (in 2004, there was a scheduled major overhaul at SCE’s Four Corners coal facility, as well as a refueling outage at SCE’s San Onofre Unit 2). The 2005 variance also reflects an increase of approximately $35 million resulting from the consolidation of SCE’s VIEs effective March 31, 2004.

Depreciation, Decommissioning and Amortization Expense

SCE’s depreciation, decommissioning and amortization expense increased $111 million in 2006 and $55 million in 2005. The increase in 2006 was mainly due to an increase in depreciation expense resulting from additions to transmission and distribution assets, as well as an increase from the implementation of the depreciation rates authorized in the 2006 GRC decision, and higher net investment earnings from SCE’s nuclear decommissioning trusts, which increases revenue and depreciation, with no impact on net income. The increase in 2005 is mainly due to a change in the Palo Verde rate-making mechanisms resulting from the implementation of the 2003 GRC and an increase in depreciation expense resulting from additions to transmission and distribution assets.

Other Income and Deductions

Interest Income

SCE’s interest income increased $14 million in 2006 and $24 million in 2005. The 2006 and 2005 increases were mainly due to interest income from balancing accounts that were undercollected during both 2006 and 2005 (see interest expense below), and higher short-term interest rates in 2006, as compared to 2005.

Other Nonoperating Income

SCE’s other nonoperating income decreased $42 million in 2006 and increased $43 million in 2005 mainly due to the recognition of approximately $45 million in incentives related to demand-side management and energy efficiency performance and an increase in shareholder incentives related to the FERC settlement refunds recorded in 2005. In addition, SCE recorded shareholder incentives of $6 million, $23 million and $12 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—FERC Refund Proceedings” for further discussion). In addition, other nonoperating income includes rewards approved by the CPUC for the efficient operation of Palo Verde of $10 million in 2005 and $19 million in 2004.

 

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Interest Expense – Net of Amounts Capitalized

SCE’s interest expense – net of amounts capitalized increased $40 million in 2006 and decreased $49 million in 2005, mainly due to a 2005 reversal of approximately $25 million of accrued interest expense as a result of a FERC decision allowing recovery of transmission-related costs. The 2006 increase also reflects higher interest expense on balancing account overcollections in 2006, as compared to 2005. The 2005 decrease was also due to lower interest expense on balancing account overcollections, as compared to 2004 and lower interest expense on long-term debt resulting from the redemption of high interest rate debt and issuing new debt with lower interest rates.

Income Tax Expense

The composite federal and state statutory income tax rate was approximately 40% (net of the federal benefit for state income taxes) for all periods presented. The lower effective tax rate of 34.6% realized in 2005 was primarily due to a settlement reached with the California Franchise Tax Board regarding a state apportionment issue (see “Other Developments—Federal and State Income Taxes”) partially offset by tax reserve accruals. The lower effective tax rate of 28.1% realized in 2005 was primarily due to settlement of the 1991-1993 IRS audit cycle as well as adjustments made to the tax reserve to reflect the issuance of new IRS regulations and the favorable settlement of other federal and state tax audit issues. The lower effective tax rate of 32.2% realized in 2004 was primarily due to adjustments to tax liabilities relating to prior years.

As a matter of course, Edison International is regularly audited by federal, state and foreign taxing authorities. For further discussion of this matter, see “Other Developments—Federal and State Income Taxes.”

Historical Cash Flow Analysis

The “Historical Cash Flow Analysis” section of this MD&A discusses consolidated cash flows from operating, financing and investing activities.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations was $2.6 million in 2006, $2.4 million in 2005, and $2.3 million in 2004. The 2006 increase was mainly due to an increase in cash collected from SCE’s customers due to increased rates (see “Regulatory Matters—Current Regulatory Developments—Impact of Regulatory Matters on Customer Rates”) and increased sales volume due to warmer weather in 2006, as compared to 2005, which contributed to higher balancing account overcollections in 2006, as compared to 2005. The 2006 increase was also attributable to a decrease of $123 million in required margin and collateral deposits in 2006, compared to an increase of $112 million in 2005. The change resulted from a decrease in forward market prices in 2006 from 2005 and settlement of hedge contracts during 2006. In addition, the 2006 change was also due to the timing of cash receipts and disbursements related to working capital items and higher income taxes paid in 2006, compared to 2005. The 2005 change in cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations was mainly due to an increase in income from continuing operations, and the results from the timing of cash receipts and disbursements related to working capital items.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash used by financing activities from continuing operations mainly consisted of long-term and short-term debt payments.

Financing activities in 2006 included activities related to the rebalancing of SCE’s capital structure and rate base growth.

 

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In January 2006, SCE issued $500 million of first and refunding mortgage bonds which consisted of $350 million of 5.625% bonds due in 2036 and $150 million of floating rate bonds due in 2009. The proceeds from this issuance were used to redeem $150 million of variable rate first and refunding mortgage bonds due in January 2006 and $200 million of its 6.375% first and refunding mortgage bonds due in January 2006.

 

 

In January 2006, SCE issued two million shares of 6% Series C preference stock (noncumulative, $100 liquidation value) and received net proceeds of $197 million.

 

 

In April 2006, SCE issued $331 million of pollution control bonds which consisted of $196 million of 4.10% bonds due in 2028 and $135 million of 4.25% bonds due in 2033. The proceeds from this issuance were used to redeem a total of $331 million of pollution control bonds due in 2008. This transaction was treated as a noncash financing activity.

 

 

In December 2006, SCE issued $400 million of 5.55% first and refunding mortgage bonds due in 2037. The proceeds from this issuance were used for general corporate purposes.

 

 

Financing activities in 2006 also included dividend payments of $300 million paid to Edison International.

Financing activities in 2005 included activities related to the rebalancing of SCE’s capital structure.

 

 

In January 2005, SCE issued $650 million of first and refunding mortgage bonds which consisted of $400 million of 5% bonds due in 2016 and $250 million of 5.55% bonds due in 2036. The proceeds from this issuance were used to redeem the remaining $50,000 of its 8% first and refunding mortgage bonds due February 2007 (Series 2003A) and $650 million of the $966 million 8% first and refunding mortgage bonds due February 2007 (Series 2003B).

 

 

In March 2005, SCE issued $203 million of 3.55% pollution control bonds due in 2029. The proceeds from this issuance were used to redeem $49 million of 7.20% pollution control bonds due in 2021 and $155 million of 5.875% pollution control bonds due in 2023. This transaction was treated as a noncash financing activity.

 

 

In April 2005, SCE issued 4,000,000 shares of Series A preference stock (noncumulative, 100% liquidation value) and received net proceeds of approximately $394 million. Approximately $81 million of the proceeds was used to redeem all the outstanding shares of its $100 cumulative preferred stock, 7.23% Series, and approximately $64 million of the proceeds was used to redeem all the outstanding shares of its $100 cumulative preferred stock, 6.05% Series.

 

 

In June 2005, SCE issued $350 million of 5.35% first and refunding mortgage bonds due in 2035 (Series 2005E). A portion of the proceeds from this issuance were used to redeem $316 million of its 8% first and refunding mortgage bonds due in 2007 (Series 2003B).

 

 

In August 2005, SCE issued $249 million of variable rate pollution control bonds due in 2035. The proceeds from this issuance were used to redeem $29 million of 6.90% pollution control bonds due in 2017, $30 million of 6.0% pollution control bonds due in 2027 and $190 million of 6.40% pollution control bonds due in 2024. This transaction was treated as a noncash financing activity.

 

 

Financing activities in 2005 also include dividend payments of $234 million paid to Edison International.

Financing activities in 2004 included activities mainly related to the following activities.

 

 

In January 2004, SCE issued a total of $975 million of bonds, consisting of $300 million of 5% bonds due in 2014, $525 million of 6% bonds due in 2034, and $150 million of floating rate bonds due in 2006. The proceeds from the issuances were used to call at par $300 million of 7.25% first and refunding mortgage bonds due March 2026, $225 million of 7.125% first and refunding mortgage bonds due July 2025, $200 million of 6.9% first and refunding mortgage bonds due October 2018, and $100 million of junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due June 2044.

 

 

In March 2004, SCE remarketed approximately $550 million of pollution control bonds with varying maturity dates ranging from 2008 to 2040. Approximately $354 million of these pollution control bonds had been held by SCE since 2001 and the remaining $196 million were purchased and reoffered in 2004.

 

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In March 2004, SCE issued $300 million of 4.65% first and refunding mortgage bonds due in 2015 and $350 million of 5.75% first and refunding mortgage bonds due in 2035. A portion of the proceeds from the March 2004 first and refunding mortgage bond issuances were used to fund the acquisition and construction of the Mountainview plant.

 

 

In December 2004, SCE issued $150 million of floating rate first and refunding mortgage bonds due in 2007. The proceeds from this issuance were used for general corporate purposes.

 

 

During 2004, SCE repaid $125 million of its 5.875% bonds due in September 2004, and the $200 million outstanding balance of its credit facility.

 

 

Financing activities in 2004 also included dividend payments of $756 million paid to Edison International.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash flows from investing activities are affected by capital expenditures and SCE’s funding of nuclear decommissioning trusts.

Investing activities include capital expenditures of $2.2 billion, $1.8 billion and $1.7 billion in 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively, primarily for transmission and distribution assets. Capital expenditures include $13 million and $166 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to Mountainview and approximately $81 million, $59 million and $70 million in 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively, for nuclear fuel acquisitions.

ACQUISITIONS

In March 2004, SCE acquired Mountainview, which consisted of a power plant in the early stages of construction in Redlands, California. SCE recommenced full construction of the approximately $600 million project. Mountainview is fully operational.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The accounting policies described below are viewed by management as critical because their application is the most relevant and material to SCE’s results of operations and financial position and these policies require the use of material judgments and estimates. Many of the critical accounting estimates discussed below generally do not impact SCE’s earnings since SCE applies SFAS No. 71. However, these critical accounting estimates may impact amounts reported on the consolidated balance sheets.

Rate Regulated Enterprises

SCE applies SFAS No. 71 to the portion of its operations in which regulators set rates at levels intended to recover the estimated costs of providing service, plus a return on capital. Due to timing and other differences in the collection of revenue, these principles allow an incurred cost that would otherwise be charged to expense by a nonregulated entity to be capitalized as a regulatory asset if it is probable that the cost is recoverable through future rates; and conversely these principles allow creation of a regulatory liability for probable future costs collected through rates in advance. SCE’s management continually assesses whether the regulatory assets are probable of future recovery by considering factors such as the current regulatory environment, the issuance of rate orders on recovery of the specific incurred cost or a similar incurred cost to SCE or other rate-regulated entities in California, and assurances from the regulator (as well as its primary intervenor groups) that the incurred cost will be treated as an allowable cost (and not challenged) for rate-making purposes. Because current rates include the recovery of existing regulatory assets and settlement of regulatory liabilities, and rates in effect are expected to allow SCE to earn a reasonable rate of return, management believes that existing regulatory assets and liabilities are probable of recovery. This determination reflects the current political and regulatory

 

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climate in California and is subject to change in the future. If future recovery of costs ceases to be probable, all or part of the regulatory assets and liabilities would have to be written off against current period earnings. At December 31, 2006, the consolidated balance sheets included regulatory assets of $3.4 billion and regulatory liabilities of $4.1 billion. Management continually evaluates the anticipated recovery of regulatory assets, liabilities, and revenue subject to refund and provides for allowances and/or reserves as appropriate.

Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities

SCE follows SFAS No. 133, which requires derivative financial instruments to be recorded at their fair value unless an exception applies. SFAS No. 133 also requires that changes in a derivative’s fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. For derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in fair value are either offset by changes in the fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities or firm commitments through earnings, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in earnings.

Management’s judgment is required to determine if a transaction meets the definition of a derivative and, if it does, whether the normal sales and purchases exception applies or whether individual transactions qualify for hedge accounting treatment.

Derivative assets and liabilities are shown at gross amounts on the consolidated balance sheets, except that net presentation is used when SCE has the legal right of setoff, such as multiple contracts executed with the same counterparty under master netting arrangements.

To mitigate SCE’s exposure to spot-market prices, the CPUC has authorized SCE to enter into power purchase contracts (including QFs), energy options, tolling arrangements and forward physical contracts. SCE records these derivative instruments on its consolidated balance sheets at fair value unless they meet the definition of a normal purchase or sale, or are classified as operating leases. The normal purchases exception requires, among other things, physical delivery in quantities expected to be used over a reasonable period in the normal course of business. The derivative instrument fair values are marked to market at each reporting period. Any fair value changes for recorded derivatives are recorded in purchased-power expense and offset through the provision for regulatory adjustment clauses, as the CPUC allows these costs to be recovered from or refunded to customers through a regulatory balancing account mechanism. As a result, fair value changes do not affect earnings. SCE has elected to not use hedge accounting for these transactions due to this regulatory accounting treatment.

Unit-specific contracts (signed or modified after June 30, 2003) in which SCE takes virtually all of the output of a facility are generally considered to be leases under EITF No. 01-8. Leases are not derivatives and are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets unless they are classified as capital leases.

Most of SCE’s QF contracts are not required to be recorded on the consolidated balance sheets because they either don’t meet the definition of a derivative or meet the normal purchases and sales exception. However, SCE purchases power from certain QFs in which the contract pricing is based on a natural gas index, but the power is not generated with natural gas. The portion of these contracts that is not eligible for the normal purchases and sales exception is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value based on financial models.

Determining the fair value of SCE’s derivatives under SFAS No. 133 is a critical accounting estimate because the fair value of a derivative is susceptible to significant change resulting from a number of factors, including volatility of energy prices, credits risks, market liquidity and discount rates. See “Market Risk Exposures” and for a description of risk management activities and sensitivities to change in market prices.

 

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Income Taxes

SCE and its eligible subsidiaries are included in Edison International’s consolidated federal income tax and combined state franchise tax returns. Under an income tax-allocation agreement approved by the CPUC, SCE’s tax liability is computed as if it filed a separate return.

SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires the asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting for deferred income taxes. SCE uses the asset and liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes and provides deferred income taxes for all significant income tax temporary differences.

As part of the process of preparing its consolidated financial statements, SCE is required to estimate its income taxes in each jurisdiction in which it operates. This process involves estimating actual current tax expense together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as depreciation, for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within SCE’s consolidated balance sheet. SCE takes certain tax positions it believes are applied in accordance with tax laws. The application of these positions is subject to interpretation and audit by the IRS. As further described in “Other Developments—Federal and State Income Taxes,” the IRS has raised issues in the audit of Edison International’s tax returns with respect to certain issues at SCE.

Management continually evaluates its income tax exposures and provides for allowances and/or reserves as appropriate reflected in the caption “accrued taxes” on the consolidated balance sheets. See “New Accounting Pronouncements”

Asset Impairment

SCE evaluates long-lived assets whenever indicators of potential impairment exist. SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, requires that if the undiscounted expected future cash flow from a company’s assets or group of assets (without interest charges) is less than its carrying value, an asset impairment must be recognized in the financial statements. The amount of impairment is determined by the difference between the carrying amount and fair value of the asset.

The assessment of impairment is a critical accounting estimate because significant management judgment is required to determine: (1) if an indicator of impairment has occurred, (2) how assets should be grouped, (3) the forecast of undiscounted expected future cash flow over the asset’s estimated useful life to determine if an impairment exists, and (4) if an impairment exists, the fair value of the asset or asset group. Factors that SCE considers important, which could trigger an impairment, include operating losses from a project, projected future operating losses, the financial condition of counterparties, or significant negative industry or economic trends.

Nuclear Decommissioning

SCE’s legal AROs related to the decommissioning of SCE’s nuclear power facilities are recorded at fair value. The fair value of decommissioning SCE’s nuclear power facilities are based on site-specific studies performed in 2005 for SCE’s San Onofre and Palo Verde nuclear facilities. Changes in the estimated costs or timing of decommissioning, or the assumptions underlying these estimates, could cause material revisions to the estimated total cost to decommission these facilities. SCE estimates that it will spend approximately $11.5 billion through 2049 to decommission its active nuclear facilities. This estimate is based on SCE’s decommissioning cost methodology used for rate-making purposes, escalated at rates ranging from 1.7% to 7.5% (depending on the cost element) annually.

Nuclear decommissioning costs are recovered in utility rates. These costs are expected to be funded from independent decommissioning trusts that previously received contributions of approximately $32 million per year, effective October 2003. Effective January 2007, the amount allowed to be contributed to the trust increased to

 

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approximately $46 million per year. As of December 31, 2006, the decommissioning trust balance was $3.2 billion. Contributions to the decommissioning trusts are reviewed every three years by the CPUC. The contributions are determined from an analysis of estimated decommissioning costs, the current value of trust assets and long-term forecasts of cost escalation and after-tax return on trust investments. Favorable or unfavorable investment performance in a period will not change the amount of contributions for that period. However, trust performance for the three years leading up to a CPUC review proceeding will provide input into future contributions. The CPUC has set certain restrictions related to the investments of these trusts. If additional funds are needed for decommissioning, it is probable that the additional funds will be recoverable through customer rates. Trust funds are recorded on the balance sheet at market value.

Decommissioning of San Onofre Unit 1 is underway. All of SCE’s San Onofre Unit 1 decommissioning costs will be paid from its nuclear decommissioning trust funds, subject to CPUC review. The estimated remaining cost to decommission San Onofre Unit 1 of $126 million as of December 31, 2006 is recorded as an ARO liability.

Pensions and Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions

Pension and other postretirement obligations and the related effects on results of operations are calculated using actuarial models. Two critical assumptions, discount rate and expected return on assets, are important elements of plan expense and liability measurement. Additionally, health care cost trend rates are critical assumptions for postretirement health care plans. These critical assumptions are evaluated at least annually. Other assumptions, such as retirement, mortality and turnover, are evaluated periodically and updated to reflect actual experience.

The discount rate enables SCE to state expected future cash flows at a present value on the measurement date. SCE selects its discount rate by performing a yield curve analysis. This analysis determines the equivalent discount rate on projected cash flows, matching the timing and amount of expected benefit payments. Three yield curves were considered: two corporate yield curves (Citigroup and AON) and a curve based on treasury rates (plus 90 basis points). SCE also compares the yield curve analysis against the Moody’s Investor Service AA Corporate bond rate. At the December 31, 2006 measurement date, SCE used a discount rate of 5.75% for both pensions and PBOPs.

To determine the expected long-term rate of return on pension plan assets, current and expected asset allocations are considered, as well as historical and expected returns on plan assets. The expected rate of return on plan assets was 7.5% for pensions and 7.0% for PBOP. A portion of PBOP trusts asset returns are subject to taxation, so the 7.0% figure above is determined on an after-tax basis. Actual time-weighted, annualized returns on the pension plan assets were 15.9%, 10.0% and 10.0% for the one-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2006, respectively. Actual time-weighted, annualized returns on the PBOP plan assets were 13.6%, 7.8%, and 8.2% over these same periods. Accounting principles provide that differences between expected and actual returns are recognized over the average future service of employees.

