California officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Edison to raise electric rates to cover payments it made to victims of the 2017 Thomas wildfire.

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, said on Monday preliminary analysis of data showed a "momentary and expected increase in current" on its energized lines in the Eaton Canyon corridor on Jan.

Customers are picking up the $1.7. billion tab after utility's s equipment was linked to LA wildfire and flooding seven years ago.

Meanwhile, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Monday ordered Southern California Edison not to alter or destroy any of its equipment inside the Eaton Fire zone for at least the next 21 days.

Hueston Hennigan partners Douglas Dixon, in Newport Beach, and Brittani Jackson, in Los Angeles, appeared at a Tuesday hearing for Southern California Edison.

As authorities continue their investigation into the Eaton Fire, Southern California Edison said ... company stated in the CPUC letter. The Los Angeles County Fire Department is leading the ...

Although evacuation orders have since been lifted for most of LA County, fire survivors continue to face the road to recovery as they focus on rebuilding.

So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire ... Supported by Cal incident and other agencies, the Los Angeles County Fire Department is looking into the source and cause of the incident.

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Southern California Edison ... and did not trigger system protection on these lines. The Los Angeles County Fire Department, which is the lead agency investigating the origin ...

Lawyers in Los Angeles County, California are suing electrical utility company Southern California Edison for the Eaton Fire. In footage demonstrated to reporters on January 27, the lawyers showed through a 3D reconstruction that the fire was triggered by sparks coming from a cluster of transmission towers on a hillside.