If a Flume Breaks in the Forest

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October 2013
If a Flume Breaks in the Forest …
A Day in the Life of a System Status Analyst Reducing Cyber Risks
An Interview with SVP of Regulatory Policy & Affairs Les Starck
Every day is different,
which is one of the
reasons I love my job.” P9
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Your Work.
Your Company.
Your Magazine.
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If a Flume
Breaks in
the Forest …
The Eastern Hydro Power
Production team worked with colleagues from across the company
to fix a 100-year-old flume—and
found a new use for transmission
poles in the process.
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sights&sounds
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Care Packages Half Marathon
Meeting with Tribal Leaders
facts&figures
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Tule Flume Break Electric Vehicles
SCE Instagram Followers
recognition
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Edison employees who go above and
beyond.
my safety
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Preparing to work safely.
good to know
8I
What is direct access?
my job
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A day in the life of System Status Analyst
Criss Brown.
company news
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Janet Clayton, Edison International & Southern California Edison
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
Reducing
Cyber Risks
Megan Jordan, Southern California Edison Vice President,
Corporate Communications
Computer hackers are always
searching for access to electrical
grid controls. SCE will participate
in a national cybersecurity drill in
November to test the company’s
readiness for an attack.
Contributors: Mark Greene, Bill Loving, Doug Olivieri, Gloria Quinn
Photo Safety Quiz:
Cybersecurity
What’s wrong here? Email
your answers to inside.
[email protected]. Find out
more on page 7.
contents
Editor: Brooke Miner
Staff Writers: Scott Dreger, Justin Felles
Art/Multimedia: Jean Anderson, Doug Kraus
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as a result of such factors as the outcome of state and federal regulatory proceedings,
the impacts of new laws and regulations on the Edison International companies,
changes in prices of electricity and cost for fuel, factors affecting non-utility
investments, such as construction and operation risks, and increases in financing costs,
and other matters discussed in the Company’s 2012 Annual Report to Shareholders and
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Anniversaries
In Memoriam
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20I5:01: giving back
Les Starck: From college fraternity
president to SVP of Regulatory Policy & Affairs.
22,552
The number of times SCE’s 1,468
Instagram followers have “liked” the
company’s photos. P5
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Bert Valdman (right), Edison International senior vice president
of Strategic Planning, and employees of Edison affiliate SoCore
Energy participated in the Chicago Half Marathon on Sept. 8
in Chicago, Ill.
Southern California Edison President Ron
Litzinger spoke with Chemehuevi Indian Tribal
Chairman Edward “Tito” Smith at the Executive
Customer Briefing with tribal leaders on Aug. 29 at
the Pechanga Resort in Temecula, Calif.
SCE Project Analyst Darla Vasquez (left)
volunteered to hand out rally towels
at PrepareSoCal Night on Sept. 8 at Angel
Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
got stories?
Submit your photo or quotes of work-related events,
people and places to [email protected].
In August, SCE Administrative Assistant Donna Anderson (top left) and her
Corporate Communications colleagues packed care packages for Donna’s
son, Sergeant First Class Cecil (Clarke) Anderson, and his platoon serving in
Kosovo. The boxes arrived safely on Sept. 7.
22,552
The number of
times Southern California
Edison’s 1,468
Instagram
followers have
“liked” the
company’s photos since the account
launched in December 2012. SCE gains about 150
Instagram followers a month, and the photos they
“like” most are of sunsets and Transmission &
Distribution crews at work.
2.5 million
The number of breast
cancer survivors in
the United States,
according to the American
Cancer Society. More than
232,000 invasive breast cancer cases are diagnosed each
year, and when detected early,
the five-year survival rate is 99
percent.
14,000
The approximate number
of SCE customers who
own or lease a plug-in
electric vehicle, representing about
10 percent of national PEV sales. SCE estimates
that by 2020, there will be about 355,000 PEVs in
the company’s service territory.
150
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The number of transmission
poles that SCE crews used
to repair a break in a flume that carries
water from the Tule River to the Tule Powerhouse
outside Springville, Calif. Read more about the
innovative repair on page 10.
The number of dollars a
programmable thermostat
can save annually on energy costs.
Programmable thermostats can automatically
turn off your air conditioner when you aren’t
home and turn it back on to cool down the house
by the time you return.