SCE records pension expense equal to the amount funded to the trusts, as calculated using an actuarial method required for rate-making purposes, in which the impact of market volatility on plan assets is recognized in earnings on a more gradual basis. Any difference between pension expense calculated in accordance with rate-making methods and pension expense calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 71 is accumulated as a regulatory asset or liability, and will, over time, be recovered from or returned to customers. As of December 31, 2006, this cumulative difference amounted to a regulatory liability of $78 million, meaning that the rate-making method has recognized $78 million more in expense than the accounting method since implementation of SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions, in 1987.

SCE’s pension and PBOP plans are subject to the limits established for federal tax deductibility. SCE funds its pension and PBOP plans in accordance with amounts allowed by the CPUC. Executive pension plans and nonutility PBOP plans have no plan assets.

At December 31, 2006, SCE’s PBOP plans had a $2.2 billion benefit obligation. Total expense for these plans was $69 million for 2006. The health care cost trend rate is 9.25% for 2007, gradually declining to 5.0% for 2011

 

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and beyond. Increasing the health care cost trend rate by one percentage point would increase the accumulated obligation as of December 31, 2006 by $267 million and annual aggregate service and interest costs by $18 million. Decreasing the health care cost trend rate by one percentage point would decrease the accumulated obligation as of December 31, 2006 by $238 million and annual aggregate service and interest costs by $16 million.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

SFAS No. 123(R) requires companies to use the fair value accounting method for stock-based compensation. SCE implemented SFAS No. 123(R) in the first quarter of 2006 and applied the modified prospective transition method. Under the modified prospective method, the new accounting standard was applied effective January 1, 2006 to the unvested portion of awards previously granted and will be applied to all prospective awards. Prior financial statements were not restated under this method. The new accounting standard resulted in the recognition of expense for all stock-based compensation awards. In addition, SCE elected to calculate the pool of windfall tax benefits as of the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) based on the method (also known as the short-cut method) proposed in FSP FAS 123(R)-3, Transition Election to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards. Prior to January 1, 2006, SCE used the intrinsic value method of accounting, which resulted in no recognition of expense for its stock options. Prior to adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), SCE presented all tax benefits of deductions resulting from the exercise of stock options as a component of operating cash flows under the caption “Other liabilities” in the consolidated statements of cash flows. SFAS No. 123(R) requires the cash flows resulting from the tax benefits that occur from estimated tax deductions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for those options (excess tax benefits) to be classified as financing cash flows. The $17 million excess tax benefit is classified as a financing cash inflow in 2006. Due to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), SCE recorded a cumulative effect adjustment that increased net income by less than $1 million, net of tax, in the first quarter of 2006, mainly to reflect the change in the valuation method for performance shares classified as liability awards and the use of forfeiture estimates.

In April 2006, the FASB issued an FSP FIN 46(R)-6, that specifies how a company should determine the variability to be considered in applying FIN 46(R). FIN 46(R)-6 states that such variability shall be determined based on an analysis of the design of the entity, including the nature of the risks in the entity, the purpose for which the entity was created, and the variability the entity is designed to create and pass along to its interest holders. FIN 46(R)-6 was effective prospectively beginning July 1, 2006, although companies had until December 31, 2006, to elect retrospective application. SCE adopted FIN 46(R)-6 prospectively beginning July 1, 2006. Applying the guidance of FSP FIN 46(R)-6 had no effect on the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, which amends the accounting by employers for defined benefit pension plans and PBOPs. SFAS No. 158 requires companies to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan as an asset and liability in its balance sheet; the asset and/or liability is offset through other comprehensive income (loss). SCE adopted SFAS No. 158 as of December 31, 2006. SCE will record regulatory assets or liabilities instead of charges and credits to other comprehensive income (loss) for its postretirement benefit plans that are recoverable in utility rates, in accordance with SFAS No. 71. SFAS No. 158 also requires companies to align the measurement dates for their plans to their fiscal year-ends; SCE already has a fiscal year-end measurement date for all of its postretirement plans. Upon adoption, SCE recorded additional postretirement benefit assets of $145 million, additional postretirement liabilities of $320 million (including $24 million classified as current), additional regulatory assets of $303 million, regulatory liabilities of $145 million, and a reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (a component of shareholder’s equity) of $10 million, net of tax.

In September 2006, the Securities & Exchange Commission issued SAB No. 108, which provides interpretive guidance on the consideration of the effects of prior year misstatements in quantifying current year misstatements

 

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for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB No. 108 requires additional quantitative testing to determine whether a misstatement is material. SCE implemented SAB No. 108 for the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2006. Applying the guidance of SAB No. 108 had no effect on the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In July 2006, the FASB issued an interpretation of FIN 48 clarifying the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. An enterprise would be required to recognize, in its financial statements, the best estimate of the impact of a tax position by determining if the weight of the available evidence indicates it is more likely than not, based solely on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained on audit. SCE will adopt FIN 48 in first quarter 2007. SCE is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48 on its financial statements. Based on the current status of discussions with tax authorities related to open tax years under audit and other information currently available, implementation of FIN 48 is expected to result in a cumulative-effect adjustment increasing retained earnings in a range of approximately $175 million to $225 million upon adoption. The estimated range is subject to final completion of SCE’s analysis and assessment of each uncertain tax position. SCE will continue to monitor and assess new income tax developments.

In September 2006, the FASB issued a new accounting standard on fair value measurements (SFAS No. 157). This statement clarifies the definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands the disclosures on fair value measurements. SCE will adopt SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008 and is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its financial statements.

COMMITMENTS AND INDEMNITIES

SCE’s commitments as of December 31, 2006, for the years 2007 through 2011 and thereafter are estimated below:

 

In millions

   2007    2008    2009    2010    2011    Thereafter

Long-term debt maturities and interest(1)

   $ 679    $ 325    $ 415    $ 496    $ 245    $ 9,189

Fuel supply contract payments

     75      74      51      53      54      259

Purchased-power capacity payments

     481      255      144      134      112      642

Operating lease obligations

     617      592      531      490      274      1,740

Capital lease obligations

     3      3      3      4          

Other commitments

     5      5      5      6      6      31

Employee benefit plans contributions(2)

     91                         
                                         

Total

   $ 1,951    $ 1,254    $ 1,149    $ 1,183    $ 691    $ 11,861
                                         

(1) Amount includes scheduled principal payments for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2006, assuming long-term debt is held to maturity, and related forecast interest payments over the applicable period of the debt.
(2) Amount includes estimated contributions to the pension and PBOP plans. The estimated contributions are not available beyond 2007.

Fuel Supply Contracts

SCE has fuel supply contracts which require payment only if the fuel is made available for purchase. SCE has a coal fuel contract that requires payment of certain fixed charges whether or not coal is delivered.

 

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Power-Purchase Contracts

SCE has power-purchase contracts with certain QFs (cogenerators and small power producers) and other power producers. These contracts provide for capacity payments if a facility meets certain performance obligations and energy payments based on actual power supplied to SCE (the energy payments are not included in the table below). There are no requirements to make debt-service payments. In an effort to replace higher-cost contract payments with lower-cost replacement power, SCE has entered into purchased-power settlements to end its contract obligations with certain QFs. The settlements are reported as power purchase contracts on the consolidated balance sheets.

Operating and Capital Leases

In accordance with EITF No. 01-8, power contracts signed or modified after June 30, 2003, need to be assessed for lease accounting requirements. Unit specific contracts in which SCE takes virtually all of the output of a facility are generally considered to be leases. As of December 31, 2005, SCE had six power contracts classified as operating leases. In April 2006 SCE modified one power contract, and in November 2006 an additional 61 contracts were modified. The modifications to the contracts resulted in a change to the contractual terms of the contracts at which time SCE reassessed these power contracts under EITF No. 01-8 and determined that the contracts are leases and subsequently met the requirements for operating leases under SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases. These power contracts had previously been grandfathered relative to EITF No. 01-8 and did not meet the normal purchases and sales exception. As a result, these contracts were recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 133. The fair value changes for these power purchase contracts were previously recorded in purchased-power expense and offset through the provision for regulatory adjustment clauses—net; therefore, fair value changes did not affect earnings. At the time of modification, SCE had assets and liabilities related to mark-to-market gains or losses. Under SFAS No. 133, the assets and liabilities were reclassified to a lease prepayment or accrual and were included in the cost basis of the lease. The lease prepayment and accruals are being amortized over the life of the leases on a straight-line basis. At December 31, 2006, the net liability was $60 million. At December 31, 2006, SCE had 68 power contracts classified as operating leases. In addition, SCE executed a power purchase contract in late 2005 which met accounting requirements for capital leases. This capital lease has a net commitment of $13 million at December 31, 2006, and the capital lease amortization expense and interest expense was $3 million in 2006. The modification resulted in an increase in operating lease commitments and decreased power purchase commitments.

SCE has other operating leases for office space, vehicles, property and other equipment (with varying terms, provisions and expiration dates).

Other Commitments

SCE has an unconditional purchase obligation for firm transmission service from another utility. Minimum payments are based, in part, on the debt-service requirements of the transmission service provider, whether or not the transmission line is operable. The contract requires minimum payments of $57 million through 2016 (approximately $6 million per year).

Indemnities

In connection with the acquisition of Mountainview, SCE agreed to indemnify the seller with respect to specific environmental claims related to SCE’s previously owned San Bernardino Generating Station, divested by SCE in 1998 and reacquired as part of the Mountainview acquisition. SCE retained certain responsibilities with respect to environmental claims as part of the original divestiture of the station. The aggregate liability for either party to the purchase agreement for damages and other amounts is a maximum of $60 million. This indemnification for environmental liabilities expires on or before March 12, 2033. SCE has not recorded a liability related to this indemnity.

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specified environmental indemnities and income taxes with respect to assets sold. SCE’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time and/or amount, and in some instances SCE may have recourse against third parties for certain indemnities. The obligated amounts of these indemnifications often are not explicitly stated, and the overall maximum amount of the obligation under these indemnifications cannot be reasonably estimated. SCE has not recorded a liability related to these indemnities.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and

Shareholder of Southern California Edison Company

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows and common shareholder’s equity present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Southern California Edison Company and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As discussed in Notes 14, 8 and 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for variable interest entities as of March 31, 2004, asset retirement costs as of December 31, 2005, and share-based compensation as of January 1, 2006 and defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans as of December 31, 2006.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 28, 2007

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income

  Southern California Edison Company

 

      Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005     2004  

Operating revenue

   $ 10,312     $ 9,500     $ 8,448  
                        

Fuel

     1,112       1,193       810  

Purchased power

     3,409       2,622       2,332  

Provisions for regulatory adjustment clauses – net

     25       435       (201 )

Other operation and maintenance

     2,678       2,523       2,457  

Depreciation, decommissioning and amortization

     1,026       915       860  

Property and other taxes

     206       193       177  

Net gain on sale of utility property and plant

     (1 )     (10 )      
                        

Total operating expenses

     8,455       7,871       6,435  
                        

Operating income

     1,857       1,629       2,013  

Interest income

     58       44       20  

Other nonoperating income

     85       127       84  

Interest expense – net of amounts capitalized

     (400 )     (360 )     (409 )

Other nonoperating deductions

     (60 )     (65 )     (69 )
                        

Income before tax and minority interest

     1,540       1,375       1,639  

Income tax expense

     438       292       438  

Minority interest

     275       334       280  
                        

Net income

     827       749       921  

Dividends on preferred and preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption

     51       24       6  
                        

Net income available for common stock

   $ 776     $ 725     $ 915  
                        

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

 

      Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006    2005     2004  

Net income

   $ 827    $ 749     $ 921  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

       

Minimum pension liability adjustment

     7      (1 )     (1 )

Termination and amortization of cash flow hedges

     5      2       3  
                          

Comprehensive income

   $ 839    $ 750     $ 923  
                          

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets        

 

     December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005  
ASSETS     

Cash and equivalents

   $ 83     $ 143  

Restricted cash

     56       57  

Margin and collateral deposits

     55       178  

Receivables, less allowances of $29 and $33 for uncollectible accounts at respective dates

     939       849  

Accrued unbilled revenue

     303       291  

Inventory

     232       220  

Accumulated deferred income taxes – net

     250        

Derivative assets

     56       237  

Regulatory assets

     554       536  

Other current assets

     54       92  
                

Total current assets

     2,582       2,603  
                

Nonutility property – less accumulated provision for depreciation of $633 and $569 at respective dates

     1,046       1,086  

Nuclear decommissioning trusts

     3,184       2,907  

Other investments

     62       80  
                

Total investments and other assets

     4,292       4,073  
                

Utility plant, at original cost:

    

Transmission and distribution

     17,606       16,760  

Generation

     1,465       1,370  

Accumulated provision for depreciation

     (4,821 )     (4,763 )

Construction work in progress

     1,486       956  

Nuclear fuel, at amortized cost

     177       146  
                

Total utility plant

     15,913       14,469  
                

Regulatory assets

     2,818       3,013  

Derivative assets

     17       42  

Other long-term assets

     488       503  
                

Total long-term assets

     3,323       3,558  
                

Total assets

   $ 26,110     $ 24,703  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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     Southern California Edison Company

 

     December 31,  

In millions, except share amounts

   2006     2005  

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Long-term debt due within one year

   $ 396     $ 596  

Accounts payable

     856       898  

Accrued taxes

     193       242  

Accrued interest

     114       106  

Counterparty collateral

     36       183  

Customer deposits

     198       183  

Book overdrafts

     140       257  

Accumulated deferred income taxes – net

           5  

Derivative liabilities

     99       87  

Regulatory liabilities

     1,000       681  

Other current liabilities

     624       723  
                

Total current liabilities

     3,656       3,961  
                

Long-term debt

     5,171       4,669  
                

Accumulated deferred income taxes – net

     2,675       2,815  

Accumulated deferred investment tax credits

     112       119  

Customer advances

     160       153  

Derivative liabilities

     77       101  

Power-purchase contracts

     32       64  

Accumulated provision for pensions and benefits

     809       500  

Asset retirement obligations

     2,749       2,621  

Regulatory liabilities

     3,140       2,962  

Other deferred credits and other long-term liabilities

     802       681  
                

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     10,556       10,016  
                

Total liabilities

     19,383       18,646  
                

Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)

Minority interest

     351       398  
                

Common stock, no par value (434,888,104 shares outstanding at each date)

     2,168       2,168  

Additional paid-in capital

     383       361  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (14 )     (16 )

Retained earnings

     2,910       2,417  
                

Total common shareholder’s equity

     5,447       4,930  
                

Preferred and preference stock
not subject to mandatory redemption

     929       729  
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     6,376       5,659  
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 26,110     $ 24,703  
                

Authorized common stock is 560 million shares at each reporting period.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows        

 

     Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005     2004  

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net income

   $ 827     $ 749     $ 921  

Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities:

      

Depreciation, decommissioning and amortization

     1,026       915       860  

Loss on impairment of nuclear decommissioning trusts

     54              

Other amortization

     79       96       90  

Minority interest

     275       334       280  

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     (358 )     34       514  

Regulatory assets – long-term

     92       387       442  

Regulatory liabilities – long-term

     18       (168 )     (69 )

Derivative assets – long-term

     25       (42 )      

Derivative liabilities – long-term

     (24 )     97       4  

Other assets

     (119 )     88       (44 )

Other liabilities

     341       (25 )     14  

Margin and collateral deposits – net of collateral received

     (24 )     70       (33 )

Receivables and accrued unbilled revenue

     51       (202 )     (9 )

Derivative assets – short-term

     181       (211 )     (23 )

Derivative liabilities – short-term

     12       74       13  

Inventory and other current assets

     22       (66 )     13  

Regulatory assets – short-term

     (18 )     17       (254 )

Regulatory liabilities – short-term

     318       192       (169 )

Accrued interest and taxes

     (41 )     (126 )     (111 )

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

     (131 )     177       (165 )
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities

     2,606       2,390       2,274  
                        

Cash flows from financing activities:

      

Long-term debt issued

     900       1000       1,775  

Long-term debt issuance costs

     (24 )     (20 )     (28 )

Long-term debt repaid

     (352 )     (1,040 )     (966 )

Bonds remarketed – net

                 350  

Issuance of preference stock

     196       591        

Redemption of preferred stock

           (148 )     (2 )

Rate reduction notes repaid

     (246 )     (246 )     (246 )

Short-term debt financing – net

           (88 )     (112 )

Change in book overdrafts

     (118 )     25       43  

Shares purchased for stock-based compensation

     (103 )     (115 )     (60 )

Proceeds from stock option exercises

     45       53       29  

Excess tax benefits related to stock option exercises

     17              

Minority interest

     (322 )     (345 )     (290 )

Dividends paid

     (300 )     (234 )     (756 )
                        

Net cash used by financing activities

     (307 )     (567 )     (263 )
                        

Cash flows from investing activities:

      

Capital expenditures

     (2,226 )     (1,808 )     (1,678 )

Acquisition costs related to nonutility generation plant

                 (285 )

Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust sales

     3,010       2,067       2,416  

Purchases of nuclear decommissioning trust investments

     (3,150 )     (2,159 )     (2,525 )

Customer advances for construction and other investments

     7       98       9  
                        

Net cash used by investing activities

     (2,359 )     (1,802 )     (2,063 )
                        

Effect of consolidation of variable interest entities

                 79  
                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents

     (60 )     21       27  

Cash and equivalents, beginning of year

     143       122       95  
                        

Cash and equivalents, end of year

   $ 83     $ 143     $ 122  
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common

Shareholder’s Equity

  Southern California Edison Company

 

In millions

   Common
Stock
   Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Retained
Earnings
    Total
Common
Shareholder’s
Equity
 

Balance at December 31, 2003

   $ 2,168    $ 338     $ (19 )   $ 1,868     $ 4,355  
                                       

Net income

            921       921  

Minimum pension liability adjustment

          (1 )       (1 )

Amortization of cash flow hedges

          5         5  

Tax effect

          (2 )       (2 )

Dividends declared on common stock

            (750 )     (750 )

Dividends declared on preferred stock not subject to mandatory redemption

            (6 )     (6 )

Shares purchased for stock-based compensation

        (17 )       (43 )     (60 )

Proceeds from stock option exercises

            29       29  

Noncash stock-based compensation

        30           30  

Capital stock expense and other

        (1 )       1        
                                       

Balance at December 31, 2004

   $ 2,168    $ 350     $ (17 )   $ 2,020     $ 4,521  
                                       

Net income

            749       749  

Minimum pension liability adjustment

          (2 )       (2 )

Tax effect

          1         1  

Amortization of cash flow hedges

          4         4  

Tax effect

          (2 )       (2 )

Dividends declared on common stock

            (285 )     (285 )

Dividends declared on preferred and preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption

            (24 )     (24 )

Shares purchased for stock-based compensation

        (19 )       (95 )     (114 )

Proceeds from stock option exercises

            53       53  

Noncash stock-based compensation

        11           11  

Excess tax benefits related to stock option exercises

        29           29  

Capital stock expense and other

        (10 )       (1 )     (11 )
                                       

Balance at December 31, 2005

   $ 2,168    $ 361     $ (16 )   $ 2,417     $ 4,930  
                                       

Net income

            827       827  

Minimum pension liability adjustment

          12         12  

Tax effect

          (5 )       (5 )

SFAS No. 158 – Postretirement benefits

          (17 )       (17 )

Tax effect

          7         7  

Termination and amortization of cash flow hedges

          8         8  

Tax effect

          (3 )       (3 )

Dividends declared on common stock

            (240 )     (240 )

Dividends declared on preferred and preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption

            (51 )     (51 )

Shares purchased for stock-based compensation

        (15 )       (88 )     (103 )

Proceeds from stock option exercises

            45       45  

Noncash stock-based compensation

        23           23  

Excess tax benefits related to stock option exercises

        17           17  

Capital stock expense and other

        (3 )         (3 )
                                       

Balance at December 31, 2006

   $ 2,168    $ 383     $ (14 )   $ 2,910     $ 5,447  
                                       

Authorized common stock is 560 million shares. The outstanding common stock is 434,888,104 shares for all years reported.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 1, unless discussed in the respective Notes for specific topics.

