Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-121192) of
Southern California Edison Company of our report dated March 15, 2005 relating to the 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 March 15, 2005 relating to the financial statement schedules,
which appears in this Form 10-K.





/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Los Angeles, California
March 16, 2005