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Customer Hero
Gold Awards:
Ashley Felix, Esther Prieto,
Kevin Keith and Larry Sanders
W
hen Dispatcher Ashley Felix received a
call about a little boy who was shocked
by a chain-link fence that had become energized, her first concern was for the boy’s
safety. The caller, speaking through a call center representative in Spanish, explained to
Ashley that the boy was no longer in contact
with the fence but wasn’t feeling well. Dispatcher Esther Prieto stepped in to help get
the child medical help. “I found the nearest
hospital on Google Maps and gave
the caller directions in Spanish,”
said Esther, who also called the hospital to explain the situation so they
knew to expect the boy’s arrival.
Meanwhile, Ashley dispatched
Troublemen Kevin Keith and Larry
Sanders to the scene. They eventually tracked the source of the electricity to a shed near the fence. “A
breaker panel was causing the problem, so we
de-energized it and disconnected the wires, isolating the problem,” said Kevin. “And we told the
property managers to have an electrician fix the
wiring immediately.”
“This wasn’t an SCE problem, but it’s important to address any potential hazards right
away,” said Ashley.
“It’s important
to address
any potential
hazards right
away.”
Jack K. Horton
Humanitarian Award
SILVER
Brandon “Morty” Morton
S
urveillance Inspector Brandon “Morty” Morton was relaxing on his boat off the coast of
Ventura, Calif., when two men came speeding
toward him in a power boat. “As they got closer,
I could see that their boat was taking on water,”
said Morty.
The two men were panicking, and they told
Morty that they didn’t have a bilge pump to get the
water out of the boat. Morty told them to turn off
the engine, put their life jackets on and anchor the
boat. He grabbed his backup pump and swam over
in 53-degree water to help them pump the water
out. The men were able to restart the engine and
return safely to shore, escorted by the Coast Guard.
“I always have safety equipment in my boat, and
I make sure that everyone who gets on board
knows what to do in
case of an emergency,”
Find out how to submit
said Morty. “Situations
a nomination for the
like this are why we
Customer Champion
and Horton awards at
need to be safety conhttp://inside.edison.
scious outside of work
com/recognition.
too.”
who’s next?
Preparing to Work Safely
T
hey say an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure, and that’s certainly true when it comes to preventing accidents and injuries at work.
One simple way to stay safe is to conduct a thorough pre-job tailboard meeting to
make sure everyone understands what tasks will
be completed and how to get them done safely.
Some departments—specifically, Transmission &
Distribution—follow formal tailboard procedures,
but all Southern California Edison employees can
benefit from taking time to address safety before
starting work.
For some T&D employees, who encounter significant risk on the job, tailboards aren’t just a good
idea—they’re required. “Policy #20 in SCE’s Accident Prevention Manual is very clear about what
a tailboard is and what must be discussed during
one,” said Don Arnold, T&D safety manager. Different organizations in T&D use different forms to
make sure all pre-job briefing information is spelled
out clearly and documented at the beginning of a
job and again if the scope of the job changes.
Office employees can benefit from pre-job
safety checks too. Many departments begin large
Safety Quiz
What’s wrong here? Email four cybersecurity
risks in the picture to [email protected] by
COB November 15 to be entered into a drawing
for safety giveaways. See the full-size photo at
http://inside.edison.com/z1013.
meetings with “safety moments,” which can range
from making sure everyone
knows what to do in case
of emergency to broadranging discussions of
general safety topics. “In
the Technical Services segment of the Business
Customer Division, we encourage team members
to start any meeting involving four or more people
with a safety moment,” said Juan Argueta, BCD
Account Management Support manager. “Having
frequent safety discussions keeps us focused on
our aspirational goal of zero injuries.”
If you’re working alone, it’s helpful to conduct
“self-tailboards” to make sure you’re following
good ergonomic and work practices. This approach is useful outside of work too. “A good example of a self-tailboard is the ‘circle of safety,’
where you make sure there are no hazards around
your vehicle before you get in it,” said Arnold. “It’s
a simple step that can help you avoid an accident.”
Although identifying hazards is an important
part of a tailboard, it’s equally important to determine how to mitigate those hazards. “Mitigating known hazards with a thorough tailboard will
help assure a safe job,” said Arnold.
Southern California Edison
Air Operations
and Transmission employees
(top) and a
Distribution
crew (bottom)
conduct tailboards before
starting work.
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What is
Direct Access?