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

SCE is a rate-regulated electric utility that supplies electric energy to a 50,000 square-mile area of central, coastal and southern California.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include SCE, its subsidiaries and VIEs for which SCE is the primary beneficiary. Effective March 31, 2004, SCE began consolidating four cogeneration projects from which SCE typically purchases 100% of the energy produced under long-term power-purchase agreements, in accordance with FIN 46(R). Intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

SCE’s accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, including SFAS No. 71, which reflect the rate-making policies of the CPUC and the FERC.

Certain prior-year amounts were reclassified to conform to the December 31, 2006 financial statement presentation.

Financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingency assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

SCE’s outstanding common stock is owned entirely by its parent company, Edison International.

Book Overdrafts

Book overdrafts represent outstanding checks in excess of cash funds that are on deposit with financial institutions. Monthly, SCE reclassifies the amount for checks issued but not yet paid by the financial institution, from cash to book overdrafts.

Cash and Equivalents

Cash and equivalents consist of cash and cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consist of other investments of $1 million at December 31, 2006 and $16 million at December 31, 2005 with original maturities of three months or less. Additionally, cash and equivalents of $78 million at December 31, 2006 and $120 million at December 31, 2005 are included for the VIE segment. For a discussion of restricted cash, see “Restricted Cash.”

Deferred Financing Costs

Debt premium, discount and issuance expenses are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis through interest expense over the life of each related issue. Under CPUC rate-making procedures, debt reacquisition expenses are amortized over the remaining life of the reacquired debt or, if refinanced, the life of the new debt. California law prohibits SCE from incurring or guaranteeing debt for its nonutility affiliates. SCE had unamortized loss on reacquired debt of $318 million at December 31, 2006 and

 

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$323 million at December 31, 2005 reflected in “regulatory assets” in the long-term section of the consolidated balance sheets. SCE had unamortized debt issuance costs of $46 million at December 31, 2006 and $40 at December 31, 2005 reflected in “other long-term assets” on the consolidated balance sheets.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

SCE uses derivative financial instruments to manage financial exposure on its investments and fluctuations in commodity prices and interest rates.

SCE is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties. To mitigate credit risk from counterparties, master netting agreements are used whenever possible and counterparties may be required to pledge collateral depending on the creditworthiness of each counterparty and the risk associated with the transaction. SCE does not expect the counterparties to fail to meet their obligations.

SCE records its derivative instruments on its consolidated balance sheets at fair value unless they meet the definition of a normal purchase or sale. The normal purchases and sales exception requires, among other things, physical delivery in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business.

Derivative assets and liabilities are shown at gross amounts on the consolidated balance sheets, except that net presentation is used when SCE has the legal right of setoff, such as multiple contracts executed with the same counterparty under master netting arrangements. The results of derivative activities are recorded as part of cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

To mitigate SCE’s exposure to spot-market prices, the CPUC has authorized SCE to enter into power purchase contracts (including QFs), energy options, tolling arrangements and forward physical contracts. SCE records these derivative instruments on its consolidated balance sheets at fair value unless they meet the definition of a normal purchase or sale (as discussed above), or are classified as operating leases. The normal purchases exception requires, among other things, physical delivery in quantities expected to be used over a reasonable period in the normal course of business. The derivative instrument fair values are marked to market at each reporting period. Any fair value changes for recorded derivatives are recorded in purchased-power expense and offset through the provision for regulatory adjustment clauses, as the CPUC allows these costs to be recovered from or refunded to customers through a regulatory balancing account mechanism. As a result, fair value changes do not affect earnings. SCE has elected to not use hedge accounting for these transactions due to this regulatory accounting treatment.

Unit-specific contracts (signed or modified after June 30, 2003) in which SCE takes virtually all of the output of a facility are generally considered to be leases under EITF No. 01-8. Leases are not derivatives and are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets unless they are classified as capital leases.

Most of SCE’s QF contracts are not required to be recorded on the consolidated balance sheets because they either don’t meet the definition of a derivative or meet the normal purchases and sales exception. However, SCE purchases power from certain QFs in which the contract pricing is based on a natural gas index, but the power is not generated with natural gas. The portion of these contracts that is not eligible for the normal purchases and sales exception is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value.

See further information about SCE’s derivative instruments in Note 2.

Dividend Restriction

The CPUC regulates SCE’s capital structure and limits the dividends it may pay Edison International. SCE’s authorized capital structure includes a common equity component of 48%. SCE determines compliance with this capital structure based on a 13-month weighted-average calculation. At December 31, 2006, SCE’s 13-month weighted-average common equity component of total capitalization

 

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was 49.46%. At December 31, 2006, SCE had the capacity to pay $164 million in additional dividends based on the 13-month weighted-average method. However, based on recorded December 31, 2006 balances, SCE’s common equity to total capitalization ratio (as adjusted for rate-making purposes) was 48.65%. SCE had the capacity to pay $73 million of additional dividends to Edison International based on December 31, 2006 recorded balances.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

SCE evaluates the impairment of its long-lived assets based on a review of estimated cash flows expected to be generated whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the amount of the expected future cash flows, undiscounted and without interest charges, then an impairment loss must be recognized in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 71, impaired assets are recorded as a regulatory asset if it is deemed probable that such amounts will be recovered from the ratepayers.

Income Taxes

SCE and its subsidiaries are included in Edison International’s consolidated federal income tax and combined state franchise tax returns. Under an income tax allocation agreement approved by the CPUC, SCE’s tax liability is computed as if it filed a separate return.

As part of the process of preparing its consolidated financial statements, SCE is required to estimate its income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which it operates. This process involves estimating actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as depreciable property for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within SCE’s consolidated balance sheets.

Income tax expense includes the current tax liability from operations and the change in deferred income taxes during the year. Investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the lives of the related properties.

For a further discussion of income taxes, see Note 4.

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, cost being determined by the first-in, first-out method for fuel and the average cost method for materials and supplies.

Leases

Rent expense under operating leases for vehicle, office space and other equipment is levelized over the terms of the leases.

Capital leases are reported as long-term obligations on the consolidated balance sheets under the caption, “Other deferred credits and other long-term liabilities.” In accordance with SFAS No. 71, SCE’s capital lease amortization expense and interest expense are reflected in the caption “Purchased power” on the consolidated statements of income.

Margin and Collateral Deposits

Margin and collateral deposits include margin requirements and cash deposited with counterparties and brokers as credit support under margining agreements for power and gas price risk management activities. The amount of margin and collateral deposits varies based on changes in the value of the agreements. Deposits with counterparties and brokers earn interest at various rates.

 

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New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

SFAS No. 123(R) requires companies to use the fair value accounting method for stock-based compensation. SCE implemented SFAS No. 123(R) in the first quarter of 2006 and applied the modified prospective transition method. Under the modified prospective method, the new accounting standard was applied effective January 1, 2006 to the unvested portion of awards previously granted and will be applied to all prospective awards. Prior financial statements were not restated under this method. The new accounting standard resulted in the recognition of expense for all stock-based compensation awards. In addition, SCE elected to calculate the pool of windfall tax benefits as of the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) based on the method (also known as the short-cut method) proposed in FSP FAS 123(R)-3, Transition Election to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards. Prior to January 1, 2006, SCE used the intrinsic value method of accounting, which resulted in no recognition of expense for its stock options. Prior to adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), SCE presented all tax benefits of deductions resulting from the exercise of stock options as a component of operating cash flows under the caption “Other liabilities” in the consolidated statements of cash flows. SFAS No. 123(R) requires the cash flows resulting from the tax benefits that occur from estimated tax deductions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for those options (excess tax benefits) to be classified as financing cash flows. The $17 million excess tax benefit is classified as a financing cash inflow in 2006. Due to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), SCE recorded a cumulative effect adjustment that increased net income by less than $1 million, net of tax, in the first quarter of 2006, mainly to reflect the change in the valuation method for performance shares classified as liability awards and the use of forfeiture estimates.

In April 2006, the FASB issued FSP FIN 46(R)-6, that specifies how a company should determine the variability to be considered in applying FIN 46(R). FIN 46(R)-6 states that such variability shall be determined based on an analysis of the design of the entity, including the nature of the risks in the entity, the purpose for which the entity was created, and the variability the entity is designed to create and pass along to its interest holders. FIN 46(R)-6 was effective prospectively beginning July 1, 2006, although companies had until December 31, 2006, to elect retrospective application. SCE adopted FIN 46(R)-6 prospectively beginning July 1, 2006. Applying the guidance of FSP FIN 46(R)-6 had no effect on the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, which amends the accounting by employers for defined benefit pension plans and PBOPs. SFAS No. 158 requires companies to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan as an asset and liability in its balance sheet; the asset and/or liability is offset through other comprehensive income (loss). SCE adopted SFAS No. 158 as of December 31, 2006. SCE will record regulatory assets or liabilities instead of charges and credits to other comprehensive income (loss) for its postretirement benefit plans that are recoverable in utility rates, in accordance with SFAS No. 71. SFAS No. 158 also requires companies to align the measurement dates for their plans to their fiscal year-ends; SCE already has a fiscal year-end measurement date for all of its postretirement plans. Upon adoption, SCE recorded additional postretirement benefit assets of $145 million, additional postretirement liabilities of $320 million (including $24 million classified as current), additional regulatory assets of $303 million, regulatory liabilities of $145 million, and a reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (a component of shareholder’s equity) of $10 million, net of tax.

In September 2006, the Securities & Exchange Commission issued SAB No. 108, which provides interpretive guidance on the consideration of the effects of prior year misstatements in quantifying current year misstatements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB No. 108 requires additional quantitative testing to determine whether a misstatement is material. SCE implemented SAB No. 108 for the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2006. Applying the guidance of SAB No. 108 had no effect on the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

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Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In July 2006, the FASB issued an interpretation of FIN 48 clarifying the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. An enterprise would be required to recognize, in its financial statements, the best estimate of the impact of a tax position by determining if the weight of the available evidence indicates it is more likely than not, based solely on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained on audit. SCE will adopt FIN 48 in first quarter 2007. SCE is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48 on its financial statements. Based on the current status of discussions with tax authorities related to open tax years under audit and other information currently available, implementation of FIN 48 is expected to result in a cumulative-effect adjustment increasing retained earnings in a range of approximately $175 million to $225 million upon adoption. The estimated range is subject to final completion of SCE’s analysis and assessment of each uncertain tax position. SCE will continue to monitor and assess new income tax developments.

In September 2006, the FASB issued a new accounting standard on fair value measurements (SFAS No. 157). This statement clarifies the definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands the disclosures on fair value measurements. SCE will adopt SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008 and is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its financial statements.

Nuclear Decommissioning

As a result of SCE’s adoption of SFAS No. 143 in 2003, SCE recorded the fair value of its liability for AROs, primarily related to the decommissioning of its nuclear power facilities. At that time, SCE adjusted its nuclear decommissioning obligation, capitalized the initial costs of the ARO into a nuclear-related ARO regulatory asset, and also recorded an ARO regulatory liability as a result of timing differences between the recognition of costs recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 143 and the recovery of the related asset retirement costs through the rate-making process.

SCE plans to decommission its nuclear generating facilities by a prompt removal method authorized by the NRC. Decommissioning is expected to begin after the plants’ operating licenses expire. The operating licenses currently expire in 2022 for San Onofre Units 2 and 3, and in 2025, 2026 and 2027 for the Palo Verde units. Decommissioning costs, which are recovered through nonbypassable customer rates over the term of each nuclear facility’s operating license, are recorded as a component of depreciation expense, with a corresponding credit to the ARO regulatory liability. The earnings impact of amortization of the ARO asset included within the unamortized nuclear investment and accretion of the ARO liability, both established under SFAS No. 143, are deferred as increases to the ARO regulatory liability account, with no impact on earnings.

SCE has collected in rates amounts for the future costs of removal of its nuclear assets, and has placed those amounts in independent trusts. The cost of removal amounts, in excess of fair value collected for assets not legally required to be removed, are classified as regulatory liabilities.

All investments are classified as available-for-sale. SCE has debt and equity investments for the nuclear decommissioning trust funds. Unrealized gains and losses on decommissioning trust funds increase or decrease the related regulatory asset or liability. SCE reviews each security for other-than-temporary impairment losses on the first and last day of each month. If the fair value on both days is less than the weighted-average cost for that security, SCE will recognize a realized loss for the other-than-temporary impairment. If the fair value is greater or less than the cost for that security at the time of sale, SCE will recognize a related realized gain or loss, respectively. Under SFAS No. 71, SCE receives recovery of these realized gains and losses through rates; therefore this accounting treatment does not affect SCE’s earnings.

For a further discussion about nuclear decommissioning trusts see “Nuclear Decommissioning Commitment” in Note 6.

 

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Planned Major Maintenance

Certain plant facilities require major maintenance on a periodic basis. These costs are expensed as incurred.

Property and Plant

Utility Plant

Utility plant additions, including replacements and betterments, are capitalized. Such costs include direct material and labor, construction overhead, a portion of administrative and general costs capitalized at a rate authorized by the CPUC, and AFUDC. AFUDC represents the estimated cost of debt and equity funds that finance utility-plant construction. Currently, AFUDC debt and equity is capitalized during plant construction and reported in interest expense and other nonoperating income, respectively. AFUDC is recovered in rates through depreciation expense over the useful life of the related asset. Depreciation of utility plant is computed on a straight-line, remaining-life basis.

Depreciation expense stated as a percent of average original cost of depreciable utility plant was, on a composite basis, 4.2% for 2006, 3.9% for 2005 and 3.9% for 2004.

AFUDC – equity was $32 million in 2006, $25 million in 2005 and $23 million in 2004. AFUDC – debt was $18 million in 2006, $14 million in 2005 and $12 million in 2004.

Replaced or retired property costs are charged to the accumulated provision for depreciation. Cash payments for removal costs less salvage reduce the liability for AROs.

In May 2003, the Palo Verde units returned to traditional cost-of-service ratemaking while San Onofre Units 2 and 3 returned to traditional cost-of-service ratemaking in January 2004. SCE’s nuclear plant investments made prior to the return to cost-of-service ratemaking are recorded as regulatory assets on its consolidated balance sheets. Since the return to cost-of-service ratemaking, capital additions are recorded in utility plant. These classifications do not affect the rate-making treatment for these assets.

Estimated useful lives (authorized by the CPUC) and weighted-average useful lives of SCE’s property, plant and equipment, are as follows:

 

    

Estimated

Useful Lives

  

Weighted-Average

Useful Lives

Generation plant

   39 years to 70 years    40 years

Distribution plant

   30 years to 60 years    45 years

Transmission plant

   35 years to 65 years    40 years

Other plant

   5 years to 60 years    20 years

Nuclear fuel is recorded as utility plant in accordance with CPUC rate-making procedures.

Nonutility Property

Nonutility property, including construction in progress, is capitalized at cost, including interest accrued on borrowed funds that finance construction. Capitalized interest was less than a million in 2006, $16 million in 2005, and $9 million in 2004. Mountainview plant is included in nonutility property in accordance with the rate-making treatment. Capitalized interest is generally amortized over 30 years (the life of the purchase-power agreement under which Mountainview plant operates).

 

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Depreciation and amortization is primarily computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of nonutility properties. Depreciation expense stated as a percent of average original cost of depreciable nonutility property was, on a composite basis, 3.8% for 2006 and 3.6% for 2005. The composite rate for 2004 is not disclosed due to the noncomparability of this property in 2003. The VIEs (commenced consolidation in March 31, 2004) compose a majority of nonutility property.

Estimated useful lives for nonutility property are as follows:

 

Furniture and equipment

   3 years to 20 years

Building, plant and equipment

   5 years to 30 years

Land easements

   60 years

Purchased Power

From January 17, 2001 to December 31, 2002, the CDWR purchased power on behalf of SCE’s customers for SCE’s residual net short power position (the amount of energy needed to serve SCE’s customers in excess of SCE’s own generation and purchased power contracts). Additionally, the CDWR signed long-term contracts that provide power for SCE’s customers. Effective January 1, 2003, SCE resumed power procurement responsibilities for its residual net short position. SCE acts as a billing agent for the CDWR power, and any power purchased by the CDWR for delivery to SCE’s customers is not considered a cost to SCE.

Receivables

SCE records an allowance for uncollectible accounts, as determined by the average percentage of amounts written-off in prior accounting periods. SCE assesses its customers a late fee of 0.9% per month, beginning 21 days after the bill is prepared. Inactive accounts are written off after 180 days.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

In accordance with SFAS No. 71, SCE records regulatory assets, which represent probable future recovery of certain costs from customers through the rate-making process, and regulatory liabilities, which represent probable future credits to customers through the rate-making process. See Note 11 for additional disclosures related to regulatory assets and liabilities.

Related Party Transactions

Four EME subsidiaries have 49% to 50% ownership in partnerships that sell electricity generated by their project facilities to SCE under long-term power purchase agreements with terms and pricing approved by the CPUC. Beginning March 31, 2004, SCE consolidates these projects. See Note 14 for further information regarding VIEs. These variable interest projects hold $26 million in long-term debt due to EME with an interest rate of 5%, due in April 2008. This is included in long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet.

SCE holds $153 million in notes receivable from affiliates, due in June 2007 comprising of a $78 million note receivable from EME with an interest rate of London Interbank Offered Rate plus 0.275%; and a 4.4%, $75 million note receivable from Edison International. The $75 million note receivable was previously due from a subsidiary of Edison Capital and was transferred and assigned to Edison International in May 2006. Both notes receivable are included in receivables on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Restricted Cash

SCE’s restricted cash represents amounts used exclusively to make scheduled payments on the current maturities of rate reduction notes issued on behalf of SCE by a special purpose entity.

Revenue Recognition

Operating revenue is recognized as electricity is delivered and includes amounts for services rendered but unbilled at the end of each year. Amounts charged for services rendered are based on CPUC-authorized rates and FERC-approved rates, which provide an authorized rate of return, and recovery of operation and maintenance and capital-related carrying costs. CPUC rates are implemented upon approval, whereas FERC rates are implemented at the time when SCE files for a rate change with the FERC. Revenue collected prior to a final FERC decision is subject to refund. In accordance with SFAS No. 71, SCE recognizes revenue, subject to balancing account treatment, equal to the amount of actual costs incurred and up to its authorized revenue requirement. Any revenue collected in excess of actual costs incurred or above the authorized revenue requirement is not recognized as revenue and is deferred and recorded as regulatory liabilities. Costs incurred in excess of revenue billed are deferred in a balancing account and recorded as regulatory assets for recovery in future rates.

