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8-K, 1999-04-02
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT



                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934




        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 1999



                       SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



              CALIFORNIA                    001-2313             95-1240335
  (State of principal jurisdiction of    (Commission file     (I.R.S. employer
    incorporation of organization)           number)         identification no.)



                            2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
                                 (P.O. Box 800)
                           Rosemead, California 91770
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                  626-302-1212
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5.  Other Events

         On March 31, 1999,  Southern  California  Edison Company agreed to sell
$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.65% Notes, Due 2029 ("Notes").
For further information concerning the Notes, refer to the exhibits contained in
this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(c)      Exhibits

Exhibit
Number                              Description
- ---------                           -----------

1.        Underwriting Agreement dated March 31, 1999

4.1       Indenture dated as of January 15, 1993 (File No. 1-2313 
          Form 8-K dated January 28, 1993)*

4.2       Authorized Officer's Certificate of Southern California Edison Company

5.        Opinion of Counsel

12.       Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

25.       Form T-1.  Statement of Eligibility

- -------------------------
*     Incorporated by reference pursuant to Rule 411.



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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                       SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
                                       (Registrant)



                                                  KENNETH S. STEWART
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                                  KENNETH S. STEWART
                                               Assistant General Counsel


April 1, 1999




                       SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

                                 DEBT SECURITIES



To the Representatives named
    in Schedule I hereto
    of the Underwriters named
    in Schedule II hereto

Dear Sirs:

     Southern   California  Edison  Company,   a  California   corporation  (the
"Company"),  proposes  to sell to the  underwriters  named in Schedule II hereto
(the   "Underwriters")   for  whom  you  are  acting  as  representatives   (the
"Representatives"),  the  principal  amount  of  its  securities  identified  in
Schedule I hereto (the  "Securities").  The  Securities  will be issued under an
indenture,  dated as of January 15, 1993 (the "Indenture"),  between the Company
and Harris Trust and Savings  Bank, as trustee (the  "Trustee").  If the firm or
firms  listed in Schedule  II hereto  include  only the firm or firms  listed in
Schedule I hereto, then the terms "Underwriters" and  "Representatives," as used
herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.

     1. Representations and Warranties.  The Company represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, each Underwriter that:

               (a) The Company meets the  requirements for use of Form S-3 under
        the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and has filed with the Securities
        and Exchange  Commission (the  "Commission")  registration  statement on
        such Form  (the  file  numbers  of which  are set  forth in  Schedule  I
        hereto), which have become effective, for the registration under the Act
        of the Securities.  Such registration  statement, as amended at the date
        of this Agreement,  meet the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x)
        under the Act and comply in all other material  respects with said Rule.
        The Company proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
        under the Act an  amendment  and  supplement  to the form of  prospectus
        included in such registration  statement  relating to the Securities and
        the plan of distribution  thereof and has previously  advised you of all
        further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company to
        be set  forth  therein.  Such  registration  statements,  including  the
        exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, together are
        hereinafter called the "Registration  Statement;" such prospectus in the
        form in which it appears in the  Registration  Statement is  hereinafter
        called the "Basic Prospectus;" and such supplemented form of prospectus,
        in the form in which it shall be filed with the  Commission  pursuant to
        Rule  424(b)   (including  the  Basic   Prospectus  as  so  amended  and
        supplemented)  is  hereinafter   called  the  "Final   Prospectus."  Any
        preliminary form of the Final Prospectus which has heretofore been filed
        pursuant to Rule 424(b) is  hereinafter  called the  "Preliminary  Final
        Prospectus."  Any reference herein to the  Registration  Statement,  the
        Basic  Prospectus,   any  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  or  the  Final
        Prospectus  shall  be  deemed  to  refer to and  include  the  documents
        incorporated by reference  therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which
        were filed  under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (the  "Exchange
        Act") on or before the date of this Agreement,  or the issue date of the
        Basic  Prospectus,   any  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  or  the  Final
        Prospectus, 


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        as the case may be;  and any  reference  herein  to the  terms  "amend,"
        "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration  Statement,
        the Basic  Prospectus,  any  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus or the Final
        Prospectus  shall be deemed to refer to and  include  the  filing of any
        document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the
        issue date of the Basic Prospectus,  any Preliminary Final Prospectus or
        the Final  Prospectus,  as the case may be,  deemed  to be  incorporated
        therein by reference.

               (b) As of the date  hereof,  when the Final  Prospectus  is first
        filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, when,  prior to the Closing
        Date  (as  hereinafter  defined),  any  amendment  to  the  Registration
        Statement  becomes  effective  (including  the  filing  of any  document
        incorporated  by  reference  in the  Registration  Statement),  when any
        supplement to the Final  Prospectus is filed with the  Commission and at
        the Closing Date, (i) the Registration  Statement,  as amended as of any
        such time, and the Final  Prospectus,  as amended or  supplemented as of
        any such time,  and the Indenture  will comply in all material  respects
        with the applicable  requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of
        1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the Exchange Act and the respective
        rules thereunder and (ii) neither the Registration Statement, as amended
        as  of  any  such  time,  nor  the  Final  Prospectus,   as  amended  or
        supplemented as of any such time, will contain any untrue statement of a
        material  fact or omit to state any material  fact required to be stated
        therein  or  necessary  in  order  to make the  statements  therein  not
        misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations
        or warranties as to (i) that part of the  Registration  Statement  which
        shall  constitute the Statement of Eligibility and  Qualification  (Form
        T-1)  under  the  Trust  Indenture  Act  of  the  Trustee  or  (ii)  the
        information  contained in or omitted from the Registration  Statement or
        the Final Prospectus or any amendment  thereof or supplement  thereto in
        reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
        the   Company  by  or  on  behalf  of  any   Underwriter   through   the
        Representatives  specifically for use in connection with the preparation
        of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus.