D
id you know that some
Southern California
Edison customers don’t
buy their electricity
from SCE? Several
thousand customers, mostly businesses, buy electricity directly from
independent electric service
providers (companies that sell
electricity) and have it delivered to
them via SCE’s distribution system.
Most SCE customers are billed
for bundled services–electricity
plus transmission and distribution
services, among others. Unbundled service, in which electricity is
purchased separately from the other
services, is allowed under a program
called direct access.
DA in California began in 1998
as part of the deregulation of the
electric utility industry to foster
competition and lower prices. DA
was suspended in 2001 during
the Western power crisis until the
state’s energy markets stabilized.
The California legislature and the
California Public Utilities Commission reinstated DA in 2010.
There’s a limit to the number of
customers who can sign up for the
program each year, and residential
customers are no longer eligible to
participate.
Growth in the Number of Direct Access
Service Accounts since January 2010
22,500
15,000
7,500
0
Jan-11
Jan-12
Jan-13
Facts & Figures
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The number of
independent
electric service
providers SCE
works with to
deliver electricity to
DA customers.
11,324
30,000
Jan-10
Direct Access
Aug-13
The number of
gigawatt-hours of
electricity delivered
to SCE customers
via DA in August,
accounting for
nearly 13% of total
customer load.
> A Day in the Life of a
G
System Status Analyst
rid Operations System Status Analyst Criss Brown began at Southern
California Edison as a meter reader
46 years ago. His career has taken
him throughout Transmission &
Distribution—from line crews to financial accounting—providing valuable background for his
current role.
When rain, wind and heat storms move toward
Southern California, Criss is responsible for compiling weather data from national and local websites and systems into a report that he distributes
to stakeholders across the company. He also creates system status reports to monitor power outages and is a key line of communication between
T&D and the rest of the company during emergency restorations. Criss monitors the Grid Operations outage management system during emergencies and emails updated reports to over 1,000
stakeholders, including employees in Corporate
Communications, Customer Service and Local
Public Affairs. These groups use the information
to update external media, customers and government agencies on outage and restoration progress.
“I’m here to make sure our employees are
aware of all sorts of weather and emergency conditions and the resulting outages,” said Criss.
“For instance, we’ve learned over the years that
rain often means more car accidents and more
downed power lines. When we know storms are
approaching, we can make sure additional crews
are ready to restore power at a moment’s notice.”
Today, thunderstorms are pouring
rain across SCE’s
service
territory.
Criss explains something most
Lightning has hit a
people don’t know about him at
substation, causing
http://inside.edison.com/j1013.
a major outage and
video extra
System Status
Analyst Criss Brown.
“Every day is
different, which is
one of the reasons
I love my job.”
leaving more than 124,000
Criss discusses a distribution
customers without power.
outage with Adriene Salgado.
Criss’ phone begins ringing
with calls from employees
wanting to know what happened and how long it
will be before power is restored. Although Criss
typically distributes weather reports twice a week,
today, he sends updates every three to four hours
to inform employees about the storm’s movement
and current outages.
“Every day is different, which is one of the reasons I love my job,” said Criss. “It’s never boring.”
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If a
Flume
Breaks
in the
forest
A
mile outside Springville,
Calif., a wooden flume
built in 1909 carries water from the Tule River
six miles down a hillside to the Tule
Powerhouse. Part of Southern California Edison’s Kaweah/Tule Hydro
Project, the powerhouse uses the
water to produce more than 2.5
megawatts of power. But on March
27, employees monitoring the powerhouse from a control center in
Bishop discovered a problem: It
wasn’t producing as much power as
it should have been, maybe because
of a flume break or obstruction.
After a mile-long drive up an access road, the Kaweah/Tule Hydro
Station operator discovered a large
break in the flume, likely caused by
a boulder. Water was pouring down
the hill. “The valves to shut off the
water were six miles away, so by the
time we shut it down, we’d lost a total of three million gallons of water,”
said Maintenance Supervisor Mark
Greene.
Once the water stopped
flowing, the team had to
figure out how to repair the break. The
broken section of the
flume stretched over
a natural ravine, so
the wooden supports
holding it up needed
to be more than 50 feet
long—several times longer than the average support. While discussing solutions,
the team had an idea. “We figured,
rather than splicing shorter sections
of wood together, why not use transmission poles?” said Greene. “We
contacted the San Joaquin Transmission folks, and they came and
helped us put together a plan.”