Since January 17, 2001, power purchased by the CDWR or through the ISO for SCE’s customers is not considered a cost to SCE, because SCE is acting as an agent for these transactions. Further, amounts billed to ($2.5 billion in 2006, $1.9 billion in 2005 and $2.5 billion in 2004) and collected from SCE’s customers for these power purchases, CDWR bond-related costs (effective November 15, 2002) and a portion of direct access exit fees (effective January 1, 2003) are being remitted to the CDWR and are not recognized as revenue by SCE.

Stock-Based Compensation

SCE’s stock-based compensation plans primarily include the issuance of Edison International stock options and performance shares. Edison International usually does not issue new common stock for equity awards settled. Rather, a third party is used to facilitate the exercise of stock options and the purchase and delivery of outstanding common stock for settlement of performance shares. Edison International has approximately 13.5 million shares remaining for future issuance under its stock-based compensation plans, which are described more fully in ”Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 5.

Prior to January 1, 2006, SCE accounted for these plans using the intrinsic value method. Upon grant, no stock-based compensation cost for stock options was reflected in net income, as the grant date was the measurement date, and all options granted under these plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Previously, stock-based compensation cost for performance shares was remeasured at each reporting period and related compensation expense was adjusted. As discussed in “New Accounting Pronouncements” above, effective January 1, 2006, SCE implemented a new accounting standard that requires companies to use the fair value accounting method for stock-based compensation resulting in the recognition of expense for all stock-based compensation awards. SCE recognizes stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Because SCE capitalizes a portion of cash-based compensation and SFAS No. 123(R) requires stock-based compensation to be recorded similarly to cash-based compensation, SCE capitalizes a portion of its stock-based compensation related to both unvested awards and new awards. SCE recognizes stock-based compensation expense for awards granted to retirement-eligible participants as follows: for stock-based awards granted prior to January 1, 2006, SCE recognized stock-based compensation expense over the explicit requisite service period and accelerated any remaining unrecognized compensation expense when a participant actually retired; for awards granted or modified after January 1, 2006, to participants who are retirement-eligible or will become retirement-eligible prior to the end of the normal requisite service period for the award, stock-based compensation will be recognized on a prorated basis over the initial year or over the period between the date of grant and the

 

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date the participant first becomes eligible for retirement. If SCE recognized stock-based compensation expense for awards granted prior to January 1, 2006, over a period to the date the participant first became eligible for retirement, stock-based compensation expense would have decreased by $4 million for 2006, would have increased $3 million for 2005 and would have increased $6 million for 2004.

Total stock-based compensation expense (reflected in the caption “other operation and maintenance” on the consolidated statements of income) was $33 million, $43 million and $46 million for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The income tax benefit recognized in the income statement was $13 million, $17 million and $19 million for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Total stock-based compensation cost capitalized was $6 million for 2006.

The following table illustrates the effect on net income available for common stock if SCE had used the fair-value accounting method for 2005 and 2004.

 

In millions

   Year ended December 31,
   2005    2004

Net income available for common stock, as reported

   $ 725    $ 915

Add: stock-based compensation expense using the intrinsic value accounting method – net of tax

     26      28

Less: stock-based compensation expense using the fair-value accounting method – net of tax

     24      32
             

Pro forma net income available for common stock

   $ 727    $ 911
             

Note 2. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

SCE recorded net unrealized gains (losses) of $(237) million, $90 million and $(9) million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, arising from derivative investments, which are reflected in purchased-power expense and offset through the provision for regulatory adjustment clauses — net on the consolidated statements of income.

Note 3. Liabilities and Lines of Credit

Long-Term Debt

Almost all SCE properties are subject to a trust indenture lien. SCE has pledged first and refunding mortgage bonds as collateral for borrowed funds obtained from pollution-control bonds issued by government agencies. SCE used these proceeds to finance construction of pollution-control facilities. SCE has a debt covenant that requires a debt to total capitalization ratio be met. At December 31, 2006, SCE was in compliance with this debt covenant. Bondholders have limited discretion in redeeming certain pollution-control bonds, and SCE has arranged with securities dealers to remarket or purchase them if necessary.

In December 1997, $2.5 billion of rate reduction notes were issued on behalf of SCE by SCE Funding LLC, a special purpose entity. These notes were issued to finance the 10% rate reduction mandated by state law. The proceeds of the rate reduction notes were used by SCE Funding LLC to purchase from SCE an enforceable right known as transition property. Transition property is a current property right created by the restructuring legislation and a financing order of the CPUC and consists generally of the right to be paid a specified amount from nonbypassable rates charged to residential and small commercial customers. The rate reduction notes are being repaid over 10 years through these nonbypassable residential and small commercial customer rates, which constitute the transition property purchased by SCE Funding LLC. The notes are scheduled to be paid off in December 2007 and the nonbypassable rates being charged to customers are expected to cease as of January 1, 2008. The notes are collateralized by the transition property and are not collateralized by, or payable from, assets of SCE or Edison

 

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International. SCE used the proceeds from the sale of the transition property to retire debt and equity securities. Although, as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, SCE Funding LLC is consolidated with SCE and the rate reduction notes are shown as long-term debt in the consolidated financial statements, SCE Funding LLC is legally separate from SCE. The assets of SCE Funding LLC are not available to creditors of SCE or Edison International and the transition property is legally not an asset of SCE or Edison International.

Long-term debt is:

 

     December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005  

First and refunding mortgage bonds:
2007 – 2037 (4.65% to 6.00% and variable)

   $ 3,525     $ 2,775  

Rate reduction notes:
2007 (6.42%)

     246       493  

Pollution-control bonds:
2015 – 2035 (2.9% to 5.55% and variable)

     1,196       1,196  

Debentures and notes:
2008 – 2053 (5.00% to 7.625%)

     611       810  

Long-term debt due within one year

     (396 )     (596 )

Unamortized debt discount – net

     (11 )     (9 )
                

Total

   $ 5,171     $ 4,669  
                

Note: Rates and terms as of December 31, 2006

Long-term debt maturities and sinking-fund requirements for the next five years are: 2007 – $396 million; 2008 – $54 million; 2009 – $150 million; 2010 – $250 million; and 2011 – zero.

Short-Term Debt

There was no outstanding short-term debt at December 31, 2006 and 2005.

Lines of Credit

At December 31, 2006 and 2005 SCE had a credit line of $1.7 billion for both periods. At December 31, 2006, SCE had $1.54 billion in available credit under its credit line. At December 31, 2005, SCE had $1.52 billion in available credit under its credit line.

On February 23, 2007, SCE amended its credit facility, increasing the amount of borrowing capacity to $2.5 billion, extending the maturity to February 2012 and removing the first mortgage bond collateral pledge.

Preferred Stock Subject to Mandatory Redemption

At both December 31, 2006 and 2005, SCE had no preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption. At December 31, 2004, SCE’s $100 par value cumulative preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption consisted of: $58 million (net of $9 million of preferred stock to be redeemed within one year) of preferred stock for Series 6.05% and $81 million for Series 7.23%.

The 6.05% Series preferred stock had mandatory sinking funds, requiring SCE to redeem at least 37,500 shares per year from 2003 through 2007, and 562,500 shares in 2008. SCE was allowed to credit previously repurchased shares against the mandatory sinking-fund provisions. In 2005, SCE redeemed 673,800 shares of 6.05% Series cumulative preferred stock, which included 36,300 shares redeemed to satisfy the mandatory sinking-fund requirement. In 2004, SCE repurchased 20,000 shares of 6.05%

 

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Series preferred stock. In 2003, SCE repurchased 56,200 shares of 6.05% Series preferred stock. At December 31, 2004, SCE had 1,200 previously repurchased, but not retired, shares available to credit against the mandatory sinking-fund provisions.

The 7.23% Series preferred stock also has mandatory sinking funds, requiring SCE to redeem at least 50,000 shares per year from 2002 through 2006, and 750,000 shares in 2007. However, SCE was allowed to credit previously repurchased shares against the mandatory sinking-fund provisions. In 2005, SCE redeemed the remaining 807,000 shares of 7.23% Series cumulative preferred stock. Since SCE had previously repurchased 193,000 shares of this series, no shares were redeemed in 2004 or 2003. At December 31, 2004, SCE had 43,000 previously repurchased, but not retired, shares available to credit against the mandatory sinking-fund provisions.

Note 4. Income Taxes

The components of income tax expense from continuing operations by location of taxing jurisdiction are:

 

In millions

   Year ended December 31  
   2006     2005     2004  

Current:

      

Federal

   $ 681     $ 255     $ (88 )

State

     159       84       46  
                        
     840       339       (42 )
                        

Deferred:

      

Federal

     (312 )     (18 )     425  

State

     (90 )     (29 )     55  
                        
     (402 )     (47 )     480  
                        

Total

   $ 438     $ 292     $ 438  
                        

 

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The components of the net accumulated deferred income tax liability are:

 

In millions

   December 31,
   2006    2005

Deferred tax assets:

     

Accrued charges

   $ 59    $ 117

Investment tax credits

     67      72

Property-related

     408      352

Regulatory balancing accounts

     496      301

Unrealized gains and losses

     367      321

Decommissioning

     167      163

Pensions and PBOPs

     215      182

Other

     358      409
             

Total

   $ 2,137    $ 1,917
             

Deferred tax liabilities:

     

Property-related

   $ 3,166    $ 3,184

Capitalized software costs

     147      173

Regulatory balancing accounts

     393      607

Unrealized gains and losses

     367      321

Decommissioning

     140      125

Other

     349      327
             

Total

   $ 4,562    $ 4,737
             

Accumulated deferred income taxes – net

   $ 2,425    $ 2,820
             

Classification of accumulated deferred income taxes – net:

     

Included in deferred credits and other liabilities

   $ 2,675    $ 2,815

Included in total current assets

     250     

Included in total current liabilities

          5

The federal statutory income tax rate is reconciled to the effective tax rate from continuing operations as follows:

 

      Year ended December 31,  
   2006     2005     2004  

Federal statutory rate

   35.0 %   35.0 %   35.0 %

Tax reserve adjustments

   3.1     (2.1 )   (7.3 )

Resolution of state audit issue

   (3.9 )        

Resolution of 1991-1993 audit cycle

       (5.8 )    

Property-related

   (0.3 )   (0.5 )   0.4  

ESOP dividend payment

   (0.9 )   (1.0 )   (0.6 )

State tax – net of federal deduction

   3.6     3.2     4.8  

Other

   (2.0 )   (0.7 )   (0.1 )
                  

Effective tax rate

   34.6 %   28.1 %   32.2 %
                  

The composite federal and state statutory income tax rate was approximately 40% (net of the federal benefit for state income taxes) for all periods presented. The lower effective tax rate of 34.6% realized in 2006 was primarily due to a settlement reached with the California Franchise Tax Board regarding a state apportionment issue (See “Federal and State Income Taxes” in Note 6) partially offset by tax reserve accruals. The lower effective tax rate of 28.1% realized in 2005 was primarily due to settlement of the 1991-1993 IRS audit cycle as well as adjustments made to the tax reserve to reflect the issuance of new IRS regulations and the favorable settlement of other federal and state tax audit issues. The lower effective tax rate of 32.2% realized in 2004 was primarily due to adjustments to tax liabilities relating to prior years.

 

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As a matter of course, SCE is regularly audited by federal and state taxing authorities. For further discussion of this matter, see “Federal and State Income Taxes” in Note 6.

Note 5. Compensation and Benefit Plans

Employee Savings Plan

SCE has a 401(k) defined contribution savings plan designed to supplement employees’ retirement income. The plan received employer contributions of $57 million in 2006, $51 million in 2005 and $37 million in 2004.

Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions

SFAS No. 158 requires companies to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit pension plan and other postretirement plan as assets and/or liabilities in the balance sheet. The assets and/or liabilities are offset through other comprehensive income (loss) or by a regulatory asset or liability in the case of plans recoverable in utility rates (see “New Accounting Pronouncements” in Note 1). SCE adopted SFAS No. 158 as of December 31, 2006.

Pension Plans

Noncontributory defined benefit pension plans (some with cash balance features) cover most employees meeting minimum service requirements. SCE recognizes pension expense for its nonexecutive plan as calculated by the actuarial method used for ratemaking.

At December 31, 2005, the accumulated benefit obligations of the executive pension plans exceeded the related plan assets at the measurement dates. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 158, SCE’s consolidated balance sheets included an additional minimum liability as required under the then-applicable accounting guidance, offset by charges to intangible assets and shareholders’ equity (through a charge to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)).

The expected contributions (all by the employer) are approximately $50 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. This amount is subject to change based on, among other things, the limits established for federal tax deductibility.

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Information on plan assets and benefit obligations is shown below:

 

     Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005  

Change in projected benefit obligation

    

Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year

   $ 3,222     $ 3,033  

Service cost

     102       99  

Interest cost

     169       166  

Amendments

     12       2  

Actuarial loss (gain)

     (66 )     103  

Special termination benefits

     8        

Benefits paid

     (271 )     (181 )
                

Projected benefit obligation at end of year

   $ 3,176     $ 3,222  
                

Accumulated benefit obligation at end of year

   $ 2,782     $ 2,791  
                

Change in plan assets

    

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

   $ 3,103     $ 2,981  

Actual return on plan assets

     473       297  

Employer contributions

     35       6  

Benefits paid

     (271 )     (181 )
                

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

   $ 3,340     $ 3,103  
                

Determination of net recorded asset

    

Funded status

   $ 164     $ (119 )

Unrecognized net loss

           113  

Unrecognized prior service cost

           76  
                

Net recorded asset

   $ 164     $ 70  
                

Additional detail of amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets:

    

Intangible asset

   $     $ 2  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     24       19  

Additional detail of amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss:

    

Prior service cost

   $ 2     $  

Net actuarial loss

     22        

Additional detail of amounts recognized as a regulatory liability:

    

Prior service cost

   $ 71     $  

Net actuarial loss (gain)

     (215 )      

Pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:

    

Projected benefit obligation

   $ 82     $ 101  

Accumulated benefit obligation

     67       85  

Fair value of plan assets

            

Weighted-average assumptions at end of year:

    

Discount rate

     5.75 %     5.5 %

Rate of compensation increase

     5.0 %     5.0 %

 

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Expense components are:

 

     Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005     2004  

Service cost

   $ 102     $ 99     $ 86  

Interest cost

     169       166       162  

Expected return on plan assets

     (225 )     (215 )     (201 )

Special termination benefits

     8              

Amortization of transition obligation

           1       5  

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost

     16       16       15  

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

     3       4       2  
                        

Expense under accounting standards

     73       71       69  

Regulatory adjustment – deferred

     (10 )     (26 )     (26 )
                        

Total expense recognized

   $ 63     $ 45     $ 43  
                        

Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

   $ (5 )   $ (3 )   $  

Weighted-average assumptions:

      

Discount rate

     5.5 %     5.5 %     6.0 %

Rate of compensation increase

     5.0 %     5.0 %     5.0 %

Expected return on plan assets

     7.5 %     7.5 %     7.5 %

The estimated amortization amounts for 2007 are $17 million for prior service cost and $2 million for net actuarial loss.

Due to the Mohave shutdown, SCE has incurred costs for special termination benefits. For further information on Mohave, see

Note 16.

The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, are expected to be paid:

 

In millions

   Year ended December 31,

2007

   $    260        

2008

      273        

2009

      284        

2010

      294        

2011

      310        

2012–2016

   1,567        

Asset allocations are:

 

     Target for    December 31,
      2007        2006            2005    

United States equities

   45%    47%    47%

Non-United States equities

   25%    26%    26%

Private equities

     4%      2%      2%

Fixed income

   26%    25%    25%

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions

Most nonunion employees retiring at or after age 55 with at least 10 years of service are eligible for postretirement health and dental care, life insurance and other benefits. Eligibility depends on a number of factors, including the employee’s hire date.

 

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On December 8, 2003, President Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The Act authorized a federal subsidy to be provided to plan sponsors for certain prescription drug benefits under Medicare. SCE adopted a new accounting pronouncement for the effects of the Act, effective July 1, 2004, which reduced Edison International’s accumulated benefit obligation by $116 million upon adoption.

The expected contributions (all by the employer) to the PBOP trust are $41 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. This amount is subject to change based on, among other things, the limits established for federal tax deductibility.

The fair value of plan assets is determined by market value.

Information on plan assets and benefit obligations is shown below:

 

     Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005  

Change in benefit obligation

    

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

   $ 2,275     $ 2,146  

Service cost

     43       44  

Interest cost

     116       118  

Amendments

           (15 )

Actuarial loss (gain)

     (159 )     38  

Special termination benefits

     4        

Plan participants’ contributions

     7       3  

Medicare Part D subsidy received

     3        

Benefits paid

     (111 )     (59 )
                

Benefit obligation at end of year

   $ 2,178     $ 2,275  
                

Change in plan assets

    

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

   $ 1,573     $ 1,465  

Actual return on assets

     203       92  

Employer contributions

     68       72  

Plan participants’ contributions

     7       3  

Medicare Part D subsidy received

     3        

Benefits paid

     (111 )     (59 )
                

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

   $ 1,743     $ 1,573  
                

Determination of net recorded liability

    

Funded status

   $ (435 )   $ (702 )

Unrecognized net loss

           842  

Unrecognized prior service cost (credit)

           (271 )
                

Recorded asset (liability)

   $ (435 )   $ (131 )
                

Additional detail of amounts recognized as a regulatory asset:

    

Prior service cost (credit)

   $ (242 )   $  

Net actuarial loss

     545        

Weighted-average assumptions at end of year:

    

Discount rate

     5.75 %     5.5 %

Assumed health care cost trend rates:

    

Rate assumed for following year

     9.25 %     10.25 %

Ultimate rate

     5.0 %     5.0 %

Year ultimate rate reached

     2011       2011  

 

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Expense components are:

 

In millions

   Year ended December 31,  
   2006     2005     2004  

Service cost

   $ 43     $ 44     $ 40  

Interest cost

     116       118       123  

Expected return on plan assets

     (106 )     (101 )     (96 )

Special termination benefits

     4       —         —    

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost (credit)

     (29 )     (28 )     (29 )

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

     41       45       49  
                        

Total expense

   $ 69     $ 78     $ 87  
                        

Weighted-average assumptions:

      

Discount rate

     5.5 %     5.75 %     6.25 %

Expected return on plan assets

     7.0 %     7.1 %     7.1 %

Assumed health care cost trend rates:

      

Current year

     10.25 %     10.0 %     12.0 %

Ultimate rate

     5.0 %     5.0 %     5.0 %

Year ultimate rate reached

     2011       2010       2010  

The estimated amortization amounts for 2007 are $(29) million for prior service cost (credit) and $25 million for net actuarial loss.

Due to the Mohave shutdown, SCE has incurred costs for special termination benefits. For further information on Mohave, see

Note 16.

