UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
þ
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from                        to
Commission
File Number
 
Exact Name of Registrant
as specified in its charter
 
State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization
 
IRS Employer
Identification Number
1-9936
 
EDISON INTERNATIONAL
 
California
 
95-4137452
1-2313
 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
 
California
 
95-1240335
EDISON INTERNATIONAL
 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
(P.O. Box 976)
Rosemead, California 91770
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
(P.O. Box 800)
Rosemead, California 91770
(Address of principal executive offices)
(626) 302-2222
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
(626) 302-1212
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Edison International         Yes  þ No  o      Southern California Edison Company     Yes  þ No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Edison International         Yes  þ No  o      Southern California Edison Company     Yes  þ No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-12 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):
Edison International
Large Accelerated Filer þ
Accelerated Filer ¨
Non-accelerated Filer ¨
Smaller Reporting Company ¨
Emerging growth company ¨
Southern California Edison Company
Large Accelerated Filer ¨
Accelerated Filer ¨
Non-accelerated Filer þ
Smaller Reporting Company ¨
Emerging growth company ¨
 
 
 
 
 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Edison International         o          Southern California Edison Company         ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Edison International         Yes  ¨ No  þ      Southern California Edison Company     Yes  ¨ No  þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
Common Stock outstanding as of October 26, 2018:
 
 
Edison International
 
325,811,206 shares
Southern California Edison Company
 
434,888,104 shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
















TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
SEC Form 10-Q Reference Number
 
 
Part I, Item 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Part I, Item 3
Part I, Item 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Part I, Item 4
 
 


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Part II, Item 1
 
 
 
 
Part II, Item 2
 
 
Part II, Item 5
Part II, Item 6
 
This is a combined Form 10-Q separately filed by Edison International and Southern California Edison Company. Information contained herein relating to an individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf.



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GLOSSARY
The following terms and abbreviations appearing in the text of this report have the meanings indicated below.
2017 Form 10-K
 
Edison International's and SCE's combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017
AFUDC
 
allowance for funds used during construction
ALJ
 
administrative law judge
ARO(s)
 
asset retirement obligation(s)
Bcf
 
billion cubic feet
bonus depreciation
 
Federal tax deduction of a percentage of the qualifying property placed in service during periods permitted under tax laws
BRRBA
 
Base Revenue Requirement Balancing Account
CAISO
 
California Independent System Operator
CAL FIRE
 
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
CCAs
 
Community Choice Aggregators which are cities, counties, and certain other public agencies with the authority to generate and/or purchase electricity for their local residents and businesses
CPUC
 
California Public Utilities Commission
December 2017 Wildfires
 
several wind-driven wildfires, including the Thomas Fire, that occurred in December 2017 and impacted portions of SCE's service territory
DERs
 
distributed energy resources
DOE
 
U.S. Department of Energy
DRP
 
Distributed Resources Plan
Edison Energy
 
Edison Energy, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edison Energy Group that advises and provides energy solutions to large energy users
Edison Energy Group
 
Edison Energy Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edison International, is a holding company for subsidiaries engaged in competitive businesses that provide energy services to commercial and industrial customers
EME
 
Edison Mission Energy
EME Settlement Agreement
 
Settlement Agreement by and among Edison Mission Energy, Edison International and the Consenting Noteholders identified therein, dated February 18, 2014
ERRA
 
Energy Resource Recovery Account
FASB
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC
 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fitch
 
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
GAAP
 
generally accepted accounting principles
GHG
 
greenhouse gas
GRC
 
general rate case
GWh
 
gigawatt-hours
HLBV
 
hypothetical liquidation at book value
IRS
 
Internal Revenue Service
Joint Proxy Statement
 
Edison International's and SCE's definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC in connection with Edison International's and SCE's Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on April 26, 2018
MD&A
 
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations in this report
MHI
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc. and related companies
Montecito Mudslides
 
the mudslides and flooding in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, that occurred in January 2018
Moody's
 
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
MW
 
megawatts


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MWdc
 
megawatts measured for solar projects representing the accumulated peak capacity of all the solar modules
NDCTP
 
Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding
NEIL
 
Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited
NEM
 
net energy metering
NERC
 
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NOL
 
net operating loss
NRC
 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OII
 
Order Instituting Investigation
OII Parties
 
SCE, SDG&E, The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, The California Large Energy Consumers Association, California State University, Citizens Oversight dba Coalition to Decommission San Onofre, the Coalition of California Utility Employees, the Direct Access Customer Coalition, Ruth Henricks, PAO, TURN, and Women's Energy Matters, all of whom are parties to the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement
Palo Verde
 
nuclear electric generating facility located near Phoenix, Arizona in which SCE holds a 15.8% ownership interest
PAO
 
CPUC's Public Advocates Office (formerly known as the Office of Ratepayer Advocates or ORA)
PBOP(s)
 
postretirement benefits other than pension(s)
Prior San Onofre Settlement Agreement
 
San Onofre OII Settlement Agreement by and among TURN, PAO, SDG&E, the Coalition of California Utility Employees, and Friends of the Earth, dated November 20, 2014
Revised San Onofre
Settlement Agreement
 
Revised San Onofre OII Settlement Agreement among OII Parties, dated January 30, 2018 and modified on August 2, 2018
ROE
 
return on common equity
S&P
 
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
San Onofre
 
retired nuclear generating facility located in south
San Clemente, California in which SCE holds a 78.21% ownership interest
SCE
 
Southern California Edison Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edison International
SDG&E
 
San Diego Gas & Electric
SEC
 
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SED
 
Safety and Enforcement Division of the CPUC
SoCalGas
 
Southern California Gas Company
SoCore Energy
 
SoCore Energy LLC, a former subsidiary of Edison Energy Group that was sold in April 2018
TAMA
 
Tax Accounting Memorandum Account
Tax Reform
 
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law on December 22, 2017
TURN
 
The Utility Reform Network
US EPA
 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency




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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect Edison International's and SCE's current expectations and projections about future events based on Edison International's and SCE's knowledge of present facts and circumstances and assumptions about future events and include any statements that do not directly relate to a historical or current fact. Other information distributed by Edison International and SCE that is incorporated in this report, or that refers to or incorporates this report, may also contain forward-looking statements. In this report and elsewhere, the words "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates," "projects," "intends," "plans," "probable," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," and variations of such words and similar expressions, or discussions of strategy or plans, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements necessarily involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Some of the risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause results to differ from those currently expected, or that otherwise could impact Edison International and SCE, include, but are not limited to the:
ability of SCE to recover its costs through regulated rates, including costs related to uninsured wildfire-related and mudslide-related liabilities and capital spending incurred prior to explicit regulatory approval;
ability to obtain sufficient insurance at a reasonable cost, including insurance relating to SCE's nuclear facilities and wildfire-related and mudslide-related exposure, and to recover the costs of such insurance or, in the absence of insurance, the ability to recover uninsured losses;
decisions and other actions by the CPUC, the FERC, the NRC and other regulatory authorities, including determinations of authorized rates of return or return on equity, the 2018 GRC, the recoverability of wildfire-related and mudslide-related costs, and delays in regulatory actions;
ability of Edison International or SCE to borrow funds and access the bank and capital markets on reasonable terms;
actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or those of our subsidiaries or to place those ratings on negative watch or outlook;
risks associated with the decommissioning of San Onofre, including those related to public opposition, permitting, governmental approvals, on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel, delays, contractual disputes, and cost overruns;
extreme weather-related incidents and other natural disasters (including earthquakes and events caused, or exacerbated, by climate change, such as wildfires), which could cause, among other things, public safety issues, property damage and operational issues;
risks associated with cost allocation resulting in higher rates for utility bundled service customers because of possible customer bypass or departure for other electricity providers such as CCAs and Electric Service Providers;
risks inherent in SCE's transmission and distribution infrastructure investment program, including those related to project site identification, public opposition, environmental mitigation, construction, permitting, power curtailment costs (payments due under power contracts in the event there is insufficient transmission to enable acceptance of power delivery), changes in the CAISO's transmission plans, and governmental approvals;
risks associated with the operation of transmission and distribution assets and power generating facilities, including public and employee safety issues, the risk of utility assets causing wildfires, failure, availability, efficiency and output of equipment and facilities, and availability and cost of spare parts;
physical security of Edison International's and SCE's critical assets and personnel and the cybersecurity of Edison International's and SCE's critical information technology systems for grid control, and business, employee and customer data;
ability of Edison International to develop competitive businesses, manage new business risks, and recover and earn a return on its investment in newly developed or acquired businesses;
changes in tax laws and regulations, at both the state and federal levels, or changes in the application of those laws, that could affect recorded deferred tax assets and liabilities and effective tax rate;
changes in the fair value of investments and other assets;
changes in interest rates and rates of inflation, including escalation rates (which may be adjusted by public utility regulators);

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governmental, statutory, regulatory, or administrative changes or initiatives affecting the electricity industry, including the market structure rules applicable to each market adopted by the NERC, CAISO, Western Electricity Council, and similar regulatory bodies in adjoining regions;
availability and creditworthiness of counterparties and the resulting effects on liquidity in the power and fuel markets and/or the ability of counterparties to pay amounts owed in excess of collateral provided in support of their obligations;
cost and availability of labor, equipment and materials;
potential for penalties or disallowance for non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and
cost of fuel for generating facilities and related transportation, which could be impacted by, among other things, disruption of natural gas storage facilities, to the extent not recovered through regulated rate cost escalation provisions or balancing accounts.
Additional information about risks and uncertainties, including more detail about the factors described in this report, is contained throughout this report and in the 2017 Form 10-K, including the "Risk Factors" section. Readers are urged to read this entire report, including information incorporated by reference, as well as the 2017 Form 10-K, and carefully consider the risks, uncertainties, and other factors that affect Edison International's and SCE's businesses. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and neither Edison International nor SCE are obligated to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements. Readers should review future reports filed by Edison International and SCE with the SEC. Edison International and SCE provide direct links to certain SCE and other parties' regulatory filings and documents with the CPUC and the FERC and certain agency rulings and notices in open proceedings at www.edisoninvestor.com (SCE Regulatory Highlights) so that such filings, rulings and notices are available to all investors. Edison International and SCE post or provide direct links to certain documents and information related to Southern California wildfires which may be of interest to investors at www.edisoninvestor.com (Southern California Wildfires) in order to publicly disseminate such information. Edison International and SCE also routinely post or provide direct links to presentations, documents and other information that may be of interest to investors at www.edisoninvestor.com (Events and Presentations) in order to publicly disseminate such information.
The MD&A for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 discusses material changes in the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and other developments of Edison International and SCE since December 31, 2017, and as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2017. This discussion presumes that the reader has read or has access to Edison International's and SCE's MD&A for the calendar year 2017 (the "year-ended 2017 MD&A"), which was included in the 2017 Form 10-K.
Except when otherwise stated, references to each of Edison International, SCE, or Edison Energy Group mean each such company with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. References to "Edison International Parent and Other" mean Edison International Parent and its consolidated competitive subsidiaries and "Edison International Parent" mean Edison International on a stand-alone basis, not consolidated with its subsidiaries.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
Highlights of Operating Results
Edison International is the parent holding company of SCE and Edison Energy Group. SCE is an investor-owned public utility primarily engaged in the business of supplying and delivering electricity to an approximately 50,000 square mile area of southern California. Edison Energy Group is a holding company for subsidiaries engaged in operating competitive businesses, primarily consisting of Edison Energy which provides energy services to commercial and industrial customers. Edison Energy's business activities are currently not material to report as a separate business segment. References to Edison International refer to the consolidated group of Edison International and its subsidiaries. References to Edison International Parent and Other refer to Edison International Parent and its competitive subsidiaries. Unless otherwise described, all the information contained in this report relates to both filers.
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
 
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
 
(in millions)
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
Net income (loss) attributable to Edison International
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCE
 
$
536

 
$
465

 
$
71

 
$
1,119

 
$
1,121

 
$
(2
)
Edison International Parent and Other
 
(23
)
 
5

 
(28
)
 
(112
)
 
(11
)
 
(101
)
Edison International
 
513

 
470

 
43

 
1,007

 
1,110

 
(103
)
Less: Non-core items
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     SCE
 
7

 

 
7

 
7

 

 
7

     Edison International Parent and Other
 
(4
)
 

 
(4
)
 
(46
)
 
1

 
(47
)
Total non-core items
 
3

 

 
3

 
(39
)
 
1

 
(40
)
Core earnings (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCE
 
529

 
465

 
64

 
1,112

 
1,121

 
(9
)
Edison International Parent and Other
 
(19
)
 
5

 
(24
)
 
(66
)
 
(12
)
 
(54
)
Edison International
 
$
510

 
$
470

 
$
40

 
$
1,046

 
$
1,109

 
$
(63
)
Edison International's earnings are prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management uses core earnings (losses) internally for financial planning and for analysis of performance. Core earnings (losses) are also used when communicating with investors and analysts regarding Edison International's earnings results to facilitate comparisons of the company's performance from period to period. Core earnings (losses) are a non-GAAP financial measure and may not be comparable to those of other companies. Core earnings (losses) are defined as earnings attributable to Edison International shareholders less non-core items. Non-core items include income or loss from discontinued operations, income resulting from allocation of losses to tax equity investors under the HLBV accounting method (related to previous results of SoCore Energy which was sold in the second quarter of 2018) and income or loss from significant discrete items that management does not consider representative of ongoing earnings, such as write downs, asset impairments and other gains and losses related to certain tax, regulatory, or legal settlements or proceedings, and exit activities, including sale of certain assets and other activities that are no longer continuing.
Edison International's third quarter 2018 earnings increased $43 million from the third quarter of 2017, comprised of an increase in SCE's earnings of $71 million , partially offset by Edison International Parent and Other's increased losses of $28 million . SCE's higher quarter-to-date earnings resulted from lower operation and maintenance expenses due to regulatory deferrals for line clearing and wildfire insurance costs, the favorable impact of Tax Reform on incremental pre-tax earnings and higher revenue due to a reimbursement for spent nuclear fuel storage costs recorded in 2018.
Edison International's earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 decreased $103 million from the nine months ended 2017, comprised of a decrease in SCE's earnings of $2 million and an increase in Edison International Parent and Other's losses of $101 million . SCE's lower year-to-date earnings resulted from higher operation and maintenance expenses related to wildfire insurance and higher net financing costs, partially offset by higher revenue due to a reimbursement for

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spent nuclear fuel storage costs recorded in 2018, a refund to customers for prior overcollections recorded in 2017 and higher 2018 income tax benefits.
Edison International Parent and Other's increase in losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was due to higher core losses of $24 million and $54 million , respectively, and higher non-core losses of $4 million and $47 million , respectively. The increase in core losses was due to tax benefits recorded in 2017 related to net operating loss carrybacks from the filing of the 2016 returns in 2017 and the impact of Tax Reform on pre-tax losses. The higher core losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 were also due to tax benefits in 2017 related to stock option exercises and the settlement of 2007 – 2012 federal income tax audits, partially offset by a goodwill impairment recorded in 2017 and lower corporate expenses in 2018.
Edison International had non-core income of $3 million ($11 million pre-tax) and non-core losses of $39 million ($46 million pre-tax) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Non-core income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was related to the CPUC-mandated elimination of an obligation for SCE to fund a research, development and demonstration program intended to develop technologies and methodologies to reduce GHG emissions, partially offset by finalizing the purchase price and taxes related to the sale of SoCore Energy. Non-core losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 primarily consisted of the impact of the sale of SoCore Energy in April 2018.
Southern California Wildfires
In December 2017, several wind-driven wildfires impacted portions of SCE's service territory and caused substantial damage to both residential and business properties and service outages for SCE customers. The largest of these fires, known as the Thomas Fire, originated in Ventura County and burned acreage located in both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. According to the most recent CAL FIRE incident information reports, the Thomas Fire burned over 280,000 acres, destroyed an estimated 1,063 structures, damaged an estimated 280 structures and resulted in two fatalities.
SCE is aware of multiple lawsuits filed related to the Thomas Fire naming SCE as a defendant. A number of the lawsuits also name Edison International as a defendant. The extent of potential liability for December 2017 Wildfire-related damages depends on a number of factors, including whether SCE substantially caused, or contributed to, the damages and whether parties seeking recovery of damages will be required to show negligence in addition to causation. Certain California courts have previously found utilities to be strictly liable for property damage, regardless of fault, by applying the theory of inverse condemnation when a utility's facilities were determined to be a substantial cause of a wildfire that caused the property damage.
Determining wildfire origin and cause is often a complex and time-consuming process and several investigations into the facts and circumstances of the Thomas Fire are believed to be ongoing. SCE has been advised that the origins and causes of the fire are being investigated by CAL FIRE and the Ventura County Fire Department. In connection with its investigation of the Thomas Fire, CAL FIRE has removed and retained certain of SCE's equipment that was located in the general vicinity of suspected ignition points of the fire. SCE expects that the Ventura County Fire Department and/or CAL FIRE will ultimately issue reports concerning the origins and causes of the Thomas Fire but cannot predict when these reports will be released. The SED is also conducting an investigation to assess the compliance of SCE and its facilities with applicable rules and regulations in areas impacted by the Thomas Fire. SCE cannot predict when the investigations of CAL FIRE, the Ventura County Fire Department or the SED, will be completed.
As it does in all wildfire matters in which its facilities may or are alleged to be involved, SCE is conducting its own review into the facts and circumstances of the Thomas Fire. SCE's internal review of the Thomas Fire is complex and examines various matters including possible ignition points, the location of those ignition points, fire progression and the attribution of damages to fires with separate ignition points. As its review of the Thomas Fire progresses and the Thomas Fire litigation process continues, SCE expects to obtain and review additional information, materials and physical information that are in the possession of CAL FIRE and other parties, including SCE equipment that has been retained by CAL FIRE. Based on currently available information, SCE believes that the Thomas Fire had at least two separate ignition points, one near Koenigstein Road in the City of Santa Paula and the other somewhere in the Anlauf Canyon area of Ventura County.
With respect to the Koenigstein Road ignition point, witnesses have reported that a fire ignited in the vicinity of an SCE power pole, and SCE believes that its equipment was associated with this ignition. CAL FIRE has removed equipment located in the general vicinity of Koenigstein Road and SCE has not been able to inspect it. SCE is continuing to assess the progression of the fire from the Koenigstein Road ignition point and the extent of damages that may be attributable to that ignition. At this time, based on available information, SCE has not determined whether the ignition in the Anlauf Canyon area involved SCE equipment. CAL FIRE has removed equipment located in the Anlauf Canyon area and SCE has not been able to inspect it.

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Edison International and SCE expect to incur a material loss in connection with the Thomas Fire. However, given the uncertainty as to the contributing causes of the Thomas Fire, the complexities associated with multiple ignition points and the potential for separate damages to be attributable to fires ignited at separate ignition points, Edison International and SCE are currently unable to reasonably estimate a range of losses that may be incurred in connection with the Thomas Fire, but anticipate being able to do so when sufficient additional information becomes available. Such additional information is expected to become available from multiple external sources, during the course of litigation, and from SCE's ongoing internal review, including, among other things, information regarding the extent of damages that may be attributable to any ignition determined to have been substantially caused by SCE's equipment, information that may be obtained from the equipment in CAL FIRE's possession and information pertaining to fire progression, suppression activities, alleged damages and insurance claims.
For events that occurred in 2017, principally the December 2017 Wildfires, SCE has approximately $1 billion of wildfire-specific insurance coverage, subject to a self-insured retention of $10 million per occurrence. Various coverage limitations within the policies that make up SCE's wildfire insurance coverage could result in material self-insured costs in the event of multiple wildfire occurrences during a policy period. Should responsibility for a significant portion of the damages related to the December 2017 Wildfires be attributed to SCE, SCE's insurance may not be sufficient to cover all such damages. In addition, SCE may not be authorized to recover some or all of its uninsured damages through electric service rates if, for example, the CPUC finds that the damages were incurred because SCE did not prudently manage its facilities.
Edison International and SCE are pursuing legislative, regulatory and legal strategies to address the application of a strict liability standard to wildfire-related damages without the ability to recover resulting damages in rates. In September 2018, California Senate Bill 901 ("SB 901") was signed by the Governor of California. Although SB 901 does not address the strict liability standard imposed by courts in inverse condemnation actions, the bill as enacted introduces a number of considerations the CPUC can apply to determine whether costs are recoverable in rates for wildfires occurring on or after January 1, 2019, including, among other things, the utility’s actions, circumstances beyond the utility's control and the impact of extreme climate conditions. SB 901 requires investor-owned utilities to prepare annually, for CPUC approval, wildfire risk mitigation plans, and, compliance with an approved plan is one factor the CPUC can consider in addressing cost recovery. SB 901 also calls for a commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery to be formed to examine, among other things, the allocation of catastrophic wildfire costs in an equitable manner. Edison International and SCE cannot predict whether or when a comprehensive solution mitigating the significant risk faced by a California investor-owned utility related to wildfires will be achieved.
For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Southern California Wildfires" and "Legal Proceedings—December 2017 Wildfires Litigation."
Current Wildfire Insurance Coverage
SCE has approximately $1 billion of wildfire-specific insurance coverage, subject to a self-insured retention of $10 million per occurrence, for events that may occur during the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019. SCE may obtain additional wildfire insurance for portions of this time period in the future. Various coverage limitations within the policies that make up SCE's wildfire insurance coverage could result in material self-insured costs in the event of multiple wildfire occurrences during a policy period or in the event of an exceptionally large wildfire.
SCE's cost of obtaining wildfire insurance coverage has increased significantly as a result of, among other things, the December 2017 Wildfires. Based on policies currently in effect, SCE anticipates that its wildfire insurance expense, prior to any regulatory deferrals, will total approximately $237 million during 2018. SCE has requested approval from the CPUC for regulatory mechanisms to track and recover wildfire insurance premiums in excess of the amounts that are ultimately approved in a 2018 GRC decision. As of September 30, 2018, SCE has deferred $63 million of costs related to wildfire insurance and believes that such amounts are probable of recovery.
For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Southern California Wildfires—Current Wildfire Insurance Coverage."
Montecito Mudslides
In January 2018, torrential rains in Santa Barbara County produced mudslides and flooding in Montecito and surrounding areas (the "Montecito Mudslides"). According to Santa Barbara County initial reports, the Montecito Mudslides destroyed an estimated 135 structures, damaged an estimated 324 structures, and resulted in at least 21 fatalities, with two additional fatalities presumed.

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Of the lawsuits mentioned above, several allege that SCE has responsibility for the Thomas Fire and that the Thomas Fire proximately caused the Montecito Mudslides, resulting in the plaintiffs' claimed damages. Some of the Montecito Mudslides lawsuits also name Edison International as a defendant.
The inquiry into whether the Thomas Fire proximately caused or contributed to the Montecito Mudslides, the source of ignition of the portion of the Thomas fire that burned through the Montecito area and other factors that contributed to the Montecito Mudslides is complex and time consuming. Many other factors, including, among other things, weather conditions and insufficiently or improperly designed and maintained roads, bridges and other channel crossings, could have contributed to or exacerbated the losses that resulted from the Montecito Mudslides. While SCE is not aware of any governmental agency that is investigating the causes of the Montecito Mudslides, SCE is conducting its own review of the factors that potentially contributed to the losses that resulted from the Montecito Mudslides.
At this time, based on available information, SCE has not been able to determine the source of ignition of the portion of the Thomas fire that burned through the Montecito area. In the event that SCE is determined to have caused the fire that spread to the Montecito area, SCE cannot predict whether the courts will conclude that the Montecito Mudslides were caused or contributed to by the Thomas Fire or that SCE is liable for damages caused by the Montecito Mudslides. As a result, Edison International and SCE are currently unable to predict the outcome of the claims made against SCE and Edison International arising from the Montecito Mudslides or reasonably estimate a range of losses that may be incurred. If it is determined that SCE is liable for damages caused by the Montecito Mudslides, SCE will incur a material loss. SCE's insurance may not be sufficient to cover all such damages and SCE may not be authorized to recover some or all its uninsured damages through electric service rates.
For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Montecito Mudslides" and "Legal Proceedings—Montecito Mudslides Litigation."
Permanent Retirement of San Onofre
Revised Settlement Agreement
On January 30, 2018, the OII Parties entered into a Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement in the CPUC OII proceeding regarding the steam generator replacement project at San Onofre and the related outages and subsequent shutdown of San Onofre. The Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement modified the Prior San Onofre Settlement Agreement.
In July 2018, the CPUC approved all of the terms of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement other than a provision under which SCE agreed to fund $10 million for a research, development and demonstration program intended to develop technologies and methodologies to reduce GHG emissions (the "Modification"). The Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement with the Modification became effective on August 2, 2018. All issues under consideration in the San Onofre OII have been resolved.
Additional challenges related to the settlement of the San Onofre CPUC OII proceeding remain pending. For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Permanent Retirement of San Onofre."
Capital Program
SCE's capital expenditures forecast for the 2018 – 2020 period has been revised to incorporate the approval by the CPUC of a transportation electrification program to fund medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging infrastructure (See "—Distribution Grid Development—Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transportation Electrification") and other operational adjustments to spending on FERC projects (See "Liquidity and Capital Resources—Southern California Edison—Capital Investment Plan—Major Transmission Projects").
In April 2018 and July 2018, the CPUC issued a proposed decision and an alternate proposed decision, both denying SCE's ability to construct the Alberhill System Project based on a perceived lack of need. SCE filed comments on both proposed decisions requesting that the CPUC grant the certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Alberhill System Project. In August 2018, the CPUC issued a revised decision holding the proceeding open and directing SCE to submit supplemental information on the Alberhill System Project including details of demand and load forecasts and possible alternatives to the proposed project. Ongoing capital spending has been deferred as a result of the CPUC request for additional information and alternatives. SCE continues to believe the Alberhill System Project is needed and is unable to predict the timing of a final CPUC decision in connection with the Alberhill System Project.
Traditional capital expenditures for 2018 reflect SCE's forecast capital expenditures for CPUC and FERC capital projects. SCE's capital spending for the first nine months of 2018 was consistent with its 2018 plan and SCE continues to project 2018

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capital expenditures of approximately $4.2 billion for 2018. In the absence of a 2018 GRC decision, SCE has developed, and is executing against, a 2018 capital expenditure plan that will allow SCE to ramp up its capital spending program over the three-year GRC period to meet what is ultimately authorized in the 2018 GRC decision while minimizing the associated risk of unauthorized spending. Capital spending in 2019 and 2020 will be dependent upon the amount approved in a 2018 GRC decision. Forecasted expenditures for capital projects are subject to change due to, among other things, timeliness of permitting, licensing, regulatory approvals, and contractor bids. For further information regarding the capital program, see "Liquidity and Capital Resources—SCE—Capital Investment Plan."
Total capital expenditures (including accruals) were $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion for the first nine months of 2018 and 2017, respectively. The following table sets forth a summary of forecasted capital expenditures for 2018 – 2020 on the basis described above:
(in millions)
 
2018
2019
2020
Total 2018 – 2020
Traditional capital expenditures 1
 
 
 
 
 
Distribution 2
 
$
3,425

$
3,220

$
3,105

$
9,750

Transmission
 
612

702

761

2,075

Generation
 
198

212

201

611

Total requested traditional capital expenditures 1
 
$
4,235

$
4,134

$
4,067

$
12,436

Grid modernization capital expenditures 2
 
$

$
649

$
608

$
1,257

Total capital expenditures
 
$
4,235

$
4,783

$
4,675

$
13,693

1
Includes 2018 – 2020 capital expenditures of $49 million for Energy Storage, $115 million for Transportation Electrification, and $4 million for Charge Ready; does not include amounts requested in the Grid Safety and Resiliency Program (see " Distribution Grid Development" below).
2
2018 capital expenditures related to grid modernization are included in traditional capital expenditures.
SCE's estimated weighted average annual rate base for 2018 – 2020 using the capital expenditures set forth in the table above is as follows:
(in millions)
 
2018
2019
2020
Rate base for requested traditional capital expenditures
 
$
28,787

$
31,077

$
33,460

Rate base for requested grid modernization capital expenditures
 
264

743

1,279

Total rate base
 
$
29,051

$
31,820

$
34,739

The rate base above does not reflect reductions from the amounts requested in the 2018 GRC that may be included in a final decision.
Distribution Grid Development
Grid Safety and Resiliency Program
In September 2018, SCE filed an application with the CPUC requesting approval of a Grid Safety and Resiliency Program to implement additional wildfire safety measures, including measures to further harden SCE's infrastructure to significantly reduce potential fire ignition sources, bolster SCE's situational awareness capabilities to more fully assess and respond to potential wildfire conditions, and enhance SCE's operational practices to further strengthen fire safety measures and system resiliency. In the application, SCE proposed to spend approximately $582 million ($407 million capital) in 2018 dollars between 2018 and 2020. The amounts requested for the 2018 to 2020 period are not included in SCE's 2018 GRC. SCE is unable to estimate the amount of capital that will be approved, or the timing of any such approval, in connection with the Grid Safety and Resiliency Program.
Charge Ready Program
In January 2016, the CPUC approved SCE's $22 million Charge Ready Program Pilot, which allows SCE to install light-duty electric vehicle charging infrastructure, provide rebates to offset the cost of qualified customer-owned charging stations, and implement a supporting marketing, education, and outreach campaign. As of September 30, 2018, SCE had executed agreements and reserved funding for 79 sites to deploy 1,280 charge ports. The results of this pilot have helped shape Charge

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Ready 2, the second phase of the Charge Ready program. In June 2018, SCE filed an application to obtain approval for Charge Ready 2. In the application, SCE requested approval to install infrastructure and provide rebates to support 48,000 new electric vehicle charging ports as part of a four-year program, $760 million ($561 million capital) in 2018 dollars, which will also include a marketing, education, and outreach campaign. SCE is unable to estimate the amount of capital that will be approved, or the timing of any such approval, in connection with Charge Ready 2.
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transportation Electrification
In January 2017, SCE filed an application with the CPUC requesting approval of transportation electrification programs to accelerate the adoption of electric transportation, which is critical to California's climate change and GHG reduction objectives. The application proposed a five-year program to fund medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging infrastructure that follows the model developed for SCE's Charge Ready program, as well as six pilot projects to be considered on an accelerated basis. In January 2018, the CPUC issued a final decision approving five pilot projects with a budget of $16 million ($10 million capital) in 2016 dollars. In May 2018, the CPUC issued a final decision approving the five-year program, with certain modifications, to install charging infrastructure to support the electrification of 8,490 medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles at 870 sites, which must be fully contracted for by 2024. The final decision includes an approved five-year budget of $356 million ($242 million capital) in nominal dollars.
SCE plans to propose additional programs and pilots in the future.
2018 General Rate Case
As discussed in the year-ended 2017 MD&A, SCE's GRC proceeding for the three-year period 2018 – 2020 is pending. SCE has requested a revenue requirement of $5.534 billion for its test year of 2018, a $106 million decrease from the 2017 GRC authorized revenue requirement, and revenue requirements for the post-test years of 2019 and 2020 of $5.965 billion and $6.468 billion, respectively.
A 2018 GRC decision is expected by the end of 2018. In the absence of a 2018 GRC decision, SCE is recognizing revenue in 2018 based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirement, adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and Tax Reform. The CPUC has approved the establishment of a GRC memorandum account, which will make the 2018 revenue requirement adopted by the CPUC effective as of January 1, 2018. SCE cannot predict the revenue requirement the CPUC will authorize or provide assurance on the timing of a final decision.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Southern California Edison Company
SCE's results of operations are derived mainly through two sources:
Earning activities – representing revenue authorized by the CPUC and FERC, which is intended to provide SCE a reasonable opportunity to recover its costs and earn a return on its net investment in generation, transmission, and distribution assets. The annual revenue requirements are comprised of authorized operation and maintenance costs, depreciation, taxes, and a return consistent with the capital structure. Also, included in earnings activities are revenues or penalties related to incentive mechanisms, other operating revenue, and regulatory charges or disallowances.
Cost-recovery activities – representing CPUC- and FERC- authorized balancing accounts, which allow for recovery of specific project or program costs, subject to reasonableness review or compliance with upfront standards. Cost-recovery activities include rates which provide recovery, subject to reasonableness review of, among other things, fuel costs, purchased power costs, public purpose related-program costs (including energy efficiency and demand-side management programs), and certain operation and maintenance expenses. SCE earns no return on these activities.

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The following table is a summary of SCE's results of operations for the periods indicated.
Three months ended September 30, 2018 versus September 30, 2017
 
Three months ended September 30, 2018
Three months ended September 30, 2017
(in millions)
Earning
Activities
Cost-
Recovery
Activities
Total
Consolidated
Earning Activities
Cost-Recovery Activities
Total Consolidated
Operating revenue
$
1,777

$
2,483

$
4,260

$
1,677

$
1,975

$
3,652

Purchased power and fuel

2,306

2,306


1,783

1,783

Operation and maintenance 1
447

204

651

487

203

690

Depreciation and amortization
466


466

521


521

Property and other taxes
96


96

98

(1
)
97

Impairment and other
(10
)

(10
)



Other operating income
(3
)

(3
)
(8
)

(8
)
Total operating expenses
996

2,510

3,506

1,098

1,985

3,083

Operating income
781

(27
)
754

579

(10
)
569

Interest expense
(173
)

(173
)
(148
)
(1
)
(149
)
Other income and expenses 1
45

27

72

31

11

42

Income before income taxes
653


653

462


462

Income tax expense (benefit)
86


86

(35
)

(35
)
Net income
567


567

497


497

Preferred and preference stock dividend requirements
31


31

32


32

Net income available for common stock
$
536

$

$
536

$
465

$

$
465

Net income available for common stock
 
 
$
536

 
 
$
465

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Non-core earnings
 
 
7

 
 

Core earnings 2
 
 
$
529

 
 
$
465

1  
Expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 were updated to reflect the implementation of the accounting standard update for net periodic benefit costs related to the defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. For further information, see Note 1 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements."
2  
See use of non-GAAP financial measures in "Management Overview—Highlights of Operating Results."

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Earning Activities
Earning activities were primarily affected by the following:
Higher operating revenue of $100 million primarily due to the following:
An increase in revenue of $247 million related to tax balancing account activities (offset in income taxes below), consisting of $148 million of lower customer refunds for incremental tax repair benefits and $119 million for tax benefits related to 2017 tax accounting method changes, partially offset by $20 million resulting from the amortization of excess deferred tax assets as a result of Tax Reform.
A decrease of $45 million in CPUC revenue primarily resulting from recognizing 2018 revenue based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirement, adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and the impact of Tax Reform, partially offset by the receipt of a $17 million reimbursement related to spent nuclear fuel storage costs. See "Management Overview—2018 General Rate Case" and "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note12. Commitments and Contingencies—Spent Nuclear Fuel" for further information.
A decrease in FERC revenue of $22 million primarily due to the reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate resulting from Tax Reform.
A decrease in revenue related to San Onofre of $90 million related to the 2017 recovery of amortization of the San Onofre regulatory asset (offset in depreciation and amortization below) and authorized return as provided by the Prior San Onofre Settlement Agreement. There was no revenue recorded in 2018 for San Onofre as a result of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement (see "Management Overview—Permanent Retirement of San Onofre" for further information).
Lower operation and maintenance costs of $40 million primarily due to the regulatory deferral of line clearing and wildfire insurance costs.
Lower depreciation and amortization expense of $55 million primarily related to the amortization of the San Onofre regulatory asset in 2017 (offset in revenue above).
Higher interest expense of $25 million primarily due to increased borrowings and higher interest on balancing account overcollections.
Higher other income and expense of $14 million primarily due to higher AFUDC equity income.
Higher income tax expense of $121 million primarily due to tax balancing account activities referred to above and higher pre-tax income, partially offset by the impact of a lower federal income tax rate as a result of Tax Reform and a true up related to the filing of the federal income tax return in the third quarter of 2018.
Cost-Recovery Activities
Cost-recovery activities were primarily affected by the following:
Higher purchased power and fuel costs of $523 million primarily driven by higher power and gas prices and volume experienced in 2018 relative to 2017, partially offset by higher congestion revenue right credits and lower capacity costs.
Higher other income and expenses of $16 million primarily driven by higher net periodic benefit income related to the non-service cost components in 2018 relative to 2017. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 9. Compensation and Benefit Plans" for further information.

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The following table is a summary of SCE's results of operations for the periods indicated.
Nine months ended September 30, 2018 versus September 30, 2017
 
Nine months ended September 30, 2018
Nine months ended September 30, 2017
(in millions)
Earning
Activities
Cost-
Recovery
Activities
Total
Consolidated
Earning Activities
Cost-Recovery Activities
Total Consolidated
Operating revenue
$
4,825

$
4,792

$
9,617

$
4,813

$
4,248

$
9,061

Purchased power and fuel

4,344

4,344


3,742

3,742

Operation and maintenance 1
1,468

528

1,996

1,410

535

1,945

Depreciation and amortization
1,387


1,387

1,528


1,528

Property and other taxes
298


298

279


279

Impairment and other
(10
)

(10
)



Other operating income
(5
)

(5
)
(8
)

(8
)
Total operating expenses
3,138

4,872

8,010

3,209

4,277

7,486

Operating income
1,687

(80
)
1,607

1,604

(29
)
1,575

Interest expense
(490
)
(2
)
(492
)
(435
)
(1
)
(436
)
Other income and expenses 1
91

82

173

80

30

110

Income before income taxes
1,288


1,288

1,249


1,249

Income tax expense
78


78

34


34

Net income
1,210


1,210

1,215


1,215

Preferred and preference stock dividend requirements
91


91

94


94

Net income available for common stock
$
1,119

$

$
1,119

$
1,121

$

$
1,121

Net income available for common stock
 
 
$
1,119

 
 
$
1,121

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Non-core earnings
 
 
7

 
 

Core earnings 2
 
 
$
1,112

 
 
$
1,121

1  
Expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were updated to reflect the implementation of the accounting standard update for net periodic benefit costs related to the defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. For further information, see Note 1 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements."
2  
See use of non-GAAP financial measures in "Management Overview—Highlights of Operating Results."
Earning Activities
Earning activities were primarily affected by the following:
Higher operating revenue of $12 million primarily due to the following:
An increase in revenue of $263 million related to tax balancing account activities (offset in income taxes below), consisting of $199 million of lower customer refunds for incremental tax repair benefits and $119 million for tax benefits related to 2017 tax accounting method changes, partially offset by $55 million resulting from the amortization of excess deferred tax assets as a result of Tax Reform.
A decrease of $111 million in CPUC revenue primarily from recognizing 2018 revenue based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirement, adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and the impact of Tax Reform. This decrease was partially offset by the receipt of a $17 million reimbursement related to spent nuclear fuel storage costs recorded in 2018 and a $17 million refund to customers for prior overcollections of revenue recorded in 2017. See "Management Overview—2018 General Rate Case" and "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note12. Commitments and Contingencies—Spent Nuclear Fuel" for further information.
A decrease in FERC revenue of $53 million primarily due to the reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate resulting from Tax Reform.

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A decrease in revenue related to San Onofre of $115 million of which $180 million related to the recovery of amortization of the San Onofre regulatory asset (offset in depreciation and amortization) and authorized return as provided by the Prior San Onofre Settlement Agreement, partially offset by a $65 million reduction in 2017 revenue related to the tax abandonment of San Onofre (offset in income taxes below). There was no revenue recorded in 2018 for San Onofre as a result of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement (see "Management Overview—Permanent Retirement of San Onofre" for further information).
Higher operation and maintenance costs of $58 million primarily due to higher insurance premiums associated with wildfire insurance (see "Management Overview—Southern California Wildfires—Current Wildfire Insurance Coverage" for further information).
Lower depreciation and amortization expense of $141 million primarily related to the amortization of the San Onofre regulatory asset in 2017 (offset in revenue above) and lower intangible plant amortization.
Higher property and other taxes of $19 million primarily due to higher assessed values for property taxes in 2018.
Higher interest expense of $55 million primarily due to increased borrowings and higher interest on balancing account overcollections.
Higher other income and expense of $11 million primarily due to higher AFUDC equity income.
Higher income tax expense of $44 million primarily due to tax balancing account activities referred to above and higher pre-tax income, partially offset by the impact of a lower federal income tax rate as a result of Tax Reform and a true up related to the filing of the federal income tax return.
Cost-Recovery Activities
Cost-recovery activities were primarily affected by the following:
Higher purchased power and fuel costs of $602 million primarily driven by higher power and gas prices and volume experienced in 2018 relative to 2017, partially offset by higher congestion revenue right credits, the receipt of settlement funds related to the California energy crisis and lower capacity costs.
Higher other income and expenses of $52 million primarily driven by higher net periodic benefit income related to the non-service cost components in 2018 relative to 2017. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 9. Compensation and Benefit Plans" for further information.
Supplemental Operating Revenue Information
SCE's retail billed and unbilled revenue (excluding wholesale sales) was $4.0 billion and $3.4 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $9.0 billion and $8.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Retail billed and unbilled revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was higher compared to the same period in 2017 primarily due to higher purchased power and fuel costs driven by higher power and gas prices and volume experienced in 2018 relative to 2017. See "—Cost-Recovery Activities" for further details.
As a result of the CPUC-authorized decoupling mechanism, SCE earnings are not affected by changes in retail electricity sales (see "Business—SCE—Overview of Ratemaking Process" in the 2017 Form 10-K).
Income Taxes
SCE's income tax expense increased by $121 million and $44 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same periods in 2017.
The effective tax rates were 13.2% and (7.6)% for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The effective tax rates were 6.1% and 2.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. SCE's effective tax rate is below the federal statutory rate of 21% and 35% for 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily due to CPUC's ratemaking treatment for the current tax benefit arising from certain property-related and other temporary differences, which reverse over time. The accounting treatment for these temporary differences results in recording regulatory assets and liabilities for amounts that would otherwise be recorded to deferred income tax expense. The effective tax rate decrease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily due to tax benefits recognized related to repairs in 2018. The effective tax rate decrease for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was primarily due to tax

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benefits recognized for tax accounting method changes. The change in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 also included the ratemaking treatment on the San Onofre tax abandonment and higher benefits recognized for tax accounting method changes.
See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 8. Income Taxes" for a reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the effective income tax rates.
Edison International Parent and Other
Results of operations for Edison International Parent and Other include amounts from other Edison International subsidiaries that are not significant as a reportable segment, as well as intercompany eliminations.
Income from Continuing Operations
The following table summarizes the results of Edison International Parent and Other:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Edison Energy Group and subsidiaries
 
$
(6
)
 
$
3

 
$
(61
)
 
$
(20
)
Corporate expenses and other subsidiaries
 
(17
)
 
2

 
(51
)
 
9

Total Edison International Parent and Other
 
$
(23
)
 
$
5

 
$
(112
)
 
$
(11
)
The loss from continuing operations of Edison International Parent and Other increased $28 million and $101 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2017 primarily due to:
Impact of the 2018 sale of SoCore Energy, resulting in a $4 million and $40 million increase in losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The higher losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 were partially offset by a goodwill impairment recorded in 2017.
Lower income tax benefits of $4 million and $40 million related to stock option exercises for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, the impact of Tax Reform on pre-tax losses, $17 million of tax benefits recorded in the third quarter of 2017 related to net loss carrybacks from the filing of the 2016 tax returns and $6 million of tax benefits recorded in the second quarter of 2017 related to the settlement of 2007 – 2012 federal income tax audits, partially offset by lower corporate expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Southern California Edison Company
SCE's ability to operate its business, fund capital expenditures, and implement its business strategy is dependent upon its cash flow and access to the bank and capital markets. SCE's overall cash flows fluctuate based on, among other things, its ability to recover its costs in a timely manner from its customers through regulated rates, changes in commodity prices and volumes, collateral requirements, interest obligations and any dividend payments to Edison International and preferred and preference shareholders, and the outcome of tax and regulatory matters.
In the next 12 months, SCE expects to fund its cash requirements through operating cash flows and capital market financings of debt and preferred equity, as needed. SCE also has availability under its credit facility to fund cash requirements.
SCE's credit ratings remained at investment grade levels during the first nine months of 2018. However, during the third quarter of 2018, Moody's and Fitch downgraded SCE's credit ratings due to the exposure related to wildfires. The following table summarizes SCE's current credit ratings and outlook from the major credit rating agencies:
 
 
Moody's
Fitch
S&P
Credit Rating
 
A3
BBB+
BBB+
Outlook
 
Stable
Stable
Negative
SCE's credit ratings may be affected by the ultimate outcome of pending enforcement and litigation matters, including the outcome of the uncertainties and potential liabilities associated with the December 2017 Wildfires and the Montecito Mudslides, and the underlying inverse condemnation exposure risk created by wildfires. Credit rating downgrades increase

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the cost and may impact the availability of short-term and long-term borrowings, including commercial paper, credit facilities, bond financings or other borrowings. In addition, some of SCE's power procurement contracts contain provisions that require SCE to maintain an investment grade rating from the major credit rating agencies. For further details, see "— Margin and Collateral Deposits."
Available Liquidity
In May 2018, SCE amended its multi-year revolving credit facility to increase the facility from $2.75 billion to $3.0 billion. At September 30, 2018 , SCE had approximately $2.63 billion available under its credit facility. The credit facility is available for borrowing needs until May 2023 and contains two 1-year extension options. In March, June and August 2018, SCE issued $1.25 billion, $650 million and $850 million, respectively, of first and refunding mortgage bonds. The proceeds from these bonds were used to repay commercial paper borrowings, outstanding bonds and for general corporate purposes. For further details, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 5. Debt and Credit Agreements."
SCE may finance balancing account undercollections and working capital requirements to support operations and capital expenditures with commercial paper, its credit facility or other borrowings, subject to availability in the bank and capital markets. As necessary, SCE will utilize its available liquidity, capital market financings of debt and preferred equity or parent company contributions to SCE equity in order to meet its obligations as they become due, including any potential costs related to the December 2017 Wildfires and Montecito Mudslides (see "Management Overview—Southern California Wildfires" and "—Montecito Mudslides" for further information).
Debt Covenant
A debt covenant in SCE's credit facility limits its debt to total capitalization ratio to less than or equal to 0.65 to 1. At September 30, 2018, SCE's debt to total capitalization ratio was 0.46 to 1.
At September 30, 2018 , SCE was in compliance with all other financial covenants that affect access to capital.
Capital Investment Plan
Below are updates for large transmission and substation projects since the filing of the 2017 Form 10-K. For further information on these projects, see "Liquidity and Capital Resources—SCE—Capital Investment Plan—Major Transmission Projects" in the year-ended 2017 MD&A.
Major Transmission Projects
Alberhill System
The Alberhill System Project would consist of constructing a new 500-kV substation, two 500-kV transmission lines to connect the proposed substation to the existing Serrano-Valley 500-kV transmission line, telecommunication equipment and subtransmission lines in unincorporated and incorporated portions of western Riverside County. The project was designed to meet long-term forecasted electrical demand in the proposed Alberhill System Project area and to increase electrical system reliability. In April 2018 and July 2018, the CPUC issued a proposed decision and an alternate proposed decision, both denying SCE's ability to construct the Alberhill System Project based on a perceived lack of need. SCE filed comments on both proposed decisions requesting that the CPUC grant the certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Alberhill System Project. In August 2018, the CPUC directed SCE to submit supplemental information on the Alberhill System Project including details of demand and load forecasts and possible alternatives to the proposed project. Ongoing capital spending has been deferred as a result of the CPUC request for additional information and alternatives. Given the uncertainty associated with the resolution of the permitting process, potential revisions to the project have not been reflected in total direct expenditures. SCE continues to believe the Alberhill System Project is needed and is unable to predict the timing of a final CPUC decision in connection with the Alberhill System Project.
Approximately 48% of the Alberhill System Project costs spent to date would be subject to recovery through CPUC revenue and 52% through FERC revenue. In October 2017, SCE obtained approval from the FERC for abandoned plant treatment for the Alberhill System Project, which allows SCE to seek recovery of 100% of all prudently-incurred costs after the approval date and 50% of prudently incurred costs prior to the approval date. Excluding land costs, which may be recovered through sale to a third party, SCE has incurred approximately $41 million of capital expenditures, including overhead costs, as of September 30, 2018, of which approximately $30 million may not be recoverable if the project is cancelled.