The project team consulted experts from across SCE to make sure
that work could proceed quickly and
safely. Civil engineers helped the
team design the repair. Archaeologists walked the length of the ravine
beneath the flume to make sure the
work wouldn’t disturb any artifacts,
and biologists worked to minimize
disturbances to local plant and animal life. The team also consulted the
U.S. Forest Service for input and approval (see the sidebar).
Once the plan was approved,
the Power Production Department
worked with SCE surveyors to determine where to place the poles.
Transmission & Distribution, the
Kaweah/Tule Hydro Civil Crew and
a contract helicopter crew worked
together to get them safely into
place. Five Hydro Civil Crew members certified in rappelling used
their skills to inspect the poles’
alignment up close before completing the repair.
Safety was the top priority
throughout the job. The teams and
helicopter crew conducted extensive tailboards before starting work
and double-checked their completed
work each day. “These 12 guys had
never worked together, but they communicated perfectly,” said Greene.
Thanks to the team’s diligence, they
completed the project without a
single injury.
“We’re especially proud that we
got this job done almost entirely with
our own materials and crews,” said
Greene. “There’s not a lot of expertise out there in building flumes, but
we have it.” And last but not least,
the team figured out a new use for
transmission poles. “We’d definitely
use them again in this kind of situation,” said Greene.
SCE’s Partnership with
the U.S. Forest Service
For more than 25 years, SCE has
met regularly with the U.S. Forest
Service to consult on new projects,
routine maintenance and archaeological and biological issues. In
the case of the Kaweah/Tule Hydro
Project, SCE collaborates with the
Forest Service to figure out ways to
minimize impacts on local animals—for example, by installing a
system that allows fish that end up
in flumes to return to the river and
building “animal bridges” to make
sure animals can cross the flumes
safely.
On the Web
See a photo slideshow of the repair and a
video of the poles being flown into place at
http://inside.edison.com/flume13.
“We figured, rather than splicing shorter sections of
wood together, why not use transmission poles?”
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K
eeping the lights on is Southern California Edison’s top
priority, and the technology
the company uses to deliver
electricity to customers and
help them manage their energy use is constantly evolving. But as the grid becomes
more interconnected, it becomes more vulnerable to cyberterrorists and computer
hackers searching for access to critical controls. To emphasize its focus on this topic,
SCE added cybersecurity as an operating
priority in 2013. The company will assess its
ability to respond to a major cyberattack in
a national drill later this year.
“
Being aware of
unusual emails, phone
calls and flash drives
helps prevent thousands
of attacks every year.”
of Cybersecurity and IT Compliance. “Being
aware of unusual emails, phone calls and flash
drives helps prevent thousands of attacks every year. One mistake can have a big impact.”
Ready for the Worst
A Real Threat
In 2003, sagging power lines near Cleveland,
Ohio, triggered a power outage that quickly
spread across the Northeast, leaving nearly
50 million panicked customers in the dark
for days. A sophisticated cyberattack against
the U.S. electrical grid could cause an even
larger blackout. The U.S. Department of
Homeland Security investigated over 200
serious attacks on critical infrastructure in
the first half of 2013, more than half of which
targeted the electrical grid.
The most dangerous attacks on utilities
and other companies occur through employees, who can unintentionally or intentionally introduce viruses and other types of
malicious software. Hackers attempt about 4
million email attacks on SCE employees each
month. An infected flash drive can introduce
a virus that will jump from one employee’s
computer to the next, finding each person’s
security access credentials as it moves. In
2010, a facility in Iran that processed uranium for nuclear weapons was crippled by a
single employee who used an infected flash
drive on a control system. The Stuxnet worm
spread to tens of thousands of computers and
disabled technological infrastructure, causing
accidents, explosions and even loss of life.
“SCE’s security systems monitor for attacks
24 hours a day, but employees are still our first
line of defense,” said Glenn Haddox, director
Realizing the growing threat against utilities, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC, conducted the
first GridEx grid security exercise in 2011
to measure the readiness of utilities and
government agencies to respond to a cyberattack. SCE will participate in the second
GridEx drill this November with more than
125 other utilities, coordinating authorities,
government agencies and private companies from across the U.S. and Canada.
Within SCE, Business Resiliency and Information Technology’s Cybersecurity &
Compliance team will lead the two-day drill,
which will put departments throughout the
company—including IT, Transmission & Distribution and Corporate Communications—
through a series of simulated exercises that
mimic what could happen during an actual
cyber and physical attack. The goal is to assess current command and communication
plans and identify areas for improvement.