Increasing the health care cost trend rate by one percentage point would increase the accumulated benefit obligation as of December 31, 2006 by $267 million and annual aggregate service and interest costs by $18 million. Decreasing the health care cost trend rate by one percentage point would decrease the accumulated benefit obligation as of December 31, 2006 by $238 million and annual aggregate service and interest costs by $16 million.

The following benefit payments are expected to be paid:

 

     Year ended December 31

In millions

   Before Subsidy    Net

2007

   $ 100    $ 95

2008

     100      95

2009

     109      103

2010

     118      112

2011

     127      120

2012–2016

     728      681

Asset allocations are:

 

     Target for
2007
  December 31,
     2006   2005

United States equities

   64%   64%   65%

Non-United States equities

   16%   13%   14%

Fixed income

   20%   23%   21%

 

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Description of Pension and Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions Investment Strategies

The investment of plan assets is overseen by a fiduciary investment committee. Plan assets are invested using a combination of asset classes, and may have active and passive investment strategies within asset classes. SCE employs multiple investment management firms. Investment managers within each asset class cover a range of investment styles and approaches. Risk is controlled through diversification among multiple asset classes, managers, styles and securities. Plan, asset class and individual manager performance is measured against targets. SCE also monitors the stability of its investments managers’ organizations.

Allowable investment types include:

United States Equities: Common and preferred stock of large, medium, and small companies which are predominantly United States-based.

Non-United States Equities: Equity securities issued by companies domiciled outside the United States and in depository receipts which represent ownership of securities of non-United States companies.

Private Equity: Limited partnerships that invest in nonpublicly traded entities.

Fixed Income: Fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the United States government, non-United States governments, government agencies and instrumentalities, mortgage backed securities and corporate debt obligations. A small portion of the fixed income position may be held in debt securities that are below investment grade.

Permitted ranges around asset class portfolio weights are plus or minus 5%. Where approved by the fiduciary investment committee, futures contracts are used for portfolio rebalancing and to approach fully invested portfolio positions. Where authorized, a few of the plan’s investment managers employ limited use of derivatives, including futures contracts, options, options on futures and interest rate swaps in place of direct investment in securities to gain efficient exposure to markets. Derivatives are not used to leverage the plans or any portfolios.

Determination of the Expected Long-Term Rate of Return on Assets for United States Plans

The overall expected long term rate of return on assets assumption is based on the target asset allocation for plan assets and capital markets return forecasts for asset classes employed. A portion of the PBOP trust asset returns are subject to taxation, so the expected long-term rate of return for these assets is determined on an after-tax basis.

Capital Markets Return Forecasts

The estimated total return for fixed income is based on an equilibrium yield for intermediate United States government bonds plus a premium for exposure to nongovernment bonds in the broad fixed income market. The equilibrium yield is based on analysis of historic data and is consistent with experience over various economic environments. The premium of the broad market over United States government bonds is a historic average premium. The estimated rate of return for equity is estimated to be a 3% premium over the estimated total return of intermediate United States government bonds. This value is determined by combining estimates of real earnings growth, dividend yields and inflation, each of which was determined using historical analysis. The rate of return for private equity is estimated to be a 5% premium over public equity, reflecting a premium for higher volatility and illiquidity.

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

Stock Options

Under various plans, SCE may grant stock options at exercise prices equal to the average of the high and low price at the grant date and other awards related to or with a value derived from Edison International common stock to directors and certain employees. Options generally expire 10 years after the grant date and vest over a period of four years of continuous service, with expense recognized evenly over the requisite service period, except for awards granted to retirement-eligible participants, as discussed in “Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1. Stock-based compensation expense associated with stock options (including amounts capitalized) was $24 million in 2006. Under prior accounting rules, there was no comparable expense recognized for the same period in 2005 and 2004. See “Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1 for further discussion.

Beginning with awards made in 2003, stock options accrue dividend equivalents for the first five years of the option term. Unless transferred to nonqualified deferral plan accounts, dividend equivalents accumulate without interest. Dividend equivalents are paid only on options that vest, including options that are unexercised. Dividend equivalents are paid in cash after the vesting date. Edison International has discretion to pay certain dividend equivalents in shares of Edison International common stock. Additionally, Edison International will substitute cash awards to the extent necessary to pay tax withholding or any government levies.

The fair value for each option granted was determined as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires various assumptions noted in the following table.

 

Year ended December 31,

   2006   2005   2004

Expected terms (in years)

   9 to 10   9 to 10   9 to 10

Risk-free interest rate

   4.3% – 4.7%   4.1% – 4.3%   4.0% – 4.3%

Expected dividend yield

   2.3% – 2.8%   2.1% – 3.1%   2.7% – 3.7%

Weighted-average expected dividend yield

   2.4%   3.1%   3.6%

Expected volatility

   16% – 17%   15% – 20%   19% – 22%

Weighted-average volatility

   16.3%   19.5%   21.5%

The expected term of options granted is based on the actual remaining contractual term of the options. The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on a 52-week historical average of the 10-year semi-annual coupon U.S. Treasury note. In 2006, expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of Edison International’s common stock for the recent 36 months. Prior to January 1, 2006, expected volatility was based on the median of the most recent 36 months historical volatility of peer companies because Edison International’s historical volatility was impacted by the California energy crisis.

A summary of the status of Edison International stock options granted to SCE employees is as follows:

 

           Weighted-Average     
     Stock
Options
    Exercise
Price
   Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
  

Aggregate
Intrinsic

Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2005

   8,587,248     $ 23.22      

Granted

   1,245,380     $ 44.10      

Expired

              

Forfeited

   (23,865 )   $ 34.24      

Exercised

   (2,047,427 )   $ 22.12      
              

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

   7,761,336     $ 26.78      
              

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2006

   7,403,265     $ 26.56    6.36    $ 118,964,546

Exercisable at December 31, 2006

   3,639,312     $ 22.06    4.85    $ 74,857,736

 

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The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $14.42, $11.76 and $8.25, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $43 million, $42 million and $14 million, respectively. At December 31, 2006, there was $20 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options, net of expected forfeitures. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately two years. The fair value of options vested during 2006, 2005, and 2004 was $27 million, $16 million and $11 million, respectively.

The amount of cash used to settle stock options exercised was $88 million, $95 million and $43 million for 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. Cash received from options exercised for 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $45 million, $53 million and $29 million, respectively. The estimated tax benefit from options exercised for 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $17 million, $17 million and $6 million.

In October 2001, a stock option retention exchange offer was extended, offering holders of Edison International stock options granted in 2000 the opportunity to exchange those options for a lesser number of deferred stock units, payable in shares of Edison International common stock. Approximately three options were cancelled for each deferred stock unit issued. The deferred stock units vested, and were settled, 25% in each of the ensuing 12-month periods. Cash used to settle deferred stock units in 2005 and 2004 was $11 million and $9 million, respectively.

Performance Shares

A target number of contingent performance shares were awarded to executives in January 2004, January 2005 and March 2006, and vest at the end of December 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. Dividend equivalents associated with these performance shares accumulate without interest and will be payable in cash following the end of the performance period when the performance shares are paid, although Edison International has discretion to pay certain dividend equivalents in Edison International common stock. The vesting of Edison International’s performance shares is dependent upon a market condition and three years of continuous service subject to a prorated adjustment for employees who are terminated under certain circumstances or retire, but payment cannot be accelerated. The market condition is based on Edison International’s common stock performance relative to the performance of a specified group of companies at the end of a three-calendar-year period. The number of performance shares earned is determined based on Edison International’s ranking among these companies. Dividend equivalents will be adjusted to correlate to the actual number of performance shares paid. Performance shares earned are settled half in cash and half in common stock; however, Edison International has discretion under certain of the awards to pay the half subject to cash settlement in common stock. Additionally, cash awards are substituted to the extent necessary to pay tax withholding or any government levies. The portion of performance shares settled in cash is classified as a share-based liability award. The fair value of these shares is remeasured at each reporting period and the related compensation expense is adjusted. The portion of performance shares payable in common stock is classified as a share-based equity award. Compensation expense related to these shares is based on the grant-date fair value. Performance shares expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the fair values determined, except for awards granted to retirement-eligible participants, as discussed in “Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1. Stock-based compensation expense associated with performance shares (including amounts capitalized) was $9 million, $31 million and $33 million for 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. The amount of cash used to settle performance shares classified as equity awards was $19 million, $10 million and $8 million for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

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The performance shares’ fair value is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model. The Monte Carlo simulation valuation model requires a risk-free interest rate and an expected volatility rate assumption. The risk-free interest rate is based on a 52-week historical average of the three-year semi-annual coupon U.S. Treasury note and is used as a proxy for the expected return for the specified group of companies. Volatility is based on the historical volatility of Edison International’s common stock for the recent 36 months. Historical volatility for each company in the specified group is obtained from a financial data services provider.

Edison International’s risk-free interest rate used to determine the grant date fair values for the 2006, 2005 and 2004 performance shares classified as share-based equity awards was 4.1%, 2.7% and 2.1%, respectively. Edison International’s expected volatility used to determine the grant date fair values for the 2006, 2005 and 2004 performance shares classified as share-based equity awards was 16.2%, 27.7% and 36%, respectively. The portion of performance shares classified as share-based liability awards are revalued at each reporting period. The risk-free interest rate and expected volatility rate used to determine the fair value as of December 31, 2006 was 4.8% and 16.5%, respectively.

The total intrinsic value of performance shares settled during 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $38 million, $21 million and $4 million, respectively, which included cash paid to settle the performance shares classified as liability awards for 2006, 2005 and 2004 of

$9 million, $5 million and $2 million, respectively. At December 31, 2006, there was $4 million (based on the December 31, 2006 fair value of performance shares classified as liability awards) of total unrecognized compensation cost related to performance shares. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately one year. The fair values of performance shares vested during 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $14 million, $21 million and $13 million, respectively.

A summary of the status of Edison International nonvested performance shares granted to SCE employees and classified as equity awards is as follows:

 

     Performance
Shares
    Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

Nonvested at December 31, 2005

   146,280     $ 39.08

Granted

   47,923       52.76

Forfeited

   (2,018 )     38.26

Paid out

   (83,581 )     33.99
        

Nonvested at December 31, 2006

   108,604     $ 48.96
        

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of performance shares classified as equity awards granted during 2005 and 2004 was $46.09 and $33.62, respectively.

A summary of the status of Edison International nonvested performance shares granted to SCE employees and classified as liability awards (the current portion is reflected in the caption “Other current liabilities” and the long-term portion is reflected in “Accumulated provision for pensions and benefits” on the consolidated balance sheets) is as follows:

 

     Performance
Shares
    Weighted-Average
Fair Value

Nonvested at December 31, 2005

   146,400    

Granted

   47,992    

Forfeited

   (2,026 )  

Paid out

   (83,639 )  
        

Nonvested at December 31, 2006

   108,727     $ 48.58
        

 

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Note 6. Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Commitments

In accordance with EITF No. 01-8, power contracts signed or modified after June 30, 2003, need to be assessed for lease accounting requirements. Unit specific contracts in which SCE takes virtually all of the output of a facility are generally considered to be leases. As of December 31, 2005, SCE had six power contracts classified as operating leases. In April 2006, SCE modified one power contract, and in November 2006 an additional 61 contracts were modified. The modifications to the contracts resulted in a change to the contractual terms of the contracts at which time SCE reassessed these power contracts under EITF No. 01-8 and determined that the contracts are leases and subsequently met the requirements for operating leases under SFAS No. 13. These power contracts had previously been grandfathered relative to EITF No. 01-8 and did not meet the normal purchases and sales exception. As a result, these contracts were recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 133. The fair value changes for these power purchase contracts were previously recorded in purchased-power expense and offset through the provision for regulatory adjustment clauses – net ; therefore, fair value changes did not effect earnings. At the time of modification SCE had assets and liabilities related to mark-to-market gains or losses. Under SFAS No. 133, the assets and liabilities were reclassified to a lease prepayment or accrual and were included in the cost basis of the lease. The lease prepayment and accruals are being amortized over the life of the lease on a straight-line basis. At December 31, 2006, the net liability was $60 million. At December 31, 2006, SCE had 68 power contracts classified as operating leases. Operating lease expense for power purchases was $188 million in 2006, $68 million in 2005 and zero for 2004. In addition, SCE executed a power purchase contract in late 2005 which met the requirements for capital leases. The capital lease has a net commitment of $13 million at December 31, 2006. SCE’s capital lease amortization expense and interest expense was $3 million in 2006.

Other operating lease expense, primarily for vehicle leases, was $31 million in 2006, $20 million in 2005 and $17 million in 2004. The leases have varying terms, provisions and expiration dates.

Estimated remaining commitments for noncancelable operating leases, including power purchases, vehicles, office space, and other equipment at December 31, 2006 are:

 

In millions

   Year ended December 31,
   Power Contracts
Operating
Leases
   Other
Operating
Leases

2007

   $ 579    $ 38

2008

     556      36

2009

     499      32

2010

     463      27

2011

     254      20

Thereafter

     1,669      72
             

Total

   $ 4,020    $               225
             

As discussed above, SCE modified numerous power contracts which increased the noncancelable operating lease future commitments and decreased the power purchase commitments below in “Other Commitments.”

 

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Nuclear Decommissioning Commitment

SCE has collected in rates amounts for the future costs of removal of its nuclear assets, and has placed those amounts in independent trusts. The fair value of decommissioning SCE’s nuclear power facilities is $2.7 billion as of December 31, 2006, based on site-specific studies performed in 2006 for San Onofre and Palo Verde. Changes in the estimated costs, timing of decommissioning, or the assumptions underlying these estimates could cause material revisions to the estimated total cost to decommission. SCE estimates that it will spend approximately $11.5 billion through 2049 to decommission its active nuclear facilities. This estimate is based on SCE’s decommissioning cost methodology used for rate-making purposes, escalated at rates ranging from 1.7% to 7.5% (depending on the cost element) annually. These costs are expected to be funded from independent decommissioning trusts, which previously received contributions of $32 million effective October 2003. Effective January 2007, the amount allowed to be contributed to the trust increased to approximately $46 million per year. SCE estimates annual after-tax earnings on the decommissioning funds of 4.4% to 5.8%. If the assumed return on trust assets is not earned, it is probable that additional funds needed for decommissioning will be recoverable through rates in the future. If the assumed return on trust assets is greater than estimated, funding amounts may be reduced through future decommissioning proceedings.

Decommissioning of San Onofre Unit 1 is underway and will be completed in three phases: (1) decontamination and dismantling of all structures and some foundations; (2) spent fuel storage monitoring; and (3) fuel storage facility dismantling, removal of remaining foundations, and site restoration. Phase one is scheduled to continue through 2008. Phase two is expected to continue until 2026. Phase three will be conducted concurrently with the San Onofre Units 2 and 3 decommissioning projects. In February 2004, SCE announced that it discontinued plans to ship the San Onofre Unit 1 reactor pressure vessel to a disposal site until such time as appropriate arrangements are made for its permanent disposal. It will continue to be stored at its current location at San Onofre Unit 1. This action results in placing the disposal of the reactor pressure vessel in Phase three of the San Onofre Unit 1 decommissioning project.

All of SCE’s San Onofre Unit 1 decommissioning costs will be paid from its nuclear decommissioning trust funds and are subject to CPUC review. The estimated remaining cost to decommission San Onofre Unit 1 is recorded as an ARO liability ($126 million at December 31, 2006). Total expenditures for the decommissioning of San Onofre Unit 1 were $468 million from the beginning of the project in 1998 through December 31, 2006.

Decommissioning expense under the rate-making method was $161 million in 2006, $118 million in 2005 and $125 million in 2004. The ARO for decommissioning SCE’s active nuclear facilities was $2.6 billion at December 31, 2006 and $2.4 billion at December 31, 2005.

Decommissioning funds collected in rates are placed in independent trusts, which, together with accumulated earnings, will be utilized solely for decommissioning. The CPUC has set certain restrictions related to the investments of these trusts.

 

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Trust investments (at fair value) include:

 

In millions

   Maturity Dates    December 31,
      2006    2005

Municipal bonds

   2007 – 2047    $ 692    $ 863

Stocks

          –             1,611      1,451

United States government issues

   2007 – 2036      729      479

Corporate bonds

   2007 – 2038      104      42

Short-term

   2007      48      72
                

Total

      $ 3,184    $ 2,907
                

Note: Maturity dates as of December 31, 2006.

Trust fund earnings (based on specific identification) increase the trust fund balance and the ARO regulatory liability. Net earnings were $130 million in 2006, $87 million in 2005 and $91 million in 2004. Proceeds from sales of securities (which are reinvested) were $3.0 billion in 2006, $2.0 billion in 2005 and $2.5 billion in 2004. Net unrealized holding gains were $1.04 billion and $852 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Realized losses for other-than-temporary impairments were $54 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. Approximately 91% of the cumulative trust fund contributions were tax-deductible.

Other Commitments

SCE has fuel supply contracts which require payment only if the fuel is made available for purchase. SCE has a coal fuel contract that requires payment of certain fixed charges whether or not coal is delivered.

SCE has power-purchase contracts with certain QFs (cogenerators and small power producers) and other power producers. These contracts provide for capacity payments if a facility meets certain performance obligations and energy payments based on actual power supplied to SCE (the energy payments are not included in the table below). There are no requirements to make debt-service payments. In an effort to replace higher-cost contract payments with lower-cost replacement power, SCE has entered into purchased-power settlements to end its contract obligations with certain QFs. The settlements are reported as power purchase contracts on the consolidated balance sheets.

Certain commitments for the years 2007 through 2011 are estimated below:

 

In millions

   2007    2008    2009    2010    2011

Fuel supply

   $ 75    $ 74    $ 51    $ 53    $ 54

Purchased power

     481      255      144      134      112

SCE has an unconditional purchase obligation for firm transmission service from another utility. Minimum payments are based, in part, on the debt-service requirements of the transmission service provider, whether or not the transmission line is operable. The contract requires minimum payments of $57 million through 2016 (approximately $6 million per year).

Indemnities

In connection with the acquisition of Mountainview, SCE agreed to indemnify the seller with respect to specific environmental claims related to SCE’s previously owned San Bernardino Generating Station, divested by SCE in 1998 and reacquired as part of the Mountainview acquisition. SCE retained certain responsibilities with respect to environmental claims as part of the original divestiture of the station. The aggregate liability for either party to the purchase

 

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agreement for damages and other amounts is a maximum of $60 million. This indemnification for environmental liabilities expires on or before March 12, 2033. SCE has not recorded a liability related to this indemnity.

SCE provides other indemnifications through contracts entered into in the normal course of business. These are primarily indemnifications against adverse litigation outcomes in connection with underwriting agreements, and specified environmental indemnities and income taxes with respect to assets sold. SCE’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time and/or amount, and in some instances SCE may have recourse against third parties for certain indemnities. The obligated amounts of these indemnifications often are not explicitly stated, and the overall maximum amount of the obligation under these indemnifications cannot be reasonably estimated. SCE has not recorded a liability related to these indemnities.

