Edison International’s Southern California utility agreed to pay $82.5 million to resolve US Forest Service claims over a 2020 fire in the Angeles National Forest.
Federal prosecutors said in a Friday news release it’s the largest wildfire cost-recovery agreement in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
The government alleged in a 2023 lawsuit Edison failed to maintain trees and one ignited when it hit a power line and fell. Edison didn’t admit wrongdoing or fault, according to the news release.
The settlement will claw back funds paid to fight the Bobcat Fire, which burned more than ...
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