“The GridEx drill will challenge our company in a new way by showing us where we
are strong and where we can further strengthen our defenses,” said Ron Litzinger, president of SCE. “It’s an important step toward
being prepared for the real thing.”
If you receive a suspicious email or phone call, do
not click any links. Forward immediately to
[email protected].
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Edison Energy Invests
in Optimum Energy
Edison International Sponsors
U.S. Solar Decathlon
Photo by: Amy Vaughn/U.S. Department of Energy
E
Solar Decathletes charge to begin assembling their houses at
the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Irvine, Calif.
dison International contributed $250,000 to
the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013, which took place in October in Irvine,
Calif. The competition, held outside Washington,
D.C., for the first time this year, challenges teams
of college students from 20 universities across the
world to design, build and operate solar-powered
houses.
The winning decathlon team is the one that best
blends affordability, consumer appeal and design
with energy efficiency. After the competition, some
homes are sold, but most are used for research or
put on display.
In addition to sponsoring the event, the company
contributed $40,000 to the California Institute of
Technology’s Solar Decathlon team and held workshops about solar technology.
O
n Aug. 26, Edison Energy, a subsidiary of
Edison International, made
a minority investment in
Seattle-based
Optimum
Energy, a company that develops software to help
commercial and industrial
customers save money on heating, ventilation
and air conditioning.
The company’s products have delivered substantial energy savings for HVAC systems at
facilities including the University of Texas, Columbia University and Mineta San Jose International
Airport in San Jose, Calif.
“Edison Energy is focused on providing energy
services to industrial and commercial customers
across the nation,” said Bert Valdman, president,
Edison Energy. “Optimum Energy’s market leadership makes it a natural investment choice.”
SCE Recognized as
Firm of theYear
Edison International Sponsors “A Bug’s Light” Play
A
bout 6,500 students at elementary schools
in Compton, Alhambra, Santa Ana, Moreno
Valley, San Bernardino and Oxnard learned
about electrical safety in September at live performances of “A Bug’s Light,” a children’s play
made possible by a $25,000 donation to the
National Theater for Children from Edison
International.
Students learned how electricity works and
how to stay safe around it, both inside and outside the home.
“The play is a great tool to teach children about
electrical safety,” said Megan Jordan, SCE vice
president of Corporate Communications. “Safety
is our primary concern, and we want children to
take what they learned during the performances
home and share it with their families.”
A performer in “A Bug’s Light”
teaches kids in Compton,
Calif., how to stay safe
around electricity.
Agnew Tram Documentary
Receives Award
Watch the documentary
at http://inside.edison.com/c1013.
I
S
outhern California Edison received a Firm of
the Year award in September from the Constitutional Rights Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps young people become active,
responsible participants in society.
Over the last seven years, volunteers from SCE’s
Law department have coached the Monterey Highlands Middle School mock trial team to help them
prepare for the CRF’s annual competition. The
team’s performance has improved steadily, and
they have reached the final stages of the Los Angeles County Mock Trial Competition for the past
two years. SCE volunteers have also participated as
judges and scorers during the competition.
n September, “The Historical Life of the Agnew
Tramway,” an SCE-produced documentary
film about the 100-year-old Agnew Tram system
at the Rush Creek powerhouse in June Lake, Calif., received a 2013 Preservation Design Award
from the California Preservation Foundation.
The CPF is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving
California’s diverse cultural heritage and historic
places.
SCE employees created the documentary with
Galvin Preservation Associates to preserve memories of the original tram, which may be replaced.
The documentary also received a Telly Award
in June, competing against nearly 12,000 entries
from across the country, and will compete for the
California Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation later this year.
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To view online, visit http://inside.edison.com/milestones.
Your m i l estones
Christopher T.
Dimento
ANNIVERSARIES
45 YEARS
Keith R. Honeycutt
T&D,
San Joaquin Valley
Victor A. Mussen
T&D, Santa Ana
Bruce J. Peterson
T&D, Ontario
40 YEARS
Steven E. Foreman
CS, Covina
Jose J. Lozano
T&D, SSID
Gilbert B. Ruiz
T&D, El Nido
35 YEARS
Richard M. Finn
Generation, SONGS
William T. Doyle
Generation, SONGS
Darlene D. Elsa
CS, Long Beach
Tony M. Escandon
CS, Rancho Cucamonga
Robert S. Fiala
CS, Westminster
Joy Glasser
T&D, G.O.
