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ROSEMEAD, Calif., Nov. 6, 2009 – Edison International (NYSE: EIX) today reported third quarter 2009 GAAP earnings of $1.23 per share, compared to $1.33 per share in the same quarter last year. Third quarter 2009 core earnings were $1.09 per share compared to $1.46 per share in the third quarter 2008. The decline is largely attributable to lower earnings at Edison Mission Group (EMG), partially offset by higher operating results at Southern California Edison (SCE). Core earnings exclude discontinued operations and other non-core items as discussed below.

"Edison International is on track to meet its financial objectives laid out for investors at the beginning of the year. Our strong focus on execution in managing our operations helped us to achieve a good quarter,” said Theodore F. Craver, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Edison International.

Note: GAAP earnings and losses refer to net income or losses attributable to Edison International and GAAP earnings or losses per share refer to basic earnings or losses per common share attributable to Edison International throughout this release. Core earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure. See Reconciliation of Core Earnings to GAAP Earnings and Reconciliation of Core Earnings Guidance to GAAP Earnings Guidance.

Third Quarter Earnings Detail

SCE’s third quarter 2009 GAAP earnings were $1.06 per share compared to $0.72 per share in the third quarter 2008. Core earnings were $0.92 per share compared to $0.87 per share in the same quarter last year. This increase was primarily due to higher operating income associated with the utility’s 2009 General Rate Case (GRC) and lower nonoperating expenses, partially offset by higher income tax expense. SCE also recorded a non-core benefit in the third quarter 2009 of $0.14 per share to reflect the non-cash accounting benefit from the final regulatory approval to transfer its Mountainview power plant to utility rate base. SCE recorded a $0.15 per share non-core charge in the third quarter 2008 resulting from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) performance-based ratemaking decision.

EMG’s third quarter 2009 GAAP earnings were $0.19 per share compared to $0.66 per share in the third quarter 2008. Core earnings were $0.19 per share compared to $0.64 per share in the same quarter last year. Core earnings declined primarily from lower income at its coal- and gas-fired projects driven by lower energy prices and from lower trading income. Core results for the 2008 period included a $0.05 per share charge related to power contracts with Lehman Brothers and excluded $0.02 per share from discontinued operations.

Edison International parent company and other reported a third quarter 2009 loss of $0.02 per share compared to a $0.05 per share loss in the third quarter 2008.

Year-to-Date Earnings Summary

Edison International reported GAAP earnings of $1.94 per share for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2009, compared to $3.03 per share for the same period last year. Core earnings for the first nine months of 2009 were $2.66 per share compared to $3.18 per share for the same period in 2008. Non-core items included an $0.85 per share charge from the global tax settlement with the Internal Revenue Service and the associated termination of Edison Capital’s cross-border, leveraged leases, SCE’s third quarter non-core items discussed above and discontinued operations at EMG.

Year-to-Date Earnings Detail

SCE’s GAAP earnings through September 30, 2009 were $3.23 per share compared to $1.66 per share in the same period last year. Core earnings for the first nine months of 2009 were $2.17 per share compared to $1.81 per share for the same period in 2008. The increase in core earnings reflects higher operating income related to the GRC decision and lower nonoperating expenses, partially offset by higher income tax expense. SCE’s year-to-date core earnings exclude the impact of the global tax settlement, the impact from the transfer of the Mountainview power plant to utility rate base in 2009 and the CPUC’s performance-based ratemaking decision in 2008.

EMG’s GAAP loss through September 30, 2009 was $1.38 per share compared to GAAP earnings of $1.47 per share in the same period last year. Year-to-date core earnings for EMG were $0.55 per share compared to $1.47 per share in the same period last year. This decrease reflects lower income at its coal- and gas-fired projects driven by lower energy prices as well as lower trading income, lower earnings at Edison Capital and the favorable buy-out of a coal contract in 2008. EMG’s year-to-date core earnings exclude the impacts of the global tax settlement together with discontinued operations.

Edison International parent company and other reported GAAP earnings through September 30, 2009 of $0.09 per share, compared to a loss of $0.10 per share in the same period last year. GAAP earnings include a $0.15 per share benefit in the first half of 2009 related to the global tax settlement.

2009 Earnings Guidance

The company narrowed its 2009 earnings guidance range to $2.23 to $2.43 per share on a GAAP basis and $2.95 to $3.15 per share on a core basis. See the risk disclosure statement on page 4 and the presentation accompanying the company’s conference call for further information.

Reconciliation of Core Earnings Guidance to GAAP Earnings Guidance1

Core Earnings Per Share1

 

 

2009 Earnings Guidance
as of August 7, 2009

 

2009 Earnings Guidance
as of November 6, 2009


EIX core earnings

 

 

$2.90 – $3.20

 

$2.95 – $3.15

Non-core items:

 

 

 

 

 

Global tax settlement:

 

(0.85)

 

 

 

          SCE

$0.92

 

 

 

 

          EMG

(1.92)

 

 

 

 

          EIX parent company and other

0.15

 

 

 

 

     SCE – regulatory item

 

0.14

 

 

 

     EMG – Discontinued Operations

 

(0.01)

 

 

 

Total Non-Core Items

 

 

(0.72)

 

(0.72)


EIX GAAP earnings

 

 

$2.18 – $2.48

 

$2.23 – $2.43


 

 

 

 

 

 

Midpoint of 2009 core guidance by business element:

 

 

 

 

 

          SCE

 

 

$2.49

 

$2.55

          EMG

 

 

0.70

 

0.60

          EIX parent company and other

 

 

(0.14)

 

(0.10)


Total

 

 

$3.05

 

$3.05

1 See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures on page 4. GAAP earnings per share refer to basic earnings per common share attributable to Edison International common shareholders. The expected impact of participating securities is $(0.02) per share and is included in EIX parent company and other.

About Edison International
Edison International, through its subsidiaries, is a generator and distributor of electric power and an investor in infrastructure and energy assets, including renewable energy. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, and Edison Mission Group, a competitive power generation business and parent company to Edison Mission Energy and Edison Capital.

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Edison International Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results