Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Clean energy
• Transportation electrification
• Diversity and inclusion
• Safety
• Wildfire risk reduction

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced emissions from delivered electricity by nearly 50% since 2005
• Provided an estimated 48% carbon-free electricity to customers in 2019
• Exceeded 2024 state-mandated target of 580 MW of energy storage (reached over 690 MW as of March 1, 2020)
• Signed seven contracts totaling 770 MW of battery-based energy storage (one of the largest procurements in the nation)

Social Achievements

• Launched Charge Ready Transport, the largest truck and transit charging initiative in the nation
• Added infrastructure to support more than 200 new light-duty vehicle charge ports
• Won U.S. Department of Energy’s first Electricity Industry Technology and Practices Innovation Challenge Tier One Gold Prize
• Foodservice Technology Center (FTC) rolled out Table Top Induction Range Lending Program

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Wildfires

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• U.S. Department of Energy’s first Electricity Industry Technology and Practices Innovation Challenge Tier One Gold Prize
• Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) leader in solar (12 consecutive years)
• Top electric utility for annual storage capacity (2 consecutive years)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Clean Energy
• Grid Modernization
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Affordability

Environmental Achievements

• 43 percent of power delivered came from carbon-free resources
• Procured 1,360 MW of battery energy storage (totaling over 2,000 MW installed or contracted)
• Installed 1,442 new electric vehicle (EV) charging ports through Charge Ready Program
• Received regulatory approval for a $436 million expansion of the Charge Ready Program (adding ~38,000 charging ports)
• Completed construction on six sites for the Charge Ready Transport Program, supporting 76 new electric school and transit buses

Social Achievements

• Maintained the lowest system average rate among California’s investor-owned utilities
• Rates have grown less than Los Angeles-area inflation for the past 30 years
• Ongoing commitment to increase partnerships with diverse suppliers
• Annual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month event celebrating AAPI communities and presenting awards to AAPI businesses and organizations

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Pandemic challenges
• Adapting business to changing climate and its impacts

Mitigation Strategies

• Continued important work related to clean energy, system upgrades, and diversity, equity, and inclusion

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Increase partnerships with diverse suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change Adaptation
• Environmental Justice
• Community Engagement

Environmental Achievements

• In 2020, the company devoted $1.3 billion to wildfire mitigation activities and is on track to spend an additional $3.5 billion during 2021-2022.
• Replaced more than 960 miles of power lines with insulated ones in 2020.
• Upgraded more than 6,090 poles to fire-resistant versions in 2020.
• Removed more than 12,200 hazard trees in 2020.

Social Achievements

• Developed a Community Engagement Plan (CEP) to engage with disadvantaged and vulnerable communities (DVCs) on climate risk assessments and adaptation options.
• Partnered with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to assist with gathering information for its electrical asset vulnerability assessment, and to engage with communities on its planned adaptation measures and implementation.

Governance Achievements

• Submitted its Community Engagement Plan to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Climate change-driven prolonged periods of high temperatures and drought increasing wildfire risk.
• More intense and longer heat waves.
• Disproportionate impact of climate change on disadvantaged and vulnerable communities (DVCs).
• Low adaptive capacity in DVCs.

Mitigation Strategies

• Comprehensive assessment of longer-term climate change risks to make electrical assets, operations and services more resilient.
• Wildfire mitigation activities.
• Decarbonization measures such as clean energy procurement, energy storage, transportation electrification, building electrification and energy efficiency.
• Community engagement to understand DVC perspectives and concerns, and to develop adaptation options that reflect their needs.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Wildfires
• Extreme heat
• Extreme precipitation
• Drought
• Sea level rise

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain issues led to turbidity logger installation in early summer rather than in spring.
• Fewer than nine edible-sized individuals of a given species were caught, processed, and sent to analytical laboratory for mercury tissue analysis at some sites.
• Reduced gill netting set times at some locations from approximately 8 hours to approximately 4 hours to reduce potential for fish mortality.

Mitigation Strategies

• Turbidity loggers were installed in early summer 2022 rather than in spring.
• Gill net soak times during the night sampling period were decreased from approximately 8 hours to approximately 4 hours for all gill net locations at Tioga Lake and at two gill net locations at Saddlebag Lake.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Supplier Diversity
• Clean Energy Transition
• Workforce Diversity
• Board Diversity

Social Achievements

• Over $2.25 billion spent with diverse suppliers (38.32% of total spend), exceeding $2 billion for the sixth consecutive year.
• Engaged and contracted with 50 first-time direct diverse contractors and 14 subcontractors.
• Nine of SCE's top 25 suppliers are diverse.
• Increased dollars spent with LGBT business enterprises by over $5 million from 2022.
• Increased African American business enterprise spend by over $3 million from 2022.
• Increased dollars spent with disabled veteran business enterprises by approximately $12 million over 2022.
• Invested $1.1 million in technical assistance and capacity-building programs.

Governance Achievements

• Supplier Diversity Program is a key performance indicator (KPI) monitored monthly by executives and included in year-end corporate performance evaluations.
• Updated comprehensive supplier diversity strategic plan to support Countdown to 2045.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• 10% decrease in subcontracting spend from 2022.
• Structural challenges in energy commodity markets limiting broad participation by smaller entities (diverse or otherwise), including capital/credit requirements, focus on capital-intensive projects, development challenges requiring significant capital, and industry consolidation.
• Low utilization of diverse suppliers in areas such as legal and financial services.

Mitigation Strategies

• Engaging prime suppliers to drive achievement on their Tier 2 diverse spend pledges.
• Monthly performance meetings with top spend suppliers to provide feedback, coaching, and discuss Tier 2 diverse spend progress.
• Targeted outreach programs to expand participation and inclusion of diverse suppliers in low-spend areas, focusing on LGBT, disabled veteran, and women-of-color businesses.
• Supplier development programs aimed at enhancing diverse suppliers’ capabilities and fostering their growth and competitiveness.
• Collaboration with Procurement and internal partners to identify upcoming opportunities in low-utilization areas.
• Increased engagement with diverse business advocacy partners to expand the search for diverse suppliers.
• Commodity-specific procurement opportunity events for low-utilization spend areas.
• Convening an LGBT working group to discuss business opportunities and challenges.
• Expanding partnerships and outreach efforts with LGBT business advocacy organizations.
• Strategically reviewing capabilities of LGBT suppliers in the CPUC’s Supplier Clearinghouse database.
• Facilitating one-on-one meetings with LGBT suppliers.
• Hosting a “Meet the Primes” event to connect LGBT firms with prime suppliers.
• Including LGBT businesses in the Mentorship Program.
• Leveraging contacts with other utilities to identify qualified LGBT suppliers.
• Broadening internal and external strategies to cultivate a diverse supplier pipeline in historically impenetrable areas.
• Increasing collaboration with internal stakeholders for early identification of procurement opportunities.
• Expanding diverse supplier search networks to include additional national databases and resources.
• Leveraging alliances with peer utilities and industry groups to promote the growth of diverse suppliers.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier diversity goals and metrics
• GO 156 compliance training
• Monthly spend results and analytics
• New intake form for diverse supplier sourcing in RFP opportunities
• Process improvement strategies to refine diverse business sourcing
• Tracking expiring diverse business certifications

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GO 156