{"id":23520,"date":"2025-05-16T21:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=824114"},"modified":"2025-05-16T21:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:53:38","slug":"edison-plans-6-2-billion-fire-prevention-plan-after-la-blazes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/edison-plans-6-2-billion-fire-prevention-plan-after-la-blazes\/","title":{"rendered":"Edison Plans $6.2 Billion Fire-Prevention Plan After LA Blazes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Southern-California-Edison-Co.-contractors-repair-power-poles-after-the-Eaton-Fire-Bloomberg-580x387.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Southern-California-Edison-Co.-contractors-repair-power-poles-after-the-Eaton-Fire-Bloomberg-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2025\/05\/16\/824114.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2025\/05\/16\/824114.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p class=\"bloomberg\">Four months after devastating wildfires swept across Los Angeles, Edison International\u2019s Southern California utility submitted a $6.2 billion mitigation plan that includes installing hundreds of miles of underground distribution lines, among other measures.<\/p>\n<p>The utility plans to make the investment over three years starting in 2026 and ending in 2028, according a statement. The proposal calls for the installation of at least 440 circuit miles of covered conductors and at least 260 circuit miles of underground distribution lines, as well as support for aerial firefighting assets like the world\u2019s largest helitankers with nighttime firefighting capabilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2025\/05\/01\/822152.htm\">LA Fire Investigation Will Take a Year or More, Edison CEO Says<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In March, Edison said it had 465 miles of unused power lines like the one believed to have sparked January\u2019s deadly Eaton Fire in LA County. 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