(Reuters) -Southern California Edison (SCE), a unit of utility Edison International, said on Friday it has submitted a three-year wildfire mitigation plan to California’s Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety.
The plan builds on efforts to address immediate and long-term wildfire risks in response to extreme weather events, SCE said.
Southern California Edison has been facing multiple lawsuits alleging that its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires in the Los Angeles area – the Eaton fire.
In April, the utility had submitted an initial plan to rebuild the areas within its service territory that were devastated by the Los Angeles wildfires.
The wildfires tore across Los Angeles starting on January 7, leading to dozens of deaths and destroying thousands of homes. It is estimated to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.
The company expects an investment of $6.2 billion over three years from 2026 to 2028 to achieve the plan.
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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