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Riverside Transmission Reliability
The Riverside Transmission Reliability Project is a joint project between SCE and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU), the municipal utility department of the City of Riverside. While RPU would be responsible for constructing some of the Project's facilities within Riverside, SCE's portion of the Project consists of constructing upgrades to its system, including a new 230-kV Substation, certain interconnection and telecommunication facilities and transmission lines in the cities of Riverside, Jurupa Valley and Norco and in portions of unincorporated Riverside County. The purpose of the Project is to provide RPU and its customers with adequate transmission capacity to serve existing and projected load, to provide long-term system capacity for load growth, and to provide needed system reliability. Due to changed circumstances since the time the Project was originally developed, SCE informed the CPUC in August 2016 that it supports revisions to the proposed Project. In April 2018, the CPUC issued a subsequent environmental impact report which included a new route alternative, different from SCE's proposed project, as the environmentally preferred project and proposed an additional underground section of the proposed 220-kV power line. In October 2018, the CPUC issued the final environmental report confirming the CPUC's new route alternative and additional underground section as the environmentally preferred project. SCE is assessing costs for its proposed project as well as new cost estimates for the alternatives included in the final environmental report. SCE anticipates a final CPUC decision on a certificate of public convenience and necessity in the second half of 2019.
Regulatory Proceedings

FERC Formula Rate
In June 2018, SCE provided its preliminary 2019 annual transmission revenue requirement update to interested parties. The update provided support for a decrease in SCE's transmission revenue requirement of $131 million or 11% from amounts currently authorized in rates, subject to settlement procedures and refund. The decrease is primarily due to lowering the federal tax rate as a result of Tax Reform. SCE expects to file its 2019 annual update with the FERC by December 1, 2018 and the proposed rates would be effective January 1, 2019, subject to settlement procedures and refund.
Decommissioning of San Onofre
The decommissioning of San Onofre is expected to take many years. Decommissioning of San Onofre Unit 1 began in 1999 and the transfer of spent nuclear fuel from Unit 1 to dry cask storage in the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation ("ISFSI") was completed in 2005. Some spent nuclear fuel from Units 2 and 3 also were transferred to the ISFSI between 2007 and 2012. The initial planning of decommissioning of San Onofre Units 2 and 3 began in June 2013 and the transfer of the remaining spent nuclear fuel to the ISFSI began in 2018. However, the spent fuel transfer operations were suspended on August 3, 2018 due to an incident that occurred when an SCE contractor was loading a spent fuel canister into the ISFSI. The incident did not result in any harm to the public or workers and the canister was subsequently safely loaded into the ISFSI. SCE cannot predict when fuel transfer operations at San Onofre will recommence.
SCE cannot start major radiological decommissioning activities at Units 2 and 3 until it obtains all necessary environmental permits for decommissioning. The decommissioning cost estimate in December 2017 was $3.4 billion (SCE share is $2.6 billion ) in 2017 dollars and included costs through the respective completion dates to decommission San Onofre Units 2 and 3, initially estimated to be in 2051. The decommissioning cost estimate is subject to a number of uncertainties including the cost of disposal of nuclear waste, cost of removal of property, site remediation costs as well as a number of other assumptions and estimates, including when the federal government may remove spent fuel canisters from the San Onofre site, as to which there can be no assurance.
SCE had nuclear decommissioning trust funds for San Onofre Units 2 and 3 of $2.7 billion and $2.8 billion as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. If the decommissioning cost estimate and assumptions regarding trust performance do not change significantly, SCE believes that future contributions to the trust funds will not be necessary. Cost increases resulting from contractual disputes or significant permitting delays, among other things, could cause SCE to materially overrun the decommissioning cost estimate and could materially impact the sufficiency of trust funds.
For further information, see "2017 Form 10-K—Management Discussion and Analysis—Liquidity and Capital Resources—SCE—Decommissioning of San Onofre" and "2017 Form 10-K—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Nuclear Decommissioning and Asset Retirement Obligations."
SCE Dividends
In the first quarter of 2018, SCE declared a dividend to Edison International of $212 million that was paid in June 2018. In the second quarter of 2018, SCE declared a dividend to Edison International of $100 million, of which $50 million was paid

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on September 30, 2018 and the remaining $50 million was paid on October 12, 2018. On August 23, 2018, SCE declared a dividend to Edison International of $264 million that will be paid on or before December 21, 2018.
The CPUC regulates SCE's capital structure which limits the dividends it may pay Edison International. Prior to July 2018, CPUC regulations allowed SCE to make distributions to Edison International as long as the common equity component of SCE’s capital structure remained at or above 48% on a 13-month weighted average basis, or otherwise satisfied the CPUC requirements. During the third quarter of 2018, SCE filed, and the CPUC made effective, a change to the calculation of the common equity component of SCE's capital structure from a 13-month to a 37-month weighted average basis to correspond with the standard period between cost of capital applications. As allowed under the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement, which was approved by the CPUC in July 2018, SCE excluded a $448 million after-tax charge resulting from the implementation of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement from its ratemaking capital structure (see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies" for further information on the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement). At September 30, 2018 , SCE's 37-month average common equity component of total capitalization was 50.0% and the maximum additional dividend that SCE could pay to Edison International under this limitation was $565 million , resulting in a restriction on net assets of approximately $14.7 billion .
As a California corporation, SCE's ability to pay dividends is also governed by the California General Corporation Law. California law requires that for a dividend to be declared: (a) retained earnings must equal or exceed the proposed dividend, or (b) immediately after the dividend is made, the value of the corporation's assets must exceed the value of its liabilities plus amounts required to be paid, if any, in order to liquidate stock senior to the shares receiving the dividend. Additionally, a California corporation may not declare a dividend if it is, or as a result of the dividend would be, likely to be unable to meet its liabilities as they mature.
The timing and amount of future dividends are also dependent on a number of other factors including SCE's requirements to fund other obligations and capital expenditures, and its ability to access the capital markets, and generate operating cash flows and earnings. If SCE incurs significant costs related to the December 2017 Wildfires or the Montecito Mudslides and is unable to recover such costs through insurance or from customers or access capital markets on reasonable terms, SCE may be limited in its ability to pay future dividends to Edison international and its preferred and preference shareholders.
Margin and Collateral Deposits
Certain derivative instruments, power procurement contracts and other contractual arrangements contain collateral requirements. Future collateral requirements may differ from the requirements at September 30, 2018 , due to the addition of incremental power and energy procurement contracts with collateral requirements, if any, and the impact of changes in wholesale power and natural gas prices on SCE's contractual obligations.
Some of the power procurement contracts contain provisions that require SCE to maintain an investment grade credit rating from the major credit rating agencies. If SCE's credit rating were to fall below investment grade, SCE may be required to pay the liability or post additional collateral.
The table below provides the amount of collateral posted by SCE to its counterparties as well as the potential collateral that would have been required as of September 30, 2018 .
(in millions)
 
 
Collateral posted as of September 30, 2018 1
 
$
277

Incremental collateral requirements for power procurement contracts resulting from a potential downgrade of SCE's credit rating to below investment grade
 
52

Incremental collateral requirements for power procurement contracts resulting from adverse market price movement 2
 
2

Posted and potential collateral requirements
 
$
331

1 Net collateral provided to counterparties and other brokers consisted of $265 million in letters of credit and surety bonds and $12 million of cash which was offset against net derivative liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
2  
Incremental collateral requirements were based on potential changes in SCE's forward positions as of September 30, 2018 due to adverse market price movements over the remaining lives of the existing power contracts using a 95% confidence level.

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Edison International Parent and Other
For the first and second quarters of 2018, Edison International declared dividends to common shareholders, totaling $394 million, which were paid in April and July 2018, respectively. On August 23, 2018, Edison International declared a dividend to common shareholders of $197 million that will be paid on October 31, 2018.
In the next 12 months, Edison International expects to fund its cash requirements through operating cash flows, tax benefits and bank and capital market financings, as needed. Edison International also has availability under its credit facility. Edison International Parent and Other's liquidity and its ability to pay operating expenses and pay dividends to common shareholders are dependent on dividends from SCE, realization of tax benefits, and its access to the bank and capital markets. In addition to having sufficient liquidity, Edison International's ability to pay dividends is dependent upon meeting California law requirements for the declaration of dividends. For information on the California law requirements on the declaration of dividends, see "—SCE—SCE Dividends." Edison International intends to maintain its target payout ratio of 45% – 55% of SCE's core earnings, subject to the factors identified above. Edison International may also finance working capital requirements, payment of obligations, capital investments, including capital contributions to subsidiaries, and any common stock dividends with short-term or other financings, subject to availability in the bank and capital markets.
As a result of the sale of SoCore Energy, Edison Energy Group made dividend payments to Edison International Parent of $101 million in 2018.
In May 2018, Edison International Parent amended its multi-year revolving credit facility to increase the facility from $1.25 billion to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2018 , Edison International Parent had approximately $1.5 billion available under its credit facility. The credit facility is available for borrowing needs until May 2023 and contains two 1-year extension options. In January 2018, Edison International Parent issued a $500 million term loan. In March 2018, Edison International Parent issued $550 million of 4.125% senior notes. The proceeds from the March 2018 issuance were used to repay the $500 million term loan discussed above and for general corporate purposes. For further details, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 5. Debt and Credit Agreements."
A debt covenant in Edison International Parent's credit facility requires a consolidated debt to total capitalization ratio as defined in the credit agreement of less than or equal to 0.70 to 1. At September 30, 2018 , Edison International Parent's consolidated debt to total capitalization ratio was 0.51 to 1.
At September 30, 2018 , Edison International Parent was also in compliance with all other financial covenants that affect access to capital.
Edison International Parent's credit ratings remained at investment grade levels during the first nine months of 2018. However, during the third quarter of 2018, Moody's and Fitch downgraded Edison International Parent's credit ratings due to the exposure related to wildfires. The following table summarizes Edison International Parent's current credit ratings and outlook from the major credit rating agencies:
 
 
Moody's
Fitch
S&P
Credit Rating
 
Baa1
BBB+
BBB+
Outlook
 
Stable
Stable
Negative
Edison International Parent's credit ratings may be affected by the ultimate outcome of pending enforcement and litigation matters, including the outcome of the uncertainties and potential liabilities associated with the December 2017 Wildfires and the Montecito Mudslides, and the underlying inverse condemnation exposure risk created by wildfires. Credit rating downgrades increase the cost and may impact the availability of short-term and long-term borrowings, including commercial paper, credit facilities, note financings or other borrowings.

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Historical Cash Flows
Southern California Edison Company
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017 1
Net cash provided by operating activities
2,258

 
2,801

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
340

 
(339
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(3,074
)
 
(2,441
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(476
)
 
21

1  
Net cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was updated to reflect the implementation of the accounting standards updates for cash flows related to cash receipts and restricted cash.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
The following table summarizes major categories of net cash provided by operating activities as provided in more detail in SCE's consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
Change in cash flows
(in millions)
2018
 
2017 4
 
2018/2017
Net income
$
1,210

 
$
1,215

 
 
Non-cash items 1
1,697

 
1,862

 
 
    Subtotal
$
2,907

 
$
3,077

 
$
(170
)
Changes in cash flow resulting from working capital 2
(692
)
 
(576
)
 
(116
)
Regulatory assets and liabilities
213

 
560

 
(347
)
Other noncurrent assets and liabilities 3
(170
)
 
(260
)
 
90

Net cash provided by operating activities
$
2,258

 
$
2,801

 
$
(543
)
1  
Non-cash items include depreciation and amortization, allowance for equity during construction, deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, and other.
2  
Changes in working capital items include receivables, inventory, accounts payable, prepaid and accrued taxes, and other current assets and liabilities.
3 Includes the nuclear decommissioning trusts. See "Nuclear Decommissioning Activities" below for further information.
4  
Cash flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was updated to reflect the implementation of the accounting standards updates for cash flows related to cash receipts and restricted cash.
Net cash provided by operating activities was impacted by the following:
Net income decreased in 2018 by $5 million primarily due to higher operation and maintenance expenses related to wildfire insurance and higher net financing costs, partially offset by higher revenue due to a reimbursement for spent nuclear fuel storage costs recorded in 2018, a refund to customers for prior overcollections recorded in 2017 and higher 2018 income tax benefits.
Net cash for working capital was $(692) million and $ (576) million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The decrease in cash flow from changes in working capital for each period was primarily due to an increase in receivables from customers of $632 million and $370 million in 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Net cash provided by regulatory assets and liabilities, including changes in overcollections of balancing accounts was $213 million and $560 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. SCE has a number of balancing accounts, which impact cash flows based on differences between timing of collection of amounts through rates and accrual expenditures. Cash flows were primarily impacted by the following:

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2018
BRRBA overcollections increased by $478 million during the first nine months of 2018 primarily due to a $263 million reclassification from TAMA to BRRBA to refund incremental tax benefits to customers in January 2019 and higher sales than forecasted in rates, partially offset by a refund of 2016 incremental tax benefits.
Higher cash due to $138 million of overcollections for the public purpose and energy efficiency programs resulting from lower program spending.
Higher cash from increased regulatory liabilities of approximately $269 million primarily due to the delay in the 2018 GRC decision. During the first nine months of 2018, the amounts billed to customers was largely based on the 2017 authorized GRC revenue requirement and therefore, a regulatory liability has been established to record any associated adjustments.
Net undercollections for ERRA and the new system generation program were $592 million and $267 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Net undercollections increased $325 million during the first nine months of 2018 primarily due to an increase in costs due to higher than forecasted power and gas prices experienced in 2018 and higher load requirements than forecasted in rates, partially offset by an increase in cash due to recovery of prior year undercollections.
TAMA overcollections decreased by $290 million primarily due to a $263 million reclassification from TAMA to BRRBA to refund customers as discussed above.
During the third quarter of 2018, SCE requested approval from the CPUC to track and recover wildfire related costs including insurance premiums in excess of the amounts that will be ultimately approved in the 2018 GRC decision. At September 30, 2018, SCE had a regulatory asset of $63 million related to these costs. For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Southern California Wildfires."
2017
The 2015 GRC decision established the TAMA. As a result of this memorandum account, together with a balancing account for pole loading expenditures, 2015 – 2017 tax benefits or costs associated with certain events are tracked and adjusted annually through customer rates. Overcollections increased by $319 million during the first nine months of 2017 primarily due to higher tax repair deductions than forecasted in rates and $118 million of higher benefits recognized for tax accounting method changes. The overcollections in 2017 are expected to be refunded to customers in January 2018.
Higher cash due to $186 million of overcollections for the public purpose and energy efficiency programs. Overcollections for public purpose and energy efficiency programs increased due to lower spending for these programs and recovery of prior year undercollections.
Higher cash due to $140 million of overcollections related to FERC balancing accounts. Overcollections increased due to recovery of prior FERC undercollections and lower costs than forecasted in the FERC formula rate.
Higher cash due to $94 million of overcollections related to the timing of greenhouse gas auction revenue and climate credit refunds to customers, which are expected to be refunded to customers in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Higher cash due to realization of $47 million in proceeds from the MHI arbitration and approximately $34 million from the Department of Energy related to spent nuclear fuel. For further information on the MHI claims and spent nuclear fuel, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Permanent Retirement of San Onofre" and "—Spent Nuclear Fuel."
BRRBA overcollections decreased by $161 million during the first nine months of 2017 primarily due to the refunds of 2016 overcollections related to TAMA, a revenue refund to customers of $133 million for 2012 – 2014 incremental tax benefits related to repair deductions, and 2015 overcollections resulting from the implementation of the 2015 GRC decision, which was authorized to be refunded to customers over a two year period. The BRRBA tracks the differences between amounts authorized by the CPUC in the GRC proceedings and amounts billed to customers.
Net undercollections for ERRA and the new system generation program were $91 million at September 30, 2017 compared to net overcollections of $26 million at December 31, 2016. Net undercollections increased $117 million during the first nine months of 2017 primarily due to a refund of prior year overcollections and an increase in costs due to higher load requirements than forecasted in rates.

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Cash flows used in other noncurrent assets and liabilities were primarily related to net earnings from nuclear decommissioning trust investments ( $29 million and $47 million in 2018 and 2017, respectively) and SCE's payments of decommissioning costs ( $109 million and $170 million in 2018 and 2017, respectively). See "Nuclear Decommissioning Activities" below for further discussion.
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
The following table summarizes cash provided by (used in) financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. Issuances of debt are discussed in "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 5. Debt and Credit Agreements—Long-Term Debt."
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
Issuances of first and refunding mortgage bonds, net of discount and issuance costs
$
2,692

 
$
1,011

Issuance of term loan

 
300

Remarketing of pollution control bonds, net of issuance costs

 
134

Long-term debt matured or repurchased
(639
)
 
(781
)
Issuances of preference stock, net of issuance costs

 
463

Redemptions of preference stock

 
(475
)
Short-term debt repayments, net of borrowings and discount
(1,137
)
 
(441
)
Payments of common stock dividends to Edison International
(474
)
 
(382
)
Payments of preferred and preference stock dividends
(96
)
 
(99
)
Other
(6
)
 
(69
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
$
340

 
$
(339
)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Cash flows used in investing activities are primarily due to capital expenditures related to transmission and distribution investments ( $3.2 billion and $ 2.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively). In addition, SCE had a net redemption of nuclear decommissioning trust investments of $86 million and $117 million during the first nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. See "Nuclear Decommissioning Activities" below for further discussion.
Nuclear Decommissioning Activities
SCE's statement of cash flows includes nuclear decommissioning activities, which are reflected in the following line items:
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
Net cash used in operating activities:
   Net earnings from nuclear decommissioning trust investments
$
29

 
$
47

SCE's decommissioning costs
(109
)
 
(170
)
Net cash provided by investing activities:
   Proceeds from sale of investments
3,017

 
3,974

   Purchases of investments
(2,931
)
 
(3,857
)
Net cash impact
$
6

 
$
(6
)
Net cash used in operating activities relates to interest and dividends less administrative expenses, taxes, and SCE's decommissioning costs. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 10. Investments" for further information. Investing activities represent the purchase and sale of investments within the nuclear decommissioning trusts, including the reinvestment of earnings from nuclear decommissioning trust investments. The net cash impact reflects timing of decommissioning payments ( $109 million and $170 million in 2018 and 2017, respectively) and reimbursements to SCE from the nuclear decommissioning trust ($115 million and $164 million in 2018 and 2017, respectively).

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Edison International Parent and Other
The table below sets forth condensed historical cash flow from operations for Edison International Parent and Other.
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017 1
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
$
13

 
$
(103
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(651
)
 
163

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
61

 
(62
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
$
(577
)
 
$
(2
)
1  
Net cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was updated to reflect the implementation of the accounting standards updates for cash flows related to cash receipts and restricted cash.
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities was impacted by the following:
$75 million and $7 million cash inflow from income tax refunds in 2018 and 2017, respectively.
$62 million and $110 million cash outflow from operating activities in 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily due to payments relating to interest and operating costs. In addition, the cash outflow in 2017 included higher pension payments related to executive retirement plans.
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities was as follows:
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
Dividends paid to Edison International common shareholders
$
(591
)
 
$
(530
)
Dividends received from SCE
474

 
382

Payment for stock-based compensation, net of receipt from stock option exercises
(9
)
 
(129
)
Issuance of long-term debt, net of discount and issuance costs
545

 
791

Long-term debt repayment
(15
)
 
(401
)
Short-term debt (repayments), net of borrowings and discount
(1,091
)
 
40

Other
36

 
10

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
$
(651
)
 
$
163

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities increased $123 million during the nine months of 2018 compared to 2017 primarily due to a cash inflow of $78 million from the sale of SoCore Energy in April 2018.
Contingencies
SCE has contingencies related to the December 2017 Wildfires, wildfire insurance, Montecito Mudslides, San Onofre Related Matters, Environmental Remediation, Nuclear Insurance and Spent Nuclear Fuel, which are discussed in "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies."
MARKET RISK EXPOSURES
Edison International's and SCE's primary market risks are described in the 2017 Form 10-K. For a further discussion of market risk exposures, including commodity price risk, credit risk, and interest rate risk, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 4. Fair Value Measurements" and "—Note 6. Derivative Instruments."

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Commodity Price Risk
SCE records derivative instruments on its consolidated balance sheets as either assets or liabilities measured at fair value unless otherwise exempted from derivative treatment as normal purchases or sales. The fair value of outstanding derivative instruments used to mitigate exposure to commodity price risk was reflected as a net asset of $71 million and $109 million on SCE's consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. For further discussion of fair value measurements and the fair value hierarchy, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 4. Fair Value Measurements" and "— Note 6. Derivative Instruments."
Credit Risk
Credit risk exposure from counterparties for power and gas trading activities is measured as the sum of net accounts receivable (accounts receivable less accounts payable) and the current fair value of net derivative assets (derivative assets less derivative liabilities) reflected on the consolidated balance sheets. SCE enters into master agreements which typically provide for a right of setoff. Accordingly, SCE's credit risk exposure from counterparties is based on a net exposure under these arrangements. SCE manages the credit risk on the portfolio for both rated and non-rated counterparties based on credit ratings using published ratings of counterparties and other publicly disclosed information, such as financial statements, regulatory filings, and press releases, to guide it in the process of setting credit levels, risk limits, and contractual arrangements, including master netting agreements.
As of September 30, 2018 , the amount of balance sheet exposure as described above broken down by the credit ratings of SCE's counterparties, was as follows:
 
September 30, 2018
(in millions)
Exposure 2
 
Collateral
 
Net Exposure
S&P Credit Rating 1
 
 
 
 
 
A or higher
$
78

 
$

 
$
78

1  
SCE assigns a credit rating based on the lower of a counterparty's S&P or Moody's rating. For ease of reference, the above table uses the S&P classifications to summarize risk, but reflects the lower of the credit ratings from S&P or Moody's.
2  
Exposure excludes amounts related to contracts classified as normal purchases and sales and non-derivative contractual commitments that are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets, except for any related net accounts receivable.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND POLICIES
For a complete discussion on Edison International's and SCE's critical accounting policies, see "Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies" in the year-ended 2017 MD&A.
NEW ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE
New accounting guidance is discussed in "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—New Accounting Guidance."
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Information responding to this section is included in the MD&A under the heading "Market Risk Exposures" and is incorporated herein by reference.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Consolidated Statements of Income

Edison International
 


 
 

 

Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, except per-share amounts, unaudited)

2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Total operating revenue

$
4,269

 
$
3,672

 
$
9,648

 
$
9,100

Purchased power and fuel

2,306

 
1,783

 
4,344

 
3,742

Operation and maintenance

674

 
721

 
2,068

 
2,031

Depreciation and amortization

466

 
524

 
1,391

 
1,535

Property and other taxes
 
97

 
98

 
301

 
284

Impairment and other
 
(11
)
 

 
60

 
22

Other operating income

(2
)
 
(7
)
 
(5
)
 
(8
)
Total operating expenses

3,530

 
3,119

 
8,159


7,606

Operating income

739

 
553

 
1,489


1,494

Interest expense

(188
)
 
(162
)
 
(538
)
 
(473
)
Other income and expense

76

 
41

 
176

 
98

Income from continuing operations before income taxes
 
627

 
432

 
1,127

 
1,119

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
83

 
(69
)
 
43

 
(83
)
Income from continuing operations

544

 
501

 
1,084


1,202

Net income

544

 
501

 
1,084


1,202

Preferred and preference stock dividend requirements of SCE
 
31

 
32

 
91

 
94

Other noncontrolling interests


 
(1
)
 
(14
)

(2
)
Net income attributable to Edison International common shareholders

$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007


$
1,110

Amounts attributable to Edison International common shareholders:

 
 
 
 



Income from continuing operations, net of tax

$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007

 
$
1,110

Net income attributable to Edison International common shareholders

$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007


$
1,110

Basic earnings per share:

 
 
 
 



Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

326

 
326

 
326

 
326

Basic earnings per common share attributable to Edison International common shareholders

$
1.57

 
$
1.44

 
$
3.09


$
3.41

Diluted earnings per share:

 
 
 
 



Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, including effect of dilutive securities

327

 
328

 
327

 
329

Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Edison International common shareholders

$
1.57

 
$
1.43

 
$
3.08


$
3.38

Dividends declared per common share

$
0.6050

 
$
0.5425

 
$
1.8150

 
$
1.6275


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
 
 
 
 
 
Edison International
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, unaudited)
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Net income
 
$
544
 
 
$
501
 
 
$
1,084

 
$
1,202

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 

 

Pension and postretirement benefits other than pensions:
 
 
 
 
 

 

   Amortization of net loss included in net income
 
1
 
 
2
 
 
5

 
5

Other
 
1
 
 
(2
)
 
(4
)
 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax
 
2
 
 
 
 
1

 
5

Comprehensive income
 
546
 
 
501
 
 
1,085

 
1,207

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
31
 
 
31
 
 
77

 
92

Comprehensive income attributable to Edison International
 
$
515
 
 
$
470
 
 
$
1,008

 
$
1,115



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
Edison International
 






(in millions, unaudited)
September 30,
2018

December 31,
2017
ASSETS
 

 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
71


$
1,091

Receivables, less allowances of $56 and $54 for uncollectible accounts at respective dates
1,044


717

Accrued unbilled revenue
505


212

Inventory
261


242

Income tax receivables
167

 
224

Prepaid expenses
188

 
233

Derivative assets
77


105

Regulatory assets
913


703

Other current assets
157


202

Total current assets
3,383


3,729

Nuclear decommissioning trusts
4,330


4,440

Other investments
59


73

Total investments
4,389


4,513

Utility property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $9,533 and $9,355 at respective dates
40,333


38,708

Nonutility property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $80 and $114 at respective dates
79


342

Total property, plant and equipment
40,412


39,050

Regulatory assets
5,046


4,914

Other long-term assets
333


374

Total long-term assets
5,379


5,288

















































 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
53,563


$
52,580



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
Edison International
 

 

 
(in millions, except share amounts, unaudited)
September 30,
2018

December 31,
2017
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 

 
Short-term debt
$
103


$
2,393

Current portion of long-term debt
79


481

Accounts payable
1,288


1,503

Accrued taxes
102


23

Customer deposits
297


281

Regulatory liabilities
1,599


1,121

Other current liabilities
1,251


1,266

Total current liabilities
4,719


7,068

Long-term debt
14,629


11,642

Deferred income taxes and credits
5,043


4,567

Pensions and benefits
897


943

Asset retirement obligations
2,890


2,908

Regulatory liabilities
8,463


8,614

Other deferred credits and other long-term liabilities
2,633


2,953

Total deferred credits and other liabilities
19,926


19,985

Total liabilities
39,274


38,695

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)





Redeemable noncontrolling interest

 
19

Common stock, no par value (800,000,000 shares authorized; 325,811,206 shares issued and outstanding at respective dates)
2,541


2,526

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(42
)

(43
)
Retained earnings
9,597


9,188

Total Edison International's common shareholders' equity
12,096


11,671

Noncontrolling interests  preferred and preference stock of SCE
2,193


2,193

Other noncontrolling interests


2

Total equity
14,289


13,866













 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and equity
$
53,563


$
52,580



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Edison International
 



Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, unaudited)
2018

2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
 

 
Net income
$
1,084


$
1,202

Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities:
 

 
Depreciation and amortization
1,639


1,591

Allowance for equity during construction
(76
)

(65
)
Impairment and other
60


22

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
133


77

Other
48


17

Nuclear decommissioning trusts
(86
)
 
(117
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 

 
Receivables
(325
)

(387
)
Inventory
(25
)

10

Accounts payable
20


(11
)
Tax receivables and payables
137

 
(128
)
Other current assets and liabilities
(424
)

(40
)
Regulatory assets and liabilities, net
213


560

Other noncurrent assets and liabilities
(127
)

(33
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
2,271


2,698

Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 
Long-term debt issued or remarketed, net of (discount) premium and issuance costs of $(63) and $1 for respective periods
3,237


2,236

Long-term debt matured
(654
)

(1,182
)
Preference stock issued, net


463

Preference stock redeemed


(475
)
Short-term debt financing, net
(2,228
)

(401
)
Payments for stock-based compensation
(37
)
 
(365
)
Receipts from stock option exercises
20

 
201

Dividends and distributions to noncontrolling interests
(96
)

(100
)
Dividends paid
(591
)

(530
)
Other
38

 
(23
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(311
)

(176
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 
Capital expenditures
(3,241
)

(2,674
)
Proceeds from sale of nuclear decommissioning trust investments
3,017


3,974

Purchases of nuclear decommissioning trust investments
(2,931
)

(3,857
)
Proceeds from sale of SoCore Energy, net of cash acquired by buyer
78



Other
64


54

Net cash used in investing activities
(3,013
)

(2,503
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(1,053
)

19

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
1,132


114

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
$
79


$
133


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income
Southern California Edison Company

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, unaudited)
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Operating revenue
 
$
4,260

 
$
3,652

 
$
9,617

 
$
9,061

Purchased power and fuel
 
2,306

 
1,783

 
4,344

 
3,742

Operation and maintenance
 
651

 
690

 
1,996

 
1,945

Depreciation and amortization
 
466

 
521

 
1,387

 
1,528

Property and other taxes
 
96

 
97

 
298

 
279

Impairment and other
 
(10
)
 

 
(10
)
 

Other operating income
 
(3
)
 
(8
)
 
(5
)
 
(8
)
Total operating expenses
 
3,506


3,083


8,010

 
7,486

Operating income
 
754


569


1,607

 
1,575

Interest expense
 
(173
)
 
(149
)
 
(492
)
 
(436
)
Other income and expense
 
72

 
42

 
173

 
110

Income before income taxes
 
653

 
462

 
1,288

 
1,249

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
86

 
(35
)
 
78

 
34

Net income
 
567


497

 
1,210

 
1,215

Less: Preferred and preference stock dividend requirements
 
31

 
32

 
91

 
94

Net income available for common stock
 
$
536


$
465


$
1,119

 
$
1,121



Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
 
 
 
 
Southern California Edison Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, unaudited)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Net income
$
567
 
 
$
497
 
 
$
1,210

 
$
1,215

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

Pension and postretirement benefits other than pensions:

 

 

 

   Amortization of net loss included in net income
1
 
 
 
 
4

 
2

Other
 
 
 
 
(5
)
 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax
1
 
 
 
 
(1
)
 
2

Comprehensive income
$
568
 
 
$
497
 
 
$
1,209

 
$
1,217



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
Southern California Edison Company
(in millions, unaudited)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
ASSETS
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
39

 
$
515

Receivables, less allowances of $56 and $53 for uncollectible accounts at respective dates
1,032

 
693

Accrued unbilled revenue
505

 
212

Inventory
261

 
242

Income tax receivables
230

 
229

Prepaid expenses
181

 
228

Derivative assets
77

 
105

Regulatory assets
913

 
703

Other current assets
154

 
160

Total current assets
3,392

 
3,087

Nuclear decommissioning trusts
4,330

 
4,440

Other investments
39

 
52

Total investments
4,369

 
4,492

Utility property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $9,533 and $9,355 at respective dates
40,333

 
38,708

Nonutility property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $76 and $97 at respective dates
74

 
77

Total property, plant and equipment
40,407

 
38,785

Regulatory assets
5,046

 
4,914

Other long-term assets
216

 
237

Total long-term assets
5,262

 
5,151

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
53,430

 
$
51,515


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
Southern California Edison Company
(in millions, except share amounts, unaudited)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
Short-term debt
$
103

 
$
1,238

Current portion of long-term debt
79

 
479

Accounts payable
1,290

 
1,519

Accrued taxes
105

 
24

Customer deposits
297

 
281

Regulatory liabilities
1,599

 
1,121

Other current liabilities
1,329

 
1,225

Total current liabilities
4,802

 
5,887

Long-term debt
12,890

 
10,428

Deferred income taxes and credits
6,367

 
5,890

Pensions and benefits
446

 
483

Asset retirement obligations
2,890

 
2,892

Regulatory liabilities
8,463

 
8,614

Other deferred credits and other long-term liabilities
2,355

 
2,649

Total deferred credits and other liabilities
20,521

 
20,528

Total liabilities
38,213

 
36,843

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)


 


Common stock, no par value (560,000,000 shares authorized; 434,888,104 shares issued and outstanding at each date)
2,168

 
2,168

Additional paid-in capital
678

 
671

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(20
)
 
(19
)
Retained earnings
10,146

 
9,607

Total common shareholder's equity
12,972

 
12,427

Preferred and preference stock
2,245

 
2,245

Total equity
15,217

 
14,672

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and equity
$
53,430

 
$
51,515



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Southern California Edison Company
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, unaudited)
2018
 
2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income
$
1,210

 
$
1,215

Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
1,632

 
1,581

Allowance for equity during construction
(76
)
 
(65
)
Impairment and other
(10
)
 

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
108

 
337

Other
43

 
9

Nuclear decommissioning trusts
(86
)
 
(117
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 
 
Receivables
(337
)
 
(389
)
Inventory
(25
)
 
11

Accounts payable
2

 
(16
)
Tax receivables and payables
80

 
(146
)
Other current assets and liabilities
(412
)
 
(36
)
Regulatory assets and liabilities, net
213

 
560

Other noncurrent assets and liabilities
(84
)
 
(143
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
2,258

 
2,801

Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Long-term debt issued or remarketed, net of (discount) premium and issuance costs of $(58) and $10 for the respective periods
2,692

 
1,445

Long-term debt matured
(639
)
 
(781
)
Preference stock issued, net

 
463

Preference stock redeemed

 
(475
)
Short-term debt financing, net
(1,137
)
 
(441
)
Payments for stock-based compensation
(16
)
 
(80
)
Receipt from stock option exercises
8

 
45

Dividends paid
(570
)
 
(481
)
Other
2

 
(34
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
340

 
(339
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
(3,223
)
 
(2,610
)
Proceeds from sale of nuclear decommissioning trust investments
3,017

 
3,974

Purchases of nuclear decommissioning trust investments
(2,931
)
 
(3,857
)
Other
63

 
52

Net cash used in investing activities
(3,074
)

(2,441
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(476
)
 
21

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
515

 
40

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
$
39

 
$
61


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Edison International is the parent holding company of Southern California Edison Company ("SCE") and Edison Energy Group, Inc. ("Edison Energy Group"). SCE is an investor-owned public utility primarily engaged in the business of supplying and delivering electricity to an approximately 50,000 square mile area of southern California. Edison Energy Group is a holding company for subsidiaries engaged in operating competitive businesses, primarily consisting of Edison Energy, LLC ("Edison Energy") which provides energy services to commercial and industrial customers. Edison Energy's business activities are currently not material to report as a separate business segment. These combined notes to the consolidated financial statements apply to both Edison International and SCE unless otherwise described. Edison International's consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Edison International, SCE, and other wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries. References to Edison International refer to the consolidated group of Edison International and its subsidiaries. References to "Edison International Parent and Other" refer to Edison International Parent and its competitive subsidiaries and "Edison International Parent" refer to Edison International on a stand-alone basis, not consolidated with its subsidiaries. SCE's consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SCE and its wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements.
Edison International's and SCE's significant accounting policies were described in Note 1 of "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" included in Edison International's and SCE's combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the "2017 Form 10-K"). This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the 2017 Form 10-K.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of recurring accruals, have been made that are necessary to fairly state the consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") for the periods covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The results of operations for the three- and nine- month period ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.
The December 31, 2017 financial statement data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.
Effective January 1, 2018, Edison International and SCE adopted several accounting standards retrospectively. Prior year financial statements have been reclassified and updated to reflect the retrospective application of these standards as applicable. For further information, see "New Accounting Guidance" below.
Sale of SoCore Energy
On February 28, 2018 , Edison International agreed to sell SoCore Energy LLC ("SoCore Energy"), a subsidiary of Edison Energy Group, to a third party, subject to the completion of closing conditions, which were satisfied on April 16, 2018. As a result, Edison International recognized a pre-tax loss of $62 million ( $50 million after-tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and, beginning in the second quarter of 2018, the assets and liabilities of SoCore Energy were not reflected in the consolidated Edison International balance sheet.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Cash equivalents include investments in money market funds. Generally, the carrying value of cash equivalents equals the fair value, as these investments have original maturities of three months or less. The cash equivalents were as follows:
 
 
Edison International
 
SCE
(in millions)
 
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
Money market funds
 
$
30

 
$
1,024

 
$
6

 
$
483


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Cash is temporarily invested until required for check clearing. Checks issued, but not yet paid by the financial institution, are reclassified from cash to accounts payable at the end of each reporting period as follows:
 
 
Edison International
 
SCE
(in millions)
 
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
Book balances reclassified to accounts payable
 
$
73

 
$
64

 
$
73

 
$
63

Edison International's restricted cash at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $8 million and $41 million , respectively. Restricted cash at December 31, 2017 primarily relates to funds held by SoCore Energy and its consolidated affiliates pursuant to project financing or purchase agreements, most of which lapsed before June 30, 2018. As a result of the sale of SoCore Energy, beginning in the second quarter of 2018, the assets and liabilities of SoCore Energy were not included in the consolidated Edison International balance sheet as discussed above.
The following table sets forth the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included in the consolidated statements of cash flows:
(in millions)
 
September 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Edison International:
 
 
 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
71

 
$
1,091

 Short-term restricted cash 1
 
1

 
40

 Long-term restricted cash 2
 
7

 
1

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
$
79

 
$
1,132

SCE:
 
 
 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
39

 
$
515

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
$
39

 
$
515

1  
Reflected in "Other current assets" on Edison International's consolidated balance sheets.
2  
Reflected in "Other long-term assets" on Edison International's consolidated balance sheets.
Goodwill
At September 30, 2018, Edison International has $78 million of goodwill, all of which is related to its Edison Energy reporting unit. Goodwill constitutes the majority of Edison International's $104 million investment in Edison Energy. Edison International assesses goodwill through an annual goodwill impairment test, at the reporting unit level as of October 1st of each year. Edison International will update its goodwill impairment test between annual tests if events occur or circumstances change such that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is below its carrying value. The fair value of the Edison Energy reporting unit is estimated using the income approach, which utilizes discounted cash flow analysis based on the earnings expected to be generated in the future. This determination requires significant assumptions and estimates in forecasting future cash flows and establishing a market discount rate and a terminal value. The most critical assumption affecting the estimate of the Edison Energy reporting unit's fair value is its forecasted growth in sales to commercial and industrial customers. Edison Energy is currently in the process of updating its long-term plan. A reduction in expected future cash flows could result in a goodwill impairment.

Revenue Recognition
During the first nine months of 2018, pending the outcome of the 2018 GRC decision, SCE recognized GRC-related revenue based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirement, adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and the impact of Tax Reform. The amounts billed to customers for the first nine months of 2018 were based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirement and a regulatory liability has been established to record the associated adjustments. See Note 11 for further details. The CPUC has authorized the establishment of a GRC memorandum account, which will make the 2018 revenue requirement ultimately adopted by the CPUC effective as of January 1, 2018. SCE cannot predict the revenue requirement the CPUC will authorize or provide assurance on the timing of a final decision.

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In October 2017, SCE filed its new formula rate with the FERC. In December 2017, the FERC issued an order setting the effective date of SCE's new FERC formula rate as of January 1, 2018, subject to settlement procedures and refund. Pending resolution of the FERC formula rate proceeding, SCE is recognizing revenue based on the FERC formula rate adjusted for the impact of Tax Reform and other adjustments.
Earnings Per Share
Edison International computes earnings per common share ("EPS") using the two-class method, which is an earnings allocation formula that determines EPS for each class of common stock and participating security. Edison International's participating securities are stock-based compensation awards payable in common shares, including restricted stock units, which earn dividend equivalents on an equal basis with common shares once the awards are vested. EPS attributable to Edison International common shareholders was computed as follows:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, except per-share amounts)
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Basic earnings per share – continuing operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders
 
$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007

 
$
1,110

Participating securities dividends
 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders
 
$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007

 
$
1,110

Weighted average common shares outstanding
 
326

 
326

 
326

 
326

Basic earnings per share – continuing operations
 
$
1.57

 
$
1.44

 
$
3.09

 
$
3.41

Diluted earnings per share – continuing operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders
 
$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007

 
$
1,110

Participating securities dividends
 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders
 
$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007

 
$
1,110

Income impact of assumed conversions
 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders and assumed conversions
 
$
513

 
$
470

 
$
1,007

 
$
1,110

Weighted average common shares outstanding
 
326

 
326

 
326

 
326

Incremental shares from assumed conversions
 
1

 
2

 
1

 
3

Adjusted weighted average shares – diluted
 
327

 
328

 
327

 
329

Diluted earnings per share – continuing operations
 
$
1.57

 
$
1.43

 
$
3.08

 
$
3.38

In addition to the participating securities discussed above, Edison International also may award stock options, which are payable in common shares and are included in the diluted earnings per share calculation. Stock option awards to purchase 3,817,072 and 1,365,671 shares of common stock for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and 6,042,695 and 1,373,736 shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, were outstanding, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been antidilutive.
New Accounting Guidance
Accounting Guidance Adopted
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an accounting standards update on revenue recognition and further amended the standard in 2016 and 2017. Under the new standard, revenue is recognized when a good or service is transferred to the customer and the customer obtains control of the good or service. Some revenue arrangements, such as alternative revenue programs which include balancing account overcollections and undercollections, are excluded from the scope of the new standard and, therefore, will be accounted for and presented separately from revenue recognized from contracts with customers in the disclosures. Edison International and SCE adopted this standard effective January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method for contracts that were not completed as of the adoption date. Edison International recognized a cumulative effect adjustment to increase the opening balance of retained earnings by approximately $5 million ( $7 million pre-tax) on January 1, 2018. This adjustment is related to variable consideration

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recognized at Edison Energy which is not subject to potential significant reversal and has no further performance obligations. See Note 7 for further details.
In January 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that amends the guidance on the classification and measurement of financial instruments, and further amended the guidance in 2018. Under the new guidance, equity investments (excluding those accounted for under the equity method or those that result in consolidation) are required to be measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. The new guidance also amends certain disclosure requirements associated with the fair value of financial instruments and requires financial assets and financial liabilities to be presented separately in the notes to the financial statements, grouped by measurement category and form of financial assets. Edison International and SCE adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2018. Edison International and SCE recognized a cumulative effect adjustment to increase the opening balance of retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive loss by $5 million ( $8 million pre-tax) on January 1, 2018. See Note 2 for further details.
In August and November 2016, the FASB issued two accounting standards updates to clarify the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows and to require restricted cash to be presented with cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. Edison International and SCE adopted these standards effective January 1, 2018, using the retrospective approach. The adoption of these standards did not have a material impact on Edison International's and SCE's consolidated statement of cash flows.
In March 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update on the presentation of the components of net periodic benefit cost for an entity's defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. Edison International and SCE adopted this guidance retrospectively with respect to the income statement presentation requirement and prospectively for the capitalization requirement, effective January 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on Edison International's and SCE's consolidated financial statements, but did result in the separate presentation of service costs as an operating expense and non-service costs within other income and expenses and the limitation of the capitalization of benefit costs to the service cost component. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, non-service benefits totaled $8 million and $15 million , respectively, for Edison International and $9 million and $27 million , respectively, for SCE, which were reclassified from "Operation and maintenance" to "Other income and expenses." See Note 9 and Note 14 for further details.
Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted
In February 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update related to lease accounting and further amended the standard in 2018. The new guidance is effective January 1, 2019. Under the new standard, a lease is defined as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified assets for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Lessees are required to recognize leases on the balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a related lease liability, and classify the leases as either operating or finance. The liability will be equal to the present value of the lease payments. The asset will be based on the liability, subject to adjustments, such as lease incentives. Edison International's operating leases will result in straight-line expense while finance leases will result in a higher initial expense pattern due to the interest component. SCE, as a regulated entity, is permitted to continue to recognize expense using the timing that conforms to the regulatory rate treatment. In accordance with the new guidance, Edison International and SCE will elect the package of practical expedients not to reassess prior conclusions related to contracts containing leases, lease classification, and initial direct costs and the practical expedient not to assess whether existing land easements are or contain a lease. Edison International and SCE will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach, for leases that existed as of the adoption date and will elect the optional transition method not to restate periods prior to the adoption date. The adoption of this standard will increase right-of-use assets and lease liabilities in Edison International's and SCE's consolidated balance sheets. Edison International and SCE have implemented a new lease accounting system and are in the process of finalizing the quantitative impact this standard will have on the consolidated balance sheets and the lease disclosures.
The FASB issued an accounting standards update related to the impairment of financial instruments, effective January 1, 2020. The new guidance provides an impairment model, known as the current expected credit loss model, which is based on expected credit losses rather than incurred losses. Edison International and SCE are currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance.
In January 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update to simplify the accounting for goodwill impairment by changing the procedural steps to apply the goodwill impairment test. After the adoption of this accounting standards update, goodwill impairment will be measured as the amount by which a reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. Edison International will apply this guidance to goodwill impairment tests beginning in 2020.

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In February 2018, the FASB issued an accounting standards update to provide entities an election to reclassify stranded tax effects resulting from Tax Reform from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. Stranded tax effects originated in December 2017 when deferred taxes were re-measured at the lower federal corporate tax rate with the impact included in operating income but the tax effects of items within accumulated other comprehensive income were not similarly adjusted. Edison International and SCE will adopt this guidance on January 1, 2019 and reclassify stranded tax effects of $10 million and $5 million , respectively, from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in the period of adoption.
In August 2018, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which aligns the requirement for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The guidance also clarified presentation requirements for reporting implementation costs in the financial statements. The guidance is effective January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted. Edison International and SCE are currently evaluating the impact of the guidance.
In August 2018, the FASB issued two accounting standards updates to remove, modify, and add certain disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement and employer-sponsored defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. The guidance is effective January 1, 2020 and 2021, respectively, with early adoption permitted. Edison International and SCE are currently evaluating the impact of the guidance.
Note 2.    Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
The following table provides Edison International's changes in equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 :
 
Equity Attributable to Common Shareholders
 
Noncontrolling Interests
 
 
(in millions, except per-share amounts)
Common
Stock
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Loss
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Subtotal
 
Other
Preferred
and
Preference
Stock
 
Total
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2017
$
2,526

 
$
(43
)
 
$
9,188

 
$
11,671

 
$
2

$
2,193

 
$
13,866

Net income

 

 
1,007

 
1,007

 
(11
)
91

 
1,087

Other comprehensive income

 
6

 

 
6

 


 
6

Cumulative effect of accounting changes 1

 
(5
)
 
10

 
5

 


 
5

Contributions from tax equity investor

 

 

 

 
24


 
24

Common stock dividends declared ($1.8150 per share)

 

 
(591
)
 
(591
)
 


 
(591
)
Dividends to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

(91
)
 
(91
)
Stock-based compensation

 

 
(17
)
 
(17
)
 


 
(17
)
Noncash stock-based compensation
15

 

 

 
15

 


 
15

Deconsolidation of SoCore Energy

 

 

 

 
(15
)

 
(15
)
Balance at September 30, 2018
$
2,541

 
$
(42
)
 
$
9,597

 
$
12,096

 
$

$
2,193

 
$
14,289

1
Edison International recognized cumulative effect adjustments to the opening balance of retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive loss on January 1, 2018 related to the adoption of the accounting standards updates on revenue recognition and measurement of financial instruments.

