Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of utility Edison Worldwide, mentioned on Friday it had submitted an preliminary plan to rebuild the areas inside its service territory that had been devastated by the Los Angeles wildfires in January.
The preliminary plan was submitted to California Governor Gavin Newsom and is estimated to price between $860 million and $925 million, SCE mentioned, including that securing alternate funding sources was essential to creating the plan a actuality.
The wildfires tore throughout LA beginning on January 7, resulting in dozens of deaths and destroying 1000’s of houses. It’s estimated to be the most costly pure catastrophe in U.S. historical past.
Though no official trigger for the fires has been launched, a number of lawsuits have claimed that SCE energy strains and towers in Altadena began one of many blazes – the Eaton Fireplace.
SCE has additionally been sued by the LA County and the Metropolis of Pasadena.
The corporate mentioned on Friday the investigation was ongoing and it “stays dedicated to transparency with the general public.”
It additionally mentioned that its preliminary plan would primarily concentrate on undergrounding energy strains within the Altadena and Malibu areas positioned within the Los Angeles county.
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru; Modifying by Shinjini Ganguli)
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California
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