San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

2012 Summer Reliability Planning

In California, electricity usage is highest during the warmer summer months. In order to ensure reliable electric
service during this time, Southern California Edison (SCE) works with customers to help them reduce their usage
and has contingency plans in place for a loss of generation to maintain local reliability by calling on reserve
power. However, the prospect of a summer without San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station Unit 2 or Unit 3 is a
significant challenge that requires additional planning.

San Onofre provides significant reliability support to the grid. This includes the ability to support: grid voltage,
the import of power from distant regions outside of California and stabilization of grid frequency. Summer is the
most important time for operation of at least one unit at San Onofre, when the ability to both generate power
and import it from a distance is most critical.

Although there appears to be sufficient system-wide resources throughout California to cover the expected
demand and offset the lost power with San Onofre off line, there may be occasions when insufficient “local”
resources exist in the L.A. basin to reliably serve all the electric loads should the region experience extreme
weather conditions or emergencies. This is especially true in southern Orange County.

SCE and the California Independent System Operator (California ISO), along with San Diego Gas and Electric,
are doing additional contingency planning for service this summer. To minimize the risk of outages, SCE is
deploying an integrated, comprehensive summer readiness plan that includes:

• Transmission. Completion of the Del Amo-Ellis 230kV Loop-In project was accelerated to ensure
maintenance of power voltage in the south Orange County area and help facilitate imports to the San
Diego area.

• Generation. Huntington Beach 3 and 4 have been returned to service at the request of California ISO.

• Conservation. SCE is improving customer incentive and demand response programs to help qualifying
customers lower their utility bills by reducing peak-time energy use. Customers can visit
www.sce.com/summer to learn more.

• Outreach. SCE is communicating with the media, customers, the community and public officials as
follows:

- Media: SCE will educate and inform the mainstream and ethnic press through press releases,
interviews, a summer readiness microsite and social media channels.
- Customers: SCE is communicating through geographically-targeted direct mail, collateral material and
social media. The company is also coordinating efforts with Flex Alert—the state conservation
program—to target messages in southern Orange County.
- Community: SCE is reaching out to non-profits, schools, civic organizations, ethnic media and others
using in-person and in-language communication (print, web and call center), including Cambodian,
Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese.
- Public Officials: SCE will continue to keep local, state and federal officials briefed on new developments
and the company's ongoing efforts with personal visits and discussion forums.

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Tips for Customers to Reduce Home Energy Use During the Summer:

• Set thermostats no lower than 78 degrees.

• Use electric fans instead of air conditioning when practical.

• Turn off unused appliances and equipment.

• Shut off lights when leaving a room.

• Avoid using evaporative coolers or humidifiers when an air conditioner is running.

• Operate swimming pool equipment and energy-intensive appliances, such as dishwashers, washing
machines and dryers, during early morning or evening hours.

• Limit the opening and reopening of refrigerators, which are major users of electricity in most homes.

• Use SCE’s energy-efficiency tools, available at www.sce.com:

MyAccount is the online command center: This tool gives free, immediate access to detailed
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billing and usage information.

Paperless billing: Instead of receiving a bill in the mail, customers receive an email to alert them
when their statement is ready. They can view it securely online anytime, day or night.

Home Energy Advisor: Customers can simply answer some questions to get an analysis of their
household energy use and customized recommendations for how to save and where to start. The
tool will track progress and show savings.

Budget Assistant: A tool designed to help SmartConnect program-enabled customers better

manage their monthly electric bill by setting a spending goal and tracking progress online.

For more information, please visit www.songscommunity.com. last updated on 06/06/2012

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