The California Public Utilities Commission approved a rate hike for Southern California Edison to cover more than $1.6 billion in payments made to over 5,000 victims of the Thomas fire, sparked by the utility's equipment. Despite public protests regarding fairness in charging customers for a fire caused by corporate negligence, the commission voted unanimously. The utility plans to distribute the cost over 30 years, estimating an increase of about $1 per month for most customers. A second proposal is pending to shift additional costs from the 2018 Woolsey fire to customers.
Edison disputed investigators' claims that its actions negligently caused the fire, saying in a press release last year that it had
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