Ernie Gomez
T&D, Santa Monica
Alan W. Gray
Generation, SONGS
Jacqueline S. Griffith
Generation, SONGS
Rolf E. Hogseth
T&D, Long Beach
T&D, Villa Park
Quintin E. Green
CS, Ontario
Oct. 17, 1982
Phyllis J. Dominguez
Generation, SONGS
Richard D.
Friedemann
William Gould, former
Chris M. Lepper
SCE chairman and
Michael W. Mc Elfish
CEO, announced that
Lupe V. Mendoza
the company would
F&OS, SONGS
Thomas L. Felien
William G. Field
F&OS, South Bay
CS, Redlands
Power Production,
Kaweah
Jose V. Ramos
Ralph M. Espitia
Generation, SONGS
Elizabeth H. Allen
CS, Menifee
T&D, Dominguez Hills
25 YEARS
Frank R. Grovich
T&D, Santa Ana
Cathy Gaxiola
T&D, Brea
CS, Wildomar
Thomas C. Stearns Jr.
T&D, Montebello
Generation, SONGS
Raymond A. Klein
T&D, Foothill
Gregg H. Kludjian
T&D, Innovation Village
Dwayne K. Kumura
IT, Irwindale
Mark A. Lillie
Generation, SONGS
Pamela Anaya
HR, Santa Ana
Hired 9/4/1973
Phyllis Andersen
T&D, Brea
Hired 1/24/1983
Florante Ascio
T&D, SSID
Hired 12/16/1980
Shannon Barton
Power Production, SSID
Hired 6/16/1980
Bradley Baughman
CS, Rialto
Hired 4/27/1978
Janine Bell
HR, G.O.
Hired 3/19/2007
Douglas J. Strange
Robert E. Moreno
a major policy shift.
Richmond M. Tourne
T&D, Santa Ana
F&OS, Innovation Village
HR, SSID
Hired 9/16/1985
According to Gould, by
30 YEARS
Vivian R. Parker
Timothy Bresnahan
1990, about 1.9 million
T&D, Whittier
kilowatts of added
T&D,
Innovation Village
James R. Salls
Lee A. Boerneke
Craig M. Stehsel
be from renewable
Carla A. Brown
Nancy D. Torres
sources.
Louis E. Calvo Jr.
generation would
Walter T. Allen
Edward Antillon
Generation, SONGS
Generation, SONGS
Juan O. Romero
T&D, Alhambra
F&OS, Westminster
CS, Irwindale
CS, Long Beach
Paige W.R. White
T&D, Wildomar
Law, G.O.
Luis G. Chavez
Anthony Zamora
T&D, Foothill
T&D, South Bay
CS, Covina
Robert Garriss
RETIREMENTS
renewable technologies,
Richard W. Myers
Nancy Floyd
HR, Covina
Hired 6/15/1981
Aida GonzalesMercer
begin to invest in
T&D, 29 Palms
HR, Monrovia
Hired 11/4/1976
T&D, Wildomar
Kevin M. Moore
IT, Irwindale
Ralph Esqueda
HR, Santa Clarita
Hired 1/10/1980
T&D,
Rancho Cucamonga
T&D, Rialto
Dan Pullen
Darlene L. Valdez
Malcolm Anderson
John F. Kennel
Carl Kirkendoll
Robert Farber
Gary T. Houser
Generation, SONGS
Barry Douglass
T&D, Antelope Valley
Hired 3/29/1966
T&D, Saddleback
T&D, Santa Ana
Jason B. Janke
George Perrault
Diana G. Parkin
John D. Schaffler
In Memoriam
Larry Jones
Richard F. Neafcy
F&OS, G.O.
Retirements
Dante Damasco
HR, Rivergrade
Hired 1/18/1982
Power Production,
SSID
Hired 9/10/1973
HR, G.O.
Hired 7/7/1969
Generation, SONGS
Anniversaries
F&OS, Pomona
Hired 9/14/1998
Charles Graham
Generation, SONGS
Hired 7/20/1981
Mary Guyer
HR, Chino
Hired 4/28/2008
Dianne HarrisMatsuda
HR, G.O.