Contingencies

In addition to the matters disclosed in these Notes, SCE is involved in other legal, tax and regulatory proceedings before various courts and governmental agencies regarding matters arising in the ordinary course of business. SCE believes the outcome of these other proceedings will not materially affect its results of operations or liquidity.

2006 GRC Proceeding

On May 11, 2006, the CPUC issued its final decision in SCE’s 2006 GRC authorizing an increase of $274 million over SCE’s 2005 base rate revenue, retroactive to January 12, 2006. When the one-time credit of $140 million from an existing balancing account overcollection was applied, SCE’s authorized increase was $134 million. The CPUC also authorized increases of $74 million in 2007 and $104 million in 2008. The decision substantially approved SCE’s request to continue its capital investment program for infrastructure replacement and expansion, with authorized revenue in excess of costs for this program subject to refund. In addition, the decision provided for balancing accounts for pensions, postretirement medical benefits and certain incentive compensation expense.

During the second quarter of 2006, SCE implemented the 2006 GRC decision and resolved an outstanding regulatory issue which resulted in a pre-tax benefit of approximately $175 million. The implementation of the 2006 GRC decision retroactive to January 12, 2006 mainly resulted in revenue of $50 million related to the revenue requirement for the period January 12, 2006 through May 31, 2006, partially offset by the implementation of the new depreciation rates resulting in increased depreciation expense of approximately $25 million for the period January 12, 2006 through May 31, 2006. In addition, there was a favorable resolution of a one-time issue related to a portion of revenue collected during the 2001–2003 period for state income taxes. SCE was able to determine through regulatory proceedings, including the 2006 GRC decision, that the level of revenue collected during that period was appropriate, and as a result recorded a pre-tax gain of $135 million.

Environmental Remediation

SCE is subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations, which require it to incur substantial costs to operate existing facilities, construct and operate new facilities, and mitigate or remove the effect of past operations on the environment.

 

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SCE believes that it is in substantial compliance with environmental regulatory requirements; however, possible future developments, such as the enactment of more stringent environmental laws and regulations, could affect the costs and the manner in which business is conducted and could cause substantial additional capital expenditures. There is no assurance that additional costs would be recovered from customers or that SCE’s financial position and results of operations would not be materially affected.

SCE records its environmental remediation liabilities when site assessments and/or remedial actions are probable and a range of reasonably likely cleanup costs can be estimated. SCE reviews its sites and measures the liability quarterly, by assessing a range of reasonably likely costs for each identified site using currently available information, including existing technology, presently enacted laws and regulations, experience gained at similar sites, and the probable level of involvement and financial condition of other potentially responsible parties. These estimates include costs for site investigations, remediation, operations and maintenance, monitoring and site closure. Unless there is a probable amount, SCE records the lower end of this reasonably likely range of costs (classified as other long-term liabilities) at undiscounted amounts.

SCE’s recorded estimated minimum liability to remediate its 23 identified sites is $78 million. The ultimate costs to clean up SCE’s identified sites may vary from its recorded liability due to numerous uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, such as: the extent and nature of contamination; the scarcity of reliable data for identified sites; the varying costs of alternative cleanup methods; developments resulting from investigatory studies; the possibility of identifying additional sites; and the time periods over which site remediation is expected to occur. SCE believes that, due to these uncertainties, it is reasonably possible that cleanup costs could exceed its recorded liability by up to $123 million. The upper limit of this range of costs was estimated using assumptions least favorable to SCE among a range of reasonably possible outcomes. In addition to its identified sites (sites in which the upper end of the range of costs is at least $1 million), SCE also has 32 immaterial sites whose total liability ranges from $3 million (the recorded minimum liability) to $8 million.

The CPUC allows SCE to recover environmental remediation costs at certain sites, representing $31 million of its recorded liability, through an incentive mechanism (SCE may request to include additional sites). Under this mechanism, SCE will recover 90% of cleanup costs through customer rates; shareholders fund the remaining 10%, with the opportunity to recover these costs from insurance carriers and other third parties. SCE has successfully settled insurance claims with all responsible carriers. SCE expects to recover costs incurred at its remaining sites through customer rates. SCE has recorded a regulatory asset of $77 million for its estimated minimum environmental-cleanup costs expected to be recovered through customer rates.

SCE’s identified sites include several sites for which there is a lack of currently available information, including the nature and magnitude of contamination and the extent, if any, that SCE may be held responsible for contributing to any costs incurred for remediating these sites. Thus, no reasonable estimate of cleanup costs can be made for these sites.

SCE expects to clean up its identified sites over a period of up to 30 years. Remediation costs in each of the next several years are expected to range from $11 million to $25 million. Recorded costs for the year ended December 31, 2006 were $14 million.

Based on currently available information, SCE believes it is unlikely that it will incur amounts in excess of the upper limit of the estimated range for its identified sites and, based upon the CPUC’s regulatory treatment of environmental remediation costs, SCE believes that costs ultimately recorded will not materially affect its results of operations or financial position. There can be no assurance, however, that future developments, including additional information about existing sites or the identification of new sites, will not require material revisions to such estimates.

 

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Federal and State Income Taxes

Edison International received Revenue Agent Reports from the IRS in August 2002 and in January 2005 asserting deficiencies in federal corporate income taxes with respect to audits of its 1994–1996 and 1997–1999 tax years, respectively. Many of the asserted tax deficiencies are timing differences and, therefore, amounts ultimately paid (exclusive of penalties), if any, would benefit SCE as future tax deductions. Edison International has also submitted affirmative claims to the IRS and state tax agencies which are being addressed in administrative proceedings. Any benefits would be recorded at the earlier of when Edison International believes that the affirmative claim position has a more likely than not probability of being sustained or when a settlement is reached. Certain affirmative claims may be recorded as part of the implementation of FIN 48.

The IRS Revenue Agent Report for the 1997–1999 audit also asserted deficiencies with respect to a transaction entered into by an SCE subsidiary which may be considered substantially similar to a listed transaction described by the IRS as a contingent liability company. While Edison International intends to defend its tax return position with respect to this transaction, the tax benefits relating to the capital loss deductions will not be claimed for financial accounting and reporting purposes until and unless these tax losses are sustained.

In April 2004, Edison International filed California Franchise Tax amended returns for tax years 1997 through 2002 to abate the possible imposition of new California penalty provisions on transactions that may be considered as listed or substantially similar to listed transactions described in an IRS notice that was published in 2001. These transactions include the SCE subsidiary contingent liability company transaction described above. Edison International filed these amended returns under protest retaining its appeal rights.

FERC Refund Proceedings

SCE is participating in several related proceedings seeking recovery of refunds from sellers of electricity and natural gas who manipulated the electric and natural gas markets during the energy crisis in California in 2000 – 2001 or who benefited from the manipulation by receiving inflated market prices. SCE is required to refund to customers 90% of any refunds actually realized by SCE, net of litigation costs, and 10% will be retained by SCE as a shareholder incentive.

During the course of the refund proceedings, the FERC ruled that governmental power sellers, like private generators and marketers that sold into the California market, should refund the excessive prices they received during the crisis period. However, on September 21, 2005, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the FERC does not have authority directly to enforce its refund orders against governmental power sellers. The Court, however, clarified that its decision does not preclude SCE or other parties from pursuing civil claims against the governmental power sellers. On March 16, 2006, SCE, PG&E and the California Electricity Oversight Board jointly filed suit in federal court against several governmental power sellers, seeking refunds based on the reduced prices set by the FERC for transactions during the crisis period. SCE cannot predict whether it may be able to recover any additional refunds from governmental power sellers as a result of this suit.

In November 2005, SCE and other parties entered into a settlement agreement with Enron Corporation and a number of its affiliates, most of which are debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings pending in New York. In April 2006, SCE received a distribution on its allowed bankruptcy claim of approximately $29 million, and 196,245 shares of common stock of Portland General Electric Company with an aggregate value of approximately $5 million. In October 2006, SCE received another distribution on its allowed bankruptcy claim of approximately $20 million and 17,040 shares of Portland General Electric Company stock, with an aggregate value of less than $1 million. Additional distributions are expected but SCE cannot currently predict the amount or timing of such distributions.

 

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In December 2005, the FERC approved a settlement agreement among SCE, PG&E, SDG&E, several governmental entities and certain other parties, and Reliant Energy, Inc. and a number of its affiliates. In March 2006, SCE received $61 million as part of the consideration allocated to it under the settlement.

On August 2, 2006, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion regarding the scope of refunds issued by the FERC. The Ninth Circuit broadened the time period during which refunds could be ordered to include the summer of 2000 based on evidence of pervasive tariff violations and broadened the categories of transactions that could be subject to refund. As a result of this decision, SCE may be able to recover additional refunds from sellers of electricity during the crisis with whom settlements have not been reached.

Investigations Regarding Performance Incentives Rewards

SCE was eligible under its CPUC-approved PBR mechanism to earn rewards or penalties based on its performance in comparison to CPUC-approved standards of customer satisfaction, employee injury and illness reporting, and system reliability.

SCE conducted investigations into its performance under these PBR mechanisms and has reported to the CPUC certain findings of misconduct and misreporting as further discussed below.

Customer Satisfaction

SCE received two letters in 2003 from one or more anonymous employees alleging that personnel in the service planning group of SCE’s transmission and distribution business unit altered or omitted data in attempts to influence the outcome of customer satisfaction surveys conducted by an independent survey organization. The results of these surveys are used, along with other factors, to determine the amounts of any incentive rewards or penalties for customer satisfaction. SCE recorded aggregate customer satisfaction rewards of $28 million over the period 1997–2000. Potential customer satisfaction rewards aggregating $10 million for the years 2001 and 2002 are pending before the CPUC and have not been recognized in income by SCE. SCE also anticipated that it could be eligible for customer satisfaction rewards of approximately $10 million for 2003.

Following its internal investigation, SCE proposed to refund to ratepayers $7 million of the PBR rewards previously received and forgo an additional $5 million of the PBR rewards pending that are both attributable to the design organization’s portion of the customer satisfaction rewards for the entire PBR period (1997–2003). In addition, SCE also proposed to refund all of the approximately $2 million of customer satisfaction rewards associated with meter reading.

SCE has taken remedial action as to the customer satisfaction survey misconduct by disciplining employees and/or terminating certain employees, including several supervisory personnel, updating system process and related documentation for survey reporting, and implementing additional supervisory controls over data collection and processing. Performance incentive rewards for customer satisfaction expired in 2003 pursuant to the 2003 GRC.

Employee Injury and Illness Reporting

In light of the problems uncovered with the customer satisfaction surveys, SCE conducted an investigation into the accuracy of SCE’s employee injury and illness reporting. The yearly results of employee injury and illness reporting to the CPUC are used to determine the amount of the incentive reward or penalty to SCE under the PBR mechanism. Since the inception of PBR in 1997, SCE has recognized $20 million in employee safety incentives for 1997 through 2000 and, based on SCE’s records, may be entitled to an additional $15 million for 2001 through 2003.

 

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On October 21, 2004, SCE reported to the CPUC and other appropriate regulatory agencies certain findings concerning SCE’s performance under the PBR incentive mechanism for injury and illness reporting. SCE disclosed in the investigative findings to the CPUC that SCE failed to implement an effective recordkeeping system sufficient to capture all required data for first aid incidents.

As a result of these findings, SCE proposed to the CPUC that it not collect any reward under the mechanism and return to ratepayers the $20 million it has already received. SCE has also proposed to withdraw the pending rewards for the 2001–2003 time frames.

SCE has taken remedial action to address the issues identified, including revising its organizational structure and overall program for environmental, health and safety compliance, disciplining employees who committed wrongdoing and terminating one employee. SCE submitted a report on the results of its investigation to the CPUC on December 3, 2004.

CPUC Investigation

On June 15, 2006, the CPUC instituted a formal investigation to determine whether and in what amounts to order refunds or disallowances of past and potential PBR rewards for customer satisfaction, employee safety, and system reliability portions of PBR. The CPUC also may consider whether to impose additional penalties on SCE.

In June 2006, the CPSD of the CPUC issued its report regarding SCE’s PBR program, recommending that the CPUC impose various refunds and penalties on SCE. Subsequently, in September 2006, the CPSD and other intervenors, such as the CPUC’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates and The Utility Reform Network filed testimony on these matters recommending various refunds and penalties to be imposed upon SCE. On October 16, 2006, SCE filed testimony opposing the various refund and penalty recommendations of the CPSD and other intervenors. Based on SCE’s proposal for refunds and the combined recommendations of the CPSD and other intervenors, the potential refunds and penalties could range from $52 million up to $388 million. SCE has recorded an accrual at the lower end of this range of potential loss and is accruing interest on collected amounts that SCE has proposed to refund to customers. Evidentiary hearings which addressed the planning and meter reading components of customer satisfaction, safety, issues related to SCE’s administration of the survey, and statutory fines associated with those matters took place in the fourth quarter of 2006. A schedule has not been set to address the other components of customer satisfaction, system reliability, and other issues in a second phase of the proceeding, although the CPSD has indicated its intent to complete a report by August 2007. A Presiding Officer’s Decision is expected during the second quarter of 2007 on the issues addressed during phase one. At this time, SCE cannot predict the outcome of these matters or reasonably estimate the potential amount of any additional refunds, disallowances, or penalties that may be required above the lower end of the range.

ISO Disputed Charges

On April 20, 2004, the FERC issued an order concerning a dispute between the ISO and the Cities of Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Colton and Riverside, California over the proper allocation and characterization of certain transmission service related charges. The order reversed an arbitrator’s award that had affirmed the ISO’s characterization in May 2000 of the charges as Intra-Zonal Congestion costs and allocation of those charges to scheduling coordinators in the affected zone within the ISO transmission grid. The April 20, 2004 order directed the ISO to shift the costs from scheduling coordinators in the affected zone to the responsible participating transmission owner, SCE. The potential cost to SCE, net of amounts SCE expects to receive through the PX, SCE’s scheduling coordinator at the time, is estimated to be approximately $20 million to $25 million, including interest. On April 20, 2005, the FERC stayed its April 20, 2004 order during the pendency of SCE’s appeal filed with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. On March 7, 2006, the Court of Appeals remanded the case back to the

 

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FERC at the FERC’s request and with SCE’s consent. A decision is expected by March 2007. The FERC may require SCE to pay these costs, but SCE does not believe this outcome is probable. If SCE is required to pay these costs, SCE may seek recovery in its reliability service rates.

Midway-Sunset Cogeneration Company

San Joaquin Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of EME, owns a 50% general partnership interest in Midway-Sunset, which owns a 225-MW cogeneration facility near Fellows, California. Midway-Sunset is a party to several proceedings pending at the FERC because Midway-Sunset was a seller in the PX and ISO markets during 2000 and 2001, both for its own account and on behalf of SCE and PG&E, the utilities to which the majority of Midway-Sunset’s power was contracted for sale. As a seller into the PX and ISO markets, Midway-Sunset is potentially liable for refunds to purchasers in these markets. See discussion above in “FERC Refund Proceedings”.

The claims asserted against Midway-Sunset for refunds related to power sold into the PX and ISO markets, including power sold on behalf of SCE and PG&E, are estimated to be less than $70 million for all periods under consideration. Midway-Sunset did not retain any proceeds from power sold into the PX and ISO markets on behalf of SCE and PG&E in excess of the amounts to which it was entitled under the pre-existing power sales contracts, but instead passed through those proceeds to the utilities. Since the proceeds were passed through to the utilities, EME believes that PG&E and SCE are obligated to reimburse Midway-Sunset for any refund liability that it incurs as a result of sales made into the PX and ISO markets on their behalves.

During this period, amounts SCE received from Midway-Sunset were credited to SCE’s customers against power purchase expenses through the ratemaking mechanism in place at that time. SCE believes that any net amounts reimbursed to Midway-Sunset would be substantially recoverable from its customers through current regulatory mechanisms. SCE does not expect any reimbursement to Midway-Sunset to have a material impact on earnings.

Navajo Nation Litigation

The Navajo Nation filed a complaint in June 1999 in the District Court, against SCE, among other defendants, arising out of the coal supply agreement for Mohave. The complaint asserts claims for, among other things, violations of the federal RICO statute, interference with fiduciary duties and contractual relations, fraudulent misrepresentations by nondisclosure, and various contract-related claims. The complaint claims that the defendants’ actions prevented the Navajo Nation from obtaining the full value in royalty rates for the coal supplied to Mohave. The complaint seeks damages of not less than $600 million, trebling of that amount, and punitive damages of not less than $1 billion.

In April 2004, the District Court dismissed SCE’s motion for summary judgment and concluded that a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision in an on-going related lawsuit by the Navajo Nation against the U.S. Government did not preclude the Navajo Nation from pursuing its RICO and intentional tort claims.

Pursuant to a joint request of the parties, the District Court granted a stay of the action on October 5, 2004 to allow the parties to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the issues associated with Mohave with the assistance of a facilitator. An initial organizational session was held with the facilitator on October 14, 2004 and negotiations are on-going. On July 28, 2005, the District Court issued an order removing the case from its active calendar, subject to reinstatement at the request of any party.

SCE cannot predict the outcome of the 1999 Navajo Nation’s complaint against SCE, the ultimate impact on the complaint of the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision and the on-going litigation by the Navajo Nation against the Government in the related case, or the impact on the facilitated negotiations of the Mohave co-owners’ announced decisions to discontinue efforts to return Mohave to service.

 

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Nuclear Insurance

Federal law limits public liability claims from a nuclear incident to $10.8 billion. SCE and other owners of San Onofre and Palo Verde have purchased the maximum private primary insurance available ($300 million). The balance is covered by the industry’s retrospective rating plan that uses deferred premium charges to every reactor licensee if a nuclear incident at any licensed reactor in the United States results in claims and/or costs which exceed the primary insurance at that plant site. Federal regulations require this secondary level of financial protection. The NRC exempted San Onofre Unit 1 from this secondary level, effective June 1994. The current maximum deferred premium for each nuclear incident is $101 million per reactor, but not more than $15 million per reactor may be charged in any one year for each incident. The maximum deferred premium per reactor and the yearly assessment per reactor for each nuclear incident will be adjusted for inflation on a 5-year schedule. The next inflation adjustment will occur no later than August 20, 2008. Based on its ownership interests, SCE could be required to pay a maximum of $201 million per nuclear incident. However, it would have to pay no more than $30 million per incident in any one year. Such amounts include a

5% surcharge if additional funds are needed to satisfy public liability claims and are subject to adjustment for inflation. If the public liability limit above is insufficient, federal regulations may impose further revenue-raising measures to pay claims, including a possible additional assessment on all licensed reactor operators.

Property damage insurance covers losses up to $500 million, including decontamination costs, at San Onofre and Palo Verde. Decontamination liability and property damage coverage exceeding the primary $500 million also has been purchased in amounts greater than federal requirements. Additional insurance covers part of replacement power expenses during an accident-related nuclear unit outage. A mutual insurance company owned by utilities with nuclear facilities issues these policies. If losses at any nuclear facility covered by the arrangement were to exceed the accumulated funds for these insurance programs, SCE could be assessed retrospective premium adjustments of up to $42 million per year. Insurance premiums are charged to operating expense.

