Last-minute language that made it onto Senate Bill 254, a utility reform bill, could put the cost of damages from the Eaton fire onto Edison customers.
Policy makers added a last-minute adjustment to Bill 254 that could make customers pay for the damage of the Eaton fire if the cost goes over the 21 billion dollar budget.
It is unknown how much the general public would have to pay.
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Mark Toney with Turn, a utility reform network, says that it could take 2 to 3 years to see if the 5 million Edison utility customers will have to pay for costs from the Eaton fire.