Edison International (NYSE: EIX) outlines Eaton Fire settlement deal
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Edison International and its utility Southern California Edison filed an 8-K describing new wildfire legislation and a major litigation settlement. The California Legislature approved Senate Bill 254, and the company furnished a presentation summarizing the bill as Exhibit 99.1 for use in investor meetings and on its website.
Separately, Southern California Edison entered into a Subrogation Settlement with an insurance claimant in the 2025 Eaton Fire litigation. SCE agreed to pay $0.52 for each dollar of claims the insurer has paid or will pay to policyholders, subject to a cap. The insurer had paid about $500 million as of July 31, 2025. The claimant will release SCE and Edison International from all related claims, and the settlement includes no admission of wrongdoing or liability. SCE believes the Eaton Fire is a “covered wildfire” for the Wildfire Insurance Fund and anticipates seeking reimbursement for eligible claims.
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Eaton Fire settlement fixes a large liability while pointing to potential recovery from California’s wildfire insurance fund.
Southern California Edison agreed to a subrogation settlement in the 2025 Eaton Fire case, paying $0.52 per dollar of insurance claims, up to a cap. With the subrogation claimant having paid about $500 million by July 31, 2025, the gross exposure appears significant, even though the exact cap is not stated in the excerpt. In exchange, the insurer will release Edison International and SCE from all related current and potential claims, giving clearer definition to this portion of wildfire risk.
The filing also notes that SCE believes the Eaton Fire qualifies as a “covered wildfire” for California’s Wildfire Insurance Fund and anticipates seeking reimbursement for eligible claims. Actual net impact will depend on how much of the settlement and any future Eaton Fire resolutions are eventually reimbursed, and on the fund’s eligibility and process outcomes. Separately, approval of SB 254 by the California Legislature, summarized in Exhibit 99.1, underscores the ongoing role of state policy in shaping wildfire cost recovery and utility risk.
8-K Event Classification
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This current report and its exhibits include forward-looking statements. Edison International and Southern California Edison Company ("SCE") based these forward-looking statements on their current expectations and projections about future events in light of their knowledge of facts as of the date of this current report and their assumptions about future circumstances. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may be outside the control of Edison International and SCE. Edison International and SCE have no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether due to new information, future events, or otherwise. This current report should be read with Edison International's and SCE's combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and subsequent quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Additionally, Edison International and SCE provide direct links to Edison International and SCE presentations, documents and other information at www.edisoninvestor.com (Presentations and Updates) in order to publicly disseminate such information.
Terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the 2024 Form 10-K.
Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure
On September 13, 2025, the California Legislature approved Senate Bill (“SB”) 254. SB 254 will be sent to the California Governor, who is expected to sign the legislation into law. The summary of SB 254 furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report is based on SCE's interpretation of the legislation.
Members of Edison International management will use the information in the presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.1 regarding the legislation referenced above in meetings with institutional investors and analysts and at investor conferences. The attached presentation will also be posted on www.edisoninvestor.com.
Item 8.01Other Events
On September 11, 2025, SCE entered into an agreement (the "Subrogation Settlement") with an insurance claimant in the 2025 Eaton Fire litigation (the “Subrogation Claimant”). Under the Subrogation Settlement, SCE agreed to pay the Subrogation Claimant $0.52 for each dollar in claims paid or to be paid by the Subrogation Claimant to its policy holders, up to an agreed upon cap. The Subrogation Claimant had paid its policy holders an aggregate of approximately $500 million as of July 31, 2025. No admission of wrongdoing or liability was made in reaching the Subrogation Settlement, and the Subrogation Claimant agreed to release SCE and Edison International from all claims and potential claims related to or arising from the Eaton Fire.
SCE has advised the administrator of the Wildfire Insurance Fund that SCE believes the Eaton Fire is a “covered wildfire” for purposes of accessing the fund and that it anticipates that future resolution of eligible claims arising from the Eaton Fire will require seeking reimbursement from the fund.
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
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99.1 | Edison International Business Update Supplement – SB 254 Summary | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: September 14, 2025
Date: September 14, 2025