US EditionCalifornia utility to pay $82 million settlement in lawsuit stemming from huge 2020 wildfire
- On May 23, 2025, Southern California Edison finalized an $82.5 million settlement to resolve claims connected to the 2020 Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles County.
- The settlement follows a 2023 lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department alleging the fire started when poorly maintained trees contacted Edison’s power lines in the Angeles National Forest.
- The Bobcat Fire ignited on September 6, 2020, burned nearly 175 square miles including about 100,000 acres of forest, destroyed 171 structures, and caused extensive environmental damage.
- U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli called the payment "meaningful compensation to taxpayers” for firefighting costs and damage, with Edison not admitting wrongdoing and the payment due by July 14, 2025.
- The funds will aid in rehabilitating burned areas, restoring habitats, and strengthening forest resilience, while authorities plan to continue pursuing recovery from all parties causing wildfire harm.
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California Utility Agrees to Pay $82.5 Million to Settle Claims From 2020 Fire
LOS ANGELES—Southern California Edison has reached a record $82.5 million settlement with the United States to resolve claims stemming from the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The U.S. government sued SoCal Edison in September 2023, alleging in Los Angeles federal court that the Bobcat Fire—one of the largest wildfires ever in Los Angeles County—was caused by the failure of the ut…
California Utility Agrees to Pay $82.5 Million to Settle Claims From 2020 Fire - The Thinking Conservative
Southern California Edison reached a record $82.5 million settlement with U.S. to resolve claims from 2020 Bobcat Fire in Angeles National Forest. The post California Utility Agrees to Pay $82.5 Million to Settle Claims From 2020 Fire appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
One of California’s largest power companies will have to pay the U.S. Forest Service $82.5 million for a forest fire that burned tens of thousands of hectares of forest, the government said this Friday. The Bobcat fire, in 2020, destroyed dozens of buildings as it advanced from the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles. The U.S. government said Southern California Edison did not control the vegetation next to its poles properly and the flam…
SoCal Edison agrees to pay $82.5M to settle claims From 2020 Bobcat Fire
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - Southern California Edison has reached a record $82.5 million settlement with the United States to resolve claims stemming from the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. The U.S. government sued SoCal Edison in September 2023, alleging in Los Angeles federal court that the Bobcat Fire -- one of the largest wildfires ever in Los Angeles County -- was caused by the fai…
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