What today makes up Southern California Edison’s (SCE) renewable energy portfolio?
Edison is the nation’s leading purchaser of renewable energy. We’re buying and delivering to our customers about 12.5 billion kilowatt-hours per year. In 2007, that represented about 16 percent of our customers’ energy needs. We’ve been doing this for 20 plus years, and we’re very proud of our track record. We buy more renewable energy than any other state in the United States, except for California. We’re not merely following the trend of “being green,” we’re blazing the trail on behalf of the energy industry. We’re very proud of what we have, but want to build on that and take it to the next level. The portfolio includes several basic technologies: geothermal, small hydro, solar, wind, and biomass. The largest portion of our portfolio is geothermal, which encompasses about 62 percent. The next chunk, at 21 percent, is wind; 8 percent is biomass; 5 percent is solar; and 4 percent covers small hydro. The vast majority of that comes from purchased power versus owned facilities. With all