Hired 7/18/1994
Laura Harrison
HR, San Bernardino
Hired 12/22/1986
Robert Hartson
T&D, Valencia
Hired 6/25/1984
HR, Santa Ana
Hired 9/20/1971
CS, South Bay
Hired 3/4/1991
Thelma Knox
HR, G.O.
Hired 9/19/2005
Pamela Winters
Malcolm Red
Eagle
T&D, SSID
Hired 2/1/1977
Kathy Ring
HR, G.O.
Hired 8/29/1977
T&D, Foothill
Hired 9/4/1979
Warren Lee
Ann Robinson
HR, G.O.
Hired 9/18/1989
John Macias
T&D, Vista
Hired 10/12/1971
Dennis Maring
T&D, Eldorado
Hired 6/2/1980
Barbara McCarthy
HR, G.O.
Hired 10/1/1990
Elizabeth Rollice
HR, G.O.
Hired 12/15/2005
T&D, Wildomar
Hired 11/1/1976
Gary Schoonyan
James Meredith
Alfred Scott
T&D, Santa Ana
Hired 2/17/1972
T&D, Walnut
Hired 4/25/1977
Timothy Moffitt
William Scudder
T&D, SSID
Hired 1/3/1977
HR, G.O.
Hired 8/29/2005
HR, G.O.
Hired 9/27/2007
William Simmons
Jefferson Hove
Herbert Moses
Peter Smith
HR, G.O.
Hired 7/28/1980
HR, Irwindale
Hired 11/12/1996
HR, G.O.
Hired 7/23/2007
Patricia A.
Thompson
F&OS, Wildomar
Hired 6/14/1971
Barry Brown
T&D, San Bernardino
Hired 10/31/1966
Judy Case
F&OS, G.O.
Hired 8/30/1978
Victor Chavez
HR, Redlands
Hired 2/14/1983
Darcy Coulter
HR, G.O.
Hired 3/19/2007
T&D, Westminster
Hired 2/26/1979
Judy Ida
David Nicholson
HR, G.O.
Hired 9/16/2002
Anna Johnson
HR, G.O.
Hired 7/7/1975
Lyneece James
Johnson
HR, G.O.
Hired 7/8/1991
Sharon Johnson
T&D, Foothill
Hired 11/13/1978
HR, G.O.
Hired 6/4/1990
Gloria Valdez
Power Production,
Olinda
Hired 5/27/1980
HR, Chino
Hired 4/9/2004
May Oshima
Joe Vargas
Helen Parsons
Connie Venegas
HR, G.O.
Hired 12/26/1978
HR, G.O.
Hired 1/9/2006
Beatriz Perez
T&D, G.O.
Hired 7/21/1980
Jack Dempsey
Systems Analyst
Hired 10/31/1950
Retired 8/1/1983
Died 8/10/2013
Rex Fitzgerald
Energy Services
Specialist
Hired 12/6/1949
Retired 2/1/1985
Died 8/5/2013
Frank Gann
Nick Giell
Tempie Murray
Raymond Huerta
Hired 9/8/1942
Retired 2/1/1970
Died 8/1/2013
Brian Stofko
HR, Rancho
Cucamonga
Hired 3/31/2008
T&D, Lugo
Hired 12/5/1978
Joan Bittle
Station Chief
Hired 1/12/1953
Retired 9/1/1984
Died 8/13/2013
Mark Boykin
Russell Neal
Jeffery Allen
Project Manager
Hired 8/22/2006
Died 8/2/2013
CS, Rancho
Cucamonga
Hired 5/9/1983
Sophieann Berg
Iris Howard
Risk Management
Consultant
Hired 6/14/1954
Retired 4/1/1990
Died 8/24/2013
Dorsey Cloud
HR, Santa Barbara
Hired 5/5/1980
CS, Long Beach
Hired 7/26/1976
John Adams
Nicholas Savala
External Relations,
G.O.
Hired 12/22/1969
External Relations,
G.O.
Hired 2/2/1981
IN MEMORIAM
HR, Santa Ana
Hired 3/12/1979
Steve Romero
Farin Mohammadi
Lawrence Hays
HR, G.O.