Procurement of Renewable Resources

California law requires SCE to increase its procurement of renewable resources by at least 1% of its annual retail electricity sales per year so that 20% of its annual electricity sales are procured from renewable resources by no later than December 31, 2010.

SCE entered into a contract with Calpine Energy Services, L.P. to purchase the output of certain existing geothermal facilities in northern California. Under previous CPUC decisions and reporting and compliance methodology, SCE was only able to count procurement pursuant to the Calpine contract towards its annual renewable target to the extent the output was certified as “incremental” by the CEC. On October 19, 2006, the CPUC issued a decision that revised the reporting and compliance methodology, and permitted SCE to count the entire output under the Calpine contract towards satisfaction of its annual renewable procurement target thus meeting its renewable procurement obligations for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The decision also implemented a “cumulative deficit banking” feature which would carry forward and accumulate annual deficits until the deficit has been satisfied at a later time through actual deliveries of eligible renewable energy.

Under the new methodology, SCE could have deficits in meeting its renewable procurement obligations for 2007 and beyond. However, based on California law, SCE has challenged the CPUC’s accounting determination that defines the annual targets for each year of the renewables portfolio standards program. A change in the CPUC’s accounting methodology in response to this challenge would enable SCE to meet its target for 2007 and possibly later years. At this time, SCE cannot predict the outcome of its challenge. Regardless of the CPUC’s decision on SCE’s challenge, SCE believes it may be able to demonstrate that it should not be penalized for any deficit.

 

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Under current CPUC decisions, potential penalties for SCE’s failure to achieve its renewable procurement objectives for any year will be considered by the CPUC in the context of the CPUC’s review of SCE’s annual compliance filing. Under the CPUC’s current rules, the maximum penalty for failing to achieve renewable procurement targets is $25 million per year. SCE cannot predict whether it will be assessed penalties.

Scheduling Coordinator Tariff Dispute

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, SCE serves as a scheduling coordinator for the DWP over the ISO-controlled grid. In late 2003, SCE began charging the DWP under a tariff subject to refund for FERC-authorized scheduling coordinator charges incurred by SCE on the DWP’s behalf. The scheduling coordinator charges are billed to the DWP under a FERC tariff that remains subject to dispute. The DWP has paid the amounts billed under protest but requested that the FERC declare that SCE was obligated to serve as the DWP’s scheduling coordinator without charge. The FERC accepted SCE’s tariff for filing, but held that the rates charged to the DWP have not been shown to be just and reasonable and thus made them subject to refund and further review by the FERC. As a result, SCE could be required to refund all or part of the amounts collected from the DWP under the tariff. As of December 31, 2006, SCE has accrued a $41 million charge to earnings for the potential refunds. SCE and DWP have entered into a term sheet that would settle this dispute, among others surrounding the Exchange Agreement. If the settlement is effectuated, SCE would refund to DWP the scheduling coordinator charges collected, with an offset for losses, subject to being able to recover the scheduling coordinator charges from all transmission grid customers through another regulatory mechanism. The parties are currently negotiating the exact terms of the settlement.

Settlement Agreement with Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC

On September 21, 2006, the CPUC approved a settlement agreement between SCE and Duke that resolved disputes arising from Duke’s termination of certain bilateral power supply contracts in early 2001. Under the settlement, Duke made a $77 million principal and interest payment to SCE in October 2006, which will be refunded to ratepayers through the ERRA mechanism. The settlement also permitted $58 million in liabilities that SCE had previously recorded with respect to the Duke terminated contracts to be reversed, which resulted in an equivalent benefit recorded by SCE in the third quarter of 2006. The CPUC agreed that these liabilities should not be refunded to ratepayers. The recorded liabilities consisted of $40 million in cash collateral received from Duke in 2000 and $18 million in power purchase payments that SCE, in light of Duke’s termination of the bilateral contracts, withheld for energy delivered by Duke in January 2001.

Spent Nuclear Fuel

Under federal law, the DOE is responsible for the selection and construction of a facility for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The DOE did not meet its obligation to begin acceptance of spent nuclear fuel not later than January 31, 1998. It is not certain when the DOE will begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre or other nuclear power plants. Extended delays by the DOE have led to the construction of costly alternatives and associated siting and environmental issues. SCE has paid the DOE the required one-time fee applicable to nuclear generation at San Onofre through April 6, 1983 (approximately $24 million, plus interest). SCE is also paying the required quarterly fee equal to 0.1¢-per-kWh of nuclear-generated electricity sold after April 6, 1983. On January 29, 2004, SCE, as operating agent, filed a complaint against the DOE in the United States Court of Federal Claims seeking damages for the DOE’s failure to meet its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre. The case was stayed through April 7, 2006, when SCE and the DOE filed a Joint Status Report in which SCE sought to lift the stay and the government opposed lifting the stay. On June 5, 2006, the Court of Federal Claims lifted the stay on SCE’s case and established a discovery schedule. A Joint Status Report is due on September 7, 2007, regarding further proceedings in this case and presumably including establishing a trial date.

 

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SCE has primary responsibility for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel generated at San Onofre. Spent nuclear fuel is stored in the San Onofre Units 2 and 3 spent fuel pools and the San Onofre independent spent fuel storage installation where all of Unit 1’s spent fuel located at San Onofre is stored. There is now sufficient space in the Unit 2 and 3 spent fuel pools to meet plant requirements through mid-2007 and mid-2008, respectively. In order to maintain a full core off-load capability, SCE began moving Unit 2 spent fuel into the independent spent fuel storage installation in late February 2007.

There are now sufficient dry casks and modules available to the independent spent fuel storage installation to meet plant requirements through 2008. SCE, as operating agent, plans to continually load casks on a schedule to maintain full core off-load capability for both units in order to meet the plant requirements after 2008 until 2022 (the end of the current NRC operating license).

In order to increase on-site storage capacity and maintain core off-load capability, Palo Verde has constructed an independent spent fuel storage facility. Arizona Public Service, as operating agent, plans to continually load dry casks on a schedule to maintain full core off-load capability for all three units.

Note 7. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Information

Supplemental information regarding SCE’s accumulated other comprehensive loss is:

 

     December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005  

Minimum pension liability – net of tax

   $         —     $ (11 )

SFAS No. 158 – Postretirement benefits – net of tax

     (14 )             —  

Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges – net of tax

           (5 )
                

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   $ (14 )   $ (16 )
                

SFAS No. 158 – postretirement benefits is discussed in “Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” in Note 5. The unrealized losses on cash flow hedges in 2005 related to SCE’s interest rate swap. The swap terminated on January 5, 2001 and the related debt originally matured in 2008. This debt was redeemed in April 2006. The remaining balance of $4 million as of April 2006, net of tax, is no longer reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Note 8. Property and Plant

Nonutility property included in the consolidated balance sheets is comprised of:

 

     December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005  

Furniture and equipment

   $ 4     $ 3  

Building, plant and equipment

     1,639       1,347  

Land (including easements)

     34       34  

Construction in progress

     2       271  
                
     1,679       1,655  

Accumulated provision for depreciation

     (633 )     (569 )
                

Nonutility property – net

   $ 1,046     $ 1,086  
                

 

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Asset Retirement Obligations

As a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 143 in 2003, SCE recorded the fair value of its liability for legal AROs, which was primarily related to the decommissioning of its nuclear power facilities. In addition, SCE capitalized the initial costs of the ARO into a nuclear-related ARO regulatory asset, and also recorded an ARO regulatory liability as a result of timing differences between the recognition of costs recorded in accordance with the standard and the recovery of the related asset retirement costs through the rate-making process. SCE has collected in rates amounts for the future costs of removal of its nuclear assets, and has placed those amounts in independent trusts.

A reconciliation of the changes in the ARO liability is as follows:

 

In millions

   2006     2005     2004  

Beginning balance

   $ 2,621     $ 2,183     $ 2,084  

Accretion expense

     160       366       132  

Revisions

     (3 )     117        

Liabilities added

     41       14        

Liabilities settled

     (70 )     (59 )     (33 )
                        

Ending balance

   $ 2,749     $ 2,621     $ 2,183  
                        

The fair value of the nuclear decommissioning trusts was $3.2 billion at December 31, 2006. For a further discussion about nuclear decommissioning trusts see “Nuclear Decommissioning Commitment” in Note 6.

In March 2005, the FASB issued FIN 47, which clarifies that an entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional ARO if the fair value can be reasonably estimated even though uncertainty exists about the timing and/or method of settlement. FIN 47 was effective as of December 31, 2005. Since SCE follows SFAS No. 71 and receives recovery of these costs through rates; therefore, SCE’s implementation of FIN 47 did not affect SCE’s earnings. The pro forma disclosures related to adoption of FIN 47 are not shown due to the immaterial impact on SCE’s consolidated balance sheet.

Note 9. Supplemental Cash Flows Information

SCE supplemental cash flows information is:

 

     Year ended December 31,  

In millions

   2006     2005     2004  

Cash payments for interest and taxes:

      

Interest – net of amounts capitalized

   $ 321     $ 330     $ 342  

Tax payments – net

     832       410       29  

Noncash investing and financing activities:

      

Details of debt exchange:

      

Pollution-control bonds redeemed

   $ (331 )   $ (452 )      

Pollution-control bonds issued

     331       452        

Details of obligation under capital lease:

      

Capital lease purchased

         $ (15 )      

Capital lease obligation issued

           15        

Dividends declared but not paid

   $ 69     $ 81        

Details of consolidation of variable interest entities:

      

Assets

               $ 458  

Liabilities

                 (537 )

Reoffering of pollution-control bonds

                 196  

Details of pollution-control bonds redemption:

      

Release of funds held in trust

               $ 20  

Pollution-control bonds redeemed

                 (20 )

 

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Note 10. Fair Values of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments are:

 

     December 31,  
     2006     2005  

In millions

   Carrying
Amount
    Fair
Value
    Carrying
Amount
    Fair
Value
 

Derivatives:

        

Commodity price assets

   $ 50     $ 50     $ 239     $ 239  

Commodity price liabilities

     (160 )     (160 )     (87 )     (87 )

Other:

        

Decommissioning trusts

     3,184       3,184       2,907       2,907  

DOE decommissioning and decontamination fees

                 (7 )     (7 )

QF power contracts assets

                 23       23  

QF power contracts liabilities

     (2 )     (2 )     (94 )     (94 )

Long-term debt

     (5,171 )     (5,206 )     (4,669 )     (4,812 )

Long-term debt due within one year

     (396 )     (398 )     (596 )     (604 )

Fair values are based on: brokers’ quotes for interest rate hedges, long-term debt and preferred stock; financial models for commodity price derivatives and QF power contracts; quoted market prices for decommissioning trusts; and discounted future cash flows for DOE decommissioning and decontamination fees.

Due to their short maturities, amounts reported for cash equivalents approximate fair value.

Note 11. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Included in SCE’s regulatory assets and liabilities are regulatory balancing accounts. Sales balancing accounts accumulate differences between recorded revenue and revenue SCE is authorized to collect through rates. Cost balancing accounts accumulate differences between recorded costs and costs SCE is authorized to recover through rates. Undercollections are recorded as regulatory balancing account assets. Overcollections are recorded as regulatory balancing account liabilities. SCE’s regulatory balancing accounts accumulate balances until they are refunded to or received from SCE’s customers through authorized rate adjustments. Primarily all of SCE’s balancing accounts can be classified as one of the following types: generation-revenue related, distribution-revenue related, generation-cost related, distribution-cost related, transmission-cost related or public purpose and other cost related.

Balancing account undercollections and overcollections accrue interest based on a three-month commercial paper rate published by the Federal Reserve. Income tax effects on all balancing account changes are deferred.

Amounts included in regulatory assets and liabilities are generally recorded with corresponding offsets to the applicable income statement accounts, except for regulatory balancing accounts, which are offset through the “Provisions for regulatory adjustments clauses – net” account.

 

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Regulatory Assets

Regulatory assets included on the consolidated balance sheets are:

 

In millions

   December 31,
   2006    2005

Current:

     

Regulatory balancing accounts

   $ 128    $ 355

Rate reduction notes – transition cost deferral

     219     

Direct access procurement charges

     63      113

Energy derivatives

     88     

Purchased-power settlements

     31      53

Other

     25      15
             
     554      536
             

Long-term:

     

Flow-through taxes – net

     1,023      1,066

Rate reduction notes – transition cost deferral

          465

Unamortized nuclear investment – net

     435      487

Nuclear-related ARO investment – net

     317      292

Unamortized coal plant investment – net

     102      97

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt

     318      323

Direct access procurement charges

          40

SFAS No. 158 pensions and other postretirement benefits

     303     

Energy derivatives

     145      58

Environmental remediation

     77      56

Purchased-power settlements

     8      39

Other

     90      90
             
     2,818      3,013
             

Total Regulatory Assets

   $ 3,372    $ 3,549
             

SCE’s regulatory asset related to the rate reduction bonds is amortized simultaneously with the amortization of the rate reduction bonds liability, and is expected to be recovered by the end of 2007. SCE’s regulatory assets related to direct access procurement charges are for amounts direct access customers owe bundled service customers for the period May 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001, and are offset by corresponding regulatory liabilities to the bundled service customers. These amounts will be collected by late 2007. SCE’s regulatory assets related to energy derivatives are an offset to unrealized losses on recorded derivatives and an offset to lease accruals. SCE’s regulatory assets related to purchased-power settlements will be recovered through 2008. Based on current regulatory ratemaking and income tax laws, SCE expects to recover its net regulatory assets related to flow-through taxes over the life of the assets that give rise to the accumulated deferred income taxes. SCE’s nuclear-related regulatory assets are expected to be recovered by the end of the remaining useful lives of the nuclear facilities. SCE’s net regulatory asset related to its unamortized coal plant investment is being recovered through June 2016. SCE’s net regulatory asset related to its unamortized loss on reacquired debt will be recovered over the remaining original amortization period of the reacquired debt over periods ranging from one year to 28 years. SCE’s regulatory asset related to SFAS No. 158 represents the offset to the additional amounts recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 158 (see “Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” discussion in Note 5). This amount will be recovered through rates charged to customers. SCE’s regulatory asset related to environmental remediation represents the portion of SCE’s environmental liability recognized at the end of the period in excess of the amount that has been recovered through rates charged to customers. This amount will be recovered in future rates as expenditures are made.

SCE earns a return on three of the regulatory assets listed above: unamortized nuclear investment – net, unamortized coal plant investment – net and unamortized loss on reacquired debt.

 

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Regulatory Liabilities

Regulatory liabilities included on the consolidated balance sheets are:

 

In millions

   December 31,
   2006    2005

Current:

     

Regulatory balancing accounts

   $ 912    $ 370

Direct access procurement charges

     63      113

Energy derivatives

     7      136

Other

     18      62
             
     1,000      681
             

Long-term:

     

ARO

     732      584

Costs of removal

     2,158      2,110

SFAS No. 158 pensions and other postretirement benefits

     145     

Direct access procurement charges

          39

Energy derivatives

     27     

Employee benefit plans

     78      229
             
     3,140      2,962
             

Total Regulatory Liabilities

   $ 4,140    $ 3,643
             

SCE’s regulatory liabilities related to direct access procurement charges are a liability to its bundled service customers and are offset by regulatory assets from direct access customers. SCE’s regulatory liabilities related to energy derivatives are an offset to unrealized gains on recorded derivatives and an offset to a lease prepayment. SCE’s regulatory liability related to the ARO represents timing differences between the recognition of AROs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the amounts recognized for rate-making purposes. SCE’s regulatory liabilities related to costs of removal represent revenue collected for asset removal costs that SCE expects to incur in the future. SCE’s regulatory liability related to SFAS No. 158 represents the offset to the additional amounts recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 158 (see “Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” discussion in Note 5). This amount will be returned to ratepayers in some future rate-making proceeding. SCE’s regulatory liabilities related to employee benefit plan expenses represent pension costs recovered through rates charged to customers in excess of the amounts recognized as expense or the difference between these costs calculated in accordance with rate-making methods and these costs calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions, and PBOP costs recovered through rates charged to customers in excess of the amounts recognized as expense. These balances will be returned to ratepayers in some future rate-making proceeding, be charged against expense to the extent that future expenses exceed amounts recoverable through the rate-making process, or be applied as otherwise directed by the CPUC.

 

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Note 12. Other Nonoperating Income and Deductions

Other nonoperating income and deductions are as follows:

 

In millions

   Year ended
December 31,
   2006    2005    2004

AFUDC

   $ 32    $ 25    $ 35

Performance-based incentive awards

     19      33      31

Demand-side management and energy efficiency performance incentives

          45     

Other

     34      24      18
                    

Total other nonoperating income

   $ 85    $ 127    $ 84
                    

Various penalties

   $ 23    $ 27    $ 35

Other

     37      38      34
                    

Total other nonoperating deductions

   $ 60    $ 65    $ 69
                    

Note 13. Jointly Owned Utility Projects

SCE owns interests in several generating stations and transmission systems for which each participant provides its own financing. SCE’s proportionate share of expenses for each project is included in the consolidated statements of income.

SCE’s investment in each project as of December 31, 2006 is:

 

In millions

  

Investment
in

Facility

   Accumulated
Depreciation and
Amortization
   Ownership
Interest

Transmission systems:

        

Eldorado

   $ 72    $ 11    60%

Pacific Intertie

     308      92    50   

Generating stations:

        

Four Corners Units 4 and 5 (coal)

     506      421    48   

Mohave (coal)

     352      279    56   

Palo Verde (nuclear)

     1,746      1,477    16   

San Onofre (nuclear)

     4,612      3,971    78   
                

Total

   $ 7,596    $ 6,251   
                

All of Mohave Generating Station and a portion of San Onofre and Palo Verde is included in regulatory assets on the consolidated balance sheets – see Note 11. Mohave ceased operations on December 31, 2005. For further information on Mohave see Note 16. In December 2006, SCE acquired the City of Anaheim’s approximately 3% ownership interest of San Onofre Units 2 and 3.

Note 14. Variable Interest Entities

SCE has variable interests in contracts with certain QFs that contain variable contract pricing provisions based on the price of natural gas. Four of these contracts are with entities that are partnerships owned in part by a related party, EME. These four contracts had 20-year terms at inception. The QFs sell electricity to SCE and steam to nonrelated parties. Under a new accounting standard, SCE consolidated these four projects effective March 31, 2004. Prior periods have not been restated.

 

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Project

  

Capacity

  

Termination Date

  

EME Ownership

Kern River    295 MW    June 2011    50%
Midway-Sunset    225 MW    May 2009    50%
Sycamore    300 MW    December 2007    50%
Watson    385 MW    December 2007    49%

SCE has no investment in, nor obligation to provide support to, these entities other than its requirement to make contract payments. Any profit or loss generated by these entities will not effect SCE’s income statement, except that SCE would be required to recognize losses if these projects have negative equity in the future. These losses, if any, would not affect SCE’s liquidity. Any liabilities of these projects are nonrecourse to SCE.

Effective April 1, 2004, the VIEs’ operating costs are shown in SCE’s consolidated statements of income. Prior to that date, purchases under these QF contracts were reported as purchased-power expense. Further, SCE’s operating revenue beginning April 1, 2004, includes revenue from the sale of steam by these four projects. The effect that these VIEs have on SCE’s consolidated financial statements is shown in Note 10.

