Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Schedule Of Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]

Schedule of Contingency Accruals and Changes

The following table presents changes in estimated losses (estimated at the lower end of the reasonably estimated range of expected losses) for the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events since December 31, 2018:

(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	4,669
Accrued losses	232
Payments	(360		)
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	4,541

In total, SCE has accrued estimated losses of $4.9 billion and paid $360 million in settlements and recovered $290 million from its insurance carriers through December 31, 2019 in relation to the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events.

For the years-ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the income statements include charges for the estimated losses (established at the lower end of the reasonably estimated range of expected losses), net of expected recoveries from insurance and FERC customers, related to the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
(in millions)	2019			2018
Charge for wildfire-related claims	$	232		$	4,669
Expected insurance recoveries	—			(2,000		)
Expected revenue from FERC customers	(14		)	(135		)
Total pre-tax charge	218			2,534
Income tax benefit	(61		)	(709		)
Total after-tax charge	$	157		$	1,825

The following table presents changes in expected insurance recoveries associated with the estimated losses for the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events since December 31, 2018:

(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	2,000
Insurance recoveries1	(290		)
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	1,710

¹ 

Additional insurance recoveries of $55 million were received in February 2020.

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Schedule Of Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]

Summary of Undiscounted Future Expected Payments for Power Purchase Agreements That Have Been Approved by the CPUC and Have Completed Major Milestones for Construction

At December 31, 2019, the undiscounted future expected minimum payments for the SCE PPAs (primarily related to renewable energy contracts), which were approved by the CPUC and met other critical contract provisions (including completion of major milestones for construction), were as follows:

(in millions)	Total
2020	$	2,796
2021 1	2,777
2022	2,729
2023	2,457
2024	2,160
Thereafter	23,102
Total future commitments2	$	36,021

¹  Includes $242 million related to certain lease contracts to be recorded as short-term lease expense in 2021.

² 

Certain power purchase agreements are treated as operating or finance leases. For further discussion, see Note 13. Includes a lease contract that has not yet commenced with future lease payments of $135 million. The lease is expected to commence during the third quarter of 2020.

Summary of Certain Future Other Commitments

The following summarizes the estimated minimum future commitments for SCE's other commitments:

(in millions)	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Thereafter		Total
Other contractual obligations	$	77	$	48	$	47	$	46	$	45	$	189	$	452