        2.  Purchase  and  Sale.  Subject  to the terms  and  conditions  and in
reliance upon the  representations  and warranties herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to each Underwriter,  and each Underwriter agrees,  severally and
not jointly,  to purchase from the Company,  at the purchase  price set forth in
Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto.

        3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of certificates for and payment
for the  Securities  shall  be made at the  office,  on the date and at the time
specified  in  Schedule  I  hereto,  which  date and time  may be  postponed  by
agreement between the  Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section
9 hereof  (such date and time of delivery and payment for the  Securities  being
herein called the "Closing  Date").  Delivery of the Securities shall be made to
the  Representatives  for the  respective  accounts of the several  Underwriters
through  the  Representatives  against  payment of the  purchase  price  thereof
payable to the Company in the funds specified in Schedule I hereto. Certificates
for the Securities  shall be registered in such names and in such  denominations
as the  Representatives  may  request  not less  than one full  business  day in
advance of the Closing Date.

        The Company  agrees to have the  Securities  available  for  inspection,
checking and packaging by the  Representatives  not later than 3:00 PM, New York
time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.  All  references  herein to
"certificates"  shall mean one or more global securities  registered in the name
of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee.


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        4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:

               (a) Prior to the  termination of the offering of the  Securities,
        the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or
        amendment or supplement  (including  the Final  Prospectus) to the Basic
        Prospectus  unless the Company has  furnished you a copy for your review
        prior to  filing  and will not  file  any  such  proposed  amendment  or
        supplement  to which you  reasonably  object.  Subject to the  foregoing
        sentence,  the Company will cause the Final  Prospectus to be filed with
        the Commission in accordance with the  requirements of Rule 424(b).  The
        Company  will  promptly  advise the  Representatives  (i) when the Final
        Prospectus  shall have been filed with the  Commission  pursuant to Rule
        424(b),  (ii) when any amendment to the Registration  Statement relating
        to the Securities shall have become  effective,  (iii) of any request by
        the  Commission  for any  amendment  of the  Registration  Statement  or
        amendment of or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional
        information,  (iv) of the issuance by the  Commission  of any stop order
        suspending  the  effectiveness  of  the  Registration  Statement  or the
        institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of
        the  receipt by the  Company  of any  notification  with  respect to the
        suspension  of the  qualification  of the  Securities  for  sale  in any
        jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
        purpose.  The Company  will use every  reasonable  effort to prevent the
        issuance  of any such stop  order and,  if issued,  to obtain as soon as
        possible the withdrawal thereof.

               (b) If, at any time when a prospectus  relating to the Securities
        is required to be delivered  under the Act, any event occurs as a result
        of which the Final  Prospectus  as then  amended or  supplemented  would
        include  any untrue  statement  of a material  fact or omit to state any
        material fact necessary to make the  statements  therein in the light of
        the  circumstances  under which they were made not misleading,  or if it
        shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply
        with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the
        Company  promptly will prepare and file with the Commission,  subject to
        the first  sentence of paragraph  (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or
        supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment
        which will effect such compliance.

               (c) As soon as  practicable,  the  Company  will  make  generally
        available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings
        statement or statements of the Company which will satisfy the provisions
        of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

               (d) The Company will furnish to the  Representatives  and counsel
        for  the  Underwriters,  without  charge,  copies  of  the  Registration
        Statement  (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which
        shall  become  effective on or prior to the Closing Date and, so long as
        delivery of a prospectus by an  Underwriter or dealer may be required by
        the Act,  as many copies of any  Preliminary  Final  Prospectus  and the
        Prospectus and any  amendments  thereof and  supplements  thereto as the
        Representatives  may  reasonably  request.  The  Company  will  pay  the
        expenses of printing all documents relating to the offering.

               (e) The  Company  agrees to use its best  efforts to qualify  the
        Securities and to assist in the qualification of the Securities by or on
        behalf of the  Representatives  or of any of one or more of the  several
        Underwriters   for  sale   under   the  laws  of  such   States  as  the
        Representatives may designate, to maintain such qualifications in effect
        so long as required for the distribution of the Securities and to assist
        in the  determination  of the legality of the Securities for purchase by
        institutional   investors   under  the  laws  of  such   States  as  the
        Representatives  may  designate;  provided that the Company shall 


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        not be required to qualify as a foreign  corporation in any State, or to
        consent to service  of process in any State  other than with  respect to
        claims arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities.

               (f) Until the  business  day  following  the  Closing  Date,  the
        Company  will not,  without the consent of the  Representatives,  offer,
        sell or  contract  to  sell,  or  announce  the  offering  of,  any debt
        securities  (i)  covered  by the  Registration  Statement  or any  other
        registration  statement  filed under the Act or (ii) to  purchasers  for
        resale in  reliance on the  exemption  from  registration  under the Act
        provided by Rule 144A under the Act.

        5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the  Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of
the  representations  and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein
as of the date hereof,  as of the date of the  effectiveness of any amendment to
the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing
of any document  incorporated by reference  therein) and as of the Closing Date,
to the  accuracy  of the  statements  of the  Company  made in any  certificates
pursuant to the  provisions  hereof,  to the  performance  by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

               (a)  No  stop  order   suspending   the   effectiveness   of  the
        Registration  Statement,  as amended from time to time,  shall have been
        issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
        threatened;  and the Final  Prospectus  shall  have been  filed with the
        Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 424(b).

               (b)  At  or  before  the  Closing  Date,  the  Public   Utilities