SCE also has eight other contracts with QFs that contain variable pricing provisions based on the price of natural gas and are potential VIEs. SCE might be considered to be the consolidating entity under the new accounting standard. However, these entities are not legally obligated to provide the financial information to SCE that is necessary to determine whether SCE must consolidate these entities. These eight entities have declined to provide SCE with the necessary financial information. SCE is continuing to attempt to obtain information for these projects in order to determine whether they should be consolidated by SCE. The aggregate capacity dedicated to SCE for these projects is 267 MW. SCE paid $180 million in 2006 , $198 million in 2005 and $166 million in 2004 to these projects. These amounts are recoverable in utility customer rates. SCE has no exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these projects.

Note 15. Preferred and Preference Stock Not Subject to Mandatory Redemption

SCE’s authorized shares are: $100 cumulative preferred – 12 million shares, $25 cumulative preferred – 24 million shares and preference – 50 million shares. There are no dividends in arrears for the preferred stock or preference shares. Shares of SCE’s preferred stock have liquidation and dividend preferences over shares of SCE’s common stock and preference stock. All cumulative preferred stock is redeemable. When preferred shares are redeemed, the premiums paid, if any, are charged to common equity. No preferred stock not subject to mandatory redemption was issued or redeemed in the last three years. There is no sinking fund redemption or repurchase of the preferred stock.

Shares of SCE’s preference stock rank junior to all of the preferred stock and senior to all common stock. Shares of SCE’s preference stock are not convertible into shares of any other class or series of SCE’s capital stock or any other security. The preference shares are noncumulative and have a $100 liquidation value. There is no sinking fund for the redemption or repurchase of the preference shares.

 

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Preferred stock and preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption is:

 

Dollars in millions, except per-share amounts

   December 31, 2006    December 31,
   Shares
Outstanding
   Redemption
Price
   2006    2005

Cumulative preferred stock:

           

$25 par value:

           

4.08% Series

   1,000,000    $ 25.50    $ 25    $ 25

4.24

   1,200,000      25.80      30      30

4.32

   1,653,429      28.75      41      41

4.78

   1,296,769      25.80      33      33

Preference stock:

           

No par value:

           

5.349% Series A

   4,000,000      100.00      400      400

6.125% Series B

   2,000,000      100.00      200      200

6.00% Series C

   2,000,000      100.00      200      —  
                   

Total

         $ 929    $ 729
                   

The Series A preference stock, issued in 2005, may not be redeemed prior to April 30, 2010. After April 30, 2010, SCE may, at its option, redeem the shares in whole or in part and the dividend rate may be adjusted. The Series B preference stock, issued in 2005, may not be redeemed prior to September 30, 2010. After September 30, 2010, SCE may, at its option, redeem the shares in whole or in part. The Series C preference stock, issued in 2006, may not be redeemed prior to January 31, 2011. After, January 31, 2011, SCE may, at its option, redeem the shares in whole or in part. No preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption was redeemed in the last three years.

Note 16. Mohave Shutdown

Mohave obtained all of its coal supply from the Black Mesa Mine in northeast Arizona, located on lands of the Tribes. This coal was delivered from the mine to Mohave by means of a coal slurry pipeline, which required water from wells located on lands belonging to the Tribes in the mine vicinity. Uncertainty over post-2005 coal and water supply has prevented SCE and other Mohave co-owners from making approximately $1.1 billion in Mohave-related investments (SCE’s share is $605 million), including the installation of enhanced pollution-control equipment required by a 1999 air-quality consent decree in order for Mohave to operate beyond 2005. Accordingly, the plant ceased operations, as scheduled, on December 31, 2005, consistent with the provisions of the consent decree.

On June 19, 2006, SCE announced that it had decided not to move forward with its efforts to return Mohave to service. SCE’s decision was not based on any one factor, but resulted from the conclusion that in light of all the significant unresolved challenges related to returning the plant to service, the plant could not be returned to service in sufficient time to render the necessary investments cost-effective for SCE’s customers. Two of the other Mohave co-owners, Nevada Power Company and the DWP, made similar announcements, while the fourth co-owner, SRP, has announced that it is pursuing the possibility of putting together a successor owner group, which would include SRP, to pursue continued coal operations. On February 6, 2007, however, SRP issued a press release announcing that it was discontinuing its efforts to return Mohave to service. All of the co-owners are continuing to evaluate the range of options for disposition of the plant, which conceivably could include, among other potential options, sale of the plant “as is” to a power plant operator, decommissioning and sale of the property to a developer, and decommissioning and apportionment of the land among the owners. At this time, SCE continues to work with the water and coal suppliers to the plant to determine if more clarity around the provision of such services can be provided to any potential acquirer.

 

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Following the suspension of Mohave operations at the end of 2005, the plant’s workforce was reduced from over 300 employees to approximately 65 employees by the end of 2006. SCE recorded $15 million in termination costs during the year for Mohave (SCE’s share). These termination costs were deferred in a balancing account authorized in the 2006 GRC decision. SCE expects to recover this amount in the balancing account in future rate-making proceedings.

As of December 31, 2006, SCE had a Mohave net regulatory asset of approximately $81 million representing its net unamortized coal plant investment, partially offset by revenue collected for future removal costs. Based on the 2006 GRC decision, SCE is allowed to continue to earn its authorized rate of return on the Mohave investment and receive rate recovery for amortization, costs of removal, and operating and maintenance expenses, subject to balancing account treatment, during the three-year 2006 rate case cycle. On October 5, 2006, SCE submitted a formal notification to the CPUC regarding the out-of-service status of Mohave, pursuant to a California statute requiring such notice to the CPUC whenever a plant has been out of service for nine consecutive months. SCE also reported to the CPUC on Mohave’s status numerous times previously. Pursuant to the statute, the CPUC may institute an investigation to determine whether to reduce SCE’s rates in light of Mohave’s changed status. At this time, SCE does not anticipate that the CPUC will order a rate reduction. In the past, the CPUC has allowed full recovery of investment for similarly situated plants. However, in a December 2004 decision, the CPUC noted that SCE would not be allowed to recover any unamortized plant balances if SCE could not demonstrate that it took all steps to preserve the “Mohave-open” alternative. SCE believes that it will be able to demonstrate that SCE did everything reasonably possible to return Mohave to service, which it further believes would permit its unamortized costs to be recovered in future rates. However, SCE cannot predict the outcome of any future CPUC action.

Note 17. Business Segments

SCE’s reportable business segments include the rate-regulated electric utility segment and the VIE segment. The VIEs were consolidated as of March 31, 2004. The VIEs are gas-fired power plants that sell both electricity and steam. The VIE segment consists of non-rate-regulated entities. SCE’s management has no control over the resources allocated to the VIE segment and does not make decisions about its performance. Additional details on the VIE segment are shown under the heading “Variable Interest Entities” in Note 14.

 

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SCE’s business segment information including all line items with VIE activities is:

 

In millions

   Electric
Utility
   VIEs    Eliminations     SCE

Balance Sheet Items as of December 31, 2006:

          

Cash and equivalents

   $ 5    $ 78    $     $ 83

Accounts receivable–net

     893      141      (95 )     939

Inventory

     218      14            232

Other current assets

     50      4            54

Nonutility property–net of depreciation

     727      319            1,046

Other long-term assets

     481      7            488

Total assets

     25,642      563      (95 )     26,110

Accounts payable

     809      142      (95 )     856

Other current liabilities

     622      2            624

Long-term debt

     5,117      54            5,171

Asset retirement obligations

     2,735      14            2,749

Minority interest

          351            351

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

   $ 25,642    $ 563    $ (95 )   $ 26,110

Balance Sheet Items as of December 31, 2005:

          

Cash

   $ 23    $ 120    $     $ 143

Accounts receivable–net

     794      174      (119 )     849

Inventory

     202      18            220

Other current assets

     88      4            92

Nonutility property–net of depreciation

     741      345            1,086

Other long-term assets

     493      10            503

Total assets

     24,151      671      (119 )     24,703

Accounts payable

     813      204      (119 )     898

Other current liabilities

     721      2            723

Long-term debt

     4,615      54            4,669

Asset retirement obligations

     2,608      13            2,621

Minority interest

          398            398

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

   $ 24,151    $ 671    $ (119 )   $ 24,703

 

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In millions

   Electric
Utility
   VIEs    Eliminations*     SCE

Income Statement Items for the Year-Ended December 31, 2006:

          

Operating revenue

   $ 9,926    $ 1,137    $ (751 )   $ 10,312

Fuel

     389      723            1,112

Purchased power

     4,160           (751 )     3,409

Other operation and maintenance

     2,575      103            2,678

Depreciation, decommissioning and amortization

     990      36            1,026

Total operating expenses

     8,344      862      (751 )     8,455

Operating income

     1,582      275            1,857

Interest income

     58                 58

Interest expense – net of amounts capitalized

     400                 400

Income tax expense

     438                 438

Minority interest

          275            275

Net income

   $ 827               $ 827

Income Statement Items for the Year-Ended December 31, 2005:

          

Operating revenue

   $ 9,038    $ 1,397    $ (935 )   $ 9,500

Fuel

     269      924            1,193

Purchased power

     3,557           (935 )     2,622

Other operation and maintenance

     2,421      102            2,523

Depreciation, decommissioning and amortization

     878      37            915

Total operating expenses

     7,743      1,063      (935 )     7,871

Operating income

     1,295      334            1,629

Interest income

     44                 44

Interest expense – net of amounts capitalized

     360                 360

Income tax expense

     292                 292

Minority interest

          334            334

Net income

   $ 749               $ 749

Income Statement Items for the Year-Ended December 31, 2004:

          

Operating revenue

   $ 8,163    $ 954    $ (669 )   $ 8,448

Fuel

     232      578            810

Purchased power

     3,001           (669 )     2,332

Other operation and maintenance

     2,389      68            2,457

Depreciation, decommissioning and amortization

     832      28            860

Total operating expenses

     6,430      674      (669 )     6,435

Operating income

     1,733      280            2,013

Interest income

     20                 20

Interest expense – net of amounts capitalized

     409                 409

Income tax expense

     438                 438

Minority interest

          280            280

Net income

   $ 921               $ 921

* VIE segment revenue includes sales to the electric utility segment, which is eliminated in revenue and purchased power in the consolidated statements of income.

 

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Note 18. Acquisitions

In March 2004, SCE acquired Mountainview Power Company LLC, which consisted of a power plant in early stages of construction in Redlands, California. SCE recommenced full construction of the approximately $600 million project. The Mountainview plant is fully operational.

 

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Note 19. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

 

In millions

   2006    2005
   Total(1)    Fourth    Third    Second    First    Total    Fourth    Third    Second    First

Operating revenue

   $ 10,312    $ 2,494    $ 3,079    $ 2,521    $ 2,217    $ 9,500    $ 2,306    $ 3,084    $ 2,203    $ 1,908

Operating income

     1,857      315      673      536      332      1,629      345      568      388      328

Net income

     827      171      276      247      133      749      163      287      166      132

Net income available for common stock

     776      158      263      234      121      725      153      280      161      131

Common dividends declared

     240      60      60      60      60      285      71      143      71     

(1) As a result of rounding, the total of the four quarters does not always equal the amount for the year.

 

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Selected Financial Data: 2002 – 2006    Southern California Edison Company

 

Dollars in millions

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Income statement data:

          

Operating revenue

   $ 10,312     $ 9,500     $ 8,448     $ 8,854     $ 8,706  

Operating expenses

     8,455       7,871       6,435       7,276       6,588  

Purchased-power expenses

     3,409       2,622       2,332       2,786       2,016  

Income tax expense

     438       292       438       388       642  

Provisions for regulatory adjustment clauses – net

     25       435       (201 )     1,138       1,502  

Interest expense – net of amounts capitalized

     400       360       409       457       584  

Net income from continuing operations

     827       749       921       882       1,247  

Net income

     827       749       921       932       1,247  

Net income available for common stock

     776       725       915       922       1,228  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     3.98       3.79       4.40       3.80       4.20  

Balance sheet data:

          

Assets

   $ 26,110     $ 24,703     $ 23,290     $ 21,771     $ 36,058  

Gross utility plant

     20,734       19,232       17,981       16,991       16,232  

Accumulated provision for depreciation and decommissioning

     4,821       4,763       4,506       4,386       4,057  

Short-term debt

                 88       200        

Common shareholder’s equity

     5,447       4,930       4,521       4,355       4,384  

Preferred and preference stock:

          

Not subject to mandatory redemption

     929       729       129       129       129  

Subject to mandatory redemption

                 139       141       147  

Long-term debt

     5,171       4,669       5,225       4,121       4,525  

Capital structure:

          

Common shareholder’s equity

     47.2 %     47.7 %     45.1 %     49.8 %     47.7 %

Preferred stock:

          

Not subject to mandatory redemption

     8.0 %     7.1 %     1.3 %     1.5 %     1.4 %

Subject to mandatory redemption

             1.4 %     1.6 %     1.6 %

Long-term debt

     44.8 %     45.2 %     52.2 %     47.1 %     49.3 %

The selected financial data was derived form SCE’s audited financial statements and is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information and financial statements, including notes to these financial statements, included in this annual report.

 

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EX-23 4 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-136394) of Southern California Edison Company of our report dated February 28, 2007 relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in the Annual Report, which is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 28, 2007 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in this Form 10-K.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 28, 2007
EX-24.1 5 dex241.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

Exhibit 24.1

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a California corporation, and certain of its officers and/or directors do each hereby constitute and appoint, STEPHEN E. PICKETT, THOMAS M. NOONAN, POLLY L. GAULT, BARBARA E. MATHEWS, LINDA G. SULLIVAN, ROBERT C. BOADA, GEORGE T. TABATA, PAIGE W. R. WHITE, MICHAEL A. HENRY, JEFFREY C. SHIEH, KATHLEEN BRENNAN DE JESUS, JEFFREY D. DURAN, DARLA F. FORTE, BONITA J. SMITH, MARGA ROSSO, and SARAH C. PEREZ or any of them, to act as attorney-in-fact, for and in their respective names, places, and steads, to execute, sign, and file or cause to be filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first three quarters of fiscal year 2007, any Current Reports on Form 8-K from time to time during 2007 and through December 13, 2007, or in the event this Board of Directors does not meet on December 13, 2007, through the next succeeding date on which this Board holds a regular meeting, and any and all supplements and amendments thereto, to be filed by Southern California Edison Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, (the “Act”), for the purpose of complying with Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Act, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned or any of them might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of each of said attorneys-in-fact.


Executed at Rosemead, California, as of this 14th day of December, 2006.

 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
By:  

/s/ John E. Bryson

  John E. Bryson
  Chairman of the Board

Attest:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Mathews

BARBARA E. MATHEWS

Vice President, Associate General Counsel,

Chief Governance Officer, and Corporate Secretary


2007 Southern California Edison Company

10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K Power of Attorney

 

Principal Executive Officer:     

/s/ John E. Bryson

  
John E. Bryson    Chairman of the Board
and Director
Principal Financial Officer:   

/s/ Thomas M. Noonan

  
Thomas M. Noonan    Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Controller and Principal Accounting Officer:   

/s/ Linda G. Sullivan

  
Linda G. Sullivan    Vice President and Controller

Additional Directors:

 

/s/ Alan J. Fohrer

   Director     

/s/ Ronald L. Olson

   Director
Alan J. Fohrer         Ronald L. Olson   

/s/ France A. Córdova

   Director     

/s/ James M. Rosser

   Director
France A. Córdova         James M. Rosser   

/s/ Charles B. Curtis

   Director     

/s/ Richard T. Schlosberg, III

   Director
Charles B. Curtis         Richard T. Schlosberg, III   

/s/ Bradford M. Freeman

   Director     

/s/ Robert H. Smith

   Director
Bradford M. Freeman         Robert H. Smith   

/s/ Luis G. Nogales

   Director     

/s/ Thomas C. Sutton

   Director
Luis G. Nogales         Thomas C. Sutton   
EX-24.2 6 dex242.htm CERTIFIED COPY OF RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE Certified copy of Resolution of Board of Directors Authorizing Signature

Exhibit 24.2

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

Adopted: December 14, 2006

RE: FORMS 10-K, 10-Q, AND 8-K

WHEREAS, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and regulations thereunder, require that Annual, Quarterly, and Current Reports be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), and it is desirable to effect such filings over the signatures of attorneys-in-fact;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that each of the officers of this corporation is hereby authorized to file or cause to be filed with the Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of this corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first three quarters of fiscal year 2007, Current Reports on Form 8-K from time to time during 2006 through December 13, 2007, or in the event this Board of Directors does not meet on December 13, 2007, through the next succeeding date on which this Board holds a regular meeting, and any required or appropriate supplements or amendments to such reports, all in such forms as the officer acting or counsel for this corporation considers appropriate.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the officers of this corporation is hereby authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of this corporation a power or powers of attorney appointing Stephen E. Pickett, Thomas M. Noonan, Polly L. Gault, Barbara E. Mathews, Linda G. Sullivan, Robert C. Boada, George T. Tabata, Paige W. R. White, Michael A. Henry, Jeffrey C. Shieh, Kathleen Brennan de Jesus,


Jeffrey D. Duran, Darla F. Forte, Bonita J. Smith, Marga Rosso, and Sarah C. Perez, and each of them, to act severally as attorney-in-fact in their respective names, places and steads, and on behalf of this corporation, for the purpose of executing and filing with the Commission the above-described reports and any amendments and supplements thereto.

APPROVED:

 

/s/ John E. Bryson

Chairman of the Board

/s/ Stephen E. Pickett

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

ADOPTED:

 

/s/ Barbara Mathews

Corporate Secretary


CERTIFICATION

I, BONITA J. SMITH, Assistant Secretary of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, certify that the attached is an accurate and complete copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation, duly adopted at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on December 14, 2006, and that said resolution is now in full force and effect and has not, as of this date, been amended, rescinded or superseded.

Dated: February 23, 2007

 

/s/ Bonita J. Smith

Assistant Secretary
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON COMPANY
EX-31.1 7 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certification of the CEO pursuant to Section 302

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, ALAN J. FOHRER, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, of Southern California Edison Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 28, 2007

 

/s/ ALAN J. FOHRER

ALAN J. FOHRER

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2 8 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certification of the CFO pursuant to Section 302

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, THOMAS M. NOONAN, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, of Southern California Edison Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 28, 2007

 

/s/ THOMAS M. NOONAN

THOMAS M. NOONAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32 9 dex32.htm STATEMENT PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C SECTION 1350 Statement Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350

Exhibit 32

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS

ENACTED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Annual Report”), of Southern California Edison Company (the “Company”), and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that:

 

  1. The Annual Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and

 

  2. The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

February 28, 2007

 

/s/ Alan J. Fohrer

Alan J. Fohrer

Chief Executive Officer

Southern California Edison Company

/s/ Thomas M. Noonan

Thomas M. Noonan

Chief Financial Officer

Southern California Edison Company

This statement accompanies the Annual Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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