Southern California Edison was in the Natural Gas Business

In 1907, the Kern River 75-kV transmission line was constructed to bring electricity from the Kern River Hydro Plant to Southern California. It was the highest voltage transmission line in the nation at the time, and gained attention for being the first...

Workers install the final segment of the penstock that delivers water from Huntington Lake reservoir to Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1. When the powerhouse came online in October 1913, the penstock from the reservoir to the waterwheel was the longest and...

In the 1930s, Southern California Edison was at the forefront of developing programs to make farm life easier, such as installing electric egg hatchers, sterilizing devices and milking machines on farms. Many dairy farmers also installed radios in cow...