Edison.com Generator and distributor of electric power, USA
Edison International
About the company and its history
Based in Rosemead, California Edison International was founded in the year 1886 by the name Holt & Knupps. They were primarily a provider of street lights then. Edison is now the leading provider of electricity in Southern California.
- Subsidiaries
- Southern California Edison
- Edison Mission Group
The following are important milestones in the history of the company.
- 1887 – California's 1st hydroelectric plant begins operation at Highgrove.
- 1894 – Formation of Los Angeles Edison Electric Company.
- 1897 – West Side Lighting Company merges with the Los Angeles Edison Electric Company to form The Edison Electric Company of Los Angeles.
- 1899 – Edison's Santa Ana River No. 1 hydroelectric plant begins operation, transmitting power to Los Angeles over the world's longest power line (83 miles).
- 1907 – Edison's Kern River-Los Angeles Transmission Line begins operation. At 118 miles and 75 kV, once again the world's longest and highest voltage power line and the first line in the nation to be entirely supported on steel towers.
- 1909 – Renamed to Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
- 1963 – California Electric Power Company which served 450,000 customers over a 41,500-square-mile area merges with SCE.
- 1971 – SCE completes and occupies the Corporate Office building in Rosemead, California.
- 1980 – SCE becomes the 1st electric company to make a large-scale commitment to the development of renewable and alternate energy resources.
- 1987 – SCE founded a predecessor to subsidiary Edison Capital.
- 1988 – The company creates a parent holding company for the electric utility subsidiary, SCE, and the non-utility subsidiaries.
- 1992 – Edison Mission Energy goes global with its investment in the Roosecote Project in U.K.
- 1996 – The company gets its new name Edison International
- 1998 – California's electric utility industry changes to an open marketplace thus changing the way SCE and the state's other investor-owned utilities do business.
- 1999 – Edison International's Edison Mission Energy significantly grows its portfolio of generating assets through its acquisitions of the Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania, 12 generating plants in Illinois, and 2 generating plants in the U.K.
- 2000 – Edison Capital invests in the telecommunications duct network of Swisscom, Switzerland's main provider of telecommunications services.
- 2002 –Edison International receives the Champion of Energy Efficiency award.
- 2003 – Midwest Generation's Powerton Station, subsidiary of Edison Mission Group (EMG), sets a new annual power-production record—964,579 net-megawatt hours, breaking a previous record set more than 7 years ago.
- 2004 – Takes initiative against greenhouse gas emissions.
- 2005 – Begins operations at its new Mountainview plant, the 1st new major power plant in the Los Angeles Basin in 30 years.
- 2006 – The company signs the largest wind energy contract ever completed by a U.S. utility company on Dec. 21, 2006
- 2007 – SCE continues to operate the nation’s largest private fleet of EVs. SCE is working to add more than 200 MW of energy to its portfolio.
What they do?
They generate and distribute electric power and invest in infrastructure and renewable energy projects. The company has a portfolio of 14,000 megawatts. The company is basically divided into two groups, which manages its power generation and distribution facilities in the United States and other countries.
1. Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving more than thirteen million people in a 50,000 square-mile area of central, coastal and Southern California, excluding the City of Los Angeles and certain other cities. Based in Rosemead, California, the utility has been providing electric service in the region for 120 years. The SCE service territory includes approximately 430 cities and communities. As of June 30, 2006, SCE had consolidated assets of approximately $25.3 billion. As of September 30, 2006, SCE had approximately 15,000 employees.
- Power Plants
- Big Creek Hydro Facilities, Shaver Lake, California - Power Generation Capacity is 1,000 megawatt. The fuel is hydro.
- Four Corners Generating Station, Fruitland, New Mexico - Power Generation Capacity is 2,048 megawatt. The plant uses coal as fuel.
- Mountainview Power Plant, Redlands, California - Power Generation Capacity is 1,054 megawatt. The fuel source is natural gas.
- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Wintersburg, Arizona - Power Generation Capacity is 3,600 megawatt. It is a nuclear power plant.
- San Onofre Nuclear Generating - Power Generation Capacity is 2,220 megawatt. The source of fuel is nuclear energy.
2. Edison Mission Group
Edison Mission Group also known as EMG manages the power generation business and other unregulated subsidiaries of Edison International. EMG is based in Irvine, California.
- Power Plants
- American Bituminous, Grant Town, West Virginia - Power Generation Capacity is 80 megawatt and the plant uses waste coal as the fuel.
- Coalinga, Coalinga, California - Power Generation Capacity is 38 megawatt and the fuel used is natural gas.
- Fisk, Chicago, Illinois - Power Generation Capacity is 326 megawatt. The fuel used is a combination of coal and oil.
- Homer City, Northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Power Generation Capacity is 1,884 megawatt and fuel is coal.
- Joliet, Joliet, Illinois - Power Generation Capacity is 1,334 megawatt and fuel source is coal, natural gas and diesel.
- Kern River, Oildale, California - Power Generation Capacity is 300 megawatt and type of fuel is natural gas.
- Lombard, Lombard, Illinois - Power Generation Capacity is 74 megawatt. Fuel source is natural gas and oil.
- March Point 1 & 2, Anacortes, Washington - Power Generation Capacity is 140 megawatt. The type of fuel is natural gas.
- Mid-Set, Fellows, California - Power Generation Capacity is 38 megawatt and the fuel used is natural gas.
- Midway-Sunset, Fellows, California - Power Generation Capacity is 225 megawatt and the fuel source is natural gas.
- Powerton, Pekin, Illinois - Power Generation Capacity is 1,538 megawatt and the type of fuel being used is coal.
- Sabrooke, Rockford, Illinois - Power Generation Capacity is 89 megawatt and fuel used is oil.
- Sargent Canyon, San Ardo, California - Power Generation Capacity is 38 megawatt and fuel source used is natural gas.
- Sunrise, Fellows, California - Power Generation Capacity is 572 megawatt and fuel used is natural gas and exhaustheat/steam.
- Sycamore, Oildale, California - Power Generation Capacity is 300 megawatt and fuel source is natural gas.
- Watson, Carson, California - Power Generation Capacity is 385 megawatt and fuel type is natural gas.
- Waukegan, Waukegan, Illinois - Power Generation Capacity is 789 megawatt and fuel source is coal and oil.
- Doga Enerji, Istanbul, Turkey - Power Generation Capacity is 180 megawatt and fuel used is natural gas.
How big are they?
The company is ranked joint 192 with another power generation company AEP in the 2007 list of Fortune 500 Companies. The company has revenues of $12.62 billion in 2006 and a net profit of $1.18 billion. The asset base of the company is about $36.26 billion and a market value of $16.36 billion as of March 23, 2007.
About the Website
The homepage
The homepage has a vibrant and simple feel to it. The homepage has following sections: Our Company, Investor Relations, Press Room, Careers, and Environment & Community. Each section is expanded as follows.
Our Company Page
This page provides information about the company, its team of leaders, values and history.
Investor Relations Page
This provides information about company’s financial performance and its current standing in stock market.
Press Room Page
The Press Room provides customers with recent news releases and company financial information, company facts, management information, and the history of AEP. It also provides information about the current outages. The users are also provided with utility glossary on this page.
Careers Page
This page gives highlights of the company and has links to its current career opportunities. The visitors can search and are provided information about how to apply for the jobs. It also tells about the benefits of joining the company and its diverse work culture.
Environment & Community Page
It tells us about what company is doing to protect environment. It does it primarily through corporate contributions, education, following environmental regulations and employee contribution to the cause.
Website Rank
The website had a low traffic rank of 608,323 as of June 17, 2007 mainly due to unavailability of online payment facility.
Languages
English
Address
- 2244 Walnut Grove Ave
- Rosemead CA 91770 US
References
1. http://edison.com 2. http://alexa.com 3. http://wikipedia.org 4. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/snapshots/79.html
Additional Information
Related Domains
External Links
- Alexa: Edison.com