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The following table provides Edison International's changes in equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 :
 
Equity Attributable to Common Shareholders
 
Noncontrolling Interests
 
 
(in millions, except per-share amounts)
Common
Stock
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Loss
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Subtotal
 
Preferred
and
Preference
Stock
 
Total
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2016
$
2,505

 
$
(53
)
 
$
9,544

 
$
11,996

 
$
2,191

 
$
14,187

Net income

 

 
1,110

 
1,110

 
94

 
1,204

Other comprehensive income

 
5

 

 
5

 

 
5

Common stock dividends declared ($1.6275 per share)

 

 
(530
)
 
(530
)
 

 
(530
)
Dividends to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 
(94
)
 
(94
)
Stock-based compensation

 

 
(165
)
 
(165
)
 

 
(165
)
Noncash stock-based compensation
15

 

 

 
15

 

 
15

Issuance of preference stock

 

 

 

 
463

 
463

Redemption of preference stock

 

 
(15
)
 
(15
)
 
(460
)
 
(475
)
Balance at September 30, 2017
$
2,520

 
$
(48
)
 
$
9,944

 
$
12,416

 
$
2,194

 
$
14,610

The following table provides SCE's changes in equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 :
 
Equity Attributable to Edison International
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Loss
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Preferred
and
Preference
Stock
 
Total
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2017
$
2,168

 
$
671

 
$
(19
)
 
$
9,607

 
$
2,245

 
$
14,672

Net income

 

 

 
1,210

 

 
1,210

Other comprehensive income

 

 
4

 

 

 
4

Cumulative effect of accounting change 1

 

 
(5
)
 
5

 

 

Dividends declared on common stock

 

 

 
(576
)
 

 
(576
)
Dividends declared on preferred and preference stock

 

 

 
(91
)
 

 
(91
)
Stock-based compensation

 

 

 
(9
)
 

 
(9
)
Noncash stock-based compensation

 
7

 

 

 

 
7

Balance at September 30, 2018
$
2,168

 
$
678

 
$
(20
)
 
$
10,146

 
$
2,245

 
$
15,217

1  
SCE recognized a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive loss on January 1, 2018 related to the adoption of the accounting standards update on measurement of financial instruments.

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The following table provides SCE's changes in equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 :
 
Equity Attributable to Edison International
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Preferred
and
Preference
Stock
 
Total
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2016
$
2,168

 
$
657

 
$
(20
)
 
$
9,433

 
$
2,245

 
$
14,483

Net income

 

 

 
1,215

 

 
1,215

Other comprehensive income

 

 
2

 

 

 
2

Dividends declared on common stock

 

 

 
(573
)
 

 
(573
)
Dividends declared on preferred and preference stock

 

 

 
(94
)
 

 
(94
)
Stock-based compensation

 

 

 
(36
)
 

 
(36
)
Noncash stock-based compensation

 
8

 

 

 

 
8

Issuance of preference stock

 
(12
)
 

 

 
475

 
463

Redemption of preference stock

 
15

 

 
(15
)
 
(475
)
 
(475
)
Balance at September 30, 2017
$
2,168

 
$
668

 
$
(18
)
 
$
9,930

 
$
2,245

 
$
14,993

Note 3.    Variable Interest Entities
A variable interest entity ("VIE") is defined as a legal entity that meets one of two conditions: (1) the equity owners do not have sufficient equity at risk, or (2) the holders of the equity investment at risk, as a group, lack any of the following three characteristics: decision-making rights, the obligation to absorb losses, or the right to receive the expected residual returns of the entity. The primary beneficiary is identified as the variable interest holder that has both the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE. Commercial and operating activities are generally the factors that most significantly impact the economic performance of such VIEs. Commercial and operating activities include construction, operation and maintenance, fuel procurement, dispatch, and compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.
Variable Interest in VIEs that are not Consolidated
Power Purchase Agreements
SCE has power purchase agreements ("PPAs") that are classified as variable interests in VIEs, including tolling agreements through which SCE provides the natural gas to fuel the plants and contracts with qualifying facilities that contain variable pricing provisions based on the price of natural gas. SCE has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs since it does not control the commercial and operating activities of these entities. Since payments for capacity are the primary source of income, the most significant economic activity for these VIEs is the operation and maintenance of the power plants.
As of the balance sheet date, the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in SCE's consolidated balance sheet that relate to involvement with VIEs result from amounts due under the PPAs. Under these contracts, SCE recovers the costs incurred through demonstration of compliance with its California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC")-approved long-term power procurement plans. SCE has no residual interest in the entities and has not provided or guaranteed any debt or equity support, liquidity arrangements, performance guarantees, or other commitments associated with these contracts other than the purchase commitments described in Note 11 of the 2017 Form 10-K. As a result, there is no significant potential exposure to loss to SCE from its variable interest in these VIEs. The aggregate contracted capacity dedicated to SCE from these VIE projects was 3,602 MW and 4,858  MW at September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and the amounts that SCE paid to these projects were $328 million and $325 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $567 million and $571 million for nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. These amounts are recoverable in customer rates, subject to reasonableness review.

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Unconsolidated Trusts of SCE
SCE Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV, Trust V, and Trust VI were formed in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively, for the exclusive purpose of issuing the 5.10% , 5.75% , 5.375% , 5.45% , and 5.00% trust preference securities, respectively ("trust securities"). The trusts are VIEs. SCE has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs as it does not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses or the right to receive the expected residual returns of the trusts. SCE Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV, Trust V and Trust VI issued to the public trust securities in the face amounts of $400 million , $275 million , $325 million , $300 million , and $475 million (cumulative, liquidation amounts of $25 per share), respectively, and $10,000 of common stock each to SCE. The trusts invested the proceeds of these trust securities in Series G, Series H, Series J, Series K, and Series L Preference Stock issued by SCE in the principal amounts of $400 million , $275 million , $325 million , $300 million , and $475 million (cumulative, $2,500 per share liquidation values), respectively, which have substantially the same payment terms as the respective trust securities.
The Series G, Series H, Series J, Series K, and Series L Preference Stock and the corresponding trust securities do not have a maturity date. Upon any redemption of any shares of the Series G, Series H, Series J, Series K, or Series L Preference Stock, a corresponding dollar amount of trust securities will be redeemed by the applicable trust. The applicable trust will make distributions at the same rate and on the same dates on the applicable series of trust securities if and when the SCE board of directors declares and makes dividend payments on the related Preference Stock. The applicable trust will use any dividends it receives on the related Preference Stock to make its corresponding distributions on the applicable series of trust securities. If SCE does not make a dividend payment to any of these trusts, SCE would be prohibited from paying dividends on its common stock. SCE has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the payment of the trust securities and trust distributions, if and when SCE pays dividends on the related Preference Stock.
SCE formed Trust I, a VIE, in 2012 for the exclusive purpose of issuing 5.625% trust preference securities. SCE Trust I issued trust securities in the face amounts of $475 million to the public and $10,000 of common stock to SCE. SCE Trust I invested the proceeds of these trust securities in Series F Preference Stock issued by SCE in the principal amount of $475 million . In July 2017, all of the outstanding Series F Preference Stock was redeemed, and accordingly, SCE Trust I redeemed $475 million of trust securities from the public and $10,000 of common stock from SCE. As a result in September 2017, SCE Trust I was terminated.
The Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV, Trust V and Trust VI balance sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , consisted of investments of $400 million , $275 million , $325 million , $300 million , and $475 million in the Series G, Series H, Series J, Series K and Series L Preference Stock, respectively, $400 million , $275 million , $325 million , $300 million , and $475 million of trust securities, respectively, and $10,000 each of common stock.
The following table provides a summary of the trusts' income statements:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
(in millions)
 
Trust I
 
Trust II
 
Trust III
 
Trust IV
 
Trust V
 
Trust VI
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividend income
 
*

 
$
5

 
$
4

 
$
4

 
$
4

 
$
6

Dividend distributions
 
*

 
5

 
4

 
4

 
4

 
6

2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividend income
 
$
1

 
$
5

 
$
4

 
$
4

 
$
4

 
$
6

Dividend distributions
 
1

 
5

 
4

 
4

 
4

 
6

 
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
 
Trust I
 
Trust II
 
Trust III
 
Trust IV
 
Trust V
 
Trust VI
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividend income
 
*

 
$
15

 
$
12

 
$
13

 
$
12

 
$
18

Dividend distributions
 
*

 
15

 
12

 
13

 
12

 
18

2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividend income
 
$
14

 
$
15

 
$
12

 
$
13

 
$
12

 
$
6

Dividend distributions
 
14

 
15

 
12

 
13

 
12

 
6

* Not applicable

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Note 4.    Fair Value Measurements
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (referred to as an "exit price"). Fair value of an asset or liability considers assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about nonperformance risk. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , nonperformance risk was not material for Edison International and SCE.
Assets and liabilities are categorized into a three-level fair value hierarchy based on valuation inputs used to determine fair value.
Level 1 – The fair value of Edison International's and SCE's Level 1 assets and liabilities is determined using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are available at the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities. This level includes exchange-traded equity securities, U.S. treasury securities, mutual funds, and money market funds.
Level 2 – Edison International's and SCE's Level 2 assets and liabilities include fixed income securities, primarily consisting of U.S. government and agency bonds, municipal bonds and corporate bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives. The fair value of fixed income securities is determined using a market approach by obtaining quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the instrument.
The fair value of SCE's over-the-counter derivative contracts is determined using an income approach. SCE uses standard pricing models to determine the net present value of estimated future cash flows. Inputs to the pricing models include forward published or posted clearing prices from an exchange (Intercontinental Exchange) for similar instruments and discount rates. A primary price source that best represents trade activity for each market is used to develop observable forward market prices in determining the fair value of these positions. Broker quotes, prices from exchanges, or comparison to executed trades are used to validate and corroborate the primary price source. These price quotations reflect mid-market prices (average of bid and ask) and are obtained from sources believed to provide the most liquid market for the commodity.
Level 3 – The fair value of SCE's Level 3 assets and liabilities is determined using the income approach through various models and techniques that require significant unobservable inputs. This level includes derivative contracts that trade infrequently such as congestion revenue rights ("CRRs"). Edison International Parent and Other does not have any Level 3 assets and liabilities.
Assumptions are made in order to value derivative contracts in which observable inputs are not available. In circumstances where fair value cannot be verified with observable market transactions, it is possible that a different valuation model could produce a materially different estimate of fair value. Modeling methodologies, inputs, and techniques are reviewed and assessed as markets continue to develop and more pricing information becomes available and the fair value is adjusted when it is concluded that a change in inputs or techniques would result in a new valuation that better reflects the fair value of those derivative contracts. See Note 6 for a discussion of derivative instruments.

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SCE
The following table sets forth assets and liabilities of SCE that were accounted for at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy:
 
September 30, 2018
(in millions)
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Netting
and
Collateral 1
 
Total
Assets at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative contracts
$

 
$
56

 
$
31

 
$
(8
)
 
$
79

Other
15

 
21

 

 

 
36

Nuclear decommissioning trusts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stocks 2
1,600

 

 

 

 
1,600

Fixed Income 3
1,025

 
1,651

 

 

 
2,676

Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents
144

 
92

 

 

 
236

Subtotal of nuclear decommissioning trusts 4
2,769

 
1,743

 

 

 
4,512

Total assets
2,784

 
1,820

 
31

 
(8
)
 
4,627

Liabilities at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative contracts

 
28

 

 
(20
)
 
8

Total liabilities

 
28

 

 
(20
)
 
8

Net assets
$
2,784

 
$
1,792

 
$
31

 
$
12

 
$
4,619

 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Netting
and
Collateral 1
 
Total
Assets at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative contracts
$

 
$
9

 
$
102

 
$
(1
)
 
$
110

Other
495

 

 

 

 
495

Nuclear decommissioning trusts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stocks 2
1,596

 

 

 

 
1,596

Fixed Income 3
1,065

 
1,665

 

 

 
2,730

Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents
101

 
72

 

 

 
173

Subtotal of nuclear decommissioning trusts 4
2,762

 
1,737

 

 

 
4,499

Total assets
3,257

 
1,746

 
102

 
(1
)
 
5,104

Liabilities at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative contracts

 
2

 
1

 
(2
)
 
1

Total liabilities

 
2

 
1

 
(2
)
 
1

Net assets
$
3,257

 
$
1,744

 
$
101

 
$
1

 
$
5,103

1  
Represents the netting of assets and liabilities under master netting agreements and cash collateral.
2  
Approximately 72% and 69% of SCE's equity investments were in companies located in the United States at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively.
3  
Includes corporate bonds, which were diversified and included collateralized mortgage obligations and other asset backed securities of $72 million and $102 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively.
4  
Excludes net payables of $182 million and $59 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively, which consist of interest and dividend receivables as well as receivables and payables related to SCE's pending securities sales and purchases.

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Edison International Parent and Other
Edison International Parent and Other assets measured at fair value consisted of money market funds of $24 million and $541 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively, classified as Level 1.
SCE Fair Value of Level 3
The following table sets forth a summary of changes in SCE's fair value of Level 3 net derivative assets and liabilities:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
 
2018

2017
 
2018
 
2017
Fair value of net assets (liabilities) at beginning of period
 
$
52

 
$
(1,012
)
 
$
101

 
$
(1,089
)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Included in regulatory assets and liabilities 1
 
(21
)
 
120

 
(70
)
 
54

Contract amendment 2
 

 

 

 
143

Normal purchase and normal sale designation 3
 

 
914

 

 
914

Fair value of net assets (liabilities) at end of period
 
$
31

 
$
22

 
$
31

 
$
22

Change during the period in unrealized gains and losses related to assets and liabilities held at the end of the period
 
$
7

 
$
6

 
$
7

 
$
6

1  
Due to regulatory mechanisms, SCE's realized and unrealized gains and losses are recorded as regulatory assets and liabilities.
2  
Represents a tolling contract that was amended during the second quarter of 2017, which was no longer accounted for as a derivative as of September 30, 2017.
3  
During the third quarter of 2017, SCE designated certain derivative contracts as normal purchase and normal sale contracts, which resulted in a reclassification of $914 million from derivative liabilities to other liabilities.
Edison International and SCE recognize the fair value for transfers in and transfers out of each level at the end of each reporting period. There were no material transfers between any levels during 2018 and 2017 .
Valuation Techniques Used to Determine Fair Value
The process of determining fair value is the responsibility of SCE's risk management department, which reports to SCE's chief financial officer. This department obtains observable and unobservable inputs through broker quotes, exchanges, and internal valuation techniques that use both standard and proprietary models to determine fair value. Each reporting period, the risk and finance departments collaborate to determine the appropriate fair value methodologies and classifications for each derivative. Inputs used and valuations are reviewed period-over-period and compared with market conditions to determine reasonableness.
The following table sets forth SCE's valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used to determine fair value for significant Level 3 assets and liabilities:
 
Fair Value (in millions)
 
Significant
 
 
Assets
 
Liabilities
Valuation Technique(s)
Unobservable Input
Range
Congestion revenue rights
 
 
 
 
 
September 30, 2018
$
31

 
$

Auction prices
CAISO CRR auction prices
$(10.79) - $15.16
December 31, 2017
102

 

Auction prices
CAISO CRR auction prices
$(9.41) - $8.66
Level 3 Fair Value Sensitivity
For CRRs, increases or decreases in CAISO auction price would result in higher or lower fair value, respectively.

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Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
SCE's nuclear decommissioning trust investments include equity securities, U.S. treasury securities, and other fixed income securities. Equity and treasury securities are classified as Level 1 as fair value is determined by observable market prices in active or highly liquid and transparent markets. The remaining fixed income securities are classified as Level 2. The fair value of these financial instruments is based on evaluated prices that reflect significant observable market information such as reported trades, actual trade information of similar securities, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, bids, offers, and relevant credit information. There are no securities classified as Level 3 in the nuclear decommissioning trusts.
Fair Value of Debt Recorded at Carrying Value
The carrying value and fair value of Edison International's and SCE's long-term debt (including current portion of long-term debt) are as follows:
 
 
September 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
 
Carrying
Value 1
 
Fair
Value
 
Carrying
Value 1
 
Fair
Value
Edison International
 
$
14,708

 
$
15,160

 
$
12,123

 
$
13,760

SCE
 
12,969

 
13,463

 
10,907

 
12,547

1  
Carrying value is net of debt issuance costs.
The fair value of Edison International's and SCE's short-term and long-term debt is classified as Level 2 and is based on evaluated prices that reflect significant observable market information such as reported trades, actual trade information of similar securities, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes of new issue prices, and relevant credit information.
Note 5.    Debt and Credit Agreements
Long-Term Debt
In January 2018, Edison International Parent borrowed $500 million under a Term Loan Agreement due in January 2019, with a variable interest rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 60 basis points . The proceeds were used to repay Edison International Parent's commercial paper borrowings. In March 2018, Edison International Parent issued $550 million of 4.125% senior notes due 2028. The proceeds from the March 2018 issuance were used to repay the $500 million Term Loan discussed above and for general corporate purposes.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, SCE issued the following first and refunding mortgage bonds:
Description
Month of Issuance
 
Rate
 
Maturity Date
 
Amount
(in millions)
Series 2018A
March 2018
 
2.90
%
 
2021
 
$
450

Series 2018B
March 2018
 
3.65
%
 
2028
 
400

Series 2018C 1
March 2018
 
4.125
%
 
2048
 
400

Series 2018D
June 2018
 
3.40
%
 
2023
 
300

Series 2018C 1
June 2018
 
4.125
%
 
2048
 
350

Series 2018E
August 2018
 
3.70
%
 
2025
 
300

Series 2018C 1
August 2018
 
4.125
%
 
2048
 
550

1  
The aggregate principal amount of the Series 2018C bonds totaled $1.3 billion .
The proceeds from the SCE bonds issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 were used to repay commercial paper borrowings and for general corporate purposes. In addition, the proceeds from the $850 million issued in August 2018 were used to repay $400 million of SCE's Series 2008B first and refunding mortgage bonds.
Credit Agreements and Short-Term Debt
In May 2018, SCE and Edison International Parent amended their multi-year revolving credit facilities to increase the facilities to $3.0 billion and $1.5 billion from $2.75 billion and $1.25 billion , respectively. Both facilities mature in May 2023

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and each has two 1-year extension options. SCE's credit facility is generally used to support commercial paper borrowings and letters of credit issued for procurement-related collateral requirements, balancing account undercollections and for general corporate purposes, including working capital requirements to support operations and capital expenditures. Edison International Parent's credit facility is used to support commercial paper borrowings and for general corporate purposes.
At September 30, 2018 , SCE's outstanding commercial paper, net of discount, was $103 million at a weighted-average interest rate of 2.38% . At September 30, 2018 , letters of credit issued under SCE's credit facility aggregated $264 million , substantially all of which are scheduled to expire in twelve months or less. At December 31, 2017 , the outstanding commercial paper, net of discount, was $738 million at a weighted-average interest rate of 1.75% . In December 2017, SCE borrowed $500 million from the credit facility. The interest rate on this loan was 2.46% on December 31, 2017 . In January 2018, SCE repaid its $500 million borrowing with cash on hand.
At September 30, 2018 , Edison International Parent had no outstanding commercial paper. At December 31, 2017 , the outstanding commercial paper, net of discount, was $639 million at a weighted-average interest rate of 1.70% . In December 2017, Edison International Parent borrowed $500 million from the credit facility. The interest rate on this loan was 2.56% on December 31, 2017 . In January 2018, Edison International Parent repaid its $500 million borrowing with cash on hand.
Note 6.    Derivative Instruments
Derivative financial instruments are used to manage exposure to commodity price risk. These risks are managed in part by entering into forward commodity transactions, including options, swaps, and futures. To mitigate credit risk from counterparties in the event of nonperformance, master netting agreements are used whenever possible and counterparties may be required to pledge collateral depending on the creditworthiness of each counterparty and the risk associated with the transaction.
Commodity Price Risk
Commodity price risk represents the potential impact that can be caused by a change in the market value of a particular commodity. SCE's electricity price exposure arises from energy purchased from and sold to wholesale markets as a result of differences between SCE's load requirements and the amount of energy delivered from its generating facilities and PPAs. SCE's natural gas price exposure arises from natural gas purchased for the Mountainview power plant and peaker plants, QF contracts where pricing is based on a monthly natural gas index, and PPAs in which SCE has agreed to provide the natural gas needed for generation, referred to as tolling arrangements.
Credit and Default Risk
Credit and default risk represent the potential impact that can be caused if a counterparty were to default on its contractual obligations and SCE would be exposed to spot markets for buying replacement power or selling excess power. In addition, SCE would be exposed to the risk of non-payment of accounts receivable, primarily related to the sales of excess power and realized gains on derivative instruments.
Certain power contracts contain master netting agreements or similar agreements, which generally allow counterparties subject to the agreement to offset amounts when certain criteria are met, such as in the event of default. The objective of netting is to reduce credit exposure. Additionally, to reduce SCE's risk exposures counterparties may be required to pledge collateral depending on the creditworthiness of each counterparty and the risk associated with the transaction.
Certain power contracts contain a provision that requires SCE to maintain an investment grade rating from each of the major credit rating agencies, referred to as a credit-risk-related contingent feature. If SCE's credit rating were to fall below investment grade, SCE may be required to post additional collateral to cover derivative liabilities and the related outstanding payables. The net fair value of all derivative liabilities with these credit-risk-related contingent features was $8 million and $1 million as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively, for which SCE has posted no collateral and less than $1 million collateral at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively, to its counterparties for its derivative liabilities and related outstanding payables. If the credit-risk-related contingent features underlying these agreements were triggered on September 30, 2018 , SCE would be required to post $26 million of additional collateral of which $18 million is related to outstanding payables that are net of collateral already posted.
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
SCE presents its derivative assets and liabilities on a net basis on its consolidated balance sheets when subject to master netting agreements or similar agreements. Derivative positions are also offset against margin and cash collateral deposits. In addition, SCE has provided collateral in the form of letters of credit. Collateral requirements can vary depending upon the level of unsecured credit extended by counterparties, changes in market prices relative to contractual commitments, and other

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factors. See Note 4 for a discussion of fair value of derivative instruments. The following table summarizes the gross and net fair values of SCE's commodity derivative instruments:
 
 
September 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
Derivative Assets
 
Derivative Liabilities
 
Net
Assets
(in millions)
 
Short-Term
 
Long-Term
 
Subtotal
 
Short-Term
 
Long-Term
 
Subtotal
 
Commodity derivative contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross amounts recognized
 
$
85

 
$
2

 
$
87

 
$
28

 
$

 
$
28

 
$
59

Gross amounts offset in the consolidated balance sheets
 
(8
)
 

 
(8
)
 
(8
)
 

 
(8
)
 

Cash collateral posted
 

 

 

 
(12
)
 

 
(12
)
 
12

Net amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets
 
$
77

 
$
2

 
$
79

 
$
8

 
$

 
$
8

 
$
71

 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Derivative Assets
 
Derivative Liabilities
 
Net
Assets
(in millions)
 
Short-Term
 
Long-Term
 
Subtotal
 
Short-Term
 
Long-Term
 
Subtotal
 
Commodity derivative contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross amounts recognized
 
$
106

 
$
5

 
$
111

 
$
3

 
$

 
$
3

 
$
108

Gross amounts offset in the consolidated balance sheets
 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 

Cash collateral posted
 

 

 

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 
1

Net amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets
 
$
105

 
$
5

 
$
110

 
$
1

 
$

 
$
1

 
$
109

Income Statement Impact of Derivative Instruments
SCE recognizes realized gains and losses on derivative instruments as purchased power expense and expects that such gains or losses will be part of the purchased power costs recovered from customers. As a result, realized gains and losses do not affect earnings, but may temporarily affect cash flows. Due to expected future recovery from customers, unrealized gains and losses are recorded as regulatory assets and liabilities and therefore also do not affect earnings. The remaining effects of derivative activities and related regulatory offsets are reported in cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
The following table summarizes the components of SCE's economic hedging activity:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Realized gains (losses)
 
$
23

 
$
(3
)
 
$
3

 
$
(8
)
Unrealized (losses) gains
 
(9
)
 
116

 
(35
)
 
37

Notional Volumes of Derivative Instruments
The following table summarizes the notional volumes of derivatives used for SCE hedging activities:
 
 
 
 
Economic Hedges
Commodity
 
Unit of Measure
 
September 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Electricity options, swaps and forwards
 
GWh
 
2,320
 
475
Natural gas options, swaps and forwards
 
Bcf
 
77
 
143
Congestion revenue rights
 
GWh
 
30,154
 
78,765

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Note 7.    Revenue
Revenue is recognized by Edison International and SCE when a performance obligation to transfer control of the promised goods is satisfied or when services are rendered to customers. This typically occurs when electricity is delivered to customers, which includes amounts for services rendered but unbilled at the end of a reporting period.
Edison International Parent and Other revenue primarily relates to Edison Energy Group, a holding company for subsidiaries engaged in pursuing competitive business opportunities across energy services and managed portfolio solutions to commercial and industrial customers. The revenue for Edison International Parent and Other is immaterial to Edison International.
CPUC and FERC rates decouple authorized revenue from the volume of electricity sales and the price of energy procured so that SCE receives revenue equal to amounts authorized by the relevant regulatory agencies. As a result, the volume of electricity sold to customers and specific customer classes does not have a direct impact on SCE's financial results. SCE's revenue is disaggregated by two revenue sources:
Earning activities – representing revenue authorized by the CPUC and FERC, which is intended to provide SCE a reasonable opportunity to recover its costs and earn a return on its net investment in generation, transmission, and distribution assets. The annual revenue requirements are comprised of authorized operation and maintenance costs, depreciation, taxes, and a return consistent with the capital structure. Also, included in earnings activities are revenues or penalties related to incentive mechanisms, other operating revenue, and regulatory charges or disallowances.
Cost-recovery activities – representing CPUC- and FERC- authorized balancing accounts, which allow for recovery of specific project or program costs, subject to reasonableness review or compliance with upfront standards. Cost-recovery activities include rates which provide recovery, subject to reasonableness review of, among other things, fuel costs, purchased power costs, public purpose related-program costs (including energy efficiency and demand-side management programs), and certain operation and maintenance expenses. SCE earns no return on these activities.
The following table is a summary of SCE's revenue:
 
Three months ended September 30, 2018
Three months ended September 30, 2017
(in millions)
Earning
Activities
Cost-
Recovery
Activities
Total
Consolidated
Earning Activities
Cost-Recovery Activities
Total Consolidated
Revenues from contracts with customers 1
$
1,851

$
2,255

$
4,106

*

*

*

Alternative revenue programs and other operating revenue
(74
)
228

154

*

*

*

Total operating revenue
$
1,777

$
2,483

$
4,260

$
1,677

$
1,975

$
3,652

* As discussed in Note 1, prior period amounts have not been adjusted under the modified retrospective method.
1  
During the three months ended September 30, 2018, SCE recorded CPUC revenue based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirements adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and Tax Reform pending the outcome of the 2018 GRC. These revenue adjustments are included in "Revenues from contracts with customers."
 
Nine months ended September 30, 2018
Nine months ended September 30, 2017
(in millions)
Earning
Activities
Cost-
Recovery
Activities
Total
Consolidated
Earning Activities
Cost-Recovery Activities
Total Consolidated
Revenues from contracts with customers 1
$
4,921

$
4,593

$
9,514

*

*

*

Alternative revenue programs and other operating revenue
(96
)
199

103

*

*

*

Total operating revenue
$
4,825

$
4,792

$
9,617

$
4,813

$
4,248

$
9,061

* As discussed in Note 1, prior period amounts have not been adjusted under the modified retrospective method.
1  
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, SCE recorded CPUC revenue based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirements adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and Tax Reform pending the outcome of the 2018 GRC. These revenue adjustments are included in "Revenues from contracts with customers."

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SCE's Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Provision of Electricity
SCE principally generates revenue from contracts with customers through supplying and delivering electricity to its customers. Rates charged to customers are based on tariff rates, approved by the CPUC and FERC. Revenue is authorized by the CPUC through triennial GRC proceedings which are intended to provide SCE a reasonable opportunity to recover its costs and earn a return on its CPUC-jurisdictional rate base. The CPUC sets an annual revenue requirement for the base year and the remaining two years are set by a methodology established in the GRC proceeding. Differences between the amount collected and authorized levels are either collected from or refunded to customers, and therefore, such differences do not impact operating revenue (see alternative revenue programs below for further information). In addition to the utility earnings activity revenue described above, SCE also earns revenue to recover costs for power procurement and other activities. SCE earns no return on these activities.
Revenue is authorized by the FERC through a formula rate which is intended to provide SCE a reasonable opportunity to recover transmission capital and operating costs that are prudently incurred, including a return on its FERC-jurisdictional rate base. Under the operation of the formula rate, transmission revenue is updated to actual cost of service annually.
For SCE's electricity sales for non-residential customers, SCE satisfies the performance obligation of delivering electricity over time as the customers simultaneously receive and consume the delivered electricity. Since SCE has a right to invoice an amount that corresponds to the value of the delivered electricity mandated in the tariff rates established by the CPUC and FERC, SCE is eligible for and has elected the right-to-invoice practical expedient to recognize revenue for tariff sales in the amount for which SCE has a right to invoice. This is consistent with how SCE recognized revenue for tariff sales prior to the adoption of the new standard.
Energy sales for residential customers are typically on a month-to-month implied contract for transmission, distribution and generation services, while commercial and other non-residential customer contracts can extend up to 20 years . Revenue is recognized over time as the energy is supplied and delivered to its customers and the respective revenue is billed and paid on a monthly basis.
Sales and Use Taxes
SCE bills certain sales and use taxes levied by state or local governments to its customers. Included in these sales and use taxes are franchise fees, which SCE pays to various municipalities (based on contracts with these municipalities) in order to operate within the limits of the municipality. SCE bills these franchise fees to its customers based on a CPUC-authorized rate. These franchise fees, which are required to be paid regardless of SCE's ability to collect from the customer, are accounted for on a gross basis. Revenue is reflected in "Revenue from contracts with customers" in 2018 (see table above) and in "Operating revenue" in 2017 and expenses are reflected in "Operation and maintenance." SCE's franchise fees billed to customers were $47 million and $46 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $ 104 million and $103 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. When SCE acts as an agent for sales and use tax, the taxes are accounted for on a net basis. Amounts billed to and collected from customers for these taxes are remitted to the taxing authorities and are not recognized as electric utility revenue.
Provision of Electrical Transmission Services and Other Revenue from Contracts with Customers
SCE also provides services to non-residential customers that include the use of SCE's owned transmission lines to transmit electricity from generation facilities to the grid and provide the use of SCE-owned facilities to connect to the grid. SCE contracts with its customers through contracts that are on a month to month basis. The contract pricing for the use of SCE's transmission lines is mandated by tariff rates approved by either the CPUC or FERC, as applicable. Revenue is recognized over time as the services are provided. The revenue is billed and paid monthly.
SCE also earns an immaterial amount of revenue through telecommunication services and the sale of excess energy to customers.
The estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to SCE's performance obligations that are not completed (or partially completed) at September 30, 2018 is immaterial.

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SCE's Alternative Revenue Programs
Alternative Revenue Programs Decoupling
Rates charged to customers are based on CPUC- and FERC- authorized revenue requirements as discussed above. CPUC and FERC rates decouple authorized revenue from the volume of electricity sales. Differences between amounts collected and authorized levels are either collected from or refunded to customers and, therefore, SCE earns revenue equal to amounts authorized.
The differences between amounts billed and authorized levels for both CPUC and FERC are reflected in "Alternative revenue programs and other operating revenue" in 2018 (see table above) and in "Operating revenue" in 2017.
Other Alternative Revenue Programs
The CPUC and FERC have authorized additional, alternative revenue programs which adjust billings for the effects of broad external factors or to compensate SCE for demand-side management initiatives and provide for incentive awards if SCE achieves certain objectives. These alternative revenue programs allow SCE to recover costs that SCE has been authorized to pass on to customers, including costs to purchase electricity and natural gas, and to fund public purpose, demand response, and customer energy efficiency programs. In general, revenue is recognized for these alternative revenue programs at the time the costs are incurred and, for incentive-based programs, at the time the awards are approved by the CPUC. SCE begins recognizing revenues for these programs when a program has been established by an order from either the CPUC or FERC that allows for automatic adjustment of future rates, the amount of revenue for the period is objectively determinable and probable of recovery and the revenue will be collected within 24 months following the end of the annual period.
SCE's Contract Balances
The following table provides information about SCE's receivables, accrued unbilled revenue and contract liabilities related to contracts from customers:
(in millions)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Receivables:
 
 
 
Billed revenue
$
907

 
$
613

Accrued unbilled revenues
505

 
212

Total receivables
$
1,412

 
$
825

Contract liabilities 1
$
22

 
$
20

1  
Contract liabilities are included in "Other current liabilities" and "Other deferred credits and long-term liabilities" on the consolidated balance sheets.
SCE's contract receivables are shown above, gross of allowance for uncollectible accounts. Activities in the allowance for doubtful accounts for SCE's contracts with customers were as follows:
(in millions)
2018
Balance at January 1,
$
36

Charged to costs and expenses
19

Write-offs
(17
)
Balance at September 30,
$
38

SCE's contract liabilities primarily relate to cash advances received from customers for executory services related to the use of SCE's operating assets. Revenue is recognized monthly as the services are provided.

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The following table provides a summary of significant changes in SCE's contract liabilities:
(in millions)
2018
Balance at January 1,
$
20

Additions
37

Revenue recognized during the period
(35
)
Balance at September 30,
$
22

Note 8.    Income Taxes
Current and Deferred Taxes
In December 2017, SCE recorded estimated deferred taxes related to Tax Reform related changes to bonus depreciation rules for property acquired and placed into service after September 27, 2017. In August 2018, the Internal Revenue Service and United States Treasury Department issued proposed regulations which taxpayers may rely on when determining bonus depreciation for such property. The application of the proposed regulations had an immaterial impact on Edison International's and SCE's consolidated statements of income and balance sheets.
Effective Tax Rate
The table below provides a reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the federal statutory income tax rate to the income tax provision:
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Edison International:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
$
627

 
$
432

 
$
1,127

 
$
1,119

Provision for income tax at federal statutory rate of 21% and 35%, respectively  1
132

 
151

 
237

 
392

Increase in income tax from:
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
State tax, net of federal benefit
26

 
7

 
21

 
23

Property-related 2
(76
)
 
(201
)
 
(214
)
 
(396
)
Change related to uncertain tax positions
1

 

 
1

 
(17
)
Shared-based compensation 3
(1
)
 
(4
)
 
(1
)
 
(50
)
Other
1

 
(22
)
 
(1
)
 
(35
)
Total income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations
$
83

 
$
(69
)
 
$
43

 
$
(83
)
Effective tax rate
13.2
%
 
(16.0
)%
 
3.8
%
 
(7.4
)%
SCE:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
$
653

 
$
462

 
$
1,288

 
$
1,249

Provision for income tax at federal statutory rate of 21% and 35%, respectively 1
137

 
162

 
270

 
437

Increase in income tax from:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
State tax, net of federal benefit
29

 
12

 
33

 
34

Property-related 2
(76
)
 
(201
)
 
(214
)
 
(396
)
Change related to uncertain tax positions
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(13
)
Shared-based compensation 3
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(10
)
Other
(2
)
 
(6
)
 
(8
)
 
(18
)
Total income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations
$
86

 
$
(35
)
 
$
78

 
$
34

Effective tax rate
13.2
%
 
(7.6
)%
 
6.1
%
 
2.7
 %
1  
Tax Reform reduced the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% , effective January 1, 2018.

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2 In March 2017, SCE received the final decision on claims against, and counterclaims of, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc. and related companies (together, "MHI") from the arbitration tribunal, the International Chamber of Commerce. With the resolution of the insurance claim against Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited ("NEIL") in October 2015 and the conclusion of the arbitration proceeding against MHI, a tax abandonment loss of $691 million and $1.13 billion for federal and state income tax purposes, respectively, was claimed in the first six months of 2017, resulting in a flow-through tax benefit of approximately $39 million , impacting the 2017 effective tax rate. In addition, during the third quarter of 2017, SCE recorded $70 million ( $118 million pre-tax) of tax benefits related to tax accounting method changes resulting from the filing of SCE's 2016 tax returns. Incremental tax benefits related to repair deductions and tax accounting method changes are required to be flowed back to customers.
3 Includes state taxes for Edison International and SCE of $10 million and $2 million , respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 .
The CPUC requires flow-through ratemaking treatment for the current tax benefit arising from certain property-related and other temporary differences which reverse over time. Flow-through items reduce current authorized revenue requirements in SCE's rate cases and result in a regulatory asset for recovery of deferred income taxes in future periods. The difference between the authorized amounts as determined in SCE's rate cases, adjusted for balancing and memorandum account activities, and the recorded flow-through items also result in increases or decreases in regulatory assets with a corresponding impact on the effective tax rate to the extent that recorded deferred amounts are expected to be recovered in future rates.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
 The following table provides a reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits:

Edison International
 
SCE
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Balance at January 1,
$
432

 
$
471

 
$
331

 
$
371

Tax positions taken during the current year:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Increases
31

 
39

 
31

 
39

Tax positions taken during a prior year:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Increases

 
1

 

 
1

   Decreases
(11
)
 
(5
)
 
(11
)
 
(4
)
   Decreases for settlements during the period 1

 
(83
)
 

 
(78
)
Balance at September 30,
$
452

 
$
423

 
$
351

 
$
329

1 In the first quarter of 2017, Edison International settled all open tax positions with the IRS for taxable years 2007 through 2012.
Tax Disputes
In the first quarter of 2017, Edison International settled all open tax positions with the IRS for taxable years 2007 through 2012. Edison International has previously made cash deposits to cover the estimated tax and interest liability from this audit cycle and expects a $7 million refund of this deposited amount.
Tax years that remain open for examination by the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board are 2015 – 2017 and 2010 – 2017, respectively. Edison International has settled all open tax positions with the IRS for taxable years prior to 2013. 
It is reasonably possible that Edison International could reach a settlement with the California Franchise Tax Board for tax years 1994 – 2006 within the next six months for which incremental cash and earnings benefits could result. Upon achievement of a settlement, SCE will update its assessment of uncertain tax positions for all pending tax years. Tax years 2007 – 2009 are currently under protest with the California Franchise Tax Board.
Note 9.    Compensation and Benefit Plans
Pension Plans
Edison International made contributions of $67 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 , which includes contributions of $52 million by SCE. Edison International expects to make contributions of $2 million during the remainder of 2018 , which includes $1 million from SCE. Annual contributions made by SCE to most of SCE's pension plans are anticipated to be recovered through CPUC-approved regulatory mechanisms.

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Net periodic pension expense components for continuing operations are:
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017 3
 
2018
 
2017  3
Edison International:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
32

 
$
36

 
$
96

 
$
108

Non-service cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest cost
35

 
41

 
105

 
123

Expected return on plan assets
(56
)
 
(53
)
 
(169
)
 
(159
)
Settlement costs 1

 

 

 
8

Amortization of prior service cost
1

 

 
2

 
2

Amortization of net loss 2
2

 
4

 
6

 
14

Regulatory adjustment (deferred)
2

 
(3
)
 
7

 
(9
)
Total non-service benefit
(16
)
 
(11
)
 
(49
)
 
(21
)
Total expense recognized
$
16

 
$
25

 
$
47

 
$
87

SCE:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
31

 
$
35

 
$
93

 
$
105

Non-service cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest cost
32

 
37

 
96

 
111

Expected return on plan assets
(52
)
 
(50
)
 
(159
)
 
(150
)
Amortization of prior service cost
1

 

 
2

 
2

Amortization of net loss 2
1

 
4

 
4

 
12

Regulatory adjustment (deferred)
2

 
(3
)
 
7

 
(9
)
Total non-service benefit
(16
)
 
(12
)
 
(50
)
 
(34
)
Total expense recognized
$
15


$
23


$
43


$
71

1  
Under GAAP, a settlement is recorded when lump-sum payments exceed estimated annual service and interest costs. Lump-sum payments made in April 2017 to Edison International executives retiring in 2016 from the Executive Retirement Plan exceeded the estimated service and interest costs, resulting in a partial settlement of that plan. A settlement loss of approximately $8 million ( $5 million after-tax) was recorded at Edison International in the second quarter of 2017.
2  
Includes the amount of net loss reclassified from other comprehensive loss. The amount reclassified for Edison International and SCE was $2 million and $1 million , respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2018 , and $6 million and $4 million , respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 . The amount reclassified for Edison International and SCE was $3 million and $1 million , respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2017 , and $8 million and $4 million , respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 .
3  
During the first quarter of 2018, Edison International and SCE adopted an accounting standard retrospectively related to the presentation of the components of net periodic benefit costs for the defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. Prior years' consolidated income statements have been updated to reflect the retrospective application of this accounting standard. Service and non-service costs are included in "Operation and maintenance" and "Other income and expenses," respectively, on the consolidated income statement. See Note 1 for further information.
Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions ("PBOP(s)")
Edison International made contributions of $9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and expects to make an additional $3 million of contributions during the remainder of 2018 , substantially all of which are expected to be made by SCE. Annual contributions related to SCE employees made to SCE plans are anticipated to be recovered through CPUC-approved regulatory mechanisms and are expected to be, at a minimum, equal to the total annual expense for these plans. Benefits in retirement depends on a number of factors, including the employee's years of service, age, hire date, and retirement date. Under the terms of the Edison International Health and Welfare Benefit Plan ("PBOP Plan") each participating employer (Edison International or its participating subsidiaries) is responsible for the costs and expenses of all PBOP Plan benefits with respect to its employees and former employees. A participating employer may terminate the PBOP Plan benefits with respect to its employees and former employees, as may SCE (as PBOP Plan sponsor), and, accordingly, the participants' PBOP Plan benefits are not vested benefits.

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Net periodic PBOP expense components for continuing operations are:
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017 1
 
2018
 
2017 1
Edison International:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
10

 
$
9

 
$
29

 
$
27

Non-service cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest cost
21

 
24

 
63

 
72

Expected return on plan assets
(31
)
 
(27
)
 
(91
)
 
(81
)
Amortization of prior service cost

 

 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Total non-service benefit
(10
)
 
(3
)
 
(29
)
 
(11
)
Total expense
$

 
$
6

 
$

 
$
16

SCE:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
10

 
$
9

 
$
29

 
$
27

Non-service cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest cost
21

 
24

 
63

 
72

Expected return on plan assets
(31
)
 
(27
)
 
(91
)
 
(81
)
Amortization of prior service cost

 

 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Total non-service benefit
(10
)
 
(3
)
 
(29
)
 
(11
)
Total expense
$

 
$
6

 
$

 
$
16

1  
During the first quarter of 2018, Edison International and SCE adopted an accounting standard retrospectively related to the presentation of the components of net periodic benefit costs for the defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. Prior years' consolidated income statements have been updated to reflect the retrospective application of this accounting standard. Service and non-service costs are included in "Operation and maintenance" and "Other income and expenses," respectively, on the consolidated income statement. See Note 1 for further information.
Note 10.    Investments
Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
Future decommissioning costs related to SCE's nuclear assets are expected to be funded from independent decommissioning trusts.
The following table sets forth amortized cost and fair value of the trust investments (see Note 4 for a discussion of fair value of the trust investments):
 
Longest
Maturity
Dates
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
(in millions)
 
September 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
 
September 30,
2018
 
December 31, 2017
Stocks
 
*

 
$
236

 
$
1,600

 
$
1,596

Municipal bonds
2057
 
662

 
643

 
752

 
768

U.S. government and agency securities
2067
 
1,270

 
1,235

 
1,317

 
1,319

Corporate bonds
2050
 
565

 
579

 
607

 
643

Short-term investments and receivables/payables 1
One-year
 
52

 
110

 
54

 
114

Total
 
 
$
2,549

 
$
2,803

 
$
4,330

 
$
4,440

*
Effective January 1, 2018, SCE adopted an accounting standards update related to the classification and measurement of financial instruments in which equity investments are measured at fair value. See Note 1 for further information.
1  
Short-term investments include $79 million and $29 million of repurchase agreements payable by financial institutions which earn interest, are fully secured by U.S. Treasury securities and mature by October 1, 2018 and January 2, 2018 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively.

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Trust fund earnings (based on specific identification) increase the trust fund balance and the asset retirement obligation ("ARO") regulatory liability. Unrealized holding gains, net of losses, were $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively, and other-than-temporary impairments of $151 million and $143 million at the respective periods.
Trust assets are used to pay income taxes arising from trust investing activity. Deferred tax liabilities related to net unrealized gains at September 30, 2018 were $382 million . Accordingly, the fair value of trust assets available to pay future decommissioning costs, net of deferred income taxes, totaled $3.9 billion at September 30, 2018 .
For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , gross realized gains were $28 million and $22 million , respectively, and gross realized losses were $7 million and $3 million , respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , gross realized gains were $115 million and $134 million , respectively, and gross realized losses were $17 million and $19 million respectively. Unrealized gains, net of losses, for equity securities were $72 million and $62 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. Unrealized gains, net of losses, for equity securities were $4 million and $141 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. Due to regulatory mechanisms, changes in assets of the trusts from income or loss items have no impact on operating revenue or earnings.
Note 11.    Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Regulatory Assets
SCE's regulatory assets included on the consolidated balance sheets are:
(in millions)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Current:
 
 
 
Regulatory balancing accounts
$
694

 
$
484

Power contracts and energy derivatives
205

 
203

Other
14

 
16

Total current
913

 
703

Long-term:
 
 
 
Deferred income taxes, net of liabilities
3,411

 
3,143

Pensions and other postretirement benefits
262

 
271

Power contracts and energy derivatives
635

 
799

Unamortized investments, net of accumulated amortization
116

 
123

San Onofre 1

 
72

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt
157

 
168

Regulatory balancing accounts
204

 
143

Environmental Remediation
135

 
144

Wildfire insurance costs 2
63

 

Other
63

 
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Total long-term
5,046

 
4,914

Total regulatory assets
$
5,959

 
$
5,617

1  
In accordance with the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement, SCE wrote down the San Onofre regulatory asset and applied $72 million of the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proceeds, previously reflected as a regulatory liability in the DOE litigation memorandum account, against the remaining San Onofre regulatory asset. See Note 12 for further information.
2  
SCE requested approval from the CPUC to track and recover wildfire related costs including insurance premiums in excess of the amounts that will be ultimately approved in the 2018 GRC decision. See Note 12 for further information.

