In the 10 months following the Woolsey fire, Southern California Edison remains SoCal’s favorite whipping boy, a wounded company caught in the crosshairs of an angry public still seething over SCE’s purported role in starting the horrific fire.
Already facing a bevy of lawsuits charging that it failed to keep equipment and infrastructure properly maintained, Edison was sued again two weeks ago by the Conejo Recreation and Park District. The CRPD suit echoed previous complaints that the fire could have been prevented had Edison taken better care of the high-voltage transmission lines and other equipment at its Simi Valley field station where the Woolsey fire was believed to have started. Los Angeles County leveled a similar charge in its April 2019 suit.
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