EIX 8-K on SONGS
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2004
EDISON INTERNATIONAL
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CALIFORNIA 001-9936 95-4137452
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
(P.O. Box 800)
Rosemead, California 91770
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
626-302-2222
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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This current report includes forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements are based on
current expectations and projections about future events based on knowledge of facts as of the date of this
current report and assumptions about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that may be outside the control of Edison International and its subsidiaries. Edison
International has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Section 8 - Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed, Southern California Edison Company's San Onofre nuclear plant has experienced
degradation in its steam generator tubes, and the company is planning for replacement of the steam generators in
2009 and 2010. The San Onofre units each include a pressurizer tank that contains 30 heater penetrations
fabricated from the same material used in the steam generator tubes. These penetrations, also known as sleeves,
are 13-inch long sections of pipe welded into the bottom of the pressurizer. During the current Unit 3 refueling
outage, Southern California Edison performed inspections of two sleeves and found evidence of degradation.
Degradation of the pressurizer sleeves has been a concern in the nuclear industry for some time, and Southern
California Edison had been planning to replace all of the sleeves in Units 2 and 3 during the next refueling for
each unit in 2005 and 2006. Southern California Edison has decided to move the planned replacement of Unit 3's
pressurizer sleeves forward from 2006 to the current outage. This extra work will lengthen the current outage
from 55 days to the range of 95 to 110 days. Extending the current outage to do this work now allows Southern
California Edison to move the 2006 refueling outage, previously scheduled for the summer of 2006, out of the peak
summer period to the fall or winter of 2006. Southern California Edison will incur about $9 million of capital
expenditures during 2005 that otherwise would have occurred in 2006. Southern California Edison plans to replace
the pressurizer sleeves in Unit 2 during its next scheduled outage in 2005.
During the current outage, Southern California Edison also conducted a planned inspection of the Unit 3
reactor vessel head and found indications of degradation. Although the degradation is far below the level at
which leakage would occur, Southern California Edison plans to make repairs during the current outage using
readily available tooling and a Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved repair technique. While this is San
Onofre's first experience of this kind of degradation to the reactor vessel heads, the detection and repair of
similar degradation at other plants are now common in the industry. SCE plans to replace the Unit 2 and Unit 3
reactor vessel heads during refueling outages in 2009-2010.
The California Public Utilities Commission will review the reasonableness of outage-related capital
costs and replacement power costs in future ratemaking proceedings. Southern California Edison believes the
costs are reasonable, recovery of the costs should be authorized, and that the acceleration of the needed repairs
should not impact its earnings.
On October 21, 2004, Southern California Edison issued a press release announcing the planned
replacement and repair activities. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
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Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
See the Exhibit Index below.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EDISON INTERNATIONAL
(Registrant)
/s/ KENNETH S. STEWART
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KENNETH S. STEWART
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release of Southern California Edison Company of October 21, 2004.