Edison sweating vulnerable grid, overheated bills.(Company overview) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: August 14, 2006| Author: Fine, Howard | COPYRIGHT 2006 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For Edison International, it's been a long hot summer--in more ways than one.

Last month's record-breaking heat wave strained the Rosemead-based energy giant's operations, exposing vulnerabilities in both the power grid of utility subsidiary Southern California Edison and its overall power supplies.

Now Edison is bracing for a storm of consumer backlash as the bills come in for the record power usage during the heat wave. The bills were high even before the h...

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