Edison Utility Accused of Secretly Damaging Power Line Evidence
Bloomberg Law News (February 11, 2025)– Edison International‘s Southern California utility likely damaged key evidence of its power lines in Eaton Canyon, even as its lawyers told a state judge in Los Angeles the evidence was being preserved, lawyers suing the utility said.
A regulatory filing revealed that transmission lines in Eaton Canyon were re-energized Jan. 19, and field observers saw a “small flash of light” along the lines, which lawyers with Edelson PC say was dangerous electrical arcing. That re-energization was weeks after the Eaton Fire ignited on Jan. 7 and during a period that Edelson says Edison had promised “not to touch” the … Read more here.
