{"id":55607,"date":"2024-02-26T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55607"},"modified":"2024-02-26T17:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:00:36","slug":"southern-california-edison-agrees-to-pay-feds-80-million-to-resolve-lawsuit-from-2017-thomas-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55607","title":{"rendered":"Southern California Edison Agrees to Pay Feds $80 Million to Resolve Lawsuit from 2017 Thomas Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><i>Largest Wildfire Cost Recovery Settlement in Central District of California<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOS ANGELES <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Officials announced that Southern California Edison (SCE) has agreed to pay the United States $80 million to resolve claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The claims recoup costs and damages associated with the 2017 Thomas Fire in the Los Padres National Forest, the Justice Department stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The settlement finalized Friday afternoon is the largest wildfire cost recovery settlement by the United States in the Central District of California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thomas Fire Third Largest In California History | NBC Nightly News\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Ia-NlFX5Dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(NBC NEWS 6 YEARS AGO)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Thomas Fire burned more than 280,000 acres \u2013 approximately 440 square miles \u2013 including over 150,000 acres of National Forest System lands in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Thomas Fire ignited in two locations on the evening of December 4, 2017. The first ignition was in Anlauf Canyon, north of Santa Paula. The second ignition occurred at the top of Koenigstein Road in Upper Ojai. The two fires joined and came to be known as the Thomas Fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2020, the United States filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Forest Service against SCE to recover costs incurred fighting the Thomas Fire and for the extensive damages it caused to the Los Padres National Forest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The United States alleged that SCE owned, maintained, and operated power lines that caused both ignitions of the Thomas Fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> In Anlauf Canyon, the United States alleged that SCE power lines made contact with each other during a high-wind event, causing heated material to ignite dry vegetation below the conductors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On Koenigstein Road, the United States alleged that an SCE power pole transformer failed and caused an energized power line to fall to the ground, igniting adjacent dry vegetation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Thomas&#039; Fire Officially The Largest Wildfire In California History\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k71JG7gj7oU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(CBS NEWS 6 YEARS AGO)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis record settlement provides significant compensation to taxpayers for the extensive costs of fighting the Thomas Fire and for the widespread damage to public lands,\u201d said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally. \u201cThe United States Attorney\u2019s Office will continue to aggressively pursue compensation from any entity that causes harm to our forests and other precious national resources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SCE agreed to pay the settlement without admitting wrongdoing or fault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> SCE agreed to pay the $80 million settlement within 60 days of the effective date of the settlement agreement, which was February 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6197858417MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jill S. 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