Utility Forfeits $35 Million in Safety Incentives – Injuries Not Reported

SAN DIEGO -- Southern California Edison (SCE) has told the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that it will return or not accept $35 million in state incentives for safety performance after acknowledging that it did not report minor injuries in many instances since 1997.SCE made its admissions last week in a meeting with the PUC. The utility has received or was scheduled to receive bonuses of $5 million per year under CPUC's Performance-Based Ratemaking program from 1997 to 2003. But an Ed