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Regulatory Liabilities
SCE's regulatory liabilities included on the consolidated balance sheets are:
(in millions)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Current:
 
 
 
Regulatory balancing accounts
$
1,273

 
$
1,009

Energy derivatives
41

 
74

Other 1
285

 
38

Total current
1,599

 
1,121

Long-term:
 
 
 
Costs of removal
2,802

 
2,741

Re-measurement of deferred taxes
2,796

 
2,892

Recoveries in excess of ARO liabilities 2
1,470

 
1,575

Regulatory balancing accounts
1,333

 
1,316

Other postretirement benefits
26

 
26

Other
36

 
64

Total long-term
8,463

 
8,614

Total regulatory liabilities
$
10,062

 
$
9,735

1  
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, SCE recorded CPUC revenue based on the 2017 authorized revenue requirements adjusted for the July 2017 cost of capital decision and Tax Reform pending the outcome of the 2018 GRC. SCE recorded a regulatory liability primarily associated with these adjustments.
2
Represents the cumulative differences between ARO expenses and amounts collected in rates primarily for the decommissioning of SCE's nuclear generation facilities. Decommissioning costs recovered through rates are primarily placed in nuclear decommissioning trusts. This regulatory liability also represents the deferral of realized and unrealized gains and losses on the nuclear decommissioning trust investments. See Note 10 for further discussion.
Net Regulatory Balancing Accounts
The following table summarizes the significant components of regulatory balancing accounts included in the above tables of regulatory assets and liabilities:
(in millions)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Asset (liability)
 
 
 
Energy resource recovery account
$
690

 
$
464

New system generation balancing account
(98
)
 
(197
)
Public purpose programs and energy efficiency programs
(1,283
)
 
(1,145
)
Tax accounting memorandum account and pole loading balancing account
31

 
(259
)
Base revenue requirement balancing account
(678
)
 
(200
)
DOE litigation memorandum account 1
(69
)
 
(156
)
Greenhouse gas auction revenue
6

 
(22
)
FERC balancing accounts
(298
)
 
(205
)
Catastrophic event memorandum account
133

 
102

Other
(142
)
 
(80
)
Liability
$
(1,708
)
 
$
(1,698
)
1
Represents proceeds from the DOE resulting from its failure to meet its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre. See Note 12 for further discussion.



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Note 12.    Commitments and Contingencies
Indemnities
Edison International and SCE have various financial and performance guarantees and indemnity agreements, which are issued in the normal course of business.
Edison International and SCE have provided indemnifications through contracts entered into in the normal course of business. These are primarily indemnifications against adverse litigation outcomes in connection with underwriting agreements, and indemnities for specified environmental liabilities and income taxes with respect to assets sold. Edison International's and SCE's obligations under these agreements may or may not be limited in terms of time and/or amount, and in some instances Edison International and SCE may have recourse against third parties. Edison International and SCE have not recorded a liability related to these indemnities. The overall maximum amount of the obligations under these indemnifications cannot be reasonably estimated.
SCE has indemnified the City of Redlands, California in connection with the Mountainview power plant's California Energy Commission permit for cleanup or associated actions related to groundwater contaminated by perchlorate due to the disposal of filter cake at the City's solid waste landfill. The obligations under this agreement are not limited to a specific time period or subject to a maximum liability. SCE has not recorded a liability related to this indemnity.
Contingencies
In addition to the matters disclosed in these Notes, Edison International and SCE are involved in other legal, tax, and regulatory proceedings before various courts and governmental agencies regarding matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Edison International and SCE believe the outcome of these other proceedings will not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Southern California Wildfires
In December 2017, several wind-driven wildfires (the "December 2017 Wildfires") impacted portions of SCE's service territory and caused substantial damage to both residential and business properties and service outages for SCE customers. The largest of these fires, known as the Thomas Fire, originated in Ventura County and burned acreage located in both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. According to the most recent California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("CAL FIRE") incident information reports, the Thomas Fire burned over 280,000 acres, destroyed an estimated 1,063  structures, damaged an estimated 280 structures and resulted in two fatalities. As of September 30, 2018, SCE had incurred approximately  $84 million  of capital expenditures related to restoration of service resulting from the December 2017 Wildfires and the Montecito Mudslides (as defined below).
Determining wildfire origin and cause is often a complex and time-consuming process and several investigations into the facts and circumstances of the Thomas Fire are believed to be ongoing. SCE has been advised that the origins and causes of the fire are being investigated by CAL FIRE and the Ventura County Fire Department. In connection with its investigation of the Thomas Fire, CAL FIRE has removed and retained certain of SCE's equipment that was located in the general vicinity of suspected ignition points of the fire. SCE expects that the Ventura County Fire Department and/or CAL FIRE will ultimately issue reports concerning the origins and causes of the Thomas Fire but cannot predict when these reports will be released. The CPUC's Safety Enforcement Division ("SED") is also conducting an investigation to assess the compliance of SCE and its facilities with applicable rules and regulations in areas impacted by the Thomas Fire. SCE cannot predict when the investigations of CAL FIRE, the Ventura County Fire Department or the SED, will be completed.
As it does in all wildfire matters in which its facilities may or are alleged to be involved, SCE is conducting its own review into the facts and circumstances of the Thomas Fire. SCE's internal review of the Thomas Fire is complex and examines various matters including possible ignition points, the location of those ignition points, fire progression and the attribution of damages to fires with separate ignition points. As its review of the Thomas Fire progresses and the Thomas Fire litigation process continues, SCE expects to obtain and review additional information, materials and physical information that are in the possession of CAL FIRE and other parties, including SCE equipment that has been retained by CAL FIRE. Based on currently available information, SCE believes that the Thomas Fire had at least two separate ignition points, one near Koenigstein Road in the City of Santa Paula and the other somewhere in the Anlauf Canyon area of Ventura County.
With respect to the Koenigstein Road ignition point, witnesses have reported that a fire ignited in the vicinity of an SCE power pole, and SCE believes that its equipment was associated with this ignition. CAL FIRE has removed equipment located in the general vicinity of Koenigstein Road and SCE has not been able to inspect it. SCE is continuing to assess the progression of the fire from the Koenigstein Road ignition point and the extent of damages that may be attributable to that

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ignition. At this time, based on available information, SCE has not determined whether the ignition in the Anlauf Canyon area involved SCE equipment. CAL FIRE has removed equipment located in the Anlauf Canyon area and SCE has not been able to inspect it.
Edison International and SCE expect to incur a material loss in connection with the Thomas Fire. However, given the uncertainty as to the contributing causes of the Thomas Fire, the complexities associated with multiple ignition points and the potential for separate damages to be attributable to fires ignited at separate ignition points, Edison International and SCE are currently unable to reasonably estimate a range of losses that may be incurred in connection with the Thomas Fire, but anticipate being able to do so when sufficient additional information becomes available. Such additional information is expected to become available from multiple external sources, during the course of litigation, and from SCE's ongoing internal review, including, among other things, information regarding the extent of damages that may be attributable to any ignition determined to have been substantially caused by SCE's equipment, information that may be obtained from the equipment in CAL FIRE's possession and information pertaining to fire progression, suppression activities, alleged damages and insurance claims.
The extent of potential liability for December 2017 Wildfire-related damages depends on a number of factors, including whether SCE substantially caused, or contributed to, the damages and whether parties seeking recovery of damages will be required to show negligence in addition to causation. Certain California courts have previously found utilities to be strictly liable for property damage, regardless of fault, by applying the theory of inverse condemnation when a utility's facilities were determined to be a substantial cause of a wildfire that caused the property damage. The rationale stated by these courts for applying this theory to investor-owned utilities is that property damages resulting from a public improvement, such as the distribution of electricity, can be spread across the larger community that benefited from such improvement. However, in November 2017, the CPUC issued a decision denying SDG&E's request to include in its rates uninsured wildfire-related costs arising from several 2007 fires, finding that SDG&E did not prudently manage and operate its facilities prior to or at the outset of the 2007 wildfires. In July 2018, the CPUC denied both SDG&E's application for rehearing on its cost recovery request and a joint application for rehearing filed by SCE and PG&E limited to the applicability of inverse condemnation principles in the same proceeding. SDG&E has petitioned the California Court of Appeal to review the CPUC's denial of SDG&E's application. SCE has filed an amicus brief in support of SDG&E's position on the applicability of inverse condemnation. The petition, which is being opposed by the CPUC and other parties, remains pending.
When inverse condemnation is held to be applicable to a utility, the utility may be held strictly liable for property damages and associated interest and attorneys' fees. If inverse condemnation is held to be inapplicable to SCE in connection with the December 2017 Wildfires, SCE could be held liable for property damages and associated interest if the property damages were found to have been proximately caused by SCE's alleged negligence. If SCE is found negligent, SCE could also be held liable for, among other things, fire suppression costs, business interruption losses, evacuation costs, medical expenses, and personal injury/wrongful death claims. These potential liabilities, in the aggregate, will be material. Additionally, SCE could potentially be subject to fines for alleged violations of CPUC rules and laws in connection with the December 2017 Wildfires.
SCE is aware of multiple lawsuits filed related to the Thomas Fire naming SCE as a defendant. A number of the lawsuits also name Edison International as a defendant and some of the lawsuits were filed as purported class actions. The lawsuits, which have been filed in the superior courts of Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties allege, among other things, negligence, inverse condemnation, trespass, private nuisance, and violations of the public utilities and health and safety codes. By order of the Chair of the California Judicial Council, the lawsuits are being coordinated in the Los Angeles Superior Court. On October 4, 2018, the Superior Court denied Edison International's and SCE's challenge to the application of inverse condemnation to SCE. SCE is assessing the availability of potential challenges to this ruling. SCE expects to be the subject of additional lawsuits related to the Thomas Fire. The litigation could take a number of years to be resolved because of the complexity of the matters and number of plaintiffs.
Additionally, in July 2018 and September 2018, two separate derivative lawsuits for breach of fiduciary duties and unjust enrichment were filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against certain current and former members of the Boards of Directors of Edison International and SCE (collectively, the "Individual Defendants"). Edison International and SCE are identified as nominal defendants in those actions. The derivative lawsuits generally allege that the Individual Defendants violated their fiduciary duties by causing or allowing SCE to operate in an unsafe manner in violation of relevant regulations, resulting in substantial liability and damage from the December 2017 Wildfires and the Montecito Mudslides.
For events that occurred in 2017, principally the December 2017 Wildfires, SCE has approximately  $1 billion  of wildfire-specific insurance coverage, subject to a self-insured retention of  $10 million  per occurrence. Various coverage limitations within the policies that make up SCE's wildfire insurance coverage could result in material self-insured costs in the event of multiple wildfire occurrences during a policy period. Should responsibility for a significant portion of the damages related to

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the December 2017 Wildfires be attributed to SCE, SCE's insurance may not be sufficient to cover all such damages. In addition, SCE may not be authorized to recover some or all of its uninsured damages through electric service rates if, for example, the CPUC finds that the damages were incurred because SCE did not prudently manage its facilities.
Edison International and SCE are pursuing legislative, regulatory and legal strategies to address the application of a strict liability standard to wildfire-related damages without the ability to recover resulting damages in rates. In September 2018, California Senate Bill 901 ("SB 901") was signed by the Governor of California. Although SB 901 does not address the strict liability standard imposed by courts in inverse condemnation actions, the bill as enacted introduces a number of considerations the CPUC can apply to determine whether costs are recoverable in rates for wildfires occurring on or after January 1, 2019, including, among other things, the utility's actions, circumstances beyond the utility's control and the impact of extreme climate conditions. SB 901 requires investor-owned utilities to prepare annually, for CPUC approval, wildfire risk mitigation plans, and, compliance with an approved plan is one factor the CPUC can consider in addressing cost recovery. SB 901 also calls for a commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery to be formed to examine, among other things, the allocation of catastrophic wildfire costs in an equitable manner. Edison International and SCE cannot predict whether or when a comprehensive solution mitigating the significant risk faced by a California investor-owned utility related to wildfires will be achieved.
Current Wildfire Insurance Coverage
SCE has approximately $1 billion of wildfire-specific insurance coverage, subject to a self-insured retention of  $10 million per occurrence, for events that may occur during the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019. SCE may obtain additional wildfire insurance for portions of this time period in the future. Various coverage limitations within the policies that make up SCE's wildfire insurance coverage could result in material self-insured costs in the event of multiple wildfire occurrences during a policy period or in the event of an exceptionally large wildfire.
SCE's cost of obtaining wildfire insurance coverage has increased significantly as a result of, among other things, the December 2017 Wildfires. Based on policies currently in effect, SCE anticipates that its wildfire insurance expense, prior to any regulatory deferrals, will total approximately $237 million during 2018. SCE has requested approval from the CPUC for regulatory mechanisms to track and recover wildfire insurance premiums in excess of the amounts that are ultimately approved in the 2018 GRC decision. As of September 30, 2018, SCE has a regulatory asset of $63 million related to wildfire insurance costs and believes that such amounts are probable of recovery.
Montecito Mudslides
In January 2018, torrential rains in Santa Barbara County produced mudslides and flooding in Montecito and surrounding areas (the "Montecito Mudslides"). According to Santa Barbara County initial reports, the Montecito Mudslides destroyed an estimated 135  structures, damaged an estimated 324 structures, and resulted in at least 21 fatalities, with two additional fatalities presumed.
Of the lawsuits mentioned above, several allege that SCE has responsibility for the Thomas Fire and that the Thomas Fire proximately caused the Montecito Mudslides, resulting in the plaintiffs' claimed damages. Some of the Montecito Mudslides lawsuits also name Edison International as a defendant. In addition to other causes of action, some of the Montecito Mudslides lawsuits also allege personal injury and wrongful death. By order of the Chair of the California Judicial Council, the Thomas Fire and Montecito Mudslides lawsuits are being coordinated in the Los Angeles Superior Court. SCE expects that additional lawsuits related to the Montecito Mudslides will be filed.
The inquiry into whether the Thomas Fire proximately caused or contributed to the Montecito Mudslides, the source of ignition of the portion of the Thomas fire that burned through the Montecito area and other factors that contributed to the Montecito Mudslides is complex and time consuming. Many other factors, including, among other things, weather conditions and insufficiently or improperly designed and maintained roads, bridges and other channel crossings, could have contributed to or exacerbated the losses that resulted from the Montecito Mudslides. While SCE is not aware of any governmental agency that is investigating the causes of the Montecito Mudslides, SCE is conducting its own review of the factors that potentially contributed to the losses that resulted from the Montecito Mudslides.
At this time, based on available information, SCE has not been able to determine the source of ignition of the portion of the Thomas fire that burned through the Montecito area. In the event that SCE is determined to have caused the fire that spread to the Montecito area, SCE cannot predict whether the courts will conclude that the Montecito Mudslides were caused or contributed to by the Thomas Fire or that SCE is liable for damages caused by the Montecito Mudslides. As a result, Edison International and SCE are currently unable to predict the outcome of the claims made against SCE and Edison International arising from the Montecito Mudslides or reasonably estimate a range of losses that may be incurred. If it is determined that SCE is liable for damages caused by the Montecito Mudslides, SCE will incur a material loss. SCE's insurance coverage for

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such losses may be limited to its wildfire insurance. In January 2018, SCE also had other general liability insurance coverage of approximately  $450 million , but it is uncertain whether these other policies would apply to liabilities alleged to be related to the Montecito Mudslides. Additionally, if SCE is determined to be liable for a significant portion of costs associated with the Montecito Mudslides, SCE's insurance may not be sufficient to cover all such damages. In addition, SCE may not be authorized to recover some or all its uninsured damages through electric service rates if, for example, the CPUC finds that the damages were incurred because SCE did not prudently manage its facilities.
If it is ultimately determined that SCE is legally responsible for damages caused by the Montecito Mudslides and inverse condemnation is held to be applicable to SCE with respect to such damages, SCE may be held liable for resulting property damages and associated interest and attorneys' fees. If inverse condemnation is held to be inapplicable to SCE in connection with the Montecito Mudslides, SCE could be held liable for property damages and associated interest if the property damages were found to have been proximately caused by SCE's alleged negligence. If SCE is found negligent, SCE could also be held liable for, among other things, business interruption losses, evacuation costs, clean-up costs, medical expenses and personal injury/wrongful death claims associated with the Montecito Mudslides. These potential liabilities, in the aggregate, will be material. SCE cannot predict whether it will be subjected to regulatory fines related to the Montecito Mudslides.
Permanent Retirement of San Onofre
Replacement steam generators were installed at San Onofre in 2010 and 2011. On January 31, 2012, a leak suddenly occurred in one of the heat transfer tubes in San Onofre's Unit 3 steam generators. The Unit was safely taken off-line and subsequent inspections revealed excessive tube wear. Unit 2 was off-line for a planned outage when areas of unexpected tube wear were also discovered. On June 6, 2013, SCE decided to permanently retire Units 2 and 3.
San Onofre CPUC Proceeding
On January 30, 2018 , SCE, SDG&E, The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, The California Large Energy Consumers Association, California State University, Citizens Oversight dba Coalition to Decommission San Onofre, the Coalition of California Utility Employees, the Direct Access Customer Coalition, Ruth Henricks, the CPUC's Public Advocates Office, The Utility Reform Network, and Women's Energy Matters (the "OII Parties") entered into a Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement (the "Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement") to resolve the CPUC's investigation regarding the steam generator replacement project at San Onofre and the related outages and subsequent shutdown of San Onofre in the San Onofre Order Instituting Investigation ("OII") proceeding.
In July 2018, the CPUC approved all of the terms of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement other than a provision under which SCE agreed to fund $10 million for a research, development and demonstration program intended to develop technologies and methodologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (the "Modification"). The Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement with the Modification became effective on August 2, 2018. All issues under consideration in the San Onofre OII have been resolved.
Disallowances, Refunds and Recoveries
SCE and SDG&E (the "Utilities") agreed in the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement to cease rate recovery of San Onofre costs once their combined remaining San Onofre regulatory assets equal $775 million . The CPUC granted SCE's request to reduce the San Onofre regulatory asset by applying approximately $72 million of proceeds received from litigation with the DOE related to DOE's failure to meet its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre. As a result, the combined San Onofre regulatory asset balance for the Utilities reached $775 million on December 19, 2017 and SCE ceased recovery of San Onofre costs in rates beginning on December 20, 2017. SCE has refunded to customers approximately $155 million of San Onofre-related amounts recovered in rates on and after December 20, 2017. SCE will retain amounts collected under the Prior San Onofre Settlement Agreement before December 20, 2017. SCE will also retain $47 million of proceeds received in 2017 from arbitration with MHI over MHI's delivery of faulty steam generators. See Note 11 for additional information.
In the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement, SCE retains the right to sell its stock of nuclear fuel and not share such proceeds with customers. SCE intends to sell its nuclear fuel inventory as market conditions warrant. Proceeds from sales of nuclear fuel may be significant.
The Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement also provides for certain exclusions from the determination of SCE's ratemaking capital structure. Notwithstanding that SCE will no longer recover its San Onofre regulatory asset, the debt borrowed to finance the regulatory asset will continue to be excluded from SCE's ratemaking capital structure. Additionally, SCE may exclude the after-tax charge resulting from the implementation of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement from its ratemaking capital structure.

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Additional Challenges related to the Settlement of San Onofre CPUC OII Proceeding
A federal lawsuit challenging the CPUC's authority to permit rate recovery of San Onofre costs and an application to the CPUC for rehearing of its decision approving a November 2014 settlement agreement in the San Onofre OII were filed in November and December 2014, respectively. In April 2015, the federal lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice and the plaintiffs in that case appealed the dismissal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2015. On September 10, 2018, as part of the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement, the plaintiffs filed a motion with the Ninth Circuit to dismiss this case with prejudice. The CPUC is opposing the motion. The Ninth Circuit has not yet ruled on the plaintiff's motion to dismiss.
In July 2015, a purported securities class action lawsuit was filed in federal court against Edison International, its then Chief Executive Officer and its then Chief Financial Officer. The complaint was later amended to include SCE's former President as a defendant. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants violated the securities laws by failing to disclose that Edison International had ex parte contacts with CPUC decision-makers regarding the San Onofre OII that were either unreported or more extensive than initially reported. The complaint covers a class of persons who acquired Edison International common stock between March 21, 2014 and August 10, 2015. In September 2016, the federal court granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, with an opportunity for plaintiff to amend the complaint. Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint in October 2016, which the federal court dismissed again with an opportunity for the plaintiff to amend the complaint. Plaintiff filed a third amended complaint in May 2017. In March 2018, the federal court dismissed the third amended complaint with prejudice and entered judgment in defendants' favor. Plaintiff has appealed the dismissal.
In November 2015, a purported class action lawsuit was filed in federal court against Edison International, its then Chief Executive Officer and its Treasurer by an Edison International employee, alleging claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The complaint purports to be filed on behalf of a class of Edison International employees who were participants in the Edison 401(k) Savings Plan and invested in the Edison International Stock Fund between March 27, 2014 and June 24, 2015. The complaint alleges that defendants breached their fiduciary duties because they knew or should have known that investment in the Edison International Stock Fund was imprudent because the price of Edison International common stock was artificially inflated due to Edison International's alleged failure to disclose certain ex parte communications with CPUC decision-makers related to the San Onofre OII. In July 2016, the federal court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the lawsuit with an opportunity for the plaintiff to amend her complaint. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint in July 2016, which dismissed Edison International as a named defendant and the remaining defendants filed a motion to dismiss in August 2016. In June 2017, the federal court again granted defendants' motion to dismiss the lawsuit with an opportunity for the plaintiff to amend her complaint. Plaintiff filed another amended complaint in July 2017. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint and, in May 2018, the federal court again granted defendants' motion to dismiss the lawsuit with an opportunity for the plaintiff to amend her complaint. Plaintiff elected not to amend her complaint and the federal court granted judgment in favor of the defendants in August 2018. Plaintiff has appealed the judgment.
Edison International and SCE cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings.
Environmental Remediation
SCE records its environmental remediation liabilities when site assessments and/or remedial actions are probable and a range of reasonably likely cleanup costs can be estimated. SCE reviews its sites and measures the liability quarterly, by assessing a range of reasonably likely costs for each identified site using currently available information, including existing technology, presently enacted laws and regulations, experience gained at similar sites, and the probable level of involvement and financial condition of other potentially responsible parties. These estimates include costs for site investigations, remediation, operation and maintenance, monitoring, and site closure. Unless there is a single probable amount, SCE records the lower end of this reasonably likely range of costs (reflected in "Other long-term liabilities") at undiscounted amounts as timing of cash flows is uncertain.
At September 30, 2018 , SCE's recorded estimated minimum liability to remediate its 21 identified material sites (sites with a liability balance at September 30, 2018 , in which the upper end of the range of the costs is at least $1 million ) was $ 136 million , including $90 million related to San Onofre. In addition to these sites, SCE also has 15 immaterial sites with a liability balance as of September 30, 2018 , for which the total minimum recorded liability was $4 million . Of the $140 million total environmental remediation liability for SCE, $135 million has been recorded as a regulatory asset. SCE expects to recover $43 million through an incentive mechanism that allows SCE to recover 90% of its environmental remediation costs at certain sites (SCE may request to include additional sites) and $92 million through a mechanism that allows SCE to recover 100% of the costs incurred at certain sites through customer rates. SCE's identified sites include several sites for which there is a lack of currently available information, including the nature and magnitude of contamination, and the extent, if any, that SCE may be held responsible for contributing to any costs incurred for remediating

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these sites. Thus, no reasonable estimate of cleanup costs can be made for these sites.
The ultimate costs to clean up SCE's identified sites may vary from its recorded liability due to numerous uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, such as: the extent and nature of contamination; the scarcity of reliable data for identified sites; the varying costs of alternative cleanup methods; developments resulting from investigatory studies; the possibility of identifying additional sites; and the time periods over which site remediation is expected to occur. SCE believes that, due to these uncertainties, it is reasonably possible that cleanup costs at the identified material sites and immaterial sites could exceed its recorded liability by up to $138 million and $7 million , respectively. The upper limit of this range of costs was estimated using assumptions least favorable to SCE among a range of reasonably possible outcomes.
SCE expects to clean up and mitigate its identified sites over a period of up to 30 years. Remediation costs for each of the next five years are expected to range from $7 million to $20 million . Costs incurred for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $7 million and $6 million , respectively.
Based upon the CPUC's regulatory treatment of environmental remediation costs incurred at SCE, SCE believes that costs ultimately recorded will not materially affect its results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. There can be no assurance, however, that future developments, including additional information about existing sites or the identification of new sites, will not require material revisions to estimates.
Nuclear Insurance
SCE is a member of NEIL, a mutual insurance company owned by entities with nuclear facilities. NEIL provides insurance for nuclear property damage, including damages caused by acts of terrorism up to specified limits, and for accidental outages for active facilities. The amount of nuclear property damage insurance purchased for San Onofre and Palo Verde exceeds the minimum federal requirement of $50 million and $1.06 billion , respectively. If NEIL losses at any nuclear facility covered by the arrangement were to exceed the accumulated funds for these insurance programs, SCE could be assessed retrospective premium adjustments of up to approximately $52 million per year.
Federal law limits public offsite liability claims for bodily injury and property damage from a nuclear incident to the amount of available financial protection, which is currently approximately $13.1 billion for Palo Verde and $560 million for San Onofre. SCE and other owners of San Onofre and Palo Verde have purchased the maximum private primary insurance available through a Facility Form issued by American Nuclear Insurers ("ANI"). SCE withdrew from participation in the secondary insurance pool for San Onofre for offsite liability insurance effective January 5, 2018. Based on its ownership interests in Palo Verde, SCE could be required to pay a maximum of approximately $60 million per nuclear incident for future incidents. However, it would have to pay no more than approximately $9 million per future incident in any one year. SCE could be required to pay a maximum of approximately $255 million per nuclear incident and a maximum of $38 million per year per incident for liabilities arising from events prior to January 5, 2018, although SCE is not aware of any such events.
For more information on nuclear insurance coverage, see Note 11 in the 2017 Form 10-K.
Spent Nuclear Fuel
Under federal law, the DOE is responsible for the selection and construction of a facility for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The DOE has not met its contractual obligation to accept spent nuclear fuel. Extended delays by the DOE have led to the construction of costly alternatives and associated siting and environmental issues. Currently, both San Onofre and Palo Verde have interim storage for spent nuclear fuel on site sufficient for their current license period.
In June 2010, the United States Court of Federal Claims issued a decision granting SCE and the San Onofre co-owners damages of approximately $142 million (SCE share $112 million ) to recover costs incurred through December 31, 2005 for the DOE's failure to meet its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from San Onofre. SCE received payment from the federal government in the amount of the damage award. In April 2016, SCE, as operating agent, settled a lawsuit on behalf of the San Onofre owners against the DOE for $162 million (SCE share $124 million , which included reimbursement for approximately $2 million in legal and other costs), to compensate for damages caused by the DOE's failure to meet its obligation to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel for the period from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2013. In August 2018, the CPUC approved SCE's proposal to return the SCE share of the award to customers based on the amount that customers actually contributed for fuel storage costs; resulting in approximately  $105.6 million  of the SCE share being returned to customers and the remaining  $16.6 million  being returned to shareholders. Of the $105.6 million , $71.6 million was applied against the remaining San Onofre Regulatory Asset in accordance with the Revised San Onofre Settlement Agreement. See Note 11 for further information.

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The April 2016 settlement also provided for a claim submission/audit process for expenses incurred from 2014 – 2016, where SCE may submit a claim for damages caused by the DOE failure to accept spent nuclear fuel each year, followed by a government audit and payment of the claim. This process made additional legal action to recover damages incurred in 2014 –2016 unnecessary. The first such claim covering damages for 2014 – 2015 was filed on September 30, 2016 for approximately $56 million . In February 2017, the DOE reviewed the 2014 – 2015 claim submission and reduced the original request to approximately $ 43 million (SCE share was approximately $34 million ). SCE accepted the DOE's determination, and the government paid the 2014 – 2015 claim under the terms of the settlement. In October 2017, SCE filed a claim covering damages for 2016 for approximately $58 million . In May 2018, the DOE approved reimbursement of approximately $45 million (SCE share was approximately $35 million ) of SCE's 2016 damages, not allowing recovery of approximately $13 million . SCE accepted the DOE's determination, and the government paid the 2016 claim under the terms of the settlement. The damages awards are subject to CPUC review as to how the amounts will be refunded among customers, shareholders, or to offset other costs.
Note 13.    Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Edison International's accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, consist of:
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Beginning balance
$
(44
)
 
$
(48
)
 
$
(43
)
 
$
(53
)
Pension and PBOP – net loss:

 

 

 

    Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 1
1

 
2

 
5

 
5

Other 2
1

 
(2
)
 
(4
)
 

Change
2

 

 
1

 
5

Ending Balance
$
(42
)
 
$
(48
)
 
$
(42
)
 
$
(48
)
1  
These items are included in the computation of net periodic pension and PBOP Plan expense. See Note 9 for additional information.
2  
Edison International recognized cumulative effect adjustments to the opening balance of retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive loss on January 1, 2018 related to the adoption of the accounting standards update on the measurement of financial instruments. See Note 1 for further information.
SCE's accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax consist of:
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Beginning balance
$
(21
)
 
$
(18
)
 
$
(19
)
 
$
(20
)
Pension and PBOP – net loss:

 

 

 

    Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 1
1

 

 
4

 
2

Other 2

 

 
(5
)
 

Change
1

 

 
(1
)
 
2

Ending Balance
$
(20
)
 
$
(18
)
 
$
(20
)
 
$
(18
)
1  
These items are included in the computation of net periodic pension and PBOP Plan expense. See Note 9 for additional information.
2  
SCE recognized cumulative effect adjustments to the opening balance of retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive loss on January 1, 2018 related to the adoption of the accounting standards update on the measurement of financial instruments. See Note 1 for further information.

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Note 14.    Other Income and Expenses
Other income and expenses are as follows:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
SCE other income and (expenses):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity allowance for funds used during construction
 
$
32

 
$
24

 
$
76

 
$
65

Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies and life insurance benefits
 
16

 
12

 
30

 
34

Interest income
 
6

 
3

 
15

 
5

Net periodic benefit income – non-service components
 
26

 
9

 
79

 
27

Civic, political and related activities and donations
 
(9
)
 
(6
)
 
(25
)
 
(17
)
Other
 
1

 

 
(2
)
 
(4
)
Total SCE other income and (expenses)
 
72

 
42


173

 
110

Other income and (expenses) of Edison International Parent and Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net periodic benefit costs – non-service components
 

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(12
)
 Other
 
4

 

 
4

 

Total Edison International other income and (expenses)
 
$
76

 
$
41


$
176

 
$
98

Note 15.    Supplemental Cash Flows Information
Supplemental cash flows information for continuing operations is:
 
Edison International
 
SCE
 
Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Cash payments for interest and taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest, net of amounts capitalized
$
509

 
$
453

 
$
466

 
$
421

Tax (refunds) payments, net
(92
)
 
13

 
(17
)
 
20

Non-cash financing and investing activities:

 

 

 

Dividends declared but not paid:

 

 

 

Common stock
$
197

 
$
177

 
$
314

 
$
191

Preferred and preference stock

 
1

 

 
1

SCE's accrued capital expenditures at September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $421 million and $319 million , respectively. Accrued capital expenditures will be included as an investing activity in the consolidated statements of cash flow in the period paid.

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CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The management of Edison International and SCE, under the supervision and with the participation of Edison International's and SCE's respective Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officers, have evaluated the effectiveness of Edison International's and SCE's disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), respectively, as of the end of the third quarter of 2018. Based on that evaluation, Edison International's and SCE's respective Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officers have each concluded that, as of the end of the period, Edison International's and SCE's disclosure controls and procedures, respectively, were effective.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in Edison International's or SCE's internal control over financial reporting, respectively, during the third quarter of 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Edison International's or SCE's internal control over financial reporting.
Jointly Owned Utility Plant
Edison International's and SCE's respective scope of evaluation of internal control over financial reporting includes their Jointly Owned Utility Projects as discussed in Note 2. Property, Plant and Equipment in the 2017 Form 10-K.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
December 2017 Wildfires Litigation
The December 2017 Wildfires impacted portions of SCE's service territory and caused substantial damage to both residential and business properties and service outages for SCE customers. The largest of these fires, known as the Thomas Fire, originated in Ventura County and burned acreage located in both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. According to the most recent CAL FIRE incident information reports, the Thomas Fire burned over 280,000 acres, destroyed an estimated 1,063 structures, damaged an estimated 280 structures and resulted in two fatalities.
As of October 26, 2018, SCE was aware of at least 102 lawsuits, representing approximately 2,000 plaintiffs, related to the Thomas Fire naming SCE as a defendant. Thirty-eight of these lawsuits also name Edison International as a defendant and at least four of the lawsuits were filed as purported class actions. The lawsuits, which have been filed in the superior courts of Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties allege, among other things, negligence, inverse condemnation, trespass, private nuisance, and violations of the public utilities and health and safety codes. By order of the Chair of the California Judicial Council, the lawsuits have been coordinated in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Southern California Wildfires."
Montecito Mudslides Litigation
In January 2018, torrential rains in Santa Barbara County produced mudslides and flooding in Montecito and surrounding areas. According to Santa Barbara County initial reports, the Montecito Mudslides destroyed an estimated 135 structures, damaged an estimated 324 structures, and resulted in at least 21 fatalities, with two additional fatalities presumed.
Fifty-five of the 102 lawsuits mentioned under "December 2017 Wildfires Litigation" above allege that SCE has responsibility for the Thomas Fire and that the Thomas Fire proximately caused the Montecito Mudslides, resulting in the plaintiffs' claimed damages. Twenty-one of the 55 Montecito Mudslides lawsuits also name Edison International as a defendant. In addition to other causes of action, some of the Montecito Mudslides lawsuits also allege personal injury and wrongful death. By order of the Chair of the California Judicial Council, the Thomas Fire and Montecito Mudslides lawsuits have been coordinated in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
For further information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies—Contingencies—Southern California Wildfires."

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UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Purchases of Equity Securities by Edison International and Affiliated Purchasers
The following table contains information about all purchases of Edison International Common Stock made by or on behalf of Edison International in the third quarter of 2018.
Period
(a) Total
Number of Shares
(or Units)
Purchased 1
 
(b) Average
Price Paid per Share (or Unit) 1
 
(c) Total
Number of Shares
(or Units)
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
 
(d) Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value)
of Shares
(or Units) that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs
July 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018
66,797

 
 
$
65.69

 
 
 
August 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018
315,995

 
 
$
67.76

 
 
 
September 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
108,189

 
 
$
67.50

 
 
 
Total
490,981

 
 
$
67.42

 
 
 
1  
The shares were purchased by agents acting on Edison International's behalf for delivery to plan participants to fulfill requirements in connection with Edison International's: (i) 401(k) Savings Plan; (ii) Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan; and (iii) long-term incentive compensation plans. The shares were purchased in open-market transactions pursuant to plan terms or participant elections. The shares were never registered in Edison International's name and none of the shares purchased were retired as a result of the transactions.
OTHER INFORMATION
Amendment of Bylaws
On October 25, 2018, the Boards of Directors of Edison International and SCE amended the Bylaws of Edison International and SCE, respectively, to delete Article IV, Section 7, which addressed the authority to determine officer compensation. The authority to determine officer compensation is addressed in each company’s Charter for the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Board. The foregoing description of the amendments to the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the revised Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to this report and are incorporated herein by reference.
Director Election
On October 25, 2018, the Boards of Directors of Edison International and SCE elected Brian Keith Trent to serve as an independent Director of Edison International and of SCE, effective October 25, 2018. Mr. Trent will serve on the Boards' Audit and Finance, Operations and Safety Oversight Committees.
Edison International has issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Trent to the Boards. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Trent and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a Director. In connection with his service, Mr. Trent will be compensated as a non-employee Director pursuant to the Edison International and SCE Director Compensation Schedule. Mr. Trent’s initial equity award pursuant to the Director Compensation Schedule will be pro-rated to reflect that he is joining the Boards in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. Mr. Trent does not have any relationship or related party transaction with Edison International or SCE that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
3.1
 
 
 
 
3.2
 
 
 
 
10.1
 
 
 
 
10.2
 
 
 
 
10.3
 
 
 
 
31.1
 
 
 
 
31.2
 
 
 
 
32.1
 
 
 
 
32.2
 
 
 
 
99.1
 
 
 
 
101.1
 
Financial statements from the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Edison International for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, filed on October 30, 2018, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 
101.2
 
Financial statements from the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Southern California Edison Company for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, filed on October 30, 2018, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
EDISON INTERNATIONAL
 
 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Aaron D. Moss
 
By:
/s/ Aaron D. Moss
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaron D. Moss
Vice President and Controller
(Duly Authorized Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
Aaron D. Moss
Vice President and Controller
(Duly Authorized Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
October 30, 2018
 
Date:
October 30, 2018


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Exhibit 3.1





BYLAWS

OF

EDISON INTERNATIONAL

(AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25, 2018)






INDEX
 
Page
ARTICLE I – PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Section 1. Principal Executive Office
1
ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Meeting Locations
1
Section 2. Annual Meetings
1
Section 3. Special Meetings
1
Section 4. Notice of Annual or Special Meeting
2
Section 5. Quorum
5
Section 6. Adjourned Meeting and Notice Thereof
5
Section 7. Voting
5
Section 8. Record Date
6
Section 9. Consent of Absentees
7
Section 10. Action Without Meeting
7
Section 11. Proxies
7
Section 12. Inspectors of Election
7
Section 13. Proxy Access for Director Nominations
8
ARTICLE III – DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers
15
Section 2. Number of Directors
15
Section 3. Election and Term of Office
15
Section 4. Vacancies
15
Section 5. Place of Meeting
16
Section 6. Organization Meeting
16
Section 7. Special Meetings and Other Regular Meetings
16
Section 8. Quorum
17
Section 9. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone
17
Section 10. Waiver of Notice
17
Section 11. Adjournment
17
Section 12. Fees and Compensation
18
Section 13. Action Without Meeting
18
Section 14. Rights of Inspection
18
Section 15. Committees
18
Section 16. Chair of the Board
19
ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers
19
Section 2. Election
20
Section 3. Reserved
20
Section 4. Removal and Resignation
20
Section 5. Appointment of Other Officers
20
Section 6. Vacancies
20
Section 7. Reserved
20

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Section 8. Reserved
20
 
Section 9. Chief Executive Officer’s Duties; Succession to Such Duties in Chief Executive Officer’s Absence or Disability
20
 
 
Section 10. President’s Duties
21
 
Section 11. Chief Financial Officer’s Duties
21
 
Section 12. Vice Presidents’ Duties
21
 
Section 13. General Counsel’s Duties
21
 
Section 14. Associate General Counsel’s and Assistant General Counsel’s Duties
21
 
 
Section 15. Controller’s Duties
21
 
Section 16. Assistant Controllers’ Duties
22
 
Section 17. Treasurer’s Duties
22
 
Section 18. Assistant Treasurers’ Duties
22
 
Section 19. Secretary’s Duties
22
 
Section 20. Assistant Secretaries’ Duties
22
 
Section 21. Secretary Pro Tempore
23
 
Section 22. Reserved
23
 
Section 23. Performance of Duties
23
 
ARTICLE V – OTHER PROVISIONS
 
Section 1. Inspection of Corporate Records
23
 
Section 2. Inspection of Bylaws
23
 
Section 3. Contracts and Other Instruments, Loans, Notes and Deposits of Funds
23
 
 
Section 4. Certificates of Stock and Uncertificated Stock
24
 
Section 5. Transfer Agent, Transfer Clerk and Registrar
25
 
Section 6. Representation of Shares of Other Corporations
25
 
Section 7. Stock Purchase Plans
25
 
Section 8. Fiscal Year and Subdivisions
25
 
Section 9. Construction and Definitions
26
 
ARTICLE VI – INDEMNIFICATION
 
Section 1. Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Corporation
26
 
Section 2. Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents other than Directors and Officers of the Corporation
27
 
 
Section 3. Right of Directors and Officers to Bring Suit
28
 
Section 4. Successful Defense
28
 
Section 5. Non-Exclusivity of Rights
28
 
Section 6. Insurance
28
 
Section 7. Expenses as a Witness
28
 
Section 8. Indemnity Agreements
29
 
Section 9. Separability
29


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Section 10. Effect of Repeal or Modification
29
ARTICLE VII – EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
Section 1. General
29
Section 2. Notice of Meetings
29
Section 3. Quorum
29
ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments
30



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BYLAWS

OF

EDISON INTERNATIONAL

(As Amended Effective October 25, 2018)


ARTICLE I – PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Section 1.    Principal Executive Office.

The principal executive office of the Corporation is hereby fixed and located at 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, in the City of Rosemead, County of Los Angeles, State of California. The Board of Directors is hereby granted full power and authority to change said principal executive office from one location to another.


ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1.    Meeting Locations.

All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation or at such other place or places within or without the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) or specified in the notice of the meeting. In the event such places shall prove inadequate in capacity for any meeting of shareholders, an adjournment may be taken to and the meeting held at such other place of adequate capacity as may be designated by the officer of the corporation presiding at such meeting.

Section 2.    Annual Meetings.

Annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on the fourth Thursday of the month of April of each year, or on such other date as the Board shall designate, to elect directors to hold office for the year next ensuing and until their successors shall be elected, and to consider and act upon such other matters as may lawfully be presented to such meeting; provided, however, that should said day fall upon a legal holiday, then any such annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such designated time and place on the next day thereafter ensuing which is not a legal holiday.

Section 3.    Special Meetings.

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or upon written request of any three members of the Board, or by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent of the


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votes at such meeting. Upon request in writing to the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary by any person (other than the Board) entitled to call a special meeting of shareholders, the Secretary forthwith shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote that a meeting will be held at a time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than thirty-five nor more than sixty days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty days after receipt of the request, the persons entitled to call the meeting may give the notice.

Se c tion 4.    Notice of Annual or Special Meeting.
(a)    Written notice of each annual or special meeting of shareholders shall be given not less than ten (or if sent by third-class mail, thirty) nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat. Such notice shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, and no other business may be transacted, or (ii) in the case of an annual meeting, those matters which the Board, at the time of the mailing of the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders, but, subject to the provisions of applicable law and these Bylaws, any proper matter may be presented at an annual meeting for such action. The notice of any special or annual meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the names of nominees intended at the time of the notice to be presented by the Board for election.
(b)    For any matter to be presented by a shareholder at an annual meeting, including the nomination of any person (other than a person nominated by or at the direction of the Board) for election to the Board, written notice must be received by the Secretary of the corporation from the shareholder not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than one hundred twenty days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the proxy materials for the prior year’s annual meeting were first released to shareholders by the corporation; provided however, that in the event the annual meeting to which the shareholder’s written notice relates is to be held on a date which is more than thirty days earlier or later than the date of the annual meeting specified in these Bylaws, the notice from a shareholder must be received by the Secretary not earlier than two hundred twenty days prior to the date of the annual meeting to which the shareholder’s notice relates nor later than one hundred sixty days prior to the date of such annual meeting, unless less than one hundred seventy days’ prior public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation, in which event notice by the shareholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the date of such public announcement. As used in these Bylaws, (i) the “close of business” shall mean 5:00 p.m. local time at the principal executive offices of the corporation on any calendar day and (ii) “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
For any nomination to be presented by a shareholder at a special meeting called by the corporation at which directors are to be elected, written notice must be received by the Secretary of the corporation from the shareholder not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than one


2


hundred twenty days prior to the date of the special meeting, unless less than one hundred thirty days’ prior public announcement of the date of the meeting is made, in which event notice by the shareholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the date of such public announcement of the meeting date and the nominee names intended to be presented by the Board for election. The shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth the information required by Section 4(c) of this Article and shall be updated and supplemented as required by that section.
(c)    The shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(i)     a brief description of each matter to be presented at the annual meeting by the shareholder (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event the matter includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment);
(ii)     the name and address, including where applicable as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the shareholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, and their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith (together, the “Proponents”);
(iii)     the class and number of shares of the corporation which are held of record by the Proponents;
(iv)     as to the Proponents making the nomination or proposal, (A) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the Proponents, (B) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among the Proponents and any other person and (C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been entered into as of the date of the shareholder’s notice by or on behalf of any of the Proponents, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in the share price of any class of shares of the corporation, or maintain, increase or decrease the voting power of the Proponents, with respect to shares of the corporation; and
(v)     any material interest in the matters to be presented of the Proponents.
Any shareholder who intends to nominate a candidate for election as a director shall also set forth in such a notice (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of each nominee that he or she intends to nominate at the meeting, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of each nominee, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are held of record, or beneficially owned, by each nominee, and (iv) any other information concerning the nominee that would be required under the rules of the SEC, including any information required in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of the nominee in an election contest. The notice shall also include a consent, signed by the shareholder’s nominees, to serve as a director of the corporation if elected.
In addition to the information required in a shareholder’s notice under this Section 4(c), the corporation may require each nominee to furnish such additional information as reasonably


3


requested by the corporation to determine the eligibility of the nominee to serve as a director. A shareholder’s notice shall, if necessary, be updated and supplemented within five business days after the record date for the meeting and the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be current as of the record date for the meeting.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of any applicable law, no business shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4, which shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to propose any matter at a meeting of shareholders (other than a proposal included in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act). In no event shall an adjournment, recess or postponement of a meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. The Board (and any other person or body authorized by the Board) shall have the power and authority to determine whether a nomination or proposal was made or proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4. If any nomination or proposal is not in compliance with this Section 4, then except as otherwise required by law, the chair of the meeting shall have the power to declare that such nomination or proposal shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, unless otherwise required by law or otherwise determined by the chair of the meeting or the Board, if the shareholder (or a qualified representative of the shareholder, as defined below) does not appear at the meeting of shareholders to present its nomination or proposal, such nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.
To be considered a qualified representative of the shareholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such shareholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such shareholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such shareholder to act for such shareholder as proxy at the meeting of shareholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of shareholders.
(e)    Notice of a shareholders’ meeting shall be given either personally or by first-class mail (or, if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons on the record date for the meeting, notice may be given by third-class mail) or by other means of written communication, addressed to the shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice; or, if no such address appears or is given, at the place where the principal executive office of the corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal executive office is located. Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time a written notice is deposited in the United States mails, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient or is delivered to a common carrier for transmission, or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means, to the recipient.



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Section 5.    Quorum.

A majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles; provided, however, that the shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to have less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.

Section 6.    Adjourned Meeting and Notice Thereof.

Any shareholders’ meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are either present in person or represented by proxy thereat, but in the absence of a quorum (except as provided in Section 5 of this Article) no other business may be transacted at such meeting.

It shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted thereat, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. However, when any shareholders’ meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five days or, if after adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

Section 7.    Voting.

The shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote at any such meeting shall be only persons in whose name shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date determined in accordance with Section 8 of this Article.

Voting shall in all cases be subject to the provisions of Chapter 7 of the California General Corporation Law (or any successor provisions), and to the following provisions.

No shareholder of any class of stock of this corporation shall be entitled to cumulate votes at any election of directors of this corporation.

Elections for directors need not be by ballot; provided, however, that all elections for directors must be by ballot upon demand made by a shareholder at the meeting and before the voting begins.



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In any uncontested election of directors, approval of the shareholders (as defined in Section 153 of the California General Corporation Law) shall be required to elect a director. If an incumbent director fails to be elected by approval of the shareholders in an uncontested election, then, unless the incumbent director has earlier resigned, the term of the incumbent director shall end on the date that is the earlier of 90 days after the date on which the voting results are determined pursuant to Section 707 of the California General Corporation Law or the date on which the Board selects a person to fill the office held by that director in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article III, Section 4 of these Bylaws and Section 305 of the California General Corporation Law.

In any election of directors that is not an uncontested election, the candidates receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the shares entitled to be voted for them up to the number of directors to be elected by such shares shall be elected, and votes against a director and votes withheld shall have no legal effect.

