SCE Update: ERRA Cases Merge, a THUMS Oil Islands Sale and Service Center Cost Recovery
Good afternoon. Here's a look at three updates involving Southern California Edison.
- The CPUC will consider whether SCE can wait until January to address a 2026 power procurement overcollection after consolidating the utility’s expedited trigger application with its 2027 forecast case.
- SCE seeks to recover the cost of modernizing three service centers through distribution rates; and
- SCE seeks approval to sell the submarine cables and other electrical equipment serving four offshore oil production islands near Long Beach. The sale would resolve a dispute over who pays to replace the aging equipment.
Specifics are provided below.
ENERGY RESOURCE RECOVERY ACCOUNT
In an Oct. 27 amended scoping memo, CPUC Commissioner Matthew Baker consolidated Southern California Edison’s 2027 Energy Resource Recovery Account (ERRA) forecast case (A.26-05-006) with its expedited ERRA trigger application (A.26-09-019).
The trigger application concerns when SCE should adjust rates to address a 2026 overcollection. The CPUC will consider whether SCE’s request was reasonable and complied with prior Commission orders. At the administrative law judge’s direction, SCE included its trigger analysis in its Oct. 15 forecast update. The ruling retains the forecast schedule, with no evidentiary hearing, a proposed decision due by Nov. 24 and a final decision scheduled for Dec. 17 to allow rates to change Jan. 1.
INSTANT ANALYSIS: SCE reported a $236.9 million overcollection as of Aug. 31, or 5.17% of its recorded 2025 generation revenues. Its October forecast update put the trigger balance at $427.6 million using final September balances. SCE still wants to address the overcollection through its 2027 forecast rates without an interim adjustment. The consolidated case will determine whether SCE can wait until Jan. 1, which falls 123 days after the Aug. 31 trigger date and three days beyond the 120-day window.
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