Edison says it will fund firefighting assets and beef up hot spot monitoring, in plan to reduce wildfire risk

Under legal scrutiny over its possible role in the Eaton fire in January, Southern California Edison on Friday released its long-range plan to reduce wildfire risks caused by its equipment.

The ethree-year plan, at a cost of $6.2 billion, includes what SCE says is an additional 440 circuit miles of covered conductor line and at minimum 260 circuit miles of underground power distribution lines, according to the plan, which the Rosemead-based utility submitted to the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety on Friday.