For purposes of these Bylaws, an “uncontested election” means an election of directors of this corporation in which the number of candidates for election does not exceed the number of directors to be elected by the shareholders at that election, determined at the expiration of the time fixed under Article II, Section 4 of these Bylaws requiring advance notification of director candidates, or for special meetings of shareholders, at the date notice of the meeting is given or at a time fixed by the Board that is not more than 14 days before notice of the meeting is given.

Section 8.    Record Date.

The Board may fix, in advance, a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or any allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall be not more than sixty days nor less than ten days prior to the date of the meeting nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. When a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. The Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five days.

If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining shareholders for any purpose other than as set forth in this Section 8 or Section 10 of this Article shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.



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Section 9.    Consent of Absentees.

The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, however called and noticed, and wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the persons entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or approval of the minutes thereof, except as provided in Section 601 (f) of the California General Corporation Law.

Section 10.    Action Without Meeting.

Subject to Section 603 of the California General Corporation Law, any action which, under any provision of the California General Corporation Law, may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Unless a record date for voting purposes be fixed as provided in Section 8 of this Article, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent pursuant to this Section 10, when no prior action by the Board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given.

Section 11.    Proxies.

Every person entitled to vote shares has the right to do so either in person or by one or more persons, not to exceed three, designated by a proxy authorized by such shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney in fact and filed with the corporation, in accordance with Section 178 of the California General Corporation Law. Subject to the following sentence, any proxy duly authorized continues in full force and effect until revoked by the person authorizing it prior to the vote pursuant thereto by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked or by a subsequent proxy authorized by the person authorizing the prior proxy and presented to the meeting, or by attendance at the meeting and voting in person by the person authorizing the proxy; provided, however, that a proxy is not revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted, written notice of such death or incapacity is received by this corporation. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its authorization unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

Section 12.    Inspectors of Election.

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telephone or refuse to act, the chair of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or shareholder’s proxy shall, make such appointments at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares present shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed.

The duties of such inspectors shall be as prescribed by Section 707(b) of the California General Corporation Law and shall include: determining the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining when the polls shall close; determining the result; and doing such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. If there are three inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Section 13.    Proxy Access for Director Nominations.
(a)     Subject to the terms and conditions of these Bylaws, in connection with an annual meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, the corporation will include in its proxy statement and on its form of proxy the name of a nominee for election to the Board submitted pursuant to this Section 13 (a “Shareholder Nominee”), and will include in its proxy statement the “Required Information” (as defined in Section 13(d)), if:
(i)     the Shareholder Nominee satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 13;
(ii)     the Shareholder Nominee is identified in a timely notice (the “Shareholder Notice”) that satisfies this Section 13 and is delivered by a shareholder that qualifies as, or is acting on behalf of, an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in Section 13(b));
(iii)     the Eligible Shareholder expressly elects at the time of the delivery of the Shareholder Notice to have the Shareholder Nominee included in the corporation’s proxy materials; and
(iv)     the additional requirements of these Bylaws are met.
The maximum number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by all Eligible Shareholders that may be included in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 13 shall not exceed the greater of (i) two or (ii) twenty percent of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Shareholder Notice may be received by the Secretary pursuant to this Section 13 with respect to the annual meeting, or if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number (rounding down) below twenty percent (such resulting number, the “Permitted Number”); provided that the Permitted Number shall be reduced by (i) any Shareholder Nominee whose


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name was submitted for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 13 but who the Board of Directors decides to nominate as a Board nominee and (ii) any nominees who were previously elected to the Board as Shareholder Nominees at any of the preceding two annual meetings and who are nominated for election at such annual meeting by the Board as a Board nominee.
(b)     To qualify as an “Eligible Shareholder,” a shareholder or a group as described in this Section 13(b) must:
(i)     own and have owned (as defined in Section 13(c)), continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Shareholder Notice, a number of shares that represents at least three percent of the outstanding shares of the corporation that are entitled to vote in the election of directors as of the date of the Shareholder Notice (the “Required Shares”); and
(ii)     thereafter continue to own the Required Shares through such annual meeting of shareholders.
For purposes of satisfying the ownership requirements of this Section 13(b), a group of no more than twenty shareholders and/or beneficial owners may aggregate the number of shares that each group member has owned continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Shareholder Notice. No shareholder or beneficial owner, alone or together with any of its affiliates, may individually or as a member of a group qualify as more than one Eligible Shareholder under this Section 13. A group of funds that are under common management and investment control shall be treated as one shareholder or beneficial owner. Whenever an Eligible Shareholder consists of a group of shareholders and/or beneficial owners, any and all requirements and obligations (including the requirements to provide any information, representation or agreement pursuant to Section 13(e)) for an Eligible Shareholder set forth in this Section 13 must be satisfied by and as to each such shareholder or beneficial owner, except that shares may be aggregated as specified in this Section 13(b).
(c)     For purposes of this Section 13:
(i)     a shareholder or beneficial owner shall be deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares (including shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary) as to which such person possesses both (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (B) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares. As a result, the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (A) and (B) shall not include any shares (1) sold by such person or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (2) borrowed by such person or any of its affiliates for any purposes or purchased by such person or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell, or (3) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such person or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised would have, the purpose or effect of (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or


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at any time in the future, such person’s or its affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree any gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such person or its affiliate. The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own,” when used in this Section 13, shall have correlative meanings; and
(ii)     A shareholder or beneficial owner’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the person has loaned such shares provided that the person has the power to recall such loaned shares on five business days’ notice.
(d)     For purposes of this Section 13, the “Required Information” that the corporation will include in its proxy statement is:
(i)     the information set forth in the Schedule 14N provided with the Shareholder Notice concerning each Shareholder Nominee and the Eligible Shareholder that is required to be disclosed in the corporation’s proxy statement by the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
(ii)     if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a written statement of the Eligible Shareholder (or, in the case of a group, a written statement of the group), not to exceed 500 words, in support of each Shareholder Nominee, which must be provided at the same time as the Shareholder Notice for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy statement for the annual meeting (the “Statement”).
The corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement that it, in good faith, believes is untrue in any material respect (or omits a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading), would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard or would constitute abusive and offensive language. Nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the corporation’s ability to solicit against and include in its proxy materials its own statements relating to any Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee.
(e)     The Shareholder Notice shall set forth all information, representations and agreements required under Section 4(c) of this Article (and for such purposes, references in Section 4(c) to any Proponents that are a “beneficial owner” (including any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith), on whose behalf the nomination is made shall be deemed to refer to the “Eligible Shareholder”). In addition, such Shareholder Notice shall also include:
(i)     a copy of the Schedule 14N filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act;
(ii)     a statement of the Eligible Shareholder, which statement shall also be included in the Schedule 14N filed with the SEC: (A) setting forth and certifying to the number of shares the Eligible Shareholder owns and has owned (as defined in Section 13(c) of these Bylaws) continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Shareholder Notice, (B) agreeing


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to continue to own such shares through the annual meeting, and (C) regarding whether it intends to maintain ownership of the Required Shares for at least one year following the annual meeting;
(iii)     the written agreement of the Eligible Shareholder addressed to the corporation, setting forth the following additional agreements, representations, and warranties:
(A)     it will provide (1) the information required under Section 4(c) of this Article as of the record date, (2) notification in writing verifying the Eligible Shareholder’s continuous ownership of the Required Shares as of the record date, and (3) immediate notice to the corporation if the Eligible Shareholder ceases to own the Required Shares prior to the annual meeting of shareholders;
(B)     it (1) acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the corporation, and does not presently have any such intent, (2) has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board at the annual meeting any person other than the Shareholder Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Section 13, (3) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not been and will not be a participant (as defined in Item 4 of Exchange Act Schedule 14A) in, a solicitation within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 14a-1(l), in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Shareholder Nominee or a nominee of the Board, and (4) will not distribute to any shareholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the corporation;
(C)     it will (1) assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder’s communications with the shareholders of the corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder provided to the corporation, (2) indemnify and hold harmless the corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Eligible Shareholder pursuant to this Section 13, (3) comply with all laws, rules, regulations and listing standards applicable to any solicitation in connection with the annual meeting, and (4) promptly provide to the corporation prior to the day of the annual meeting such additional information as reasonably requested by the corporation; and
(iv)     in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all members of the group with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination.
(f)     To be timely under this Section 13, the Shareholder Notice must be received by the Secretary, from a shareholder, at the principal executive offices of the corporation in accordance with the time frames applicable to annual meetings under Section 4(b) of this Article. In no event shall an adjournment, recess or postponement of a meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.
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(i)     within five business days after the date of the Shareholder Notice, provide to the corporation one or more written statements from the shareholder(s) of the Required Shares and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held, in each case during the requisite three-year holding period, specifying the number of shares that the Eligible Shareholder owns, and has owned continuously in compliance with this Section 13;
(ii)     file with the SEC any solicitation or other communication by or on behalf of the Eligible Shareholder relating to the corporation’s annual meeting of shareholders, one or more of the corporation’s directors or director nominees or any Shareholder Nominee, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Exchange Act Regulation 14A or whether any exemption from filing is available for such solicitation or other communication under Exchange Act Regulation 14A; and
(iii)     in the case of any group, within five business days after the date of the Shareholder Notice, provide to the corporation documentation reasonably satisfactory to the corporation demonstrating that the number of shareholders and/or beneficial owners within such group does not exceed twenty, including that a group of funds qualifies as one shareholder or beneficial owner within the meaning of Section 13(b).
The information provided pursuant to this Section 13(g) shall be deemed part of the Shareholder Notice for purposes of this Section 13.
(h)     Within the time period for delivery of the Shareholder Notice, a written representation and agreement of each Shareholder Nominee shall be received by the Secretary, which shall be signed by each Shareholder Nominee and shall represent and agree that such Shareholder Nominee:
(i)     consents to being named in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy as a nominee;
(ii)     is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such Shareholder Nominee, if elected as a director, will act or vote on any issue or question that has not been disclosed to the corporation in such representation;
(iii)     is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement, or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the corporation in such representation and
(iv)     if elected as a director, will comply with all of the corporation’s corporate governance, conflict of interest, and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines, and any other corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors.
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required of the corporation’s directors and provide to the corporation such other information as it may reasonably request. The corporation may request such additional information as necessary to permit the Board to determine if each Shareholder Nominee satisfies the requirements of this Section 13.
(i)     In the event any information or communications provided by the Eligible Shareholder or any Shareholder Nominees to the corporation or its shareholders is not, when provided, or thereafter ceases to be, true, correct and complete in all material respects (including omitting a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading), such Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary and provide the information that is required to make such information or communication true, correct, complete and not misleading; provided that any such notification shall not be deemed to cure any defect or limit the corporation’s right to omit a Shareholder Nominee from its proxy materials as provided in this Section 13.
(j)     The corporation may omit from its proxy materials any Shareholder Nominee, and such nomination shall be disregarded and no vote on such Shareholder Nominee will occur, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation, if:
(i)     the Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee breaches any of its respective agreements, representations, or warranties set forth in the Shareholder Notice (or otherwise submitted pursuant to this Section 13), any of the information in the Shareholder Notice (or otherwise submitted pursuant to this Section 13) was not, when provided, true, correct and complete, or the requirements of this Section 13 have otherwise not been met;
(ii)     the Shareholder Nominee (A) is not independent under any applicable stock exchange listing standards or SEC rules, and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board in determining and disclosing the independence of the corporation’s directors, (B) does not qualify as independent under the audit committee independence requirements set forth in the rules of the principal U.S. exchange on which shares of the corporation are listed, as a “non-employee director” under Exchange Act Rule 16b-3 or as an “outside director” for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision), (C) is an officer or director of a public utility or public utility holding company, (D) fails to meet the general criteria of the guidelines for nomination as a director set forth in the corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, (E) is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) within the past ten years, or (F) is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
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(iv)     the election of the Shareholder Nominee to the Board would cause the corporation or the Shareholder Nominee to violate the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation, these Bylaws, any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard; or
(v)     the Eligible Shareholder or applicable Shareholder Nominee fails to comply with any obligation pursuant to these Bylaws.

(k)     In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Section 13 exceeds the Permitted Number, the corporation shall determine which Shareholder Nominees shall be included in the corporation’s proxy materials as follows: each Eligible Shareholder will select one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy materials until the Permitted Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the corporation each Eligible Shareholder disclosed as owned in its respective Shareholder Notice. If the Permitted Number is not reached after each Eligible Shareholder has selected one Shareholder Nominee, this selection process will continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Permitted Number is reached. Following such determination, if any Shareholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 13 thereafter is nominated by the Board, thereafter is not included in the corporation’s proxy materials or thereafter is not submitted for director election for any reason (including the Eligible Shareholder’s or Shareholder Nominee’s failure to comply with this Section 13), no other nominee or nominees shall be included in the corporation’s proxy materials or otherwise submitted for director election in substitution thereof.
(l)     The Board (and any other person or body authorized by the Board) shall have the power and authority to interpret this Section 13 and to make any and all determinations necessary or advisable to apply this Section 13, including the power to determine whether any and all requirements of this Section 13 have been satisfied. Any such interpretation or determination adopted in good faith by the Board (or any other person or body authorized by the Board) shall be binding on all persons, including the corporation and its shareholders or beneficial owners. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 13, unless otherwise required by law or otherwise determined by the chair of the meeting or the Board, if the shareholder (or a qualified representative of the shareholder does not appear at the annual meeting of shareholders of the corporation to present its Shareholder Nominee or Shareholder Nominees, such nomination or nominations shall be disregarded. This Section 13 shall be the exclusive method for shareholders to include nominees for director election in the corporation’s proxy materials.







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ARTICLE III – DIRECTORS

Section 1.    Powers.

Subject to limitations of the Articles, of these Bylaws and of the California General Corporation Law relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board. The Board may delegate the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the corporation provided that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board.

Section 2.    Number of Directors.

The authorized number of directors shall be not less than nine nor more than seventeen until changed by amendment of the Articles or by a Bylaw duly adopted by the shareholders. The exact number of directors shall be fixed, within the limits specified, by the Board by adoption of a resolution or by the shareholders in the same manner provided in these Bylaws for the amendment thereof.

Section 3.    Election and Term of Office.

The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders, subject to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws, but if any such annual meeting is not held or no vote is taken on the election of directors thereat, the directors may be elected at any special meeting of shareholders held for that purpose. Subject to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws, each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Section 4.    Vacancies.

Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or the Board, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

Vacancies in the Board, except those existing as a result of a removal of a director, may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting and, subject to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws, until such director’s successor has been elected and qualified. Vacancies existing as a result of a removal of a director may be filled by the shareholders as provided by law. Any vacancy on the Board resulting from any expiration of the term of an incumbent director as provided in Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws shall be deemed to have been created by resignation, and not removal, of the incumbent director.



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A vacancy or vacancies in the Board shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the authorized number of directors be increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any annual or special meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.

The Board may declare vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony.

The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors. Any such election by written consent other than to fill a vacancy created by removal requires the consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of the director’s term of office.

Section 5.    Place of Meeting.

Regular or special meetings of the Board shall be held at any place within or without the State of California which has been designated from time to time by the Board, specified in the notice of the meeting, or as otherwise provided in these Bylaws. In the absence of such designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

Section 6.    Organization Meeting.

Promptly following each annual meeting of shareholders the Board shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, election of officers and the transaction of other business.

Section 7.    Special Meetings and Other Regular Meetings.

Special meetings and regular meetings other than organization meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or by any three directors then in office.

Such meetings of the Board shall be held upon four days’ notice by mail or twenty-four hours’ notice delivered personally or by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, telegraph, telex, facsimile, electronic mail or other similar means of communication. Any such notice shall be addressed or delivered to each director at such director’s address, telephone number, telex number, facsimile number, E-mail address, or other designated location(s), as shown upon the records of the corporation or as may have been given to the corporation by the director for purposes of notice or, if such information is not shown on such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which the meetings of the directors are regularly held. The notice need not specify the purpose of such meeting.


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Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time a written notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient or is delivered to a common carrier for transmission, or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means to the recipient. Oral notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is communicated, in person or by telephone, wireless, or other similar means, to the recipient or to a person at the office of the recipient who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the recipient, or actually transmitted to the recipient by the person giving the notice by a system or technology designed to record and communicate messages.

Section 8.    Quorum.

One-third of the number of authorized directors constitutes a quorum of the Board for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section ll of this Article. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles; provided, however, that a meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.

Section 9.    Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone.

Members of the Board may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Such participation constitutes presence in person at such meeting.

Section 10.    Waiver of Notice.

The transactions of any meeting of the Board, however called and noticed or wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Section 11.    Adjournment.

A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any directors’ meeting to another time and place. Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given to absent directors if the time and place is fixed at the meeting adjourned. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four hours, notice of any adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.


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Section 12.    Fees and Compensation.

Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed or determined by the Board.

Section 13.    Action Without Meeting.

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board and shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.

Section 14.    Rights of Inspection.

Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the corporation and also of its subsidiary corporations, domestic or foreign. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney and includes the right to copy and make extracts.

Section 15.    Committees.

The Board may appoint one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may delegate to such committees any or all of the authority of the Board except with respect to:

(a)    The approval of any action for which the California General Corporation Law also requires shareholders’ approval or approval of the outstanding shares;

(b)    The filling of vacancies on the Board or in any committee;

(c)    The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or on any committee;

(d)    The amendment or repeal of Bylaws or the adoption of new Bylaws;

(e)    The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;

(f)    A distribution to the shareholders of the corporation except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or

(g)    The appointment of other committees of the Board or the members thereof.



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Any such committee, or any member or alternate member thereof, must be appointed by resolution adopted by a majority of the exact number of authorized directors as specified in Section 2 of this Article. The Board shall have the power to prescribe the manner and timing of giving of notice of regular or special meetings of any committee and the manner in which proceedings of any committee shall be conducted. In the absence of any such prescription, such committee shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which its proceedings shall be conducted. Unless the Board or such committee shall otherwise provide, the regular and special meetings and other actions of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of this Article applicable to meetings and actions of the Board. Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of each committee.

Section 16.    Chair of the Board.

The Chair of the Board shall be a director and shall preside at meetings of the Board and meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise unavailable, and shall have such other powers and shall be subject to such other duties as the Board may from time to time provide or as may be provided by these Bylaws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the California General Corporation Law, the Chair of the Board is not, solely by virtue of that title, an officer of the corporation, and a person holding the title of Chair of the Board need not otherwise be an officer of the corporation.
In the absence or disability of the Chair of the Board, one of the following shall act, in the order indicated, as chair of the Board at meetings of the Board: first, the Chief Executive Officer, if a member of the Board; second, the President, if a member of the Board; third, a Vice President, if any, who is a member of the Board, in order of election; and, fourth, any member of the Board who is designated by the Board as a temporary chair to preside at any such meeting of the Board.

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS

Section 1.    Officers.

The officers of the corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a General Counsel and a Secretary. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board, one or more Associate General Counsel, one or more Assistant General Counsel, a Controller, one or more Assistant Controllers, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, and such other officers as may be elected or appointed in accordance with Section 5 of this Article. The Board or the Chief Executive Officer may confer a special title upon any Vice President not specified herein.




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Section 2.    Election.

The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 6 of this Article, shall be chosen annually by, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, and shall hold their respective offices until their resignation, removal, or other disqualification from service, or until their respective successors shall be elected.

Section 3.    Reserved.

Section 4.    Removal and Resignation.

Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board at any time or by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the officer under any contract of employment of the officer.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation, but without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 5.    Appointment of Other Officers.

The Board may appoint such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in the Bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.

Section 6.    Vacancies.

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled at any time deemed appropriate by the Board in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular election or appointment to such office.

Section 7.    Reserved.

Section 8.    Reserved.

Section 9.
Chief Executive Officer’s Duties; Succession to Such Duties in Chief Executive Officer’s Absence or Disability.

The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. Subject to the control of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have charge of the business of the


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corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall keep the Board fully informed, and shall freely consult them concerning the business of the corporation.

In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall act as the chief executive officer of the corporation; in the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer and the President, the next in order of election by the Board of the Vice Presidents shall act as chief executive officer of the corporation.
    
Section 10.    President’s Duties.

The President shall perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall delegate or assign to such officer.

Section 11.    Chief Financial Officer’s Duties.

The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall be responsible for all financial matters concerning the corporation, and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate. If the corporation does not have a currently elected and acting Controller, the Chief Financial Officer shall also be the chief accounting officer of the corporation.

Section 12.    Vice Presidents’ Duties.

The Vice Presidents shall perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 13.    General Counsel’s Duties.

The General Counsel shall be responsible for all legal matters concerning the corporation, and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 14.
Associate General Counsel’s and Assistant General Counsel’s Duties.

The Associate General Counsel and the Assistant General Counsel shall perform such duties as the General Counsel shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the General Counsel, the next in order of election by the Board of the Associate General Counsel or, if there is no currently elected and acting Associate General Counsel, the Assistant General Counsel, shall perform the duties of the General Counsel.

Section 15.    Controller’s Duties.

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as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 16.    Assistant Controllers’ Duties.

The Assistant Controllers shall perform such duties as the Controller shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the Controller, the next in order of election by the Board of the Assistant Controllers shall perform such duties of the Controller as the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall designate.

Section 17.    Treasurer’s Duties.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for keeping in custody or control all money, stocks, bonds, evidences of debt, securities and other items of value that may belong to, or be in the possession or control of, the corporation, and to dispose of the same in such manner as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may direct, and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate. In the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer shall perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer.

Section 18.    Assistant Treasurers’ Duties.

The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as the Treasurer shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurers, in order of election to that office by the Board, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer.

Section 19.    Secretary’s Duties.

The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept full and complete records of the proceedings of shareholders, the Board and its committees at all meetings and shall affix the corporate seal and attest by signing copies of any part thereof when required. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the corporate seal and shall affix it to such instruments and attest to the same as may be required. The Secretary shall serve or cause to be served by publication or otherwise, as may be required, all notices of meetings and of other corporate acts that may by law or otherwise be required to be served, and shall make or cause to be made and filed in the principal executive office of the corporation, the necessary certificate or proofs thereof. An affidavit of mailing of any notice of a shareholders’ meeting or of any report, in accordance with the provisions of Section 601(b) of the California General Corporation Law, executed by the Secretary shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such notice or report had been duly given. The Secretary shall keep all records required by the California General Corporation Law. The Secretary shall generally perform the duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 20.    Assistant Secretaries’ Duties.
Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties as the Secretary shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order of election to that office by the Board, shall perform the duties of the Secretary.


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Section 21.    Secretary Pro Tempore.

At any meeting of the Board or of the shareholders from which the Secretary is absent, a Secretary pro tempore may be appointed and act.

Section 22.    Reserved.
    
Section 23.    Performance of Duties.

Officers shall perform the duties of their respective offices as stated in these Bylaws, and such additional duties as the Board shall designate.


ARTICLE V – OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 1.    Inspection of Corporate Records.

A shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate may inspect the corporation’s records only in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 16 of the California General Corporation Law (or any successor provisions).

Section 2.    Inspection of Bylaws.

The corporation shall keep in its principal executive office the original or a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours.

Section 3.
Contracts and Other Instruments, Loans, Notes and Deposits of Funds.

The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a Vice President, either alone or with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Secretary alone, shall execute in the name of the corporation such written instruments as may be authorized by the Board and, without special direction of the Board, such instruments as transactions of the ordinary business of the corporation may require and, such officers without the special direction of the Board may authenticate, attest or countersign any such instruments when deemed appropriate. The Board may authorize any person, persons, entity, entities, attorney, attorneys, attorney-in-fact, attorneys-in-fact, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations or other evidences of indebtedness or securities therefor shall be issued in its name unless authorized by the Board as it may direct. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.



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All checks, drafts, or other similar orders for the payment of money, notes, or other such evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as the Board or Chief Executive Officer may direct.

Unless authorized by the Board or these Bylaws, no officer, agent, employee or any other person or persons shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or amount.

All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board may direct.

Section 4.    Certificates of Stock and Uncertificated Stock.

The Board may authorize the issuance of shares of the corporation’s stock, upon such terms and for such consideration as may be lawful. Shares of the corporation’s stock may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under California law. All certificates of stock of the corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. Every certificate of stock of the corporation shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the President, or a Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Certificates for shares and uncertificated shares may be used prior to full payment under such restrictions and for such purposes as the Board may provide; provided, however, that on any certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares, or, for uncertificated shares, on the initial transaction statement for such partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.

Except as provided in this Section, no new certificate for shares and no uncertificated shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered and canceled at the same time. However, if any certificate for shares is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate or uncertificated shares in lieu thereof shall be issued if the shareholder (a) so requests before the corporation has notice that the old certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, (b) if required by the corporation, files with the corporation a bond or other adequate security sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it (including expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares, and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the corporation.


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Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation only by the record holder of such stock, or by an attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and in the case of stock represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate.

Section 5.    Transfer Agent, Transfer Clerk and Registrar.

The Board may, from time to time, appoint transfer agents, transfer clerks, and stock registrars to transfer and register the shares of capital stock of the corporation, and may provide that no certificate of capital stock shall be valid without the signature of the stock transfer agent or transfer clerk, and stock registrar.

Section 6.    Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.

The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer or officers authorized by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer are each authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by any such officer in person or by any other person authorized so to do by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by said officer.

Section 7.    Stock Purchase Plans.

The corporation may adopt and carry out a stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or agreement providing for the issue and sale for such consideration as may be fixed of its unissued shares, or of issued shares acquired, to one or more of the employees or directors of the corporation or of a subsidiary or to a trustee on their behalf and for the payment for such shares in installments or at one time, and may provide for such shares in installments or at one time, and may provide for aiding any such persons in paying for such shares by compensation for services rendered, promissory notes or otherwise.

Any such stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or agreement may include, among other features, the fixing of eligibility for participation therein, the class and price of shares to be issued or sold under the plan or agreement, the number of shares which may be subscribed for, the method of payment therefor, the reservation of title until full payment therefor, the effect of the termination of employment and option or obligation on the part of the corporation to repurchase the shares upon termination of employment, restrictions upon transfer of the shares, the time limits of and termination of the plan, and any other matters, not in violation of applicable law, as may be included in the plan as approved or authorized by the Board or any committee of the Board.

Section 8.    Fiscal Year and Subdivisions.

The calendar year shall be the corporate fiscal year of the corporation. For the purpose of paying dividends, for making reports and for the convenient transaction of the business of the corporation, the Board may divide the fiscal year into appropriate subdivisions.


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Section 9.    Construction and Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions contained in the General Provisions of the California Corporations Code and in the California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these Bylaws.


ARTICLE VI – INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.

Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, formal or informal, whether brought in the name of the corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall, subject to the terms of any agreement between the corporation and such person, be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permissible under California law and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that (A) the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of the corporation; (B) the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) other than a proceeding by or in the name of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor only if any settlement of such a proceeding is approved in writing by the corporation; (C) that no such person shall be indemnified (i) except to the extent that the aggregate of losses to be indemnified exceeds the amount of such losses for which the director or officer is paid pursuant to any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by the corporation; (ii) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against such person for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by such person of securities of the corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iii) if a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that any indemnification hereunder is unlawful; and (iv) as to circumstances in which indemnity is expressly prohibited by Section 317 of the General Corporation Law of California (the “Law”); and (D) that no such person shall be indemnified with regard to any action brought by or in the right of the corporation for breach of duty to the corporation and its shareholders (a) for acts or omissions involving


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intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violation of law; (b) for acts or omissions that the director or officer believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director or officer; (c) for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; (d) for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director’s or officer’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director or officer was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing his or her duties, of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or its shareholders; (e) for acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s or officer’s duties to the corporation or its shareholders; and (f) for costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses arising under Section 310 or 316 of the Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article shall include the right to be paid by the corporation expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that if the Law permits the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, such advances shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts to the corporation if it shall be ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified.

Section 2.      Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents other
than Directors and Officers of the Corporation.

A person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such action is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, may, subject to the terms of any agreement between the corporation and such person, be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by California law and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses, (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith.








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Section 3.      Right of Directors and Officers to Bring Suit.

If a claim under Section 1 of this Article is not paid in full by the corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is permissible in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct, if any, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption for the purpose of an action that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 4.      Successful Defense.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise (including the dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of a proceeding or action without admission of liability) in defense of any proceeding referred to in Section 1 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

Section 5.      Non-Exclusivity of Rights.

The right to indemnification provided by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.      Insurance.

The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Law.

Section 7.      Expenses as a Witness.

To the extent that any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is by reason of such position, or a position with another entity at the request of the corporation, a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her on his or her behalf in connection therewith.


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Section 8.      Indemnity Agreements.

The corporation may enter into agreements with any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permissible under the Law and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

Section 9.      Separability.

Each and every paragraph, sentence, term and provision of this Article is separate and distinct so that if any paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof. To the extent required, any paragraph, sentence, term or provision of this Article may be modified by a court of competent jurisdiction to preserve its validity and to provide the claimant with, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article and any agreement between the corporation and claimant, the broadest possible indemnification permitted under applicable law.

Section 10.      Effect of Repeal or Modification.

Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right of indemnification of a director or officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any action or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VII – EMERGENCY PROVISIONS

Section 1.    General.

The provisions of this Article shall be operative only during a national emergency declared by the President of the United States or the person performing the President’s functions, or in the event of a nuclear, atomic or other attack on the United States or on a locality in which the corporation conducts its business or customarily holds meetings of its Board of Directors or shareholders, or during the existence of any catastrophe, disaster or other similar emergency condition.

Section 2.    Notice of Meetings.

Special meetings and regular meetings of the Board may be held upon one hour’s notice delivered in any manner permitted in Article III, Section 7 of these Bylaws.

Section 3.    Quorum.

The number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum shall be one‑third of the authorized number of directors, or such other minimum number required by law or lawful decree then in force, whichever number is less.


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ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENTS

Section 1.    Amendments.

These Bylaws may be amended or repealed either by approval of the outstanding shares or by the approval of the Board; provided, however, that a Bylaw specifying or changing a fixed number of directors or the maximum or minimum number or changing from a fixed to a variable Board or vice versa may only be adopted by approval of the outstanding shares. The exact number of directors within the maximum and minimum number specified in these Bylaws may be amended by the Board alone.




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Exhibit 3.2
















BYLAWS

OF

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

(AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25, 2018)






INDEX
 
Page
ARTICLE I – PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Section 1. Principal Executive Office
1
ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Meeting Locations
1
Section 2. Annual Meetings
1
Section 3. Special Meetings
1
Section 4. Notice of Annual or Special Meeting
2
Section 5. Quorum
3
Section 6. Adjourned Meeting and Notice Thereof
3
Section 7. Voting
3
Section 8. Record Date
4
Section 9. Consent of Absentees
5
Section 10. Action Without Meeting
5
Section 11. Proxies
5
Section 12. Inspectors of Election
6
ARTICLE III – DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers
6
Section 2. Number of Directors
6
Section 3. Election and Term of Office
6
Section 4. Vacancies
7
Section 5. Place of Meeting
7
Section 6. Organization Meeting
7
Section 7. Special Meetings and Other Regular Meetings
8
Section 8. Quorum
8
Section 9. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone
8
Section 10. Waiver of Notice
8
Section 11. Adjournment
9
Section 12. Fees and Compensation
9
Section 13. Action Without Meeting
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Section 14. Rights of Inspection
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Section 15. Committees
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ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers
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Section 2. Election
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Section 3. Eligibility of Chair
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Section 4. Removal and Resignation
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Section 5. Appointment of Other Officers
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Section 6. Vacancies
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Section 7. Reserved
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Section 8. Reserved
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Section 9. Chair’s Duties; Succession
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Section 10. Chief Executive Officer’s Duties; Succession
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Section 11. President’s Duties
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Section 12. Chief Financial Officer’s Duties
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Section 13. Vice Presidents’ Duties
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Section 14. General Counsel’s Duties
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Section 15. Associate General Counsel’s and Assistant General Counsel’s Duties
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Section 16. Controller’s Duties
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Section 17. Assistant Controllers’ Duties
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Section 18. Treasurer’s Duties
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Section 19. Assistant Treasurers’ Duties
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Section 20. Secretary’s Duties
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Section 21. Assistant Secretaries’ Duties
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Section 22. Secretary Pro Tempore
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Section 23. Reserved
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Section 24. Performance of Duties
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ARTICLE V – OTHER PROVISIONS
 
Section 1. Inspection of Corporate Records
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Section 2. Inspection of Bylaws
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Section 3. Contracts and Other Instruments, Loans, Notes and Deposits of Funds
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Section 4. Certificates of Stock and Uncertificated Stock
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Section 5. Transfer Agent, Transfer Clerk and Registrar
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Section 6. Representation of Shares of Other Corporations
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Section 7. Stock Purchase Plans
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Section 8. Fiscal Year and Subdivisions
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Section 9. Construction and Definitions
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ARTICLE VI – INDEMNIFICATION
 
Section 1. Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Corporation
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Section 2. Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents other than Directors and Officers of the Corporation
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Section 3. Right of Directors and Officers to Bring Suit
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Section 4. Successful Defense
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Section 5. Non-Exclusivity of Rights
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Section 6. Insurance
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Section 7. Expenses as a Witness
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Section 8. Indemnity Agreements
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Section 9. Separability
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Section 10. Effect of Repeal or Modification
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ARTICLE VII – EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
 
Section 1. General
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Section 2. Notice of Meetings
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Section 3. Quorum
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ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENTS
 
Section 1. Amendments
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BYLAWS

OF

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

(As Amended Effective October 25, 2018)


ARTICLE I – PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Section 1.    Principal Executive Office.

The principal executive office of the corporation is hereby fixed and located at 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, in the City of Rosemead, County of Los Angeles, State of California. The Board of Directors is hereby granted full power and authority to change said principal executive office from one location to another.

ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1.    Meeting Locations.

All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation or at such other place or places within or without the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors (the "Board") or specified in the notice of the meeting. In the event such places shall prove inadequate in capacity for any meeting of shareholders, an adjournment may be taken to and the meeting held at such other place of adequate capacity as may be designated by the officer of the corporation presiding at such meeting.

Section 2.    Annual Meetings.

Annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on the fourth Thursday of the month of April of each year, or on such other date as the Board shall designate, to elect directors to hold office for the year next ensuing and until their successors shall be elected, and to consider and act upon such other matters as may lawfully be presented to such meeting; provided, however, that should said day fall upon a legal holiday, then any such annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such designated time and place on the next day thereafter ensuing which is not a legal holiday.

Section 3.    Special Meetings.

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or upon written request of any three members of the Board, or by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent of the votes at such meeting.  Upon request in writing to the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary by any person (other than the Board) entitled to call a special meeting of shareholders, the Secretary forthwith shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote that a meeting will be held at a time requested by the person or persons calling the

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meeting, not less than thirty-five nor more than sixty days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty days after receipt of the request, the persons entitled to call the meeting may give the notice.

Section 4.    Notice of Annual or Special Meeting.

Written notice of each annual or special meeting of shareholders shall be given not less than ten (or if sent by third-class mail, thirty) nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat.  Such notice shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, and no other business may be transacted, or (ii) in the case of an annual meeting, those matters which the Board, at the time of the mailing of the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders, but, subject to the provisions of applicable law and these Bylaws, any proper matter may be presented at an annual meeting for such action. The notice of any special or annual meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the names of nominees intended at the time of the notice to be presented by the Board for election. For any matter to be presented by a shareholder at an annual meeting, including the nomination of any person (other than a person nominated by or at the direction of the Board) for election to the Board, written notice must be received by the Secretary of the corporation from the shareholder not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than one hundred twenty days prior to the date on which the proxy materials for the prior year’s annual meeting were first released to shareholders by the corporation; provided however, that in the event the annual meeting to which the shareholder’s written notice relates is to be held on a date which is more than thirty days earlier or later than the date of the annual meeting specified in these Bylaws, the notice from a shareholder must be received by the Secretary not earlier than two hundred twenty days prior to the date of the annual meeting to which the shareholder’s notice relates nor later than one hundred sixty days prior to the date of such annual meeting, unless less than one hundred seventy days’ prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is made by the earliest possible quarterly report on Form 10-Q, or, if impracticable, any means reasonably calculated to inform shareholders including without limitation a report on Form 8-K, a press release or publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal executive office is located, in which event notice by the shareholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the date of such public disclosure. The shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) a brief description of each matter to be presented at the annual meeting by the shareholder; (b) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the shareholder; (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the shareholder; and (d) any material interest of the shareholder in the matters to be presented.  Any shareholder who intends to nominate a candidate for election as a director shall also set forth in such a notice (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of each nominee that he or she intends to nominate at the meeting, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of each nominee, (iii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation beneficially owned by each nominee, and (iv) any other information concerning the nominee that would be required under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of the nominee. The notice shall also include a consent, signed by the shareholder’s nominees, to serve as a director of the corporation if elected.  Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of any applicable law, no business shall be conducted at a special or annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.


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Notice of a shareholders’ meeting shall be given either personally or by first-class mail (or, if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons on the record date for the meeting, by third-class mail) or by other means of written communication, addressed to the shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice; or, if no such address appears or is given, at the place where the principal executive office of the corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal executive office is located. Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time a written notice is deposited in the United States mails, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient or is delivered to a common carrier for transmission, or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means, to the recipient.

Section 5.    Quorum.

A majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles; provided, however, that the shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to have less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.

Section 6.    Adjourned Meeting and Notice Thereof.

Any shareholders’ meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are either present in person or represented by proxy thereat, but in the absence of a quorum (except as provided in Section 5 of this Article) no other business may be transacted at such meeting.

It shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted thereat, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. However, when any shareholders’ meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five days or, if after adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

Section 7.    Voting.
    
The shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote at any such meeting shall be only persons in whose name shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date determined in accordance with Section 8 of this Article.


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Voting shall in all cases be subject to the provisions of Chapter 7 of the California General Corporation Law (or any successor provisions), and to the following provisions.

No shareholder of any class of stock of this corporation shall be entitled to cumulate votes at any election of directors of this corporation.

Elections for directors need not be by ballot; provided, however, that all elections for directors must be by ballot upon demand made by a shareholder at the meeting and before the voting begins.

In any uncontested election of directors, approval of the shareholders (as defined in Section 153 of the California General Corporation Law) shall be required to elect a director.  If an incumbent director fails to be elected by approval of the shareholders in an uncontested election, then, unless the incumbent director has earlier resigned, the term of the incumbent director shall end on the date that is the earlier of 90 days after the date on which the voting results are determined pursuant to Section 707 of the California General Corporation Law or the date on which the Board selects a person to fill the office held by that director in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article III, Section 4 of these Bylaws and Section 305 of the California General Corporation Law.

In any election of directors that is not an uncontested election, the candidates receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the shares entitled to be voted for them up to the number of directors to be elected by such shares shall be elected, and votes against a director and votes withheld shall have no legal effect.

For purposes of these Bylaws, an “uncontested election” means an election of directors of this corporation in which the number of candidates for election does not exceed the number of directors to be elected by the shareholders at that election, determined at the expiration of the time fixed under Article II, Section 4 of these Bylaws requiring advance notification of director candidates, or for special meetings of shareholders, at the date notice of the meeting is given or at a time fixed by the Board that is not more than 14 days before notice of the meeting is given.

Section 8.    Record Date.

The Board may fix, in advance, a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, or any allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall be not more than sixty days nor less than ten days prior to the date of the meeting nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. When a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. The Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five days.

If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business

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day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining shareholders for any purpose other than as set forth in this Section 8 or Section 10 of this Article shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.

Section 9.    Consent of Absentees.

The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, however called and noticed, and wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the persons entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or approval of the minutes thereof, except as provided in Section 601(f) of the California General Corporation Law.

Section 10.    Action Without Meeting.

Subject to Section 603 of the California General Corporation Law, any action which, under any provision of the California General Corporation Law, may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Unless a record date for voting purposes be fixed as provided in Section 8 of this Article, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent pursuant to this Section 10, when no prior action by the Board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given.


Section 11.    Proxies.

Every person entitled to vote shares has the right to do so either in person or by one or more persons, not to exceed three, designated by a proxy authorized by such shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney in fact and filed with the corporation, in accordance with Section 178 of the California General Corporation Law. Subject to the following sentence, any proxy duly authorized continues in full force and effect until revoked by the person authorizing it prior to the vote pursuant thereto by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked or by a subsequent proxy authorized by the person authorizing the prior proxy and presented to the meeting, or by attendance at the meeting and voting in person by the person authorizing the proxy; provided, however, that a proxy is not revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted, written notice of such death or incapacity is received by this corporation. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its authorization unless otherwise provided in the proxy.


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Section 12.    Inspectors of Election.

In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board may appoint any persons other than nominees as inspectors of election to act at such meeting and any adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, or if any persons so appointed fail to appear in person or by telephone or refuse to act, the chair of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or shareholder’s proxy shall, make such appointments at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares present shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed.

The duties of such inspectors shall be as prescribed by Section 707(b) of the California General Corporation Law and shall include: determining the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining when the polls shall close; determining the result; and doing such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. If there are three inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.


ARTICLE III – DIRECTORS

Section 1.    Powers.

Subject to limitations of the Articles, of these Bylaws and of the California General Corporation Law relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board. The Board may delegate the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the corporation provided that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board.

Section 2.    Number of Directors.

The authorized number of directors shall be not less than nine nor more than seventeen until changed by amendment of the Articles or by a Bylaw duly adopted by the shareholders. The exact number of directors shall be fixed, within the limits specified, by the Board by adoption of a resolution or by the shareholders in the same manner provided in these Bylaws for the amendment thereof.

Section 3.    Election and Term of Office.

The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders, subject to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws, but if any such annual meeting is not held or no vote is taken on the election of directors thereat, the directors may be elected at any special meeting of shareholders held

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for that purpose. Subject to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws, each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Section 4.    Vacancies.

Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or the Board, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

Vacancies in the Board, except those existing as a result of a removal of a director, may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting and, subject to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws, until such director’s successor has been elected and qualified. Vacancies existing as a result of a removal of a director may be filled by the shareholders as provided by law. Any vacancy on the Board resulting from any expiration of the term of an incumbent director as provided in Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws shall be deemed to have been created by resignation, and not removal, of the incumbent director.

A vacancy or vacancies in the Board shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the authorized number of directors be increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any annual or special meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.

The Board may declare vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony.

The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors. Any such election by written consent other than to fill a vacancy created by removal requires the consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of the director’s term of office.

Section 5.    Place of Meeting.

Regular or special meetings of the Board shall be held at any place within or without the State of California which has been designated from time to time by the Board, specified in the notice of the meeting, or as otherwise provided in these Bylaws. In the absence of such designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

Section 6.    Organization Meeting.

Promptly following each annual meeting of shareholders the Board shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, election of officers and the transaction of other business.



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Section 7.    Special Meetings and Other Regular Meetings.

Special meetings and regular meetings other than organization meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or by any two directors.

Such meetings of the Board shall be held upon four days’ notice by mail or twenty-four hours’ notice delivered personally or by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, telegraph, telex, facsimile, electronic mail or other similar means of communication. Any such notice shall be addressed or delivered to each director at such director’s address, telephone number, telex number, facsimile number, E-mail address, or other designated location(s), as shown upon the records of the corporation or as may have been given to the corporation by the director for purposes of notice or, if such information is not shown on such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which the meetings of the directors are regularly held. The notice need not specify the purpose of such meeting.

Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time a written notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient or is delivered to a common carrier for transmission, or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means to the recipient.  Oral notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is communicated, in person or by telephone, wireless, or other similar means, to the recipient or to a person at the office of the recipient who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the recipient, or actually transmitted to the recipient by the person giving the notice by a system or technology designed to record and communicate messages.

Section 8.    Quorum.

One-third of the number of authorized directors constitutes a quorum of the Board for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section ll of this Article. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles; provided, however, that a meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.

Section 9.    Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone.

Members of the Board may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Such participation constitutes presence in person at such meeting.

Section 10.    Waiver of Notice.

The transactions of any meeting of the Board, however called and noticed or wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present

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and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Section 11.    Adjournment.

A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any directors’ meeting to another time and place. Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given to absent directors if the time and place is fixed at the meeting adjourned. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four hours, notice of any adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.

Section 12.    Fees and Compensation.

Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed or determined by the Board.

Section 13.    Action Without Meeting.

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board and shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.

Section 14.    Rights of Inspection.

Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the corporation and also of its subsidiary corporations, domestic or foreign. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney and includes the right to copy and make extracts.

Section 15.    Committees.

The Board may appoint one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may delegate to such committees any or all of the authority of the Board except with respect to:

(a)    The approval of any action for which the California General Corporation Law also requires shareholders’ approval or approval of the outstanding shares;

(b)    The filling of vacancies on the Board or in any committee;

(c)    The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or on any committee;

(d)    The amendment or repeal of Bylaws or the adoption of new Bylaws;

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(e)    The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;

(f)    A distribution to the shareholders of the corporation except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or

(g)    The appointment of other committees of the Board or the members thereof.

Any such committee, or any member or alternate member thereof, must be appointed by resolution adopted by a majority of the exact number of authorized directors as specified in Section 2 of this Article. The Board shall have the power to prescribe the manner and timing of giving of notice of regular or special meetings of any committee and the manner in which proceedings of any committee shall be conducted. In the absence of any such prescription, such committee shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which its proceedings shall be conducted. Unless the Board or such committee shall otherwise provide, the regular and special meetings and other actions of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of this Article applicable to meetings and actions of the Board.  Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of each committee.

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS
Section 1.    Officers.

The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Controller, a Secretary and a Treasurer. At the discretion of the Board, the corporation may also have a Chair of the Board (who may or may not be an officer), a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a General Counsel, one or more Associate General Counsel, one or more Assistant General Counsel, one or more Assistant Controllers, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and such other officers as may be elected or appointed in accordance with Section 5 of this Article. The Board or the Chief Executive Officer may confer a special title upon any Vice President not specified herein. Any number of offices of the corporation may be held by the same person.

Section 2.    Election.

The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 6 of this Article, shall be chosen annually by, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, and shall hold their respective offices until their resignation, removal, or other disqualification from service, or until their respective successors shall be elected.

Section 3.    Eligibility of Chair.

No person shall be eligible for the office of Chair of the Board unless such person is a member of the Board of the corporation; any other officer may or may not be a director.

Section 4.    Removal and Resignation.

Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board at any time or by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board. Any such removal

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shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the officer under any contract of employment of the officer.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation, but without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 5.    Appointment of Other Officers.

The Board may appoint such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in the Bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.

Section 6.    Vacancies.

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled at any time deemed appropriate by the Board in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular election or appointment to such office.

Section 7.    Reserved.

Section 8.    Reserved.

Section 9.    Chair’s Duties; Succession.

The Chair of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall have such other duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to such office by the Board, these Bylaws or the law, and all such powers and duties shall be vested in the Chief Executive Officer while he or she is a member of the Board unless a separate Chair of the Board is appointed by the Board.

In the absence or disability of the Chair of the Board, one of the following shall act, in the order indicated, as chair of meetings of the Board: first, any member of the Board who has been designated by the Board as a lead director; second, the Chief Executive Officer, if a Board member; third, the President, if a Board member; fourth, a Vice President, if any, who is a Board member, in order of election; and, fifth, any Board member designated by the Board as a temporary Chair to preside at any such Board meeting.

Section 10.    Chief Executive Officer’s Duties; Succession.

