Diverse Businesses Get a Chance to Meet Prime Contractors at SCE’s ‘Meet the Primes’ Event October 06, 2014 “I’ve never climbed a pole, but my people replace them,” said Elijah Adams, a majority investor in Faith Electric LLC, a company that specializes in overhead and underground construction. Adams recently attended the first “Meet the Primes” event ... Read More
Children Learn Electrical Safety Lessons Through ‘A Bug’s Light!’ October 03, 2014 At Liberty Boulevard Elementary School in South Gate, students were aglow with excitement during a recent performance of “A Bug’s Light!” Sparky the Wonder Bug, star of the show and costumed in antennas and wings, was delivering an important lesson ... Read More
SCE Calls for a Save Power Day on Oct. 3 as Unexpected October Heat Wave Engulfs Southern California October 02, 2014 With Southern Californians feeling the heat from an unexpected October heat wave, Southern California Edison (SCE) has called a Save Power Day for Oct. 3. Customers taking part in the conservation program are notified a day earlier to start conserving ... Read More
High Temperatures Expected in the Southland Through This Weekend October 01, 2014 Fall officially arrived on Sept. 22, but the National Weather Service is predicting another heat wave for the Southland that could continue into early next week. In mid-September, Southern Californians experienced several days of continuous high heat ... Read More
Edison Volunteers, Students Join in National Public Lands Day Celebration September 30, 2014 When Mother Nature recently called 17-year-old Francisco Francisco to serve, he didn’t hesitate to answer. The San Fernando High School senior arose at 6 a.m. sharp on Sept. 27 to participate in the National Public Lands Day celebration. The event was ... Read More
I Heart STEM at Girls Inc. of Orange County September 29, 2014 For six decades, the nonprofit Girls Inc. of Orange County has pursued the same mission: changing the lives of girls through STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programming. And for the 5,000 girls ranging in age from 4 1/2 to 18 years ... Read More
In the Solar Arena, SCE’s a Veteran Player September 26, 2014 When it comes to solar power, Southern California Edison (SCE) is a long-term player in this arena. Over the past seven years, the utility’s solar facilities have produced more than 322 million kilowatt hours of clean power, an amount equivalent to ... Read More
SCE Unveils Largest Battery for Storing Electricity in North America September 25, 2014 It seems an unlikely setting for a technology revolution: a wind-swept patch of Mojave Desert, squeezed in beside railroad tracks and a giant cement plant. But there it is, on the grounds of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Monolith substation near ... Read More
From the Fields to USC, Edison Scholar Recounts Her Journey at SCE’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration September 24, 2014 Diana Valenzuela choked back tears as she recalled her parents working in the hot fields of California’s farmland. The baking sun. The calloused hands. The seemingly endless days. How their clothes, drenched in sweat, clung to their bodies. She too ... Read More
Computer Donations to Cathedral Center for Seniors Help Bridge Digital Divide September 23, 2014 The seniors who spend their time at The Cathedral Center in Cathedral City, located just southeast of Palm Springs, now have easy access to something they haven’t had before: the Internet and email. The four refurbished computers and laptop, including ... Read More
