Southern California Edison agrees to pay $80 million for 2017 wildfire

LOS ANGELES, California: This week, the Department of Justice said that Southern California Edison will pay US$80 million to cover costs and damages incurred by the U.S. Forest Service from the 2017 Thomas wildfire that hit California's Los Padres National Forecast.

The agreement with the unit of Edison International resolves a lawsuit that began in 2020 and is the federal government's largest wildfire settlemen