Hired 12/27/2005
Administrative Aide
Hired 6/23/1980
Retired 7/1/1996
Died 8/20/2013
T&D, Brea
Hired 4/29/1974
HR, Foothill
Hired 2/17/1983
Marc Weiss
Peter Ramirez
Marvin Kuper
HR,
San Joaquin Valley
Hired 1/21/1985
Maritha Lii
T&D, 29 Palms
Hired 2/19/1968
HR, Rivergrade
Hired 2/5/2007
CS, Foothill
Hired 7/23/1984
External Relations,
G.O.
Hired 3/18/1985
Bradley Wallen
Generation, SONGS
Hired 1/23/1995
T&D, South Bay
Hired 8/10/1987
Lorraine Leal
august 2013
T&D, Valley
Hired 10/23/1973
HR, Chino
Hired 11/30/1981
Cleve Wade Jr.
T&D, Bishop Creek
Hired 5/31/1978
Engineer
Hired 9/4/1956
Retired 5/1/1985
Died 8/6/2013
Ellen Goodhill
Project Manager
Hired 5/7/2007
Retired 3/1/2013
Died 8/23/2013
George Hanna
Coordinator
Hired 1/1/1971
Retired 11/1/1996
Died 8/11/2013
Carl Harmsen
Accountant
Hired 3/9/1955
Retired 4/1/1985
Died 8/28/2013
Albert Holmes
Customer Accounts
Specialist
Hired 8/13/1951
Retired 8/1/1989
Died 8/30/2013
Gary Johnson
Technical Specialist
Hired 4/11/1983
Retired 9/1/1996
Died 8/7/2013
W. Larry
Mc Clanahan
Manager
Hired 5/25/1959
Retired 7/1/1996
Died 8/16/2013
John Mc Fadden
District Manager
Hired 8/10/1942
Retired 3/1/1988
Died 8/24/2013
Leroy Miller
Supervisor
Hired 7/26/1937
Retired 12/1/1979
Died 8/19/2013
Steven Pahlke
Supervisor
Hired 10/27/1980
Died 8/16/2013
Olin Robertson
Nuclear Quality
Auditor
Hired 11/22/1980
Retired 7/1/1996
Died 8/2/2013
Arnold Robinson
Underground
Inspector
Hired 11/12/1954
Retired 12/29/1988
Died 8/23/2013
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Les (right) with his
fraternity brothers
in Tahiti in 1979.
Les Starck
neighborhood. So as kids,
we played baseball. We’d
get up in the morning, be on
the street from 8 a.m. until
8 at night; all we would do
is play baseball, baseball,
baseball. I’m still a fan—
Dodgers, not Angels—and I
love the Little League World
Series. One of my dreams is
to coach a Little League allstar team to the World Series in Pennsylvania.
Les backpacking in
the eastern
Sierra
Nevada.
T
his month, Inside Edison interviews Southern California Edison Senior Vice President of Regulatory Policy & Affairs Les Starck.
Inside Edison: Why don’t we start by talking
about where you grew up?
Les: I grew up in Yorba Linda, back when it was
just avocado groves and a root beer stand. I got
married in 1981 and moved to Pomona. So, I’m a
Southern California boy.
video extra
Les explains how he ended up
president of his college
fraternity and answers our
lightning round questions at
http://inside.edison.com/q1013.
IE: What were some of your
hobbies growing up, and do you
still pursue any of them?
LES: I loved Little League baseball. Back in the ’60s, there
wasn’t a lot of stuff to do in my
“My first job
was working
at a Vons
grocery store
as a box boy.
And I just
wanted to be
the best box
boy on the
planet.”
IE: Did you always know
what you wanted to do for a
career?
LES: No, I really didn’t.
Growing up, I just wanted to be really good at what
I did. My first job was working at a Vons grocery
store as a box boy. And I just wanted to be the best
box boy on the planet. Then I was at Cal State Fullerton and the chairman of the Economics Department came up to me and said, “Les, I know the
chief economist at Edison. He’s looking for a clerk
for the summer. Would you like to go work there?”
And so I went. Edison opened the door for me, and
here I am, 35 years later.
IE: What is the best piece of advice that you have
received?
LES: It was from my father. He started a metal
plating company back in the late ’50s and he
really struggled in the early years. He took me
aside one day and said, “Les, I really encourage
you not to follow in my footsteps. Go work for a
Fortune 500 company—a company that produces
a product that everybody needs and gives you opportunities to learn and grow.” And that’s what I
ended up doing. It turned out to be the best advice
he could have ever given me. I’ll never forget it.
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Apprentice Substation Electrician, Transmission & Distribution
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