The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. Subject to the control of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have charge of the business of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall keep the Board fully informed, and shall freely consult them concerning the business of the corporation.


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In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall act as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer and President, the next in order of election by the Board of the Vice Presidents shall act as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.

Section 11.    President’s Duties.

If a separate Chief Executive Officer is not appointed by the Board, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. If a separate Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Board, the President shall perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall assign to such officer.

Section 12.    Chief Financial Officer’s Duties.

The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall be responsible for all financial matters concerning the corporation, and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate. If the corporation does not have a currently elected and acting Controller, the Chief Financial Officer shall also be the chief accounting officer of the corporation.

Section 13.    Vice Presidents’ Duties.

The Vice Presidents shall perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 14.    General Counsel’s Duties.

The General Counsel shall be responsible for all legal matters concerning the corporation, and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 15.    Associate General Counsel’s and Assistant General Counsel’s Duties.

The Associate General Counsel and the Assistant General Counsel shall perform such duties as the General Counsel shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the General Counsel, the next in order of election to by the Board of the Associate General Counsel or, if there is no currently elected and acting Associate General Counsel, the Assistant General Counsel shall perform the duties of the General Counsel.

Section 16.    Controller’s Duties.

The Controller shall be the chief accounting officer of the corporation and shall be responsible for all accounting matters concerning the corporation and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 17.    Assistant Controllers’ Duties.

The Assistant Controllers shall perform such duties as the Controller shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the Controller, the Assistant Controllers, in order of election to that office

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by the Board, shall perform such duties of the Controller as the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall designate.

Section 18.    Treasurer’s Duties.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for keeping in custody or control all money, stocks, bonds, evidences of debt, securities and other items of value that may belong to, or be in the possession or control of, the corporation, and to dispose of the same in such manner as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may direct, and shall perform such duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate. In the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer shall perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer.

Section 19.    Assistant Treasurers’ Duties.

The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as the Treasurer shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurers, in order of election to that office by the Board, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer.

Section 20.    Secretary’s Duties.

The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept full and complete records of the proceedings of shareholders, the Board and its committees at all meetings. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a copy of the Bylaws of the corporation at the principal office in accordance with Section 213 of the California General Corporation Law. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the corporate seal and shall affix it to such instruments and attest to the same as may be required. The Secretary shall serve or cause to be served by publication or otherwise, as may be required, all notices of meetings and of other corporate acts that may by law or otherwise be required to be served, and shall make or cause to be made and filed in the principal executive office of the corporation, the necessary certificate or proofs thereof. An affidavit of mailing of any notice of a shareholders’ meeting or of any report, in accordance with the provisions of Section 601(b) of the California General Corporation Law, executed by the Secretary shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such notice or report had been duly given. The Secretary shall keep all records required by the California General Corporation Law. The Secretary shall generally perform the duties as are usually incident to such office and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall designate.

Section 21.    Assistant Secretaries’ Duties.

Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties as the Secretary shall designate, and in the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order of election to that office by the Board, shall perform the duties of the Secretary.

Section 22.    Secretary Pro Tempore.

At any meeting of the Board or of the shareholders from which the Secretary is absent, a Secretary pro tempore may be appointed and act.

Section 23.    Reserved.

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Section 24.    Performance of Duties.

Officers shall perform the duties of their respective offices as stated in these Bylaws, and such additional duties as the Board shall designate.

ARTICLE V – OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 1.    Inspection of Corporate Records.

A shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate may only inspect the corporation’s records only in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 16 of the California General Corporation Law (or any successor provisions).

Section 2.    Inspection of Bylaws.

The corporation shall keep in its principal executive office the original or a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours.

Section 3.    Contracts and Other Instruments, Loans, Notes and Deposits of Funds.

The Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, either alone or with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Secretary alone, shall execute in the name of the corporation such written instruments as may be authorized by the Board and, without special direction of the Board, such instruments as transactions of the ordinary business of the corporation may require and, such officers without the special direction of the Board may authenticate, attest or countersign any such instruments when deemed appropriate. The Board may authorize any person, persons, entity, entities, attorney, attorneys, attorney-in-fact, attorneys-in-fact, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations or other evidences of indebtedness or securities therefor shall be issued in its name unless authorized by the Board as it may direct. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

All checks, drafts, or other similar orders for the payment of money, notes, or other such evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may direct.

Unless authorized by the Board or these Bylaws, no officer, agent, employee or any other person or persons shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or amount.

All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board may direct.

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Section 4.    Certificates of Stock and Uncertificated Stock.

The Board may authorize the issuance of shares of the corporation’s stock, upon such terms and for such consideration as may be lawful. Shares of the corporation’s stock may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under California law. All certificates of stock of the corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. Every certificate of stock of the corporation shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the Chair of the Board, the President, or a Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Certificates for shares and uncertificated shares may be used prior to full payment under such restrictions and for such purposes as the Board may provide; provided, however, that on any certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares, or, for uncertificated shares, on the initial transaction statement for such partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.

Except as provided in this Section, no new certificate for shares and no uncertificated shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered and canceled at the same time. However, if any certificate for shares is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate or uncertificated shares in lieu thereof shall be issued if the shareholder (a) so requests before the corporation has notice that the old certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, (b) if required by the corporation, files with the corporation a bond or other adequate security sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it (including expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares, and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the corporation.

Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation only by the record holder of such stock, or by an attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and in the case of stock represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate.

Section 5.    Transfer Agent, Transfer Clerk and Registrar.

The Board may, from time to time, appoint transfer agents, transfer clerks, and stock registrars to transfer and register the shares of capital stock of the corporation, and may provide that no certificate of capital stock shall be valid without the signature of the stock transfer agent or transfer clerk, and stock registrar.

Section 6.    Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.

The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer or officers authorized by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer are each authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the

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corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by any such officer in person or by any other person authorized so to do by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by said officer.

Section 7.    Stock Purchase Plans.

The corporation may adopt and carry out a stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or agreement providing for the issue and sale for such consideration as may be fixed of its unissued shares, or of issued shares acquired, to one or more of the employees or directors of the corporation or of a subsidiary or to a trustee on their behalf and for the payment for such shares in installments or at one time, and may provide for such shares in installments or at one time, and may provide for aiding any such persons in paying for such shares by compensation for services rendered, promissory notes or otherwise.

Any such stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or agreement may include, among other features, the fixing of eligibility for participation therein, the class and price of shares to be issued or sold under the plan or agreement, the number of shares which may be subscribed for, the method of payment therefor, the reservation of title until full payment therefor, the effect of the termination of employment and option or obligation on the part of the corporation to repurchase the shares upon termination of employment, restrictions upon transfer of the shares, the time limits of and termination of the plan, and any other matters, not in violation of applicable law, as may be included in the plan as approved or authorized by the Board or any committee of the Board.

Section 8.    Fiscal Year and Subdivisions.

The calendar year shall be the corporate fiscal year of the corporation.  For the purpose of paying dividends, for making reports and for the convenient transaction of the business of the corporation, the Board may divide the fiscal year into appropriate subdivisions.

Section 9.    Construction and Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions contained in the General Provisions of the California Corporations Code and in the California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these Bylaws.


ARTICLE VI – INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.

Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, formal or informal, whether brought in the name of the corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director,

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officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall, subject to the terms of any agreement between the corporation and such person, be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permissible under California law and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that (A) the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of the corporation; (B) the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) other than a proceeding by or in the name of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor only if any settlement of such a proceeding is approved in writing by the corporation; (C) that no such person shall be indemnified (i) except to the extent that the aggregate of losses to be indemnified exceeds the amount of such losses for which the director or officer is paid pursuant to any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by the corporation; (ii) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against such person for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by such person of securities of the corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iii) if a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that any indemnification hereunder is unlawful; and (iv) as to circumstances in which indemnity is expressly prohibited by Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law; and (D) that no such person shall be indemnified with regard to any action brought by or in the right of the corporation for breach of duty to the corporation and its shareholders (a) for acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violation of law; (b) for acts or omissions that the director or officer believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director or officer; (c) for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; (d) for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director’s or officer’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director or officer was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing his or her duties, of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or its shareholders; (e) for acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s or officer’s duties to the corporation or its shareholders; and (f) for costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses arising under Section 310 or 316 of the California General Corporation Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article shall include the right to be paid by the corporation expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that if the California General Corporation Law permits the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, such advances shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts to the corporation if it shall be ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified.


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Section 2.
Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents other than Directors and Officers of the Corporation.

A person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such action is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, may, subject to the terms of any agreement between the corporation and such person, be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by California law and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses, (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith.

Section 3.    Right of Directors and Officers to Bring Suit.

If a claim under Section 1 of this Article is not paid in full by the corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is permissible in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct, if any, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption for the purpose of an action that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 4.    Successful Defense.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise (including the dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of a proceeding or action without admission of liability) in defense of any proceeding referred to in Section 1 of this Article or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in  connection therewith.

Section 5.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights.

The right to indemnification provided by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.



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Section 6.    Insurance.

The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the California General Corporation Law.

Section 7.    Expenses as a Witness.

To the extent that any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is by reason of such position, or a position with another entity at the request of the corporation, a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her on his or her behalf in connection therewith.

Section 8.    Indemnity Agreements.

The corporation may enter into agreements with any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permissible under the California General Corporation Law and the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

Section 9.    Separability.

Each and every paragraph, sentence, term and provision of this Article is separate and distinct so that if any paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof. To the extent required, any paragraph, sentence, term or provision of this Article may be modified by a court of competent jurisdiction to preserve its validity and to provide the claimant with, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article and any agreement between the corporation and claimant, the broadest possible indemnification permitted under applicable law.

Section 10.    Effect of Repeal or Modification.

Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right of indemnification of a director or officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any action or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VII – EMERGENCY PROVISIONS

Section 1.    General.

The provisions of this Article shall be operative only during a national emergency declared by the President of the United States or the person performing the President’s functions, or in the event of a nuclear, atomic or other attack on the United States or on a locality in which the corporation

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conducts its business or customarily holds meetings of its Board of Directors or shareholders, or during the existence of any catastrophe, disaster or other similar emergency condition.

Section 2.    Notice of Meetings.

Special meetings and regular meetings of the Board may be held upon one hour’s notice delivered in any manner permitted in Article III, Section 7 of these Bylaws.

Section 3.    Quorum.

The number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum shall be one-third of the authorized number of directors, or such other minimum number required by law or lawful decree then in force, whichever number is less.


ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENTS

Section 1.    Amendments.

These Bylaws may be amended or repealed either by approval of the outstanding shares or by the approval of the Board; provided, however, that a Bylaw specifying or changing a fixed number of directors or the maximum or minimum number or changing from a fixed to a variable Board or vice versa may only be adopted by approval of the outstanding shares. The exact number of directors within the maximum and minimum number specified in these Bylaws may be amended by the Board alone.


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Exhibit 10.1


EDISON INTERNATIONAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

As Adopted August 23, 2018

Effective October 1, 2018, except as otherwise provided below, non-employee Directors of Edison International (“EIX”) and/or Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”) will receive the annual retainers, meeting fees, meeting expenses and equity‑based awards described below as compensation for serving as a Director. The equity-based award provisions described below are effective for Directors elected or reelected on or after August 23, 2018.

Directors who are employees of EIX or SCE shall not receive additional compensation for serving as Directors (other than participation in the EIX Director Matching Gifts Program). Directors who serve on both the EIX Board and the SCE Board, and their corresponding Board Committees, will not receive additional compensation, including additional meeting fees for SCE business meetings held concurrently or consecutively with a corresponding EIX business meeting.

Annual Retainers
Board Retainer – Each Director will receive an annual board retainer of $122,500 to be paid in advance in quarterly installments of $30,625 for any calendar quarter or portion thereof during which the individual serves as a Director.

Board Committee Chair Retainer – Each Director who serves as the Chair of a Board Committee will receive an additional annual retainer of $15,000, except the Director who serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional annual retainer of $20,000 and the Director who serves as the Chair of the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee will receive an additional annual retainer of $20,000. The Committee Chair retainers shall be paid in advance in equal quarterly installments for any calendar quarter or portion thereof during which the Director serves as a Committee Chair.

Chair of EIX Board Retainer – A non-employee Director who serves as the Chair of the EIX Board shall receive an additional annual retainer of $75,000. The retainer shall be paid in advance in equal quarterly installments for any calendar quarter or portion thereof during which the Director serves as the Chair of the EIX Board.

The quarterly retainer installments will be paid on the first business day of the calendar quarter. Initial quarterly retainer installments will be paid as soon as possible following the effective date of the election.


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Meeting Fees
No meeting fee shall be paid for attending a meeting of the Board, any Board Committee, or shareholders. Each Director will receive $2,000 for each business meeting attended on behalf of the corporation in his or her capacity as a Director, at the request or invitation of either the Chair of the EIX Board or the EIX Chief Executive Officer. Each Director shall receive only one meeting fee for any concurrent meetings attended by the Director. Full meeting fees will be paid if the Director attends any portion of any meeting.

Meeting fees will be paid on the first business day of either the first or second month following the month in which the meeting occurred.

Expense Reimbursement
A Director will promptly be reimbursed after submitting to the Corporate Secretary a statement of expenses, supported by receipts and any other requested documentation, for (i) reasonable expenses incurred by the Director to attend Board meetings, Committee meetings, or business meetings attended on behalf of the corporation in his or her capacity as a Director, and (ii) reasonable program fees and expenses incurred by the Director to attend director education programs that are relevant to service on the Board. 1  

Equity-Based Awards 2  
Equity-based awards (“Awards”) will be granted under and subject to the terms of the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan or a successor plan (the “Plan”), except that any award payable in cash will be deemed paid outside of the Plan. The Awards consist of fully vested Edison International deferred stock units (“DSUs”) and/or Edison International common stock (“Common Stock”). DSUs represent the value of one share of Common Stock and will be credited to the Director’s account under the EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan and subject to the terms of that plan. DSUs include dividend equivalent rights that are converted to additional DSUs. The number of DSUs or shares of Common Stock awarded to a Director in any particular instance will be calculated by dividing the applicable equity award amount to be granted on that date

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To the extent any expense reimbursements provided for in this Director Compensation Schedule are taxable to a Director and provide for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Director shall complete all steps required for reimbursement so as to facilitate payment, and any such reimbursements shall be paid to the Director on or before December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. Such reimbursements shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for other benefits, and the expenses eligible for reimbursement in one calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year.
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With respect to equity-based awards approved and granted under current and prior compensation plans by the EIX Board, this Director Compensation Schedule does not alter the intent of the EIX Board to have the awards and subsequent transactions by the Directors occurring pursuant to the awards continue to comply with and be exempt under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated thereunder (or any successor provision thereto).


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(expressed in dollars and determined as set forth below, the “Award Amount”) by the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as of that date, rounded up to the nearest whole share. Fair market value for these purposes shall be determined in accordance with the Plan. Each Award will be subject to terms and conditions approved in advance by the Board.

Initial Election Award – Upon the initial election of a Director to the Board, the Director will receive an award of DSUs with an aggregate Award Amount of $152,500 subject to proration as provided below, the date of grant of which shall be the effective date of such election.

Annual Reelection Award – Each Director reelected to the Board will receive Common Stock and/or DSUs with an aggregate Award Amount of $152,500, the date of grant of which shall be the date of such reelection. The portion of the award to be granted in Common Stock and/or DSUs shall be specified in advance by the Director as provided in the next paragraph.

Prior to the year the Annual Reelection Award is granted, the Director may elect to receive the award entirely in shares of Common Stock, entirely in DSUs, or in any combination of each, except that if a fractional share would result, the Common Stock portion will be rounded up to the next whole share and the DSU portion will be rounded down to the next whole DSU. If no such election is timely made by the Director for a particular year, the Director’s Annual Reelection Award (if any) for that year will be entirely Common Stock.

Additional Award to Chair of EIX Board – Upon the initial appointment of a non-employee Director as Chair of the EIX Board, the Director will receive Common Stock and/or DSUs with an aggregate Award Amount of $75,000 subject to proration as provided below, the date of grant of which shall be the effective date of such appointment.

If a non-employee Director serving as Chair of the EIX Board is reelected to the EIX Board and is reappointed or otherwise remains Chair of the EIX Board following such reelection, then that Director will receive an Additional Award of Common Stock and/or DSUs with an Award Amount of $75,000 (in addition to the Annual Reelection Award Amount of $152,500, for a total Award Amount of $227,500), the grant date of which shall be the date of such reelection.

The portion of the Additional Award to be granted in Common Stock and/or DSUs shall be subject to the Director’s election in effect (if any) for that year’s Annual Reelection Award. 3 To the extent no such election is in effect, the Additional Award for an initial

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If the Director’s election is a for a combination of Common Stock and DSUs that would result in a fractional share, then the Common Stock portion will be rounded up to the next whole share and the DSU portion will be rounded down to the next whole DSU.

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appointment as Chair shall be made in the form of DSUs and any subsequent Additional Award for that Chair shall be made in the form of Common Stock.

Proration of Certain Awards. The Initial Election and Additional Award amounts provided for above are subject to proration if the grant date of the Award occurs (i) in the second quarter of EIX’s fiscal year and after the date of EIX’s annual meeting of shareholders for that year, (ii) in the third quarter of EIX’s fiscal year, or (iii) in the fourth quarter of EIX’s fiscal year. In determining the Award Amount as to any such Award, the applicable dollar amount set forth above will be multiplied by a percentage determined in accordance with the table set forth below.

If the grant date of the award occurs:
Then the applicable percentage is:
In the first quarter of EIX’s fiscal year, or in the second quarter of EIX’s fiscal year and on or before the date of EIX’s annual meeting of shareholders for that year
100% (no proration)
In the second quarter of EIX’s fiscal year and after the date of EIX’s annual meeting of shareholders for that year
75%
In the third quarter of EIX’s fiscal year
50%
In the fourth quarter of EIX’s fiscal year
25%

However, if a non-employee Director receives an Initial Election and/or Additional Award during a particular EIX fiscal year before the date of EIX’s annual meeting of shareholders for that year, the Director will not receive that same Award Amount again if he or she is reelected as a Director in that fiscal year. 4  

EIX Affiliate Boards – SCE non-employee Directors who do not serve on the EIX Board will receive Awards equal in amount to EIX non-employee Directors if the SCE Board authorizes such compensation. Differing amounts of SCE Awards, and Awards for non‑employee directors of other EIX affiliates, may only be made with additional approval of the EIX Board.

Matching Gift Program
Directors of EIX and SCE are eligible to participate in the EIX Director Matching Gifts Program.

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For example, if a non-employee Director is initially elected to the Board in the first quarter of EIX’s fiscal year or in the second quarter before the date of EIX’s annual meeting of shareholders for that year, and is then reelected to the Board on the date of EIX’s annual meeting of shareholders for that year, the Director would receive an Initial Award in connection with his or her initial election to the Board, but would not receive an Annual Reelection Award in connection with that annual meeting. If that Director is initially appointed as Chair of the EIX Board at that annual meeting, he or she would receive the Additional Award.


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Exhibit 10.2

EDISON INTERNATIONAL
2008 EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective
December 9, 2015
(as amended)

PREAMBLE
The purpose of this Plan is to provide Eligible Employees of participating Affiliates with the opportunity to defer payment and taxation of some elements of their compensation.
This Plan applies to amounts arising from deferrals of compensation earned or determined after December 31, 2004 and to amounts that vested after December 31, 2004, and is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations issued thereunder.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms in the text of the Plan are defined as follows:
Administrator means the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors of EIX.
Affiliate means EIX or any corporation or entity which (i) along with EIX, is a component member of a "controlled group of corporations" within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, and (ii) has approved the participation of its Executives in the Plan.
Beneficiary means the person or persons or entity designated as such in accordance with Article 7 of the Plan.
Board means the Board of Directors of EIX.
Bonus means the dollar amount of bonus awarded by the Employer to the Participant pursuant to the terms of the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan, or a successor plan governing annual executive bonuses, before reductions for deferrals under the Plan, provided such award constitutes “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e).
Change in Control means a Change in Control of EIX as defined in the Severance Plan.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Contingent Event means the Participant’s Disability or death while employed by an Affiliate or Separation from Service for other reasons if such event occurs prior to the Participant’s Retirement.
Contingent Payment Election means an election regarding the time and form of payment made or deemed made in accordance with Section 5.2.

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Crediting Rate means the rate at which interest will be credited to Deferral Accounts. The rate will be determined annually in advance of the calendar year and will be equal to the average monthly Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield for Baa Public Utility Bonds for the 60 months preceding November 1st of the prior year. Effective with calendar year 2015, the rate will be determined annually in advance of the calendar year and will be equal to the average monthly Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield for Baa Public Utility Bonds for the 60 months preceding September 1st of the prior year. EIX reserves the right to prospectively change the definition of Crediting Rate.
Deferral Account means the notional account established for record keeping purposes for a Participant pursuant to Article 4 of the Plan.
Deferral Election means the Participant's election to defer amounts under the Plan. Deferral Elections shall be made on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator, which may include electronic elections.
Deferral Period means the Plan Year covered by a valid Deferral Election previously submitted by a Participant, or in the case of a newly eligible Participant, the balance of the Plan Year following the date of the Deferral Election.
Disability means the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under a plan covering employees of the Employer.
Dividend Equivalent means an amount equal to the dividend declared by the Board on one share of EIX common stock for any calendar quarter.
EIX means Edison International.
Eligible Employee means an Executive of an Affiliate, who (i) is a U.S. employee or an expatriate who is based and paid in the U.S., (ii) is designated by the Administrator as eligible to participate in the Plan (subject to the restriction in Section 8.2 of the Plan), and (iii) qualifies as a member of a "select group of management or highly compensated employees" under ERISA. 1  
Employer means the Affiliate employing the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a particular Participant’s benefits under the Plan, for purposes of determining which Affiliate is obligated to pay such benefits, Employer as to such Participant and benefits means the Affiliate employing the Participant upon the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, as to any distribution of any benefit under the Plan prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Affiliate employing the Participant at the time of such distribution).
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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Effective December 31, 2013, no EME Participant shall be an “Eligible Employee” under this Plan, provided, however, that any deferral election previously made by an EME Participant with respect to 2011 or 2012 performance share awards granted by EIX shall be given continuing effect for purposes of this Plan. For purposes of clarity, no prior salary deferral election made by an EME Participant under this Plan shall be given continuing effect. For these purposes, EME’s employees, EME’s former employees, and their respective beneficiaries are collectively referred to as “EME Participants,” and “EME” refers to Edison Mission Energy and its subsidiaries.

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Executive means an employee of an Affiliate who is designated an Executive by the CEO of that Affiliate or who is elected as a Vice President or officer of higher rank by the board of that Affiliate or by the Board.
Executive Salary Deferral means the percentage deferred from Salary under this Plan. The Executive Salary Deferral is subtracted from Salary before Savings Plan contributions are calculated.
Matching Credits means the credits added to the Participant's Deferral Account under Article 3.
Matching Base means the amount of the Executive Salary Deferral plus the amount, if any, by which the Participant’s Salary in a calendar year minus the Executive Salary Deferral for that calendar year exceeds the Code Section 401(a)(17) compensation limit.
Participant means an Eligible Employee who has completed a Deferral Election with respect to future payments pursuant to Article 2 of the Plan, or an employee or former employee who has a Deferral Account balance.
Payment Event as to a Participant means the Participant’s Separation from Service for any reason other than death or Disability.
Payment Election means a Primary Payment Election or a Contingent Payment Election, or a payment election pursuant to Section 5.1.1, as the case may be, subject to change pursuant to Section 5.3. Payment Elections shall be made on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator, or its delegate, which may include electronic elections.
Plan means the EIX 2008 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
Plan Year means the calendar year.
Primary Payment Election means an election regarding the time and form of payments made or deemed made in accordance with Section 5.1.
Qualifying Award means an award granted to an Eligible Employee under the EIX Management Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, the EIX Officer Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, the EIX Equity Compensation Plan, or the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan, other than an EIX nonqualified stock option, and evidenced in writing that provides (or is amended to provide) that the award may be deferred under this Plan.
Retirement means a Separation from Service under terms constituting a retirement for purposes of the EIX 2008 Executive Retirement Plan.
Salary means the Participant's basic pay from the Employer (excluding Bonuses, Special Awards, commissions, severance pay, and other non-regular forms of compensation) before reductions for deferrals under the Plan or the Savings Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator, or its delegate, may prescribe a different definition of Salary for a Plan Year (or part thereof) if such definition is set forth in the form or instructions for the Deferral Election for such Plan Year.
Savings Plan means the Edison 401(k) Savings Plan.
Separation from Service occurs when a Participant dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment from the Employer that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1), without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.

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Severance Plan means the EIX 2008 Executive Severance Plan (or any similar successor plan).
Similar Plan means a plan required to be aggregated with this Plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2)(i).
Special Award means an award other than Salary, Bonus or a Qualifying Award that is payable in cash at a future date.
Specified Employee means a Participant who is designated as an elected Vice President or above by the Administrator, using the identification date and methods determined by the Administrator.
Termination of Employment means the voluntary or involuntary Separation from Service for any reason other than Retirement or death.
Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s spouse or dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the Participant’s control.
Valuation Date means the last day of the month in which the final day of employment falls prior to Separation from Service, unless distribution is scheduled or required to commence on a date other than the first day of the month following Separation from Service, in which latter case Valuation Date means the day before distribution is scheduled or required to commence.
Years of Service . Years of vesting service credited under the terms of the EIX 2008 Executive Retirement Plan.
ARTICLE 2
DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
2.1
Elections
(a)    Salary. An Eligible Employee may elect to defer Salary under the Plan by submitting a Salary Deferral Election to the Administrator specifying the whole percentage of Salary to be deferred prior to the beginning of the Plan Year during which the Eligible Employee performs the services for which such Salary is to be earned. The maximum Salary Deferral is 75% of Salary (or such other amount as prescribed by the Administrator and set forth in the form or instructions for the applicable Salary Deferral Election).
Once made, a Salary Deferral Election (except as provided below and in Section 2.1(f); including any election regarding time and form of payment) will continue to apply for subsequent Deferral Periods unless (i) the Eligible Employee submits a new Salary Deferral Election during a subsequent enrollment period changing the deferral amount or revoking the existing election, or (ii) the Participant is not an Eligible Employee on the last day of a subsequent enrollment period. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 5.1.1 to the contrary, if a Participant who has a Primary Payment Election in effect with respect to Salary deferrals for the 2018 Plan Year (including a deemed election) does not make a new Payment Election for Salary deferrals for the 2019 Plan

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Year, then the preceding sentence and the payment rules of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall continue to apply to such Participant; as a result, the Primary Payment Election and the Contingent Payment Election for Salary deferrals for the 2018 Plan Year (including deemed elections) shall apply for Salary deferrals for the 2019 Plan Year and for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant timely submits a new Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year.
Effective with the final payroll period in 2014, Salary paid solely for services performed during a payroll period (as described in Section 3401(b) of the Code) that includes the last day of a Plan Year, and for which payment is made in the immediately following Plan Year, shall be treated for purposes of this Plan as compensation for services performed in the Plan Year in which the payment is made.
(b)    Bonus. An Eligible Employee may elect to defer a portion of his or her Bonus (up to the maximum noted below) by submitting a Bonus Deferral Election to the Administrator prior to the date that is six months before the end of the performance period and in no event later than the date the Bonus has become readily ascertainable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either generally or as to a particular Bonus, the Administrator may, but need not, require that Bonus Deferral Elections be submitted to the Administrator prior to the beginning of the Plan Year during which the Eligible Employee performs the services for which such Bonus is to be earned. The maximum Bonus Deferral is: 100% of Bonus if the Plan Year for which such Bonus is to be earned is the 2018 Plan Year or an earlier Plan Year; or 85% of Bonus (or such other amount as prescribed by the Administrator and set forth in the form or instructions for the applicable Bonus Deferral Election) if the Plan Year for which such Bonus is to be earned is the 2019 Plan Year or a subsequent Plan Year.
Once made, a Bonus Deferral Election (except as provided below and in Section 2.1(f); including any election regarding time and form of payment) will continue to apply for subsequent Deferral Periods unless (i) the Eligible Employee submits a new Bonus Deferral Election during a subsequent enrollment period changing the deferral amount or revoking the existing election, or (ii) the Participant is not an Eligible Employee on the last day of a subsequent enrollment period. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 2.1(b) to the contrary, if a Participant who has a Deferral Election to defer 100% of Bonus, net of taxes, for the 2018 Plan Year does not make a new Deferral Election for Bonus deferrals for the 2019 Plan Year, then the Participant’s Deferral Election for the 2019 Plan Year shall be to defer 85% of Bonus for the 2019 Plan Year. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 5.1.1 to the contrary, if a Participant who has a Primary Payment Election in effect with respect to Bonus deferrals for the 2018 Plan Year (including a deemed election) does not make a new Payment Election for Bonus deferrals for the 2019 Plan Year, then the first sentence of this paragraph and the payment rules of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall continue to apply to such Participant; as a result, the Primary Payment Election and the Contingent Payment Election for Bonus deferrals for the 2018 Plan Year (including deemed elections) shall apply for Bonus deferrals for the 2019 Plan Year and for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant timely submits a new Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year.
(c)    Initial Eligibility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who first becomes an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year may make an initial Deferral Election for the deferral of Salary or Bonus, provided that such Eligible Employee has not previously become eligible to participate in

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this or any Similar Plan. Any Salary Deferral Election must be made within thirty days after the date the employee becomes an Eligible Employee and shall apply to Salary earned for services performed after the election is submitted to the Administrator. If the employee first becomes an Eligible Employee prior to establishment of the performance criteria for a Bonus, the Eligible Employee may make the Bonus Deferral Election prior to the date that is six months before the end of the performance period but not later than the date the Bonus has become readily ascertainable. If the employee first becomes an Eligible Employee after establishment of the performance criteria or less than six months before the end of the Deferral Period, such Bonus Deferral Election must be made within thirty days after the date the employee becomes an Eligible Employee and shall apply to that portion of the Bonus earned during the Plan Year multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in the calendar year after the election is submitted to the Administrator to the total number of days during the Plan Year that such Employee is employed by an Affiliate.
(d)    Qualifying Awards. An Eligible Employee may elect to defer payment of a portion of his or her Qualifying Awards (up to the Maximum Qualifying Award Deferral as defined below) by submitting a Qualifying Award Deferral Election to the Administrator specifying the whole percentage of his or her Qualifying Awards to be deferred. With respect to a Qualifying Award that was granted on or before December 31, 2012 with respect to a performance period scheduled to end on or after December 31, 2013, and that is “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), the Eligible Employee must submit his or her Qualifying Award Deferral Election to the Administrator not later than December 31, 2012. Otherwise, the Participant must submit his or her Qualifying Award Deferral Election to the Administrator prior to the beginning of the Plan Year in which such Qualifying Award is granted. The “Maximum Qualifying Award Deferral” is: 100% of the Qualifying Award if the Qualifying Award was granted in the 2018 Plan Year or an earlier Plan Year; or 85% of the Qualifying Award (or such other amount as prescribed by the Administrator and set forth in the form or instructions for the applicable Qualifying Award Deferral Election) if the Qualifying Award is granted in the 2019 Plan Year or a subsequent Plan Year.
In the circumstances provided in the next two sentences, the Administrator may, but need not, extend the applicable Qualifying Award Deferral Election deadlines either generally or as to a particular Qualifying Award.  With respect to any Qualifying Award that qualifies as “performance-based compensation,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), the Administrator may permit the Qualifying Award Deferral Election to be made prior to the date that is six months before the end of the performance period and in no event later than the date the Qualifying Award has become readily ascertainable. With respect to any Qualifying Award that is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture at grant, the Administrator may permit the Qualifying Award Deferral Election to be made not more than thirty days following the date the Qualifying Award is granted, provided that the Deferral Election is not made later than the date that is twelve months before the Qualifying Award could cease to be subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture other than due to death, Disability or a change in the ownership or effective control or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of EIX within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who first becomes an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year may make an initial Deferral Election for the deferral of a portion of his or her Qualifying

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Awards (up to the Maximum Qualifying Award Deferral), provided that such Eligible Employee has not previously become eligible to participate in this or any Similar Plan. Such Qualifying Award Deferral Election must be made within thirty days after the date the employee becomes an Eligible Employee. The Deferral Election shall apply to the entire specified portion of the Qualifying Award to which it relates if either (i) the Qualifying Award qualifies as “performance-based compensation,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), and the Qualifying Award Deferral Election is made prior to the establishment of performance criteria for the Qualifying Award and the date that is six months before the end of the performance period and in no event later than the date the Qualifying Award has become readily ascertainable, or (ii) the Qualifying Award is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture at grant and the Qualifying Award Deferral Election is made not more than thirty days following the date the Qualifying Award is granted, provided that the Deferral Election is not made later than the date that is twelve months before the Qualifying Award could cease to be subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture other than due to death, Disability or a change in the ownership or effective control or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of EIX within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5). If the preceding sentence does not apply, the Qualifying Award Deferral Election shall apply to that portion of the related Qualifying Award multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in the applicable performance period (or the number of days remaining in the applicable service period if the Qualifying Award is not a performance-based vesting award) after the election is submitted to the Administrator to the total number of days during that performance period (or that service period, as the case may be) that such Employee is employed by an Affiliate.
The Qualifying Award remains subject to all applicable limitations as to the time or times during which it may become payable or the conditions for payment as provided in the terms and conditions of the Qualifying Award.
Once made, a Qualifying Award Deferral Election (except as provided below and in Section 2.1(f); including any election regarding time and form of payment) will continue to apply for subsequent Deferral Periods unless (i) the Eligible Employee submits a new Qualifying Award Deferral Election during a subsequent enrollment period changing the deferral amount or revoking the existing election, or (ii) the Participant is not an Eligible Employee on the last day of a subsequent enrollment period; provided that a Deferral Election made prior to December 1, 2012 shall not be given effect as to any Qualifying Award to the extent that the Participant had the ability on or after December 1, 2012 to make a new Deferral Election as to that Qualifying Award. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 5.1.1 to the contrary, if a Participant who has a Primary Payment Election in effect with respect to a Qualifying Award granted in the 2018 Plan Year (including a deemed election) does not make a new Payment Election for a Qualifying Award granted in the 2019 Plan Year, then the preceding sentence and the payment rules of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall continue to apply to such Participant; as a result, the Primary Payment Election and the Contingent Payment Election for the Qualifying Award granted in the 2018 Plan Year (including deemed elections) shall apply for the Qualifying Award granted in the 2019 Plan Year and for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant timely submits a new Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year.
(e)    Special Awards. An Eligible Employee may elect to defer payment of a portion of his or her Special Awards (up to the maximum specified prescribed by the Administrator and set forth in the

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form or instructions for the applicable Special Award Deferral Election) by submitting a Special Award Deferral Election to the Administrator specifying the whole percentage of his or her Special Awards to be deferred. With respect to any Special Awards that are “performance-based compensation,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), the Eligible Employee must submit his or her Special Award Deferral Election to the Administrator prior to the date that is six months before the end of the performance period and in no event later than the date the Special Award has become readily ascertainable. With respect to any Special Awards that are not “performance-based compensation,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), the Eligible Employee must submit his or her Special Award Deferral Election to the Administrator either (i) in the case of a Special Award that is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture at grant, within thirty days following the date the Special Award is granted, but in no event later than the date that is twelve months before the Special Award could cease to be subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture other than due to death, Disability or a change in the ownership or effective control or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of EIX within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), or (ii) otherwise, prior to the beginning of the Plan Year in which such Special Award is given.
An employee who first becomes an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year may make an initial Deferral Election for the deferral of some or all of his or her Special Awards, provided that such Eligible Employee has not previously become eligible to participate in this or any Similar Plan. Such Special Award Deferral Election must be made within thirty days after the date the employee becomes an Eligible Employee. The Deferral Election shall apply to the entire specified portion of the Special Award to which it relates if either (i) the Special Award qualifies as “performance-based compensation,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), and the Special Award Deferral Election is made prior to the establishment of performance criteria for the Special Award and the date that is six months before the end of the performance period and in no event later than the date the Special Award has become readily ascertainable, or (ii) the Special Award is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture at grant and the Special Award Deferral Election is made not more than thirty days following the date the Special Award is granted, provided that the Deferral Election is not made later than the date that is twelve months before the Special Award could cease to be subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture other than due to death, Disability or a change in the ownership or effective control or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of EIX within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5). If the preceding sentence does not apply, the Special Award Deferral Election shall apply to that portion of the related Special Award multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in the applicable performance period (or the number of days remaining in the applicable service period if the Special Award is not a performance-based vesting award) after the election is submitted to the Administrator to the total number of days during that performance period (or that service period, as the case may be) that such Employee is employed by an Affiliate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, either generally or as to a particular Special Award, the Administrator may, but need not, require that Special Award Deferral Elections be submitted to the Administrator prior to the beginning of the Plan Year in which such Special Award is given.
The Special Award remains subject to all applicable limitations as to the time or times during which it may become payable or the conditions for payment as provided in the terms and conditions of

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the Special Award. Once made, a Special Award Deferral Election (except as provided below and in Section 2.1(f); including any election regarding time and form of payment) will continue to apply for subsequent Deferral Periods unless (i) the Eligible Employee submits a new Special Award Deferral Election during a subsequent enrollment period changing the deferral amount or revoking the existing election, or (ii) the Participant is not an Eligible Employee on the last day of a subsequent enrollment period; provided that a Deferral Election made prior to December 1, 2012 shall not be given effect as to any Special Award to the extent that the Participant had the ability on or after December 1, 2012 to make a new Deferral Election as to that Special Award.
(f)    Evergreen Specified Date Payout Election. If a Deferral Election in effect with respect to one Plan Year (the first Plan Year) carries over and applies to the next Plan Year (the second Plan Year) pursuant to this Section 2.1, and the Participant’s Payment Election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year includes a specified date payout election, then:
(i) if the second Plan Year is a Plan Year before the 2019 Plan Year, one additional year will be added to the specified date when the Payment Election is applied to the second Plan Year; or
(ii) if the second Plan Year is the 2019 Plan Year or a subsequent Plan Year, then (x) an additional year will not be added to the specified date when the Payment Election is applied to the second Plan Year, and (y) if the specified date payout election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year is a date in the first or second Plan Year, the Participant shall be deemed to have made a Payment Election for the second Plan Year of a single lump sum upon the earliest of the Participant’s Payment Event, death, or Disability; provided, however, that
(iii) the Administrator, or its delegate, may prescribe a different payout rule that will be applied for the second Plan Year if such different rule is set forth in the form or instructions for the Payment Election for the second Plan Year.
2.2
Vesting
Amounts deferred under this Article 2 and any earnings thereon will be 100% vested at all times. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Special Award deferred under Section 2.1(e) and any earnings thereon may be subject to vesting terms. Any such deferred Special Award shall fully vest upon the Participant’s Separation from Service if the Participant is entitled to receive benefits under the Severance Plan and has satisfied all conditions for such benefits.
ARTICLE 3
MATCHING CREDITS
3.1
Amount
Matching Credits in each calendar year (through and including Matching Credits for 2017 Salary and 2017 Bonus) will be added by the Employer to the Participant's Deferral Account under this Plan equal to (i) the lesser of the amount of Salary earned in the calendar year and deferred under the Plan or 6% of the Participant’s Matching Base for the calendar year, plus (ii) the lesser of one-

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half of the amount of Bonus deferred under the Plan or 3% of the Bonus. Matching Credits added to the Participant’s Deferral Account shall be subject to the payment election provisions of Article 5 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, will become payable pursuant to the Deferral Election made or deemed made in the year prior to the calendar year the Matching Credits are added to the Participant’s Deferral Account).
3.2
Vesting
The Participant's Matching Credits and earnings thereon will vest (i) when the Participant has completed five Years of Service with an Affiliate, (ii) upon the Participant’s Disability while employed with an Affiliate, (iii) upon the Participant’s death while employed with an Affiliate, or (iv) upon the Participant’s Separation from Service if the Participant is entitled to benefits under the Severance Plan and has satisfied all conditions for such benefits. A Participant’s unvested Matching Credits and earnings thereon will terminate and be forfeited and the Participant will have no right thereto or in respect thereof on the first to occur of:
(a)    any Separation from Service of the Participant not listed in clauses (ii), (iii), or (iv) of the preceding sentence, or
(b)    as to any Matching Credits (and earnings thereon) with respect to Salary or Bonus deferred for any Plan Year after 2013, any specified payment date elected by the Participant as to the deferrals to which such Matching Credits (and earnings thereon) relate.
3.3    Cessation of Matching Credits
Effective January 1, 2018, the Matching Credits feature of the Plan will terminate, and no Matching Credits will be made to any Participant’s Deferral Account at any time thereafter (other than any amounts still to be credited as Matching Credits for 2017 Salary or 2017 Bonus). Matching Credits added to a Participant’s Deferral Account with respect to a calendar year prior to 2018 shall continue to be subject to applicable Plan provisions, including without limitation provisions pertaining to vesting, crediting of interest, and payment.
ARTICLE 4
DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
4.1
Deferral Accounts
Solely for record keeping purposes, the Administrator will maintain a Deferral Account for each Participant with such subaccounts as the Administrator or its record keeper finds necessary or convenient in the administration of the Plan.
4.2
Timing of Credits
(a)    Salary, Bonus and Special Award Deferrals. The Administrator will credit to the Participant’s Deferral Account the Salary, Bonus and Special Award deferrals under Article 2 at the time such amounts would otherwise have been paid to the Participant but for the Deferral Election.

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(b)    Matching Credits. Matching Credits under Article 3 will be credited (conditionally until vested) to the Deferral Account at the same time the related deferrals are credited to the Deferral Account.
(c)    Qualifying Awards. As of the first day immediately following the vesting or performance period of a Qualifying Award that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, or as of the ex-dividend date in the case of Dividend Equivalents, a Participant’s Deferral Account will be credited with the deferred amount.
(d)    Interest Crediting Dates. The Administrator will credit interest at the Crediting Rate to the Participant's Deferral Account on a daily basis, compounded annually.
4.3
Statement of Accounts
The Administrator will periodically either provide or make available to each Participant a statement setting forth the balance of the Deferral Account maintained for the Participant.
ARTICLE 5
PAYMENT ELECTIONS
5.1
Primary Payment Election for Deferral Periods Prior to 2019
(a)    As part of a Deferral Election for Deferral Periods prior to 2019, a Participant may make a Primary Payment Election specifying the payment schedule for each subaccount that will be created as a result of the Deferral Election. The choices available for a Primary Payment Election are as follows:
(i) Monthly installments for 60 to 180 months, as provided in the applicable Primary Payment Election form; or
(ii) A single lump sum; or
(iii) Two to fifteen installments paid annually, as provided in the applicable Primary Payment Election form; or
(iv) Any combination of the preceding three choices, as provided in the applicable Primary Payment Election form.
Payments under this Primary Payment Election may commence upon (i) the first day of a specified month and year that may be no later than the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75; (ii) the Participant’s Retirement; or (iii) the first day of the month that is a specified number of months following the Participant’s Retirement or the first day of a specified month a specified number of years following the calendar year in which Retirement occurs (provided that if the date otherwise determined pursuant to this clause (iii) is later than the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75, the date pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be the later of the Participant’s Retirement or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75).

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(b)    Subject to Section 5.5, lump sum payments or initial installment payments will be made within 90 days (60 days in the case of a payment triggered by a specified payment date) of the scheduled dates. Interest will be added to the payment amount for the days elapsed between the scheduled payment date and the actual date of payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in a Participant Deferral Election, payments from a Participant’s Deferral Account will be subject to the following earliest payment date rules: (i) no subaccount relating to a Bonus Deferral Election may be scheduled to commence payment or be paid until the first day of the fourth month in the Plan Year immediately following the Plan Year for which the Bonus was awarded (for example, April 1, 2014 as to a Bonus awarded for 2013); and (ii) no subaccount relating to a Qualifying Award Deferral Election or Special Award Deferral Election with respect to “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e) may be scheduled to commence payment or be paid until the first day of the fourth month in the Plan Year immediately following the Plan Year in which the corresponding performance period is scheduled to end. If the foregoing earliest payment date rules apply to any payment to be paid in installments, the first installment shall be paid on the applicable earliest payment date and subsequent installments shall be paid over the applicable installment period. The foregoing earliest payment date rules shall apply to payments under both Primary Payment Elections and Contingent Payment Elections. If the Participant’s delivery of a release would change the amount of his or her Plan benefit that is payable, and the period for the Participant to consider, execute and revoke such release spans two different Plan Years, and the 90- or 60-day period, as applicable, specified above for the payment of any benefit contingent on such release also spans those two Plan Years, payment of the portion of the benefit contingent upon such release (and earnings thereon) shall be made in the time period otherwise specified above but in the second of those two Plan Years.
If paid in installments, the installments will be paid in amounts that will amortize the Deferral Account or subaccount balance with interest credited at the Crediting Rate over the period of time benefits are to be paid. For purposes of calculating installments, the Deferral Account or subaccount will be valued as of the Valuation Date and subsequently as of December 31 each year with subsequent installments adjusted for the next calendar year according to procedures established by the Administrator. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, distribution in installments shall be treated as a single payment as of the date of the initial installment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. If paid in monthly installments, the installments may be paid in a single check each month or in more than one check for any given month, provided that in either such case the total amount of the monthly payment shall not change.
(c)    If no Primary Payment Election has been made, the Primary Payment Election shall be deemed to be a single lump sum upon the Participant’s Retirement (or, if earlier, the Participant’s death or Disability).
5.1.1
Payment Election for Deferral Periods After 2018
(a)    As part of a Deferral Election for Deferral Periods after 2018, a Participant may elect, subject to the conditions set forth in this paragraph, that amounts deferred pursuant to such Deferral Election be paid upon: (i) January 1 of a specified year that may be no later than the year in which the Participant attains age 75; (ii) the Participant’s Payment Event; (iii) January 1 of the year following the Payment Event; or (iv) January 1 of the fifth year following the Payment Event. If a Participant

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dies or, while employed by an Affiliate, becomes Disabled before payments have commenced, then payment shall be made in a lump sum upon (or within 90 days following) the Participant’s death or Disability. If a Participant dies or, while employed by an Affiliate, becomes Disabled after payments have commenced but before all payments have been completed, then all of the Participant’s remaining benefits shall be paid in a lump sum upon (or within 90 days following) the Participant’s death or Disability. If a Participant elects payment to commence pursuant to clause (iii) or clause (iv) above, the Payment Event occurs, and the date otherwise determined pursuant to clause (iii) or clause (iv), as applicable under the Deferral Election, would be later than the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75, then the commencement date shall instead be the later of the Participant’s Payment Event or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75.
Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, or its delegate, in the applicable Deferral Election form, the choices available for a Payment Election are a single lump sum or five, ten or fifteen installments paid annually.
(b)     The provisions in Section 5.1(b) also apply to this Section 5.1.1.
(c)    If no Payment Election has been made, the Payment Election shall be deemed to be a single lump sum upon the earliest of the Participant’s Payment Event, death, or Disability.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.1.1, the Administrator, or its delegate, may prescribe rules in the form or instructions for any Payment Election that are different than the rules set forth in this Section 5.1.1 as to the benefits covered by such Payment Election, including expanding or limiting the forms of payment and payment commencement dates available for the Payment Election and prescribing different payment rules for death and Disability.
5.2
Contingent Payment Election for Deferral Periods Prior to 2019
As part of a Deferral Election for Deferral Periods prior to 2019, a Participant may make a Contingent Payment Election for each of the Contingent Events of (1) the Participant’s death while employed by an Affiliate, (2) the Participant’s Disability while employed by an Affiliate, and (3) Termination of Employment, for each subaccount that will be created as a result of the Deferral Election, which Contingent Payment Election will take effect upon the first Contingent Event, if any, that occurs before the Participant’s Retirement (if the Participant specified a payment schedule determined by reference to Retirement in Section 5.1) or the first day of a specified month and year elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 5.1. The choices available for the Contingent Payment Election are those specified in Section 5.1 except that the references to Retirement shall instead refer to the applicable Contingent Event.
If the Participant has made no Contingent Payment Election and a Contingent Event occurs prior to Retirement (if the Participant specified a payment schedule determined by reference to Retirement in Section 5.1) or the first day of a specified month and year elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 5.1, the Administrator will pay the benefit as specified in the Participant’s Primary Payment Election, except that payments scheduled for payment or commencement of payment “upon Retirement,” or with a payment date determined by reference to “Retirement,” will be paid, commence, or have payment determined by a reference to, the first day of the month following the month in which the Contingent Event occurs. If the Participant has made neither a Contingent

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Payment Election nor a Primary Payment Election and a Contingent Event occurs prior to Retirement, the Payment Election shall be deemed to be a single lump sum upon the Participant’s Contingent Event, subject to the earliest payment date rules in Section 5.1.
5.3
Changes to Payment Elections
Participants may change a Payment Election, including a deemed Payment Election, after the period allowed for the initial Deferral Election by submitting a new written Payment Election to the Administrator in the manner prescribed by the Administrator, subject to the following conditions: (1) the new Payment Election shall not be effective unless made at least twelve months before the payment or commencement date scheduled under the prior Payment Election; (2) the new Payment Election must defer a lump sum payment or commencement of installment payments for a period of at least five years from the date that the lump sum would have been paid or installment payments would have commenced under the prior Payment Election; and (3) the election shall not be effective until twelve months after it is submitted to the Administrator. If at the time a new Payment Election is submitted, the Administrator determines that imposition of the five-year delay would require that a Participant’s payments begin after he or she has attained age 75, then the Participant will not be permitted to make a new Payment Election. After 2018, a Participant will only be given one opportunity per Deferral Account to change the Payment Election for that Deferral Account, and the payment schedules available for such new Payment Election are those specified in Section 5.1.1 that are available for new Payment Elections at the time the new Payment Election is made, subject to the conditions specified in this paragraph.
5.4
Small Benefit Exception
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion and as determined by it in writing, pay the benefits in a single lump sum if the sum of all benefits payable to the Participant under this Plan and all Similar Plans is less than or equal to the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code.
5.5
Six-Month Delay in Payment for Specified Employees
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that a Participant who is a Specified Employee is entitled to a distribution from the Plan due to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the lump sum payment or the commencement of installment payments, as the case may be, may not be scheduled to occur or occur before the date that is the earlier of (1) six months following the Participant’s Separation from Service for reasons other than death or (2) the Participant’s death.
5.6
Conflict of Interest Exception, Etc.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, pay benefits in a single lump sum if permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(iii). In addition, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the payment of benefits if and to the extent permitted under any of the other exceptions specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) to the general rule in Section 409A of the Code prohibiting accelerated payments, provided that the terms of Section 5.4 of the Plan shall govern whether benefits will be paid in a single lump sum

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pursuant to the small benefit exception contained in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(v).
ARTICLE 6
SURVIVOR BENEFITS
6.1
Payment
Following the Participant’s death, payment of the Participant’s Deferral Account will be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries according to the payment schedule elected or deemed elected according to Article 5.
6.2
Special Increase
This Section 6.2 applies as to any Participant who was first an Eligible Employee under this Plan on or before December 31, 2008. If any such Participant’s death occurs within the first 10 years following the date on which he or she first became an Eligible Employee, the balance existing on the date of the Participant’s death shall be doubled, excluding the portion of the balance derived from deferrals and earnings thereon of Qualifying Awards and of Special Awards unless the Special Award specifies such doubling. The doubled balance will be paid out according to the payment schedule elected or deemed elected according to Article 5. For the avoidance of doubt, the death benefit provided in this Section 6.2 is intended as a separate plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c).
ARTICLE 7
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
The Participant will have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as Beneficiary (both primary and contingent) to whom payment under the Plan will be made in the event of the Participant's death. The Beneficiary designation will be effective when it is submitted to the Administrator during the Participant's lifetime in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator.
The submission of a new Beneficiary designation will cancel all prior Beneficiary designations. Any finalized divorce or marriage of a Participant subsequent to the date of a Beneficiary designation will revoke such designation, unless in the case of divorce the previous spouse was not designated as a Beneficiary, and unless in the case of marriage the Participant's new spouse has previously been designated as Beneficiary. The spouse of a married Participant must consent in writing to any designation of a Beneficiary other than the spouse.
If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if the Beneficiary designation is revoked by marriage, divorce, or otherwise without execution of a new designation, or if every person designated as Beneficiary predeceases the Participant, then the Administrator will direct the distribution of the benefits to the Participant's estate. If a primary Beneficiary dies after the Participant’s death but prior to completion of benefits under this Plan, and no contingent Beneficiary

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has been designated by the Participant, any remaining payments will be paid to the primary Beneficiary’s Beneficiary, if one has been designated, or to the Beneficiary’s estate.
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS RELATED TO BENEFITS
8.1
Nonassignability
The benefits provided under the Plan may not be alienated, assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated by or to any person or entity, at any time or any manner whatsoever. These benefits will be exempt from the claims of creditors of any Participant or other claimants and from all orders, decrees, levies, garnishment or executions against any Participant to the fullest extent allowed by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the benefit payable to a Participant may be assigned in full or in part, pursuant to a domestic relations order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
8.2
Unforeseeable Emergency Distribution
A Participant may submit a hardship distribution request to the Administrator in writing setting forth the reasons for the request. The Administrator (or its delegate) will have the sole authority to approve or deny such requests. Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Administrator (or its delegate) may in its discretion, permit the Participant to cease any on-going deferrals and accelerate distributions of benefits under the Plan in the amount reasonably necessary to alleviate the Unforeseeable Emergency. If a distribution is to be made to a Participant on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant may not make deferrals under the Plan until one entire Plan Year following the Plan Year in which a distribution based on an Unforeseeable Emergency was made has elapsed.
8.3
No Right to Assets
A Participant’s benefits paid under the Plan will be paid from the general funds of the Participant’s Employer, and the Participant and any Beneficiary will be no more than unsecured general creditors of that Employer with no special or prior right to any assets of the Employer for payment of any obligations hereunder. Neither the Participant nor the Beneficiary will have a claim to benefits from any other Affiliate. Plan benefits are available to Eligible Employees of EIX and its participating Affiliates. Amounts of compensation deferred by Participants pursuant to this Plan accrue as liabilities of the Employer under the terms and conditions set forth herein. By electing to defer compensation under the Plan, Participants consent to EIX sponsorship of the Plan, but acknowledge that EIX is not a guarantor of the benefit obligations of other participating Affiliates. Each Affiliate is responsible for payment of the accrued benefits under the Plan with respect to its own Eligible Employees subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the definition of “Employer” to the contrary, and at the sole discretion of EIX, EIX may determine that for purposes of benefits payable under the Plan, EIX shall be deemed to be the Employer obligated to pay such benefits. Such an election by EIX may be made, in EIX’s sole discretion, as to all Plan benefits, as to only certain benefits, and/or as to only certain Affiliates or Participants, and will be deemed an assumption of the specified benefit obligations of the applicable Affiliates. Subject to the further provisions hereof, EIX will be solely obligated to pay

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any such benefits and no Participant (or Beneficiary) will have a claim as to any other Affiliate with respect to such benefits. Upon an election by EIX under this Section 8.3, benefits covered by the election will be paid from the general funds of EIX (and not the Affiliate that would otherwise pay the benefits), provided that EIX may require that as between EIX and the Affiliate that would otherwise pay such benefits, the Affiliate will be responsible to pay EIX for the assumption of such obligations in accordance with funding arrangements determined by EIX at the time of election or any time thereafter. To the extent such Affiliate fails to comply with such funding arrangements or obtains any refund or offset of payments made from the Affiliate to EIX without the consent of EIX, the Affiliate that would otherwise be responsible for payment of benefits to the applicable Participant will remain responsible for such benefits. EIX will effectuate any such election pursuant to this Section 8.3 by providing written notice to the Administrator and the applicable Affiliates regarding the effective date of such election, and the benefits, Affiliates and Participants for which the election is applicable. The funding arrangements established by EIX at the time of its election, or from time to time thereafter, will set forth the method by which the Affiliates will remit funds to EIX in consideration of compensation that would otherwise be paid by the Affiliate but which has been deferred and is or becomes a Plan benefit obligation of EIX or other Plan benefit obligations that are assumed by EIX. Such a method may include, but is not limited to, lump sum payment by an Affiliate to EIX of relevant benefits accrued through the date of EIX’s election with regular periodic payments to EIX of continuing accruals; regular periodic payments by an Affiliate to EIX beginning with the date of EIX’s election through the date such benefits become due under the Plan; lump sum payment by an Affiliate to EIX at the time benefits become due under the Plan; or intercompany payables and receivables used with funding on a “pay-as-you-go” basis.
8.4
Protective Provisions
The Participant will cooperate with the Administrator by furnishing any and all information requested by the Administrator, in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Administrator may deem necessary and signing such consents to insure or taking such other actions as may be requested by the Administrator. If the Participant refuses to cooperate, the Administrator and the Employer will have no further obligation to the Participant under the Plan.
8.5
Constructive Receipt
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, in the event the Administrator determines that amounts deferred under the Plan have failed to comply with Section 409A and must be recognized as income for federal income tax purposes, distribution of the amounts included in a Participant’s income will be made to such Participant. The determination of the Administrator under this Section 8.5 will be binding and conclusive.
8.6
Withholding
The Participant or the Beneficiary will make appropriate arrangements with the Administrator for satisfaction of any federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements and Social Security or other employee tax requirements applicable to the accrual or payment of benefits under the Plan. If no other arrangements are made, the Administrator may provide, at its discretion, for such withholding and tax payments as may be required.

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8.7
Incapacity
If any person entitled to payments under this Plan is incapacitated and unable to use such payments in his or her own best interest, EIX may direct that payments (or any portion) be made to that person’s legal guardian or conservator, or that person’s spouse, as an alternative to payment to the person unable to use the payments. EIX will have no obligation to supervise the use of such payments, and court-appointed guardianship or conservatorship may be required.
ARTICLE 9
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
9.1
Plan Interpretation
The Administrator will administer the Plan and interpret, construe and apply its provisions in accordance with its terms and will provide direction and oversight as necessary to management, staff, or contractors to whom day-to-day Plan operations may be delegated. The Administrator will establish, adopt or revise such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Administrator will interpret and construe the Plan and the prior version of the Plan to comply with Section 409A of the Code. All decisions of the Administrator will be final and binding.
9.2
Limited Liability
Neither the Administrator, nor any of its members or designees, will be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of this Plan.
ARTICLE 10
AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
10.1
Amendment of Plan
Subject to the terms of Section 10.3, EIX may at any time amend the Plan in whole or in part, provided, however, that the amendment (i) will not decrease the balance of the Participant's Deferral Account at the time of the amendment and (ii) will not retroactively decrease the applicable Crediting Rates of the Plan prior to the time of the amendment. EIX may amend the Crediting Rates of the Plan prospectively, in which case the Administrator will notify the Participant of the amendment in writing within 30 days after the amendment.
10.2
Termination of Plan
Subject to the terms of Section 10.3, EIX may at any time terminate the Plan. If EIX terminates the Plan, distributions to the Participants or their Beneficiaries shall be made on the dates on which the Participants or Beneficiaries would receive benefits hereunder without regard to the termination of the Plan except that payments may be made upon termination of the Plan if the requirements for accelerated payment under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(C) are satisfied.

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10.3
Amendment or Termination after Change in Control
Notwithstanding the foregoing, EIX will not amend or terminate the Plan without the prior written consent of affected Participants for a period of two calendar years following a Change in Control and will not thereafter amend or terminate the Plan in any manner which affects any Participant (or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant) who commences receiving payment of benefits under the Plan prior to the end of the two year period following a Change in Control.
10.4
Exercise of Power to Amend or Terminate
EIX’s power to amend or terminate the Plan will be exercisable by the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the EIX Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 11
CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
11.1
Claims Procedure for Claims Other Than for Vesting due to Disability
(a)    Except for claims due to Disability, the Administrator will notify a Participant or his or her Beneficiary (or person submitting a claim on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary) (a “claimant”) in writing, within 90 days after his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Plan. If the Administrator determines that a claimant is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice will set forth (1) the specific reasons for the denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim, and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Plan's claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Administrator determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Administrator will notify the claimant of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional 90-day period.
(b)    If a claimant is determined by the Administrator not to be eligible for benefits, or if the claimant believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the claimant will have the opportunity to have the claim reviewed by the Administrator by filing a petition for review with the Administrator within 60 days after receipt of the notice issued by the Administrator. Said petition will state the specific reasons which the claimant believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within 60 days after receipt by the Administrator of the petition, the Administrator will afford the claimant (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Administrator in writing, and the claimant (or counsel) will have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Administrator will notify the claimant of its decision in writing within the 60-day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and the specific provisions of the Plan on which the decision is based. If, due to special circumstances (for example, because of the need for a hearing), the 60-day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another 60-day period at the election of the

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Administrator, but notice of this deferral will be given to the claimant. In the event of the death of the Participant, the same procedures will apply to the Participant's Beneficiaries.
11.2
Claims Procedure for Claims due to Disability
(a)    For purposes of Section 11.1, this Section 11.2 and Section 11.3, a claim shall not be considered to be due to Disability if the existence of the Participant’s Disability is determined by reference to whether the Participant is eligible for benefits under his or her Employer’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant, as determined by the Employer. A claim due to Disability will be approved or denied by the Administrator or its delegate, as it deems appropriate in its discretion, based on its interpretation of the Plan, medical evidence, and the analysis and conclusions of a physician selected by the Administrator or its delegate. Within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 45 days after receipt of a claim due to Disability, the Administrator or its delegate shall notify the claimant of any adverse benefit determination on the claim, unless circumstances beyond the Plan’s control require an extension of time for processing the claim. Except as contemplated by this Section 11.2, in no event may the extension period exceed 30 days from the end of the initial 45-day period. If an extension is necessary, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide the claimant with a written notice to this effect prior to the expiration of the initial 45-day period. The notice shall describe the circumstances requiring the extension and the date by which the Administrator or its delegate expects to render a determination on the claim. If, prior to the end of the first 30-day extension period, the Administrator or its delegate determines that, due to circumstances beyond the control of the Plan, a decision cannot be rendered within that extension period, the period for making the determination may be extended for an additional 30 days, so long as the Administrator or its delegate notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the first 30-day extension period, of the circumstances requiring the extension and the date as of which the Administrator or its delegate expects to render a decision. This notice of extension shall specifically describe the standards on which entitlement to a benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision on the claim, and the additional information needed to resolve those issues, and that the claimant has at least 45 days within which to provide the specified information. Furthermore, in the event that a period of time is extended as permitted due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information.
(b)    In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide to the claimant written or electronic notification setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the adverse benefit determination; (ii) reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the adverse benefit determination is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why the material or information is necessary; (iv) a description of the Plan’s claim review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse final benefit determination on review and in accordance with Section 11.2(c) below; (v) either the specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan relied upon in making the adverse determination or a statement that such rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan do

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not exist; (vi) if the determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation shall be provided free of charge upon request; (vii) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits; and (viii) a discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not following: (a) the views presented by the claimant to the Plan of health care professionals treating the claimant and vocational professionals who evaluated the claimant; (b) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with a claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (c) a disability determination made by the Social Security Administration regarding the claimant presented by the claimant to the Plan.
(c)    Any good-faith determination by the Administrator or its delegate will be final and binding on the Plan and the claimant unless appealed in accordance with this Section 11.2(c). Within 180 days after receipt by the claimant of notification of the adverse benefit determination, the claimant or the claimant’s duly authorized representative, upon written application to the Administrator, may request that the Plan fully and fairly review the adverse benefit determination (also sometimes referred to herein as an “appeal”). Upon request and free of charge, the claimant pursuing an appeal shall have reasonable access to, and be provided copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits. The claimant shall have the opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits. The review: (i) shall take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted regardless of whether the information was previously submitted or considered in the initial adverse benefit determination; (ii) shall not afford deference to the initial adverse benefit determination; (iii) shall be conducted, at the direction of the Administrator, by an appropriate fiduciary of the Plan who is neither the individual who made the adverse benefit determination that is the subject of the review, nor the subordinate of such individual; (iv) shall identify medical and vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with the initial adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (v) where based in whole or in part on medical evidence or medical judgment, including determinations with regard to whether a particular treatment, drug, or other item is experimental, investigational, or not medically necessary or appropriate, shall include consultation with a physician, with appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine involved in the medical judgment, who was neither consulted in connection with the initial adverse benefit determination, nor the subordinate of any such professional.
The appeal will then be approved or denied by the Administrator or its delegate, as it deems appropriate, based on its interpretation of the Plan in light of the medical evidence.
Before an adverse benefit determination on review of a claim due to Disability is issued, the claimant shall be provided, free of charge, with any new or additional evidence considered, relied upon, or generated by the Administrator or its delegate making the benefit determination (or at the direction of the Administrator) in connection with the claim; such evidence will be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice of adverse benefit determination

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on review is required to be provided to give the claimant a reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date.
Also before an adverse benefit determination on review based on a new or additional rationale is issued, the claimant shall be provided, free of charge, the rationale; the rationale must be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice of adverse benefit determination on review is required to be provided to give the claimant a reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date.
A final benefit determination will be made by the Administrator or its delegate, and the Administrator or its delegate shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notification of the final benefit determination within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 45 days immediately following receipt of claimant’s request for review, unless special circumstances require a further extension of time for processing the claim, which extension may be up to an additional 45 days. If such an extension of time for review is required because of special circumstances, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide the claimant with a written notice of the extension prior to the commencement of the extension. The notice shall describe the special circumstances requiring the extension and the date as of which the final benefit determination shall be made. In the event that a period of time is extended due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination on review shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information. In the case of an adverse final benefit determination, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide to the claimant written or electronic notification setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the adverse final benefit determination; (ii) reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the adverse final benefit determination is based; (iii) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits; (iv) a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse final benefit determination on review and mandatory arbitration in accordance with Section 11.3 below; (v) either the specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan relied upon in making the adverse determination or a statement that such rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan do not exist; (vi) if the determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation shall be provided free of charge upon request; (vii) a discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not following: (a) the views presented by the claimant to the Plan of health care professionals treating the claimant and vocational professionals who evaluated the claimant; (b) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with a claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (c) a disability determination made by the Social Security Administration regarding the claimant presented by the claimant to the Plan; and (viii) the following statement: “You and your plan may have other voluntary alternative dispute resolution options, such as mediation. One way to find out what may be available is to contact your local U.S. Department of Labor Office and your State insurance regulatory agency.”

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As described above, there shall be only one level of review of an adverse benefit determination, followed by mandatory arbitration under Section 11.3, before a claimant may bring a civil action pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA.
11.3
Dispute Arbitration
(a)    Effective as to any claims filed on or after June 19, 2014, final and binding arbitration under this Section 11.3 shall be the sole remedy available to a claimant after he or she has exhausted the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.1. Furthermore, exhaustion by the claimant of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.1 is a mandatory prerequisite for binding arbitration under this Section 11.3. Any arbitration or civil action brought prior to the exhaustion of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.1 shall be remanded to the Administrator to permit the claim and review procedures to be exhausted.
(b)    After a claimant has exhausted the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.1, if the claimant is determined by the Administrator not to be eligible for benefits, or if the claimant believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the claimant may submit his or her claim to final and binding arbitration under this Section 11.3.
Any arbitration under this Section 11.3 will be held in Los Angeles County, California, in accordance with the then-current JAMS Arbitration Rules and Procedures for Employment Disputes (“JAMS Rules”) and under the Federal Arbitration Act. The arbitration shall be before a sole arbitrator, selected by mutual agreement of the parties. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be selected by striking in accordance with the then-current JAMS Rules from a list of arbitrators supplied by JAMS. Any and all claims and/or defenses that would otherwise be available in a court of law will be fully available to the parties. The arbitrator selected pursuant to this paragraph (the “Arbitrator”) may order such discovery as is necessary for a full and fair exploration of the issues and dispute, consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration. The Arbitrator shall apply applicable substantive law to resolve the dispute. To the fullest extent provided by federal law, the decision rendered by the Administrator pursuant to the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.1 shall be upheld by the Arbitrator unless the Arbitrator determines that the Administrator abused its discretion. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a Change in Control occurs, then a claim review decision rendered by the Administrator within the three years following the Change in Control shall, if it is challenged by the claimant in accordance with this Section 11.3, be subject to de novo review by the Arbitrator. Subject to the applicable standard of review in the preceding two sentences, the Arbitrator may grant any award or relief available under applicable law that the Arbitrator deems just and equitable.
At the conclusion of the arbitration, the Arbitrator shall issue a written decision that sets forth the essential findings and conclusions upon which the Arbitrator's award or decision is based. Any award or relief granted by the Arbitrator hereunder shall be final and binding on the parties hereto, and may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. All costs unique to arbitration (e.g., the Arbitrator’s fees and room fees) shall be paid by the Administrator. The parties shall otherwise bear their own costs (e.g., attorneys’ fees, expert fees, witness fees, etc.). If, however, any party prevails on a statutory claim that affords the prevailing party attorneys’ fees and costs, then the Arbitrator may award reasonable fees and costs to the prevailing party.

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(c)    Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Section 11.3, if the claim is due to Disability, the following rules apply: (1) arbitration under this Section 11.3 shall be the mandatory second level of appeal following the exhaustion by the claimant of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.2, and such exhaustion is a mandatory prerequisite for arbitration under this Section 11.3—any arbitration or civil action brought with respect to a claim due to Disability prior to the exhaustion of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 11.2 shall be remanded to the Administrator to permit the claim and review procedures to be exhausted; (2) arbitration of a claim due to Disability under this Section 11.3 shall not be binding, and the claimant shall not be precluded from challenging the decision of the Arbitrator in a civil action brought pursuant to Section 502(a) of ERISA; and (3) except as specifically set forth in this Section 11.3(c), if the claim is due to Disability, the arbitration shall be conducted as set forth in Section 11.3(b).
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1
Successors
The rights and obligations of each Employer under the Plan will inure to the benefit of, and will be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the Employer.
12.2
Trust
The Employers will be responsible for the payment of all benefits under the Plan. At their discretion, the Employers may establish one or more grantor trusts for the purpose of providing for payment of benefits under the Plan. The trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but an Employer’s share of the assets thereof will be subject to the claims of the Employer’s creditors. Benefits paid to the Participant from any such trust will be considered paid by the Employer for purposes of meeting the obligations of the Employer under the Plan.
12.3
Employment Not Guaranteed
Nothing contained in the Plan nor any action taken hereunder will be construed as a contract of employment or as giving any Participant any right to continue in employment with the Employer or any other Affiliate.
12.4
Gender, Singular and Plural
All pronouns and variations thereof will be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and the plural as the singular.
12.5
Captions
The captions of the articles and sections of the Plan are for convenience only and will not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

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12.6
Validity
If any provision of the Plan is held invalid, void or unenforceable, the same will not affect, in any respect whatsoever, the validity of any other provisions of the Plan.
12.7
Waiver of Breach
The waiver by EIX or the Administrator of any breach of any provision of the Plan by the Participant will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the Participant.
12.8
Applicable Law
The Plan will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of California except where the laws of California are preempted by ERISA.
12.9
Notice
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Administrator under the Plan will be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by first class mail to the principal office of EIX, directed to the attention of the Administrator. The notice will be deemed given as of the date of delivery, or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark.
12.10
ERISA Plan
The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for "a select group of management or highly compensated employees" within the meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA and therefore to be exempt from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA. EIX is the named fiduciary.
12.11
Statutes and Regulations
Any reference to a statute or regulation herein shall include any successor to such statute or regulation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , EIX has amended this Plan on the 22 nd day of August, 2018.
EDISON INTERNATIONAL

/s/ Jacqueline Trapp    
Jacqueline Trapp
Senior Vice President, Human Resources



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Exhibit 10.3

EDISON INTERNATIONAL
2008 EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective
August 24, 2016
(as amended)

PREAMBLE
The purpose of this Plan is to provide supplemental retirement benefits to Participants and surviving spouses or other designated Beneficiaries of such Participants.
This Plan applies to benefits that are accrued or vested after December 31, 2004, and is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Benefits that were accrued and vested prior to 2005 shall be paid under the Predecessor Plan in accordance with the terms therein, and shall not be subject to any of the terms of this Plan. In no event shall a Participant receive benefits under this Plan and the Predecessor Plan with respect to the same years of service.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms in the text of the Plan are defined as follows:
401(k) Earnings means the Participant’s “Earnings” taken into account for purposes of determining “Deferrals” under the Savings Plan, with “Earnings” and “Deferrals” having the meanings set forth in the Savings Plan.
Administrator means the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors of EIX.
Affiliate means EIX or any corporation or entity which (i) along with EIX, is a component member of a “controlled group of corporations” within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, and (ii) has approved the participation of its Executives in the Plan.
Beneficiary means the person or persons or entity designated as such in accordance with Article 6 of the Plan.
Benefit Feature means one of the levels of benefit under the Plan as described in Section 3.2(a).
Board means the Board of Directors of EIX.

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Bonus means the dollar amount of bonus (if any) awarded by the Employer to the Participant pursuant to the terms of the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan, or a successor plan governing annual executive bonuses.
Cash Balance Pay Credits means the Participant’s “Pay Credits” for purposes of the Qualified Plan, as defined in the Qualified Plan.
Change in Control means a Change in Control of EIX as defined in the Severance Plan.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Contingent Event means the Participant’s Disability or death while employed by an Affiliate or Separation from Service for other reasons if such event occurs prior to the Participant’s Retirement.
Contingent Payment Election means an election regarding the time and form of payment made or deemed made in accordance with Section 4.2.
Crediting Rate means the rate at which interest will be credited when interest at the “Crediting Rate” is specified pursuant the Plan. If the Valuation Date for a Participant is before 2018, the Crediting Rate will be the interest crediting rate in effect for the Qualified Plan. If the Valuation Date for a Participant is after 2017, the Crediting Rate will be determined annually in advance of the calendar year and will be equal to the average monthly Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield for Baa Public Utility Bonds for the 60 months preceding September 1st of the prior year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EIX reserves the right to prospectively change the definition of Crediting Rate.
Disability means the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under a plan covering employees of the Employer.
EIX means Edison International.
Employer means the Affiliate employing the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a particular Participant’s benefits under the Plan, for purposes of determining which Affiliate is obligated to pay such benefits, Employer as to such Participant and benefits means the Affiliate employing the Participant upon the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, as to any distribution of any benefit under the Plan prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Affiliate employing the Participant at the time of such distribution).
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

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Executive means an employee of an Affiliate who is designated an Executive by the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of that Affiliate or who is elected as a Vice President or officer of higher rank by the board of that Affiliate or by the Board.
Executive Profit Sharing Credits mean the amounts the Employer would have contributed to the Savings Plan if the Participant were not subject to Sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code and if the Participant’s elective deferrals under the EIX 2008 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan or predecessor or successor plans governing nonqualified deferrals were included in the definition of Earnings under the Savings Plan.
Executive Retirement Account or ERA means the notional cash balance account established for record keeping purposes for a Participant pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Plan.
Executive Retirement Account Credits or ERA Credits means the amounts credited to a Participant’s Executive Retirement Account under Section 3.4 of the Plan.
Executive Retirement Account Salary Base or ERA Salary Base means (i) for a Non-Cash Balance Participant, the amount (if any) by which the Participant’s Salary for the applicable calendar year exceeds his or her 401(k) Earnings for that year, and (ii) for any other Participant, the amount (if any) by which the Participant’s Salary for the applicable calendar year exceeds the compensation limit for that year set by the Secretary of the Treasury for purposes of Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Executive Retirement Account Salary Base Differential or ERA Salary Base Differential means (i) for a Non-Cash Balance Participant, the amount (if any) by which (1) the Participant’s annual rate of Salary in effect immediately prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service exceeds (2) the Participant’s annual rate of 401(k) Earnings in effect immediately prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service, and (ii) for any other Participant, the amount (if any) by which (1) the Participant’s annual rate of Salary in effect immediately prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service exceeds (2) the compensation limit set by the Secretary of the Treasury for purposes of Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code for the year in which the Participant’s Separation from Service occurs.
Non-Cash Balance Participant means a Participant who is described either in Section 3.1(c) below (other than a Participant who was employed by an Affiliate before January 1, 2018 but is not described in Section 3.1(d)) or in Section 3.1(d) below.
Officer means the CEOs, Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and elected Vice Presidents of EIX and its Affiliates. Other employees of EIX and its Affiliates, including officers who are not elected Vice Presidents or above, shall not be treated as Officers for purposes of the Plan, unless the Administrator specifically designates any such employee as an Officer for purposes of the Plan.
Participant means either (1) an employee of an Affiliate, who (i) is a U.S. employee or an expatriate and is based and paid in the U.S.; (ii) has been designated as an Executive by the Administrator, the Affiliate’s board or the Affiliate’s CEO for purposes of the Plan; and (iii) qualifies as a member of the “select group of management or highly compensated employees”

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under ERISA; or (2) a person who has a vested benefit under the Plan by virtue of prior employment as an Executive of an Affiliate, which vested benefit has not yet been completely distributed.
Payment Event as to a Participant means the Participant’s Separation from Service for any reason other than death or Disability.
Payment Election means a Primary Payment Election or a Contingent Payment Election, or a payment election pursuant to Section 4.1.1, as the case may be, subject to change pursuant to Section 4.3. Payment Elections shall be made on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator, or its delegate, which may include electronic elections.
Plan means the EIX 2008 Executive Retirement Plan.
Predecessor Plan means the Southern California Edison Company Executive Retirement Plan.
Primary Payment Election means an election regarding the time and form of payments made or deemed made in accordance with Section 4.1.
Profit Sharing means the programs under which some Affiliates have made profit sharing or gain sharing contributions to the Savings Plan.
Qualified Plan means the Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan, or a successor plan, intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code.
Qualifying Severance means a Participant is entitled to benefits under the Severance Plan or any similar successor plan as in effect upon the Participant’s Separation from Service, and has satisfied all conditions for such benefits.
Retirement means Separation from Service upon attainment of at least age 55 with at least 5 Years of Service.
Salary means (i) for purposes of determining the ERA Salary Base on a payroll period basis for (x) a Non-Cash Balance Participant for any Plan Year or (y) for any other Executive for the 2018 Plan Year, the product of the Executive’s hourly Basic Pay (determined by dividing annualized Basic Pay by 2,080 hours) on the last day of the payroll period on which the Executive is employed by the Employer, times 80 hours, (ii)  for purposes of True-Up Participants, the sum of the True-Up Participant’s Salary for the payroll periods for the Plan Year in which he or she serves at least one day as an Executive, with the Salary for each such payroll period determined in the same manner as clause (i) above, and (iii) for other purposes, the Executive’s Basic Pay. “Basic Pay” means the Executive’s basic pay from the Employer (excluding Bonuses, special awards, commissions, severance pay, and other non-regular forms of compensation) before reductions for deferrals under the Savings Plan or the EIX 2008 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan or predecessor or successor plans governing deferral of salary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator, or its delegate, may prescribe a different

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definition of Salary for a Plan Year (or part thereof) if such definition is set forth in the form or instructions for the Payment Election for such Plan Year.
Savings Plan means the Edison 401(k) Savings Plan, or a successor plan.
Separation from Service occurs when a Participant dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment from the Employer that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1), without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.
Severance Plan means the EIX 2008 Executive Severance Plan (or any similar successor plan).
Similar Plan means a plan required to be aggregated with this Plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2)(i).
Specified Employee means a Participant who is designated as an elected Vice President or above by the Administrator, using the identification date and methods determined by the Administrator.
Target Bonus Amount means, as to a particular Participant, the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the stated target bonus percentage (as a percentage of salary) in effect immediately prior to the earlier of the Participant’s Separation from Service or Disability for the bonus to be awarded to the Participant pursuant to the terms of the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan, or a successor plan governing annual executive bonuses, multiplied by (2) the Participant’s annual rate of Salary in effect immediately prior to the earlier of the Participant’s Separation from Service or Disability.
Termination of Employment means the voluntary or involuntary Separation from Service for any reason other than Retirement or death.
Total Compensation means (i) for Participants not eligible for Benefit Feature (iii), the monthly average Salary based on the Participant’s 36 highest consecutive months of Salary, and (ii) for Participants eligible for Benefit Feature (iii), the monthly average Salary plus Bonus based on the 36 consecutive months in which the Participant had the highest combination of Salary and Bonus. The 36 months need not be consecutive for individuals who were Participants in the Predecessor Plan and eligible for Benefit Feature (iii) before January 1, 2008. For purposes of determining the highest 36 months for Participants eligible for Benefit Feature (iii), each of the Participant’s annual Bonuses will be spread evenly over the months worked in the years in which the Bonuses were earned. If a vested individual terminates prior to Retirement and was no longer an Officer or designated Executive at the time employment was terminated, the Plan benefit described in Section 3.3(a) will be based on the Participant’s Total Compensation and service determined as of the last date of the Participant’s status as an Officer or designated Executive.
True-Up Participant means a Participant who is an Officer or other designated Executive on or after January 1, 2019, but is not a Non-Cash-Balance Participant.

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Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s spouse or dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the Participant’s control.
Valuation Date means the date as of which the Participant’s benefit will be calculated, and is the first day of the month following the month in which the final day of employment falls prior to Separation from Service or Disability, except that if the Participant’s Separation from Service is a Termination of Employment, the Valuation Date is the later of (1) the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday or (2) the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant’s final day of employment occurs prior to Termination of Employment.
Year of Service means a year of service as determined in accordance with the terms of the Qualified Plan. For Participants grandfathered in the defined-benefit final average pay benefit feature of the Qualified Plan (other than any such grandfathered Participants who were hired by an Affiliate or its subsidiaries in 1999 from Commonwealth Edison Company), years of service will be determined according to the same rules applicable to such benefit. For all other Participants, years of service will be determined according to the rules applicable to the cash‑balance feature of the Qualified Plan. A Participant’s prior service with Commonwealth Edison Company will be recognized for purposes of this Plan if the individual was a Participant on or before April 1, 2012 and was hired by an Affiliate (or its subsidiaries) in 1999 from Commonwealth Edison Company in connection with an acquisition transaction involving Edison Mission Energy. A Participant’s prior service with Citizens Power LLC will be recognized for purposes of this Plan if the individual was a Participant on or before April 1, 2012 and was hired by an Affiliate (or its subsidiaries) in 2000 in connection with the acquisition of Citizens Power LLC by Edison Mission Energy.
ARTICLE 2
PARTICIPATION
Individuals are eligible to participate in the Plan when they become Officers or are designated as Executives by the Affiliate’s board or the Affiliate’s CEO for purposes of this Plan. Participation in the Plan will continue as long as the individual remains an Officer or a designated Executive (subject to any applicable Plan restrictions) or has a vested benefit under the Plan that has not been completely paid out.
ARTICLE 3
BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND VESTING
3.1
Overview
(a)      Benefits under the Plan will be payable with respect to any vested Participant following Retirement or the occurrence of a Contingent Event to the extent a benefit under the Plan is determined to exist by calculations as provided under the applicable provisions of this

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Article 3. Effective January 1, 2018, an ERA Credits feature has been added to the Plan as provided in Section 3.4 below. Prior to such date, a Participant’s benefit under the Plan will be determined as provided in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 hereof. From and after such date, a Participant’s benefit under the Plan will be determined as provided below in this Section 3.1. In each case, the Participant’s benefit will be subject to vesting, as provided in Section 3.5, and to the provisions of Sections 3.6 and 3.7.
(b)      If a Participant was an Officer or a designated Executive at any time prior to January 1, 2018, the Participant’s benefit under the Plan (subject to vesting as provided in Section 3.5) will be equal to the lesser of the amounts determined under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.1(b), determined based on lump sum values as of the applicable Valuation Date.
(i)      The Participant’s total benefit as determined under Sections 3.2 and 3.3 below, taking into account the Participant’s Total Compensation and Years of Service accrued at any time (whether before or after January 1, 2018). Such determination will be made without regard to Section 3.3(c) and will not include any ERA Credits under Section 3.4.
(ii)      The Participant’s total benefit determined as the sum of (x) the Participant’s total benefit as determined under Sections 3.2 and 3.3 below (giving effect to Section 3.3(c) below), and (y) the amounts credited to the Participant’s Executive Retirement Account.
(c)      If a Participant first becomes an Officer or a designated Executive on or after January 1, 2018, the Participant will be eligible only to receive ERA Credits (and earnings thereon) to the Participant’s Executive Retirement Account as provided in Section 3.4 and will not be eligible for any benefits under Sections 3.2 and 3.3.
(d)      Notwithstanding any Plan provisions to the contrary, if a Participant who has experienced a Separation from Service is rehired on or after January 1, 2018 and becomes an Officer or designated Executive, the Participant will be treated for additional benefit accrual purposes as if he or she was a new participant in the Plan: he or she will be eligible to receive additional ERA Credits (and earnings thereon) as provided in Section 3.4, but will not be eligible for any additional benefit accruals under Sections 3.2 and 3.3.
3.2
Benefit Features
(a)      The Plan provides a supplemental retirement benefit calculated in accordance with Section 3.3 below. This supplemental retirement benefit incorporates the following Benefit Features:
(i)      Recognition of the amount of Salary that is not recognized for purposes of calculating benefits under the Qualified Plan or Profit Sharing contributions to the Savings Plan due to limits imposed by the Code under Sections 415(b) or 401(a)(17).

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(ii)      Recognition of deferred Salary that is not recognized for purposes of calculating benefits under the Qualified Plan or Profit Sharing contributions to the Savings Plan.
(iii)      Recognition of Bonuses that are not recognized for purposes of calculating benefits under the Qualified Plan.
(b)      Participants who are Officers on the date of their termination of employment are eligible for all three Benefit Features. Other Participants are eligible for Benefit Features (i) and (ii) only; provided, however, as to a Participant who was once an Officer but who is not described in the immediately preceding sentence, such Participant shall be eligible for Benefit Features (i) and (ii) only, but his or her benefits shall not be less than if the Participant had terminated employment on December 11, 2012 and had Bonuses recognized for purposes of determining his or her benefits as of December 11, 2012.
(c)      Participants in the Predecessor Plan on December 31, 1994 and Participants who were CEOs, Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents of EIX or its Affiliates or elected Vice Presidents of EIX, Southern California Edison Company or Edison Capital prior to January 1, 2006, are also eligible for all three Benefit Features and an additional 0.75% benefit accrual for each Year of Service up to ten Years of Service (this additional 0.75% benefit accrual is taken into account when calculating the value of the single life annuity benefit for purposes of Section 3.3(b)), unless they were participants in the Predecessor Plan on December 31, 1992 and elected not to participate in the Executive Disability and Survivor Benefit Program, in which case they are eligible for all three Benefit Features but not for the additional 0.75% benefit accrual.
(d)      Notwithstanding the above, elected Vice Presidents of Edison Mission Energy, Edison Mission Marketing and Trading, and Midwest Generation whose Separation from Service occurred prior to January 1, 2006, are eligible for Benefit Features (i) and (ii) only.
(e)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.2, the three Benefit Features in this Section 3.2 and the additional 0.75% benefit accrual in Section 3.2(c) are subject to the provisions of Section 3.1.
3.3
Benefit Computation
(a)      EIX will calculate at the time of a Participant’s Disability or Separation from Service the amount of any benefit payable under the Plan. The benefit payable under this Section 3.3 will be the greater of (1) the value of the single life annuity calculated pursuant to Section 3.3(b), reduced by (i) the value of the single life annuity (unreduced for a contingent annuitant) payable to the Participant under the terms of the Qualified Plan, or other Affiliate defined benefit plan, after taking into account any applicable restrictions or limitations as to such payments required by the Code or other applicable law or the terms of the Qualified Plan, or other applicable Affiliate defined benefit plan; (ii) the actuarial single life annuity value, as defined in the Qualified Plan, of the Participant’s Profit Sharing Account under the Savings Plan, or a successor plan; and (iii) the portion of the Participant’s Social Security benefit specified in the

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Qualified Plan or (2) the actuarial single life annuity value of the notional account derived from any Executive Profit Sharing Credits allocated to the Participant plus earnings thereon.
(b)      The Participant’s Total Compensation and Years of Service will be used to calculate the value of the single life annuity benefit based on the “Supplemental A” formula set forth in Section 4.02(a) of the Qualified Plan, including Subsection (1) but excluding Subsection (2), and Section 4.12(b) of the Qualified Plan (provided, however, that individuals who become Participants after December 31, 2016 shall not be entitled to a benefit in this Plan based on the benefit formula in Section 4.12(b) of the Qualified Plan), and also, in the case of Disability, Exhibit B of the Qualified Plan, or, in the case of Termination of Employment, Exhibit G of the Qualified Plan, notwithstanding the Participant’s eligibility for such benefits under the terms of the Qualified Plan.
(c)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining a Participant’s benefit under clause (x) of Section 3.1(b)(ii), the “Supplemental A” formula set forth in Section 4.02(a) of the Qualified Plan used to determine the value of the Participant’s single life annuity benefit as provided in Section 3.3(b) with respect to any Years of Service accrued after December 31, 2017 shall be modified as follows: “one percent (1%)” shall replace “one and three-quarters percent (1-3/4%)” as applied to the Participant’s Total Compensation for each of the Participant’s first thirty (30) Years of Service; and “one-half of one percent (0.5%)” shall replace “one percent (1%)” as applied to the Participant’s Total Compensation for each of the Participant’s Years of Service in excess of thirty (30).
(d)      If a Participant experiences a Qualifying Severance, then an additional Year of Service credit (in the case of a Qualifying Termination Event associated with a Change in Control as defined in the Severance Plan, two years for Senior Vice Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents of EIX or Southern California Edison Company, but three years for the most senior officer of EIX, the most senior officer of Southern California Edison Company, the General Counsel of EIX, and the Chief Financial Officer of EIX) and an additional year of age (in the case of a Qualifying Termination Event associated with a Change in Control as defined in the Severance Plan, two years for Senior Vice Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents of EIX or Southern California Edison Company, but three years for the most senior officer of EIX, the most senior officer of Southern California Edison Company, the General Counsel of EIX, and the Chief Financial Officer of EIX) shall be included for purposes of the benefit calculation under Section 3.3(b), including in applying the benefit formula under the Qualified Plan for grandfathered employees who are not yet age 55 but who have 68 points. The value added by this severance enhancement shall be the difference between (i) the gross benefit calculated as described in Section 3.3(b) but with the additional age and service credits, before any reduction for benefits under other plans pursuant to Section 3.3(a), and (ii) the unenhanced gross benefit calculated under Section 3.3(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.3(d), if a Participant becomes entitled to benefits under the Severance Plan or any similar successor plan and is subsequently rehired as an Executive prior to the date lump sum payments or initial installment or annuity payments commence, the Participant shall not be entitled to any additional Year of Service or age credits under this Section 3.3.

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(e)      Participants who are also eligible for Profit Sharing may receive Executive Profit Sharing Credits. If any Profit Sharing contribution is reduced because a portion of the Participant’s Salary is excluded either because of nonqualified Salary deferrals or the limits imposed by Sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code, the amount by which the contribution was reduced will be credited to a notional Executive Profit Sharing Credit account under the Plan as of the date of the Profit Sharing contribution. Amounts in this notional account will earn notional interest at the rates in effect for cash balance interest credits in the Qualified Plan, credited daily and compounded annually. The resulting notional Executive Profit Sharing Credit amount will be taken into account in calculating the benefit described in Section 3.3(a).
(f)      The lump sum value of the benefit payable under Sections 3.3 as of the Valuation Date will be actuarially determined as the present value of the Participant’s single life annuity benefit under Section 3.3 as of that date, using the discount rate and mortality table then in effect for lump sum determination in the Qualified Plan, except that the lump sum value may not be less than the value of the notional Executive Profit Sharing Credit account balance as of that date.
(g)      A vested Participant who remains employed with an Affiliate until Retirement but is no longer an Officer or designated Executive will retain a Section 3.3 benefit based on the Participant’s Total Compensation and service determined as of the last date of the Participant’s eligible status and reduced by the amounts specified in Section 3.3(a) determined upon the Participant’s Retirement.
(h)      As to a Participant whose Separation from Service (or if earlier, Disability) occurs after December 31, 2016, the following additional rules shall apply in calculating the amount of any benefit payable under the Plan with respect to the Participant’s accrued but unused Sick Time Allowance Credits (as that term is used in the Qualified Plan):
(i)      In applying the benefit formula set forth in Section 4.12(b) of the Qualified Plan, the Participant’s accrued but unused Sick Time Allowance Credits taken into account for purposes of this Section 3.3 shall be the lesser of (a) the Participant’s accrued but unused Sick Time Allowance Credits as of December 31, 2016, or (b) the Participant’s accrued but unused Sick Time Allowance Credits as of the Participant’s Separation from Service (or if earlier, Disability).
(ii)      The form and timing of payment of the benefit attributable to such accrued but unused Sick Time Allowance Credits shall be deemed to be calculated under Section 4.12(b) of the Qualified Plan as in effect on January 1, 2015 (disregarding, for example, any change in the Qualified Plan that takes effect after that date to provide for such benefit to be paid in a single lump sum).
(i)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.3, the benefits calculated pursuant to this Section 3.3 are subject to the provisions of Section 3.1.
3.4
Executive Retirement Account Credits
This Section 3.4 shall be effective January 1, 2018.

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(a)      ERA Credits for Non-Cash-Balance Participants . For each calendar year (commencing with 2018), ERA Salary Credits will be added by the Administrator to the Non-Cash-Balance Participant's Executive Retirement Account in an amount equal to twelve percent (12%) of the Non-Cash-Balance Participant’s ERA Salary Base for the calendar year. Beginning with the 2018 Bonus (which is payable in 2019), ERA Bonus Credits will be added by the Administrator to the Non-Cash-Balance Participant's Executive Retirement Account in an amount equal to twelve percent (12%) of the Non-Cash-Balance Participant’s Bonus. ERA Credits will be credited (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) to the Executive Retirement Account effective as of the time the ERA Salary Base or Bonus to which the ERA Credits relate is actually paid. If a Non-Cash-Balance Participant has his or her employment transferred from an Affiliate to a non-participating affiliate of EIX, then ERA Bonus Credits will be added for the Non-Cash-Balance Participant’s Bonus with respect to the Non-Cash-Balance Participant’s employment by the Affiliate during the year in which the transfer occurred.
ERA Credits for 2018 for Other Participants . For purposes of the 2018 calendar year for Participants who are not Non-Cash-Balance Participants, ERA Credits will be added by the Administrator to the Participant's Executive Retirement Account in an amount equal to twelve percent (12%) of the Participant’s ERA Salary Base for 2018. In addition, ERA Credits will be added by the Administrator to the Participant's Executive Retirement Account in an amount equal to twelve percent (12%) of the Participant’s 2018 Bonus (which is payable in 2019). ERA Credits will be credited (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) to the Executive Retirement Account effective as of the time the ERA Salary Base or Bonus to which the ERA Credits relate is actually paid. If a Participant has his or her employment transferred from an Affiliate to a non-participating affiliate of EIX, then ERA Bonus Credits will be added for the Participant’s Bonus with respect to the Participant’s employment by the Affiliate during the year in which the transfer occurred.
ERA Credits for True-Up Participants . For True-Up Participants, the amount of ERA Salary Credits for a calendar year after 2018 will be the result of the following formula: twelve percent (12%) of the Participant’s Salary for the calendar year, minus the sum of (i) the Participant’s Cash Balance Pay Credits for the calendar year and (ii) six percent (6%) of the Participant’s 401(k) Earnings for the calendar year. The amount of ERA Bonus Credits for a calendar (beginning with the 2019 Bonus payable in 2020) will equal twelve percent (12%) of the Participant’s Bonus for the calendar year, subject to the following reduction: if the equation for a Participant’s ERA Salary Credits for a calendar year results in a negative number (the “Adjustment”), then the Participant’s ERA Salary Credits for that calendar year will be zero and the Adjustment will be applied to the Participant’s ERA Bonus Credits for that calendar year, thereby reducing the ERA Bonus Credits; if the Adjustment would reduce the Participant’s ERA Bonus Credits for that calendar year below zero, then the Participant’s ERA Bonus Credits for that calendar year will be zero and the remainder of the Adjustment (i.e., the amount of the Adjustment remaining when ERA Bonus Credits are reduced to zero) will be disregarded. ERA Credits will be added by the Administrator to the True-Up Participant's Executive Retirement Account by April 30 of the following year. ERA Salary Credits for a calendar year will be credited (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) to the True-Up Participant's Executive Retirement Account effective as of December 31 of the calendar year; provided,

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however, for a calendar year in which a True-Up Participant experiences a Separation from Service or Disability, the True-Up Participant’s ERA Salary Credits for that calendar year will be added to his or her Executive Retirement Account within 60 days of, and will be credited effective as of, the Separation from Service or Disability. ERA Bonus Credits for a calendar year will be credited (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) to the True-Up Participant's Executive Retirement Account effective as of the date the Bonus to which the ERA Credits relate is actually paid. If a Participant has his or her employment transferred from an Affiliate to a non-participating affiliate of EIX, then ERA Credits will be added to the Participant's Executive Retirement Account with respect to Salary and Bonus attributable to the Participant’s employment by the Affiliate during the year in which the transfer occurred.
(b)      ERA Interest Credits for Non-Cash-Balance Participants . The Administrator will credit interest at the Crediting Rate (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) to a Non-Cash-Balance Participant’s Executive Retirement Account on a daily basis, compounded annually, until the Valuation Date. No interest will be credited on ERA Credits for any date on or before the date when the ERA Salary Base or Bonus to which the ERA Credit relates is actually paid (for example, if a Participant’s 2018 Bonus is paid on February 28, 2019, the related ERA Credits will be credited as of that date and interest will begin being credited on those ERA Credits on a go-forward basis as of March 1, 2019). After the Valuation Date, interest will be credited in accordance with Section 3.7.
ERA Interest Credits for 2018 Salary and Bonus for Other Participants . With respect to ERA Credits for Salary and Bonus for 2018 for a Participant who is not a Non-Cash Balance Participant, the Administrator will credit interest at the Crediting Rate (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) to the Participant’s Executive Retirement Account on a daily basis, compounded annually, commencing on the date described in the next sentence and continuing until the Valuation Date. Interest will be credited commencing the day following the date when the ERA Salary Base or Bonus to which the ERA Credit relates is actually paid (for example, if a Participant’s 2018 Bonus is paid on February 28, 2019, the related ERA Credits will be credited as of that date and interest will begin being credited on those ERA Credits on a go-forward basis as of March 1, 2019). After the Valuation Date, interest will be credited in accordance with Section 3.7.
ERA Interest Credits for True-Up Participants . With respect to ERA Credits for Salary and Bonus for 2019 and subsequent years for True-Up Participants, the Administrator will credit interest (conditionally until vesting and subject to Section 3.4(c)) in the manner described in this paragraph. With respect to ERA Salary Credits for a Plan Year, the Administrator will credit interest as follows: the ERA Salary Credits for the Plan Year (after the Adjustment, if any) will be multiplied by the annual Crediting Rate (converted into a decimal format) and the result will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the Plan Year for which the True-Up Participant received a Cash Balance Pay Credit while an Executive, and the denominator of which is twenty-four (24); the resulting simplified interest will be credited on the “Simplified Interest Crediting Date,” which shall be December 31 of the Plan Year or, if earlier, the last day of the month in which the Participant’s Separation from Service or Disability occurs; commencing the day after the Simplified Interest Crediting Date, interest will be credited at the Crediting Rate on a daily basis, compounded annually, until the Valuation Date. With

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respect to ERA Bonus Credits for a Plan Year, no interest will be credited for the date as of which the ERA Bonus Credits (after the Adjustment, if any) are credited, but commencing as of the following day, the Administrator will credit interest at the Crediting Rate on a daily basis, compounded annually, until the Valuation Date. After the Valuation Date, all interest will be credited in accordance with Section 3.7.
Prospective Changes . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.4(b), the Administrator, or its delegate, may prospectively change the methodology for calculating ERA Interest Credits.
(c)      In the event a Participant is entitled to the benefit specified in Section 3.1(b)(i), the Participant’s Executive Retirement Account shall be disregarded and automatically cancelled.
(d)      In the event a Participant is entitled to the benefit specified in Section 3.1(b)(ii) or Section 3.1(c), the benefit attributable to the Participant’s Executive Retirement Account shall be subject to the payment election provisions of Article 4 and, if the Participant’s benefit is determined under Section 3.1(b)(ii), the Participant’s Executive Retirement Account shall be paid on the same schedule as the Participant’s benefit determined under Sections 3.2 and 3.3.
(e)      If a Participant experiences a Qualifying Severance, then ERA Credits will be added by the Administrator to the Participant's Executive Retirement Account in an amount equal to twelve percent (12%) times the sum of (i) the Participant’s ERA Salary Base Differential plus (ii) the Participant’s Target Bonus Amount. In the case of a Qualifying Termination Event associated with a Change in Control as defined in the Severance Plan, “twelve percent (12%)” in the preceding sentence will be replaced by: “twenty-four percent (24%)” if the Participant is a Senior Vice President or Executive Vice President of EIX or Southern California Edison Company; “thirty-six percent (36%)” if the Participant is the most senior officer of EIX, the most senior officer of Southern California Edison Company, the General Counsel of EIX, or the Chief Financial Officer of EIX. Such ERA credits will be credited effective as of the date of the Separation from Service. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.4(e), if a Participant becomes entitled to benefits under the Severance Plan or any similar successor plan and is subsequently rehired as an Executive prior to the date lump sum payments or initial installment or annuity payments commence, the additional ERA credits under this Section 3.4(e) shall be disregarded and automatically cancelled.
(f)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.4, the Administrator, or its delegate, may prescribe rules in the form or instructions for any Payment Election for a Plan Year that are different than the rules set forth in this Section 3.4 for purposes of determining Executive Retirement Account credits for the Plan Year.
3.5
Vesting
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.4, the right to receive benefits under the Plan (including any amounts credited to a Participant’s Executive Retirement Account, if a Participant is entitled to such amounts under Section 3.1) will vest (i) when the Participant has completed five Years of Service with an Affiliate, (ii) upon the Participant’s Disability while employed with

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an Affiliate, (iii) upon the Participant’s death while employed with an Affiliate, or (iv) upon the Participant’s Separation from Service if the Participant experiences a Qualifying Severance.
3.6
Adjustment for Final Bonus
If the final Bonus is determined after benefits under the Plan are paid or commenced, the benefit will be recalculated from inception (as a point of clarity, ERA Credits for the final Bonus will be credited, in accordance with and subject to Section 3.4, as of the date the Bonus is actually paid, but for purposes of Section 3.1(b) the value of those ERA Credits will be calculated as of the Valuation Date using the discount rate in effect for lump sum determination in the Qualified Plan as of the Valuation Date) and a one-time adjustment will be made to true-up payments already made, and future payments, if any, will be adjusted accordingly. Any true-up payment will be made within two and one-half months of the date the final Bonus is determined.
3.7
Valuation Date Notional Account
A notional account will be established as the Plan benefit as of the Valuation Date, with an initial value equal to the lump sum value calculated pursuant Article 3. The account will be credited with interest at the Crediting Rate on a daily basis, compounded annually, until the account has been fully paid out (or annuity payments commence, as the case may be) according to the terms of the Plan and the Participant’s Payment Election.
ARTICLE 4
PAYMENT ELECTIONS
4.1
Primary Payment Election for Plan Years Prior to 2019
(a)      Each year (through December 31, 2017), a Participant may make a Primary Payment Election specifying the payment schedule for the benefits to be accrued in the following Plan Year (concluding with the 2018 Plan Year) by submitting an election to the Administrator in such time and manner established by the Administrator. By way of example, benefits attributable to Bonus compensation will be treated as accrued during the Plan Year when the relevant services are performed (and not any later year when the Bonus is actually paid), and any benefits attributable to additional Year of Service or age credits triggered by a Participant’s Separation from Service under the Severance Plan will be treated as accrued during the Plan Year when the Participant’s Separation from Service occurs.
(b)      Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a Primary Payment Election made for one Plan Year shall apply for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant submits a new Primary Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year. If (i) a Primary Payment Election in effect with respect to one Plan Year (the first Plan Year) carries over and applies to the next Plan Year (the second Plan Year) pursuant to the preceding sentence, and (ii) the Participant’s Primary Payment Election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year is that payments shall commence upon the later of the Participant’s Retirement or the first day of a specific month and year, then the same Primary Payment Election (including the same specified date) will apply to the second Plan Year; provided that if the specified date payout election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year is a date in the first or second Plan Year, the Participant

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shall be deemed to have made a Primary Payment Election for the second Plan Year that the benefits accrued in the second Plan Year shall commence payment upon the Participant’s Retirement.
(c)      On or before December 31, 2008, Participants may make a special Primary Payment Election in accordance with the transition rule under Section 409A of the Code for Plan benefits previously scheduled to commence payment after the calendar year in which the special Primary Payment Election is made.
(d)    The choices available for a Primary Payment Election are as provided in the applicable Primary Payment Election form, but may include the following:
(i)    Joint and survivor life annuity paid in monthly installments; or
(ii)    Contingent life annuity paid in monthly installments; or
(iii)    Monthly installments for 60 to 180 months; or
(iv)    A single lump sum; or
(v)    Two to fifteen installments paid annually; or
(vi)    Any combination of the choices listed in (iii), (iv) and (v).
Payments under a Primary Payment Election may commence upon (i) the Participant’s Retirement, (ii) the later of the Participant’s Retirement or the first day of a specific month and year, or (iii) the first day of the month that is a specified number of months and/or years following the Participant’s Retirement or the first day of a specified month a specified number of years following the calendar year in which the Participant’s Retirement occurs (provided that if the date otherwise determined pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) is later than the later of the Participant’s Retirement or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75, the date pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) shall be the later of the Participant’s Retirement or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75). If the Participant elects under a Primary Payment Election to receive payment pursuant to clause (ii) and the Participant dies prior to the later of Retirement or the specified payment date, payment shall be made pursuant to the Participant’s Contingent Payment Election (if any) for the Participant’s death (regardless of whether the Participant’s death occurs while the Participant is employed by an Affiliate or thereafter).
(e)    If no Primary Payment Election has been made, the Primary Payment Election shall be deemed to be a joint and survivor annuity paid in monthly installments commencing upon the Participant’s Retirement (or, if earlier, the Participant’s death or Disability); provided, however, that if a Participant first becomes an Officer or a designated Executive on or after January 1, 2018, the Primary Payment Election shall be deemed (if no Primary Payment Election has been made) to be a lump sum payable upon Retirement (or, if earlier, the Participant’s death or Disability). (f)    Subject to Section 4.5, lump sum payments or initial installment or annuity payments will be made within 90 days (60 days in the case of a payment triggered by a specified payment date) of the scheduled dates, and interest will be added at the Crediting Rate

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to the payment amount for the days elapsed between the scheduled payment date and the actual date of payment. If the Participant’s delivery of a release would change the amount of his or her Plan benefit, and the period for the Participant to consider, execute, and revoke such release spans two different calendar years, and the 90- or 60-day period, as applicable, specified above for the payment of any benefit contingent on such release also spans those two years, payment of the portion of the benefit contingent upon such release (and earnings thereon) shall be made in the time period otherwise specified above but in the second of those two years.
If paid in installments, the installments will be paid in amounts that will amortize the balance with interest credited at the Crediting Rate on a daily basis, compounded annually, over the period of time benefits are to be paid. For purposes of calculating installments, the account will be valued as of the Valuation Date and subsequently as of December 31 each year with installments adjusted for the next calendar year according to procedures established by the Administrator. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, distribution in installments shall be treated as a single payment as of the date of the initial installment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. If paid in monthly installments, the installments may be paid in a single check or in more than one check for any given month, provided that in either such case the total amount of the monthly payment shall not change.
If the applicable Payment Election or deemed Payment Election is for payment in the form of an annuity, the annuity value of the Plan benefit will be calculated in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Qualified Plan except that this Plan will govern where its provisions under Section 3.3 (which shall also apply to Section 3.4(d) for purposes of calculating the applicable annuity value of any benefit derived from an Executive Retirement Account) are inconsistent with those of the Qualified Plan.
4.1.1    Payment Election for 2019 and Later Plan Years
(a)    As part of a Payment Election for Plan Years after 2018, a Participant may elect, subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 4.1.1, that payments commence upon: (i) the Participant’s Payment Event; (ii) the later of the Participant’s Payment Event or January 1 of a specified year that may be no later than the year in which the Participant attains age 75; (iii) January 1 of the year following the Payment Event; or (iv) January 1 of the fifth year following the Payment Event. If the date otherwise determined pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) above is later than the later of the Participant’s Payment Event or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75, the commencement date pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) shall be the later of the Participant’s Payment Event or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75. If the Payment Event is a Separation from Service prior to Retirement (other than due to death), the commencement date pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) above shall be determined as if the Payment Event was the later of the Participant’s Separation from Service or the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday.
Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, or its delegate, in the applicable Payment Election form, the choices available for a Payment Election are as follows: a single lump sum; five, ten or fifteen installments paid annually; a joint and survivor life annuity paid in monthly installments; or Contingent life annuity paid in monthly installments.

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Notwithstanding any provisions of the preceding two paragraphs to the contrary: (i) if a Participant dies or, while employed by an Affiliate, becomes Disabled before payments have commenced, then payments shall be made in a lump sum upon (or within 90 days following) the Participant’s death or Disability; (ii) if a Participant dies or, while employed by an Affiliate, becomes Disabled after payments have commenced but before all payments have been completed, then all of the Participant’s remaining benefits shall be made in a lump sum upon (or within 90 days following) the Participant’s death or Disability; provided, however, that (iii) if a Participant who dies had elected either a joint and survivor annuity or a Contingent life annuity with a survivor benefit, then the survivor benefit shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Participant’s Payment Election.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 4.1.1 to the contrary, if a Participant who has a Primary Payment Election in effect with respect to the 2018 Plan Year (including a deemed election) does not make a new Payment Election for benefits accrued for the 2019 Plan Year, then Sections 4.1(b) and 4.2(b) shall continue to apply to such Participant and the Primary Payment Election (including a deemed election) for the 2018 Plan Year and the Contingent Payment Election (including a deemed election) for the 2018 Plan Year shall apply for the 2019 Plan Year and for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant submits a new Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year.
(b)    Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.1.1, a Payment Election made for one Plan Year shall apply for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant submits a new Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year. If a Payment Election in effect with respect to one Plan Year (the first Plan Year) carries over and applies to the next Plan Year (the second Plan Year) pursuant to this paragraph, and the Participant’s Payment Election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year includes a specified date payout election pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.1.1(a), that date will apply to the second Plan Year; provided that if the specified date payout election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year is a date in the first or second Plan Year, the Participant shall be deemed to have made a Payment Election for the second Plan Year that the benefits accrued in the second Plan Year shall commence payment upon the Participant’s Payment Event.
(c)    If no Payment Election has been made, the Payment Election shall be deemed to be a lump sum payable upon the earliest of the Participant’s Payment Event, death, or Disability; provided, however, that if the Payment Event is a Separation from Service prior to the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday, the commencement date shall be the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday.
(d)    The provisions in Section 4.1(f) also apply to this Section 4.1.1.
(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.1.1, the Administrator, or its delegate, may prescribe rules in the form or instructions for any Payment Election that are different than the rules set forth in this Section 5.1.1 as to the benefits covered by such Payment Election, including expanding or limiting the forms of payment and payment commencement dates available for the Payment Election and prescribing different payment rules for death and Disability.

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4.2
Contingent Payment Elections for Plan Years Prior to 2019
(a)      Each year (through December 31, 2017), a Participant may make Contingent Payment Elections for each of the Contingent Events of (1) the Participant’s death while employed by an Affiliate, (2) the Participant’s Disability while employed by an Affiliate, and (3) Termination of Employment for the benefits to be accrued in the following Plan Year (concluding with the 2018 Plan Year), which election will take effect upon the first Contingent Event that occurs before the Participant’s Retirement, by submitting an election to the Administrator in such time and manner established by the Administrator.
(b)      Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a Contingent Payment Election made for one Plan Year shall apply for subsequent Plan Years unless prior to a subsequent Plan Year the Participant submits a new Contingent Payment Election for the subsequent Plan Year. If (i) a Contingent Payment Election in effect with respect to one Plan Year (the first Plan Year) carries over and applies to the next Plan Year (the second Plan Year) pursuant to the preceding sentence, and (ii) the Participant’s Contingent Payment Election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year is that payments shall commence upon the later of the Participant’s Contingent Event or the first day of a specific month and year, then the same Contingent Payment Election (including the same specified date) will apply to the second Plan Year; provided that if the specified date payout election in effect with respect to the first Plan Year is a date in the first or second Plan Year, the Participant shall be deemed to have made a Contingent Payment Election for the Second Plan Year that the benefits accrued in the second Plan Year shall commence payment upon the Participant’s Contingent Event.
(c)      The choices available for the Contingent Payment Elections are those specified in Section 4.1 except that the references to Retirement shall instead be the applicable Contingent Event if the event is death or Disability or the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday (or, if later, Termination of Employment) if the Contingent Event is Termination of Employment.
If the Participant has made no Contingent Payment Election and a Contingent Event occurs prior to Retirement, the Administrator will pay the benefit as specified in the Participant’s Primary Payment Election, except that payments scheduled for payment or commencement of payment “upon Retirement,” or with a payment date determined by reference to Retirement, will be paid, commence or have payment determined by reference to the first day of the month following the date of the Contingent Event if the Contingent Event is the Participant’s death or Disability, but will be the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday (or, if later, Termination of Employment) if the Contingent Event is Termination of Employment. If a Contingent Event occurs prior to Retirement and the Participant has made neither a Primary Payment Election nor a Contingent Payment Election, the Payment Election shall be deemed to be a joint and survivor life annuity payable on the first day of the month following the date of the Contingent Event if the Contingent Event is the Participant’s death or Disability, but payable on the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday (or, if later, the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant’s final day of employment occurs prior to Termination of Employment) if the Contingent Event is Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes an Officer or a designated

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Executive in 2018, the Contingent Payment Election shall be deemed to be a lump sum payable upon on the first day of the month following the date of the Contingent Event if the Contingent Event is the Participant’s death or Disability, but payable on the first day of the month of the Participant’s 55th birthday (or, if later, Termination of Employment) if the Contingent Event is Termination of Employment.
4.3
Changes to Payment Elections
Participants may change a Payment Election, including a deemed Payment Election, by submitting a new written Payment Election to the Administrator, subject to the following conditions: (1) the new Payment Election shall not be effective unless made at least twelve months before the payment or commencement date scheduled under the prior Payment Election, (2) the new Payment Election must defer a lump sum payment or commencement of installment or life annuity payments for a period of at least five years from the date that the lump sum would have been paid or installment or life annuity payments would have commenced under the prior Payment Election, and (3) the election shall not be effective until twelve months after it is filed with the Administrator. If at the time a new Payment Election is filed the Administrator determines that imposition of the five-year delay would require that a Participant’s payments begin after he or she has attained age 75, then the Participant will not be permitted to make a new Payment Election. After 2018, the payment schedules available under a new Payment Election are those specified in Section 4.1.1 that are available for new Payment Elections at the time the new Payment Election is made, subject to the conditions specified in this paragraph. After 2018, a Participant will only be given one opportunity to change a Payment Election for benefit accruals with respect to a particular Plan Year.
Participants who have elected a form of life annuity as their Primary Payment Election or Contingent Payment Election (including any deemed Payment Election) may change such election from one form of life annuity to another form of life annuity otherwise permitted by the Plan (to the extent applicable) by submitting a new written Payment Election to the Administrator, subject to the following conditions: (1) the new Payment Election shall not be effective unless made before the payment or commencement date scheduled under the prior Payment Election, (2) the payment or commencement date under the prior Payment Election is not changed (or the change is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph), and (3) the annuities are actuarially equivalent (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(ii).
4.4
Small Benefit Exception
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion and as determined by it in writing, pay the benefits in a single lump sum if the sum of all benefits payable to the Participant under this Plan and all Similar Plans is less than or equal to the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code.
4.5
Six-Month Delay in Payment for Specified Employees
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that a Participant who is a Specified Employee is entitled to a distribution from the Plan due to the Participant’s Separation

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from Service, the lump sum payment or the commencement of installment or life annuity payments, as the case may be, may not be scheduled to occur or occur before the date that is the earlier of (1) six months following the Participant’s Separation from Service for reasons other than death or (2) the Participant’s death.
4.6
Conflict of Interest Exception, Etc.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, pay benefits in a single lump sum if permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(iii). In addition, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, accelerate benefits if and to the extent permitted under any of the other exceptions specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) to the general rule in Section 409A of the Code prohibiting accelerated payments, provided that the terms of Section 4.4 of the Plan shall govern whether benefits will be paid in a single lump sum pursuant to the small benefit exception contained in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(v).
ARTICLE 5
SURVIVOR BENEFITS
5.1
Payment
Following the Participant’s death, payment of the Participant’s benefit will be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries according to the payment schedule elected or deemed elected according to Article 4.
5.2
Benefit Computation
In addition, if the applicable Payment Election or deemed Payment Election is for a joint and survivor life annuity, the survivor benefit is 50% of the Participant’s annuity amount, payable only to the spouse married to the Participant at the earlier of the commencement of Plan benefit payments to the Participant or the Participant’s death, but actuarially reduced if that spouse is more than five years younger than the Participant. If the election is for a contingent life annuity, the survivor benefit will be as elected. The survivor benefit associated with a life annuity will be calculated in a manner consistent with the survivor benefit provisions of the Qualified Plan except that this Plan will govern where its provisions under Sections 3.3 and 3.4(d) are inconsistent with those of the Qualified Plan.
ARTICLE 6
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
The Participant will have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons or entity as Beneficiary (both primary and contingent) to whom payment under the Plan will be made in the event of the Participant’s death; provided that if the Participant has elected (or is deemed to have elected) a Payment Election in the form of a joint and survivor life annuity or a contingent life annuity and designates a new person or entity as Beneficiary after annuity payments have commenced, the annuity payments to such newly designated Beneficiary must be made in the same amounts and at the same times as payments would have been made to the

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designated Beneficiary immediately preceding the commencement of payments. The Beneficiary designation will be effective when it is submitted to the Administrator during the Participant’s lifetime in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator.
The submission of a new Beneficiary designation will cancel all prior Beneficiary designations. Any finalized divorce or marriage of a Participant subsequent to the date of a Beneficiary designation will revoke such designation, unless in the case of divorce the previous spouse was not designated as a Beneficiary, and unless in the case of marriage the Participant’s new spouse has previously been designated as Beneficiary. The spouse of a married Participant must consent in writing to any designation of a Beneficiary other than the spouse.
If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if the Beneficiary designation is revoked by marriage, divorce, or otherwise without execution of a new designation, or if every person designated as Beneficiary predeceases the Participant, then the Administrator will direct the distribution of the benefits to the Participant’s estate. If a primary Beneficiary dies after the Participant’s death but prior to completion of the distribution of benefits under this Plan, and no contingent Beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, any remaining payments will be made to the primary Beneficiary’s Beneficiary, if one has been designated, or to the Beneficiary’s estate.
ARTICLE 7
CONDITIONS RELATED TO BENEFITS
7.1
Nonassignability
The benefits provided under the Plan may not be alienated, assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated by or to any person or entity, at any time or any manner whatsoever. These benefits will be exempt from the claims of creditors of any Participant or other claimants and from all orders, decrees, levies, garnishment or executions against any Participant to the fullest extent allowed by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the benefit payable to a Participant may be assigned in full or in part, pursuant to a domestic relations order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
7.2
Unforeseeable Emergency
A Retired Participant, a Participant who has a Disability, or a Participant who is age 55 or older may submit a hardship distribution request to the Administrator in writing setting forth the reasons for the request. The Administrator will have the sole authority to approve or deny such requests. Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Administrator may in its discretion, permit the Participant to accelerate distributions of benefits under the Plan in the amount reasonably necessary to alleviate the Unforeseeable Emergency.
7.3
No Right to Assets
A Participant’s benefits paid under the Plan will be paid from the general funds of the Participant’s Employer, and the Participant and any Beneficiary will be no more than unsecured general creditors of that Employer with no special or prior right to any assets of the Employer for

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payment of any obligations hereunder. Neither the Participant nor the Beneficiary will have a claim to benefits from any other Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the definition of “Employer” to the contrary, and at the sole discretion of EIX, EIX may determine that for purposes of benefits payable under the Plan, EIX shall be deemed to be the Employer obligated to pay such benefits. Such an election by EIX may be made, in EIX’s sole discretion, as to all Plan benefits, as to only certain benefits, and/or as to only certain Affiliates or Participants, and will be deemed an assumption of the specified benefit obligations of the applicable Affiliates. Subject to the further provisions hereof, EIX will be solely obligated to pay any such benefits and no Participant (or Beneficiary) will have a claim as to any other Affiliate with respect to such benefits. Upon an election by EIX under this Section 7.3, benefits covered by the election will be paid from the general funds of EIX (and not the Affiliate that would otherwise pay the benefits), provided that EIX may require that as between EIX and the Affiliate that would otherwise pay such benefits, the Affiliate will be responsible to pay EIX for the assumption of such obligations in accordance with funding arrangements determined by EIX at the time of election or any time thereafter. To the extent such Affiliate fails to comply with such funding arrangements or obtains any refund or offset of payments made from the Affiliate to EIX without the consent of EIX, the Affiliate that would otherwise be responsible for payment of benefits to the applicable Participant will remain responsible for such benefits. EIX will effectuate any such election pursuant to this Section 7.3 by providing written notice to the Administrator and the applicable Affiliates regarding the effective date of such election, and the benefits, Affiliates and Participants for which the election is applicable. The funding arrangements established by EIX at the time of its election, or from time to time thereafter, will set forth the method by which the Affiliates will remit funds to EIX in consideration of Plan benefit obligations that are assumed by EIX. Such a method may include, but is not limited to, lump sum payment by an Affiliate to EIX of relevant benefits accrued through the date of EIX’s election based on the Projected Benefit Obligation (“PBO”) with regular periodic payments to EIX of continuing accruals; regular periodic payments by an Affiliate to EIX of benefits accrued based on the PBO beginning with the date of EIX’s election through the date such benefits become due under the Plan; lump sum payment by an Affiliate to EIX at the time benefits become due under the Plan; or intercompany payables and receivables used with funding on a “pay-as-you-go” basis.
7.4
Protective Provisions
The Participant will cooperate with the Administrator by furnishing any and all information requested by the Administrator, in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Administrator may deem necessary and signing such consents to insure or taking such other actions as may be requested by the Administrator. If the Participant refuses to cooperate, the Administrator and the Employer will have no further obligation to the Participant under the Plan.
7.5
Constructive Receipt
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included in a Participant’s income will be made to such Participant. The determination of the Administrator under this Section 7.5 will be binding and conclusive.
7.6
Withholding
The Participant or the Beneficiary will make appropriate arrangements with the Administrator for satisfaction of any federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements and Social Security or other employee tax requirements applicable to the accrual or payment of benefits under the Plan. If no other arrangements are made, the Administrator may provide, at its discretion, for such withholding and tax payments as may be required.
7.7
Incapacity
If any person entitled to payments under this Plan is incapacitated and unable to use such payments in his or her own best interest, EIX may direct that payments (or any portion) be made to that person’s legal guardian or conservator, or that person’s spouse, as an alternative to payment to the person unable to use the payments. EIX will have no obligation to supervise the use of such payments, and court-appointed guardianship or conservatorship may be required.
ARTICLE 8
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
8.1
Plan Interpretation
The Administrator will administer the Plan and interpret, construe and apply its provisions in accordance with its terms and will provide direction and oversight as necessary to management, staff, or contractors to whom day-to-day Plan operations may be delegated. The Administrator will establish, adopt or revise such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Administrator will interpret and construe the Plan to comply with Section 409A of the Code. All decisions of the Administrator will be final and binding.
8.2
Limited Liability
Neither the Administrator, nor any of its members or designees, will be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of this Plan.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
9.1
Authority to Amend or Terminate
The Administrator will have full power and authority to prospectively modify or terminate this Plan, and the Administrator’s interpretations, constructions and actions, including any determination of the Participant’s account or benefits, or the amount or recipient of the payment to be made, will be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes. Absent the

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consent of the Participant, however, the Administrator will in no event have any authority to modify this section. However, no such amendment or termination will apply to any person who has then qualified for or is receiving benefits under this Plan.
9.2
Limitations
In the event of Plan amendment or termination which has the effect of eliminating or reducing a benefit under the Plan, the benefit payable on account of a retired Participant or Beneficiary will not be impaired, and the benefits of other Participants will not be less than the benefit to which each such Participant would have been entitled if he or she had retired immediately prior to such amendment or termination.
ARTICLE 10
CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
10.1
Claims Procedure for Claims Other Than Due to Disability
(a)      Except for claims due to Disability, the Administrator will notify a Participant or his or her Beneficiary (or person submitting a claim on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary) (a “claimant”) in writing, within 90 days after his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Plan. If the Administrator determines that a claimant is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice will set forth (1) the specific reasons for the denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim, and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Plan’s claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Administrator determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Administrator will notify the claimant of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional 90-day period.
(b)      If a claimant is determined by the Administrator not to be eligible for benefits, or if the claimant believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the claimant will have the opportunity to have the claim reviewed by the Administrator by filing a petition for review with the Administrator within 60 days after receipt of the notice issued by the Administrator. Said petition will state the specific reasons which the claimant believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within 60 days after receipt by the Administrator of the petition, the Administrator will afford the claimant (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Administrator in writing, and the claimant (or counsel) will have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Administrator will notify the claimant of its decision in writing within the 60-day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and the specific provisions of the Plan on which the decision is based. If, due to special circumstances (for example, because of the need for a hearing), the 60-day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another 60-day period at the election of the Administrator, but notice of this

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deferral will be given to the claimant. In the event of the death of the Participant, the same procedures will apply to the Participant’s Beneficiaries.
10.2
Claims Procedure for Claims Due to Disability
(a)      For purposes of Section 10.1, this Section 10.2 and Section 10.3, a claim shall not be considered to be due to Disability if the existence of the Participant’s Disability is determined by reference to whether the Participant is eligible for benefits under his or her Employer’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant, as determined by the Employer. A claim due to Disability will be approved or denied by the Administrator or its delegate, as it deems appropriate in its discretion, based on its interpretation of the Plan, medical evidence, and the analysis and conclusions of a physician selected by the Administrator or its delegate. Within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 45 days after receipt of a claim due to Disability, the Administrator or its delegate shall notify the claimant of any adverse benefit determination on the claim, unless circumstances beyond the Plan’s control require an extension of time for processing the claim. Except as contemplated by this Section 10.2, in no event may the extension period exceed 30 days from the end of the initial 45-day period. If an extension is necessary, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide the claimant with a written notice to this effect prior to the expiration of the initial 45-day period. The notice shall describe the circumstances requiring the extension and the date by which the Administrator or its delegate expects to render a determination on the claim. If, prior to the end of the first 30-day extension period, the Administrator or its delegate determines that, due to circumstances beyond the control of the Plan, a decision cannot be rendered within that extension period, the period for making the determination may be extended for an additional 30 days, so long as the Administrator or its delegate notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the first 30-day extension period, of the circumstances requiring the extension and the date as of which the Administrator or its delegate expects to render a decision. This notice of extension shall specifically describe the standards on which entitlement to a benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision on the claim, and the additional information needed to resolve those issues, and that the claimant has at least 45 days within which to provide the specified information. Furthermore, in the event that a period of time is extended as permitted due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information.
(b)      In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide to the claimant written or electronic notification setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the adverse benefit determination; (ii) reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the adverse benefit determination is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why the material or information is necessary; (iv) a description of the Plan’s claim review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse final benefit determination on review and in accordance with Section 10.2(c) below; (v) either the specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan relied

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upon in making the adverse determination or a statement that such rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan do not exist; (vi) if the determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation shall be provided free of charge upon request; (vii) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits; and (viii) a discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not following: (a) the views presented by the claimant to the Plan of health care professionals treating the claimant and vocational professionals who evaluated the claimant; (b) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with a claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (c) a disability determination made by the Social Security Administration regarding the claimant presented by the claimant to the Plan.
(c)      Any good-faith determination by the Administrator or its delegate will be final and binding on the Plan and the claimant unless appealed in accordance with this Section 10.2(c). Within 180 days after receipt by the claimant of notification of the adverse benefit determination, the claimant or the claimant’s duly authorized representative, upon written application to the Administrator, may request that the Plan fully and fairly review the adverse benefit determination (also sometimes referred to herein as an “appeal”). Upon request and free of charge, the claimant pursuing an appeal shall have reasonable access to, and be provided copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits. The claimant shall have the opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits. The review: (i) shall take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted regardless of whether the information was previously submitted or considered in the initial adverse benefit determination; (ii) shall not afford deference to the initial adverse benefit determination; (iii) shall be conducted, at the direction of the Administrator, by an appropriate fiduciary of the Plan who is neither the individual who made the adverse benefit determination that is the subject of the review, nor the subordinate of such individual; (iv) shall identify medical and vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with the initial adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (v) where based in whole or in part on medical evidence or medical judgment, including determinations with regard to whether a particular treatment, drug, or other item is experimental, investigational, or not medically necessary or appropriate, shall include consultation with a physician, with appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine involved in the medical judgment, who was neither consulted in connection with the initial adverse benefit determination, nor the subordinate of any such professional.
The appeal will then be approved or denied by the Administrator or its delegate, as it deems appropriate, based on its interpretation of the Plan in light of the medical evidence.
Before an adverse benefit determination on review of a claim due to Disability is issued, the claimant shall be provided, free of charge, with any new or additional evidence considered,

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relied upon, or generated by the Administrator or its delegate making the benefit determination (or at the direction of the Administrator) in connection with the claim; such evidence will be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice of adverse benefit determination on review is required to be provided to give the claimant a reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date.
Also before an adverse benefit determination on review based on a new or additional rationale is issued, the claimant shall be provided, free of charge, the rationale; the rationale must be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice of adverse benefit determination on review is required to be provided to give the claimant a reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date.
A final benefit determination will be made by the Administrator or its delegate, and the Administrator or its delegate shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notification of the final benefit determination within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 45 days immediately following receipt of claimant’s request for review, unless special circumstances require a further extension of time for processing the claim, which extension may be up to an additional 45 days. If such an extension of time for review is required because of special circumstances, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide the claimant with a written notice of the extension prior to the commencement of the extension. The notice shall describe the special circumstances requiring the extension and the date as of which the final benefit determination shall be made. In the event that a period of time is extended due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination on review shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information. In the case of an adverse final benefit determination, the Administrator or its delegate shall provide to the claimant written or electronic notification setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the adverse final benefit determination; (ii) reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the adverse final benefit determination is based; (iii) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits; (iv) a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse final benefit determination on review and mandatory arbitration in accordance with Section 10.3 below; (v) either the specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan relied upon in making the adverse determination or a statement that such rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan do not exist; (vi) if the determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation shall be provided free of charge upon request; (vii) a discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not following: (a) the views presented by the claimant to the Plan of health care professionals treating the claimant and vocational professionals who evaluated the claimant; (b) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with a claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice

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was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (c) a disability determination made by the Social Security Administration regarding the claimant presented by the claimant to the Plan; and (viii) the following statement: “You and your plan may have other voluntary alternative dispute resolution options, such as mediation. One way to find out what may be available is to contact your local U.S. Department of Labor Office and your State insurance regulatory agency.” As described above, there shall be only one level of review of an adverse benefit determination, followed by mandatory arbitration under Section 10.3, before a claimant may bring a civil action pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA.
10.3
Dispute Arbitration
(a)      Effective as to any claims filed on or after June 19, 2014, final and binding arbitration under this Section 10.3 shall be the sole remedy available to a claimant after he or she has exhausted the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.1. Furthermore, exhaustion by the claimant of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.1 is a mandatory prerequisite for binding arbitration under this Section 10.3. Any arbitration or civil action brought prior to the exhaustion of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.1 shall be remanded to the Administrator to permit the claim and review procedures to be exhausted.
(b)      After a claimant has exhausted the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.1, if the claimant is determined by the Administrator not to be eligible for benefits, or if the claimant believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the claimant may submit his or her claim to final and binding arbitration under this Section 10.3.
Any arbitration under this Section 10.3 will be held in Los Angeles County, California, in accordance with the then-current JAMS Arbitration Rules and Procedures for Employment Disputes (“JAMS Rules”) and under the Federal Arbitration Act. The arbitration shall be before a sole arbitrator, selected by mutual agreement of the parties. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be selected by striking in accordance with the then-current JAMS Rules from a list of arbitrators supplied by JAMS. Any and all claims and/or defenses that would otherwise be available in a court of law will be fully available to the parties. The arbitrator selected pursuant to this paragraph (the “Arbitrator”) may order such discovery as is necessary for a full and fair exploration of the issues and dispute, consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration. The Arbitrator shall apply applicable substantive law to resolve the dispute. To the fullest extent provided by federal law, the decision rendered by the Administrator pursuant to the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.1 shall be upheld by the Arbitrator unless the Arbitrator determines that the Administrator abused its discretion. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a Change in Control occurs, then a claim review decision rendered by the Administrator within the three years following the Change in Control shall, if it is challenged by the claimant in accordance with this Section 10.3, be subject to de novo review by the Arbitrator. Subject to the applicable standard of review in the preceding two sentences, the Arbitrator may grant any award or relief available under applicable law that the Arbitrator deems just and equitable.

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At the conclusion of the arbitration, the Arbitrator shall issue a written decision that sets forth the essential findings and conclusions upon which the Arbitrator’s award or decision is based. Any award or relief granted by the Arbitrator hereunder shall be final and binding on the parties hereto, and may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. All costs unique to arbitration (e.g., the Arbitrator’s fees and room fees) shall be paid by the Administrator. The parties shall otherwise bear their own costs (e.g., attorneys’ fees, expert fees, witness fees, etc.). If, however, any party prevails on a statutory claim that affords the prevailing party attorneys’ fees and costs, then the Arbitrator may award reasonable fees and costs to the prevailing party.
(c)      Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Section 10.3, if the claim is due to Disability, the following rules apply: (1) arbitration under this Section 10.3 shall be the mandatory second level of appeal following the exhaustion by the claimant of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.2, and such exhaustion is a mandatory prerequisite for arbitration under this Section 10.3—any arbitration or civil action brought with respect to a claim due to Disability prior to the exhaustion of the claim and review procedures set forth in Section 10.2 shall be remanded to the Administrator to permit the claim and review procedures to be exhausted; (2) arbitration of a claim due to Disability under this Section 10.3 shall not be binding, and the claimant shall not be precluded from challenging the decision of the Arbitrator in a civil action brought pursuant to Section 502(a) of ERISA; and (3) except as specifically set forth in this Section 10.3(c), if the claim is due to Disability, the arbitration shall be conducted as set forth in Section 10.3(b).
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1
Participation in Other Plans
Participation in this Plan will not limit a Participant’s ability to continue to participate in any other employee benefit program of an Employer, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the applicable employee benefit program.
11.2
Relationship to Qualified Plan
This Plan will to the fullest extent possible under currently applicable law be administered in accordance with, and where practicable according to the terms of the Qualified Plan and/or Savings Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of this Plan shall control benefits payable under this Plan whenever the terms of the Qualified Plan and/or Savings Plan differ from this Plan.
11.3
Forfeiture
The payments to be made pursuant to the Plan require the Participant, for so long as the Participant remains in the active employ of the Employer, to devote substantially all of his or her time, skill, diligence and attention to the business of the Employer and not to actively engage, either directly or indirectly, in any business or other activity adverse to the best interests of the business of the Employer. In addition, the Participant will remain available during Retirement for consultation in any matter related to the affairs of the Employer. Any breach of these conditions

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by a Participant will result in complete forfeiture by the Participant of any further benefits under the Plan. If the Participant fails to observe any of the above conditions, or if he or she is discharged by the Employer for malfeasance or willful neglect of duty, then in any of said events, the Participant’s benefits under this Plan will terminate and will not be paid, and EIX and the Employer will have no further liability therefor.
11.4
Successors
The rights and obligations of each Employer under the Plan will inure to the benefit of, and will be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the Employer.
11.5
Trust
The Employers will be responsible for the payment of all benefits under the Plan. At their discretion, the Employers may establish one or more grantor trusts for the purpose of providing for payment of benefits under the Plan. The trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but an Employer’s share of the assets thereof will be subject to the claims of the Employer’s creditors. Benefits paid to the Participant from any such trust will be considered paid by the Employer for purposes of meeting the obligations of the Employer under the Plan.
11.6
Employment Not Guaranteed
Nothing contained in the Plan nor any action taken hereunder will be construed as a contract of employment or as giving any Participant any right to continue in employment with the Employer or any other Affiliate.
11.7
Gender, Singular and Plural
All pronouns and variations thereof will be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and the plural as the singular.
11.8
Captions
The captions of the articles and sections of the Plan are for convenience only and will not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.
11.9
Validity
If any provision of the Plan is held invalid, void or unenforceable, the same will not affect, in any respect whatsoever, the validity of any other provisions of the Plan.
11.10
Waiver of Breach
The waiver by EIX or the Administrator of any breach of any provision of the Plan by the Participant will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the Participant.

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11.11
Applicable Law
The Plan will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of California except where the laws of California are preempted by ERISA.
11.12
Notice
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Administrator under the Plan will be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by first class mail to the principal office of EIX, directed to the attention of the Administrator. The notice will be deemed given as of the date of delivery, or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark.
11.13
ERISA Plan
The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for “a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA and therefore to be exempt from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA. EIX is the named fiduciary.
11.14
Statutes and Regulations
Any reference to a statute or regulation herein shall include any successor to such statute or regulation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , EIX has amended this Plan on the 22 nd day of August, 2018.
EDISON INTERNATIONAL


/s/ Jacqueline Trapp    
Jacqueline Trapp
Senior Vice President, Human Resources


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Exhibit 31.1


CERTIFICATION


I, PEDRO J. PIZARRO, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 of Edison International;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: October 30, 2018
/s/ PEDRO J. PIZARRO
PEDRO J. PIZARRO
Chief Executive Officer




CERTIFICATION


I, MARIA RIGATTI, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 of Edison International;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: October 30, 2018
/s/ MARIA RIGATTI
MARIA RIGATTI
Chief Financial Officer



Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION
I, KEVIN M. PAYNE, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 of Southern California Edison Company;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 30, 2018
/s/ KEVIN M. PAYNE
KEVIN M. PAYNE
Chief Executive Officer




CERTIFICATION
I, WILLIAM M. PETMECKY III, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 of Southern California Edison Company;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 30, 2018
/s/ WILLIAM M PETMECKY III
WILLIAM M. PETMECKY III
Chief Financial Officer



Exhibit 32.1



STATEMENT PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS
ENACTED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 (the “Quarterly Report”), of Edison International (the “Company”), and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge, that:

1.
The Quarterly Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and

2.
The information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: October 30, 2018
/s/ PEDRO J. PIZARRO
PEDRO J. PIZARRO
Chief Executive Officer
Edison International
 
/s/ MARIA RIGATTI
MARIA RIGATTI
Chief Financial Officer
Edison International

This statement accompanies the Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.




Exhibit 32.2



STATEMENT PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS
ENACTED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 (the “Quarterly Report”), of Southern California Edison Company (the “Company”), and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that:

1.
The Quarterly Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and

2.
The information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: October 30, 2018

/s/ KEVIN M. PAYNE
KEVIN M. PAYNE
Chief Executive Officer
Southern California Edison Company
 
/s/ WILLIAM M. PETMECKY III
WILLIAM M. PETMECKY III
Chief Financial Officer
Southern California Edison Company

This statement accompanies the Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.






Exhibit 99.1
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Brian Keith Trent Joins Edison International and
Southern California Edison’s Boards of Directors
    
ROSEMEAD, Calif., October 25, 2018 — Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Southern California Edison announced that Brian Keith Trent has been elected to the board of directors of each company, effective today.
 
“Keith’s leadership experience in the energy and utility industries, as well as his extensive background in legal and regulatory affairs, will provide our boards with valuable expertise,” said Bill Sullivan, chair of the Edison International board of directors. “We look forward to Keith’s guidance and counsel as our newest board member.”

“Keith’s impressive background on both the regulated and unregulated sides of the energy business will contribute important perspective and insight to our companies on a variety of significant issues,” said Pedro Pizarro, president and chief executive officer of Edison International.

Trent, 59, is a former executive at Duke Energy, where he served in a variety of leadership roles for more than 13 years. Most recently, he was executive vice president, Grid Solutions and president, Midwest and Florida Regions at the company. Previously, during his tenure at Duke, Trent served as executive vice president and chief operating officer, Regulated Utilities; group executive and president, Commercial Businesses; group executive and Chief Strategy, Policy and Regulatory Officer; group executive and Chief Development Officer; and group vice president, General Counsel and Secretary.

Prior to joining Duke Energy in 2002, Trent was a partner and co-founder of the law firm Snell, Brannian & Trent for 11 years. Before establishing the law firm, Trent worked as an attorney at Jackson Walker L.L.P, and as a reservoir/production engineer at ARCO Oil & Gas Company.

Trent currently serves on the boards of TRC Companies, Inc., Capital Power Corporation, Forsite Development Inc. and AWP Inc. Previously, he was on the board of directors at the Electric Power Research Institute, the Keystone Center and Accenture Global Energy, as well as serving on the board of visitors at Wake Forest University School of Business.

He earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University, and a juris doctorate degree from the University of Texas College of Law.

About Edison International

Edison International (NYSE:EIX), through its subsidiaries, is a generator and distributor of electric power, as well as a provider of energy services and technologies, including renewable energy. Headquartered in Rosemead, Calif., Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. Edison International is also the parent company of Edison Energy, a portfolio of competitive businesses that provide commercial and industrial customers with energy management and procurement services. Edison Energy is independent from Southern California Edison.


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