Southern California Edison territory · Los Angeles County

The fire is on the hill. The cost lands on your bill.

Wildfires. Lawsuits. Rate cases. Homeowners are paying for all of it — whether their house burned or not.

See what your bill becomes → Book a 15-minute review (323) 300-4708

The pain

Ash on the street. Then a line on the bill.

On January 7, 2025, the Eaton Fire tore through the Altadena and Los Angeles foothills. Reported figures: roughly 14,021 acres, 19 killed, and 9,400+ structures destroyed.

Source: reported public figures for the Eaton Fire (Jan 2025). Numbers labeled as reported.

Evacuations. Smoke. Neighborhoods rebuilt from ash. That is the first punch — the one everyone can see from the freeway.

The second punch is quieter: delivery charges and wildfire costs showing up on every Edison meter — whether your house burned or not. Rate cases, settlements, and undergrounding do not stay in the courtroom. They land on the bill.

~14,021
Acres burned (reported)
19
Killed (reported)
9,400+
Structures destroyed (reported)

The billions

Lawsuits do not stay in court. They show up as delivery.

Sourced exposure from public filings, company disclosures, and analyst estimates — not invented dollar amounts.

$9.7B
Settlements paid / agreed — 2017–2018 Thomas / Koenigstein / Montecito / Woolsey

Source: Edison International SEC disclosures.

~$13.5Best.
Potential SCE liability — Eaton Fire (analyst estimate)

Source: Jefferies analyst estimate. Labeled estimate — not a company admission.

~1,000
Consolidated Eaton Fire lawsuits — LA Superior Court

Source: consolidated proceeding reporting (lead: Gursey v. SCE et al.).

Totals / exposure

  • ~$9.7B settlements (2017–2018 events) Thomas / Koenigstein / Montecito mudslides / Woolsey — SCE has paid or agreed to pay ~$9.7B to individual, public-entity, and insurance plaintiffs.

    Source: Edison International SEC disclosures.

  • ~$3.6B ratepayer recovery (those events) Already approved / settled recovery on the order of ~$3.6B combined (TKM + proposed Woolsey settlements) — meaning customers help fund the cleanup.

    Source: CPUC / company settlement materials (order-of-magnitude combined).

  • ~$13.5B Eaton potential liability (estimate) Jefferies analyst estimate of potential SCE liability for the Eaton Fire. Estimate — labeled clearly.

    Source: Jefferies analyst estimate.

  • ~$1.3B Eaton-related settlement losses recorded Edison International recorded ~$1.3B Eaton-related settlement losses as of early 2026 disclosures. Compensation program offers reported >$750M–$820M with hundreds of millions already paid.

    Source: company disclosures / compensation program figures.

  • DOJ seeking >$40M U.S. Department of Justice seeking more than $40M for National Forest / suppression costs.

    Source: DOJ / press reporting on government claims.

Active / consolidated matters

  • ~1,000 consolidated Eaton Fire suits LA Superior Court; lead case Gursey v. SCE et al. Bellwether trial set Jan 25, 2027 (~50 representative plaintiffs).
  • Government plaintiffs U.S. DOJ; Los Angeles County; City of Pasadena; City of Sierra Madre.
  • Mass individual claims Wrongful death, property, and business claims under the consolidated proceeding. We cannot list every individual case.
  • SCE Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program Voluntary program running in parallel with litigation.
  • Legacy 2017/2018 claims Remaining TKM / Woolsey claims still winding down (~100 individual plaintiffs outstanding as of late 2025 SEC commentary).

    Source: late 2025 SEC commentary.

Not legal advice. Figures from public filings, CPUC, company releases, and press. Estimates labeled.

Your bill

Watch today’s bill fight the future — and what SGIP-qualified can look like.

Slide today’s Edison bill. Toggle Future for the ~13%/year stress test. Then see Stay with Edison vs an SGIP-qualified EXAMPLE side by side.

$400
$100$600

Drag to set your avg monthly Edison bill. EXAMPLE program payment scales with your bill. Future = current × (1.13 ^ years). Program column is EXAMPLE only.

13% / year stress test
Year
Stay path
Stay with Edison
$400
Monthly · stress test
EXAMPLE
If SGIP-qualified (EXAMPLE)
$220
Locked program payment · EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE only — not a guarantee. Payment scales with your bill. Qualify to lock size & payment.

13% is a planning stress test Based on recent multi-year rate pressure (CPUC GRC + pass-throughs). Actual CPUC decisions vary year to year (e.g. 2025 GRC residential impact ~9.1% for a 500 kWh customer; combined Oct 2025 adjustments were reported near ~12.9% in some analyses).

Source: CPUC GRC / rate-adjustment reporting as cited in analyses.

Why delivery can keep rising Wildfire litigation and undergrounding are why delivery can keep rising even if generation is flat. Your options start with reading the bill — then cutting exposure where the house qualifies.

What we do

Bill-first. Fifteen minutes. No scare-as-hero.

We start with your Edison bill — not a last-chance rebate pitch. Usage, delivery vs generation when readable, then options that cut exposure.

15-minute energy review

Bill-first conversation. We read what you are actually paying — and what is climbing.

Usage, delivery vs generation

When the bill is readable, we separate delivery pressure from generation so the story is clear.

Options that cut delivery exposure

Solar + storage where the house qualifies — sized to the bill, not a one-size pitch.

Upload a bill or talk

Send the PDF or call. No SGIP last-chance hero. Serious homeowner conversation only.

Book a 15-minute review · (323) 300-4708 Upload your bill →

Get review

Book the 15-minute review.

Tell us who you are and where the meter is. Street is required so we can match the drop. Free 15-minute bill-first review — no scare pitch.

(323) 300-4708 Call for a 15-minute review hello@californiahomeenergyreduction.com Email the team Upload your bill Bill-audit page