Overview

• The fund will open this autumn and cover claims for structural damage, commercial losses, business interruptions, smoke and ash impact, physical injuries and deaths.
• SCE plans an expedited claims process to avoid protracted litigation and help communities begin rebuilding sooner.
• Investigators are still probing two fire origins in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, with a power line failure remaining the leading hypothesis for the Eaton Fire’s ignition.
• January’s blazes killed 31 people, destroyed over 16,000 structures and displaced thousands across the Los Angeles area.
• The new fund follows SCE’s May settlement of Bobcat Fire lawsuits and findings that its equipment likely caused the 2018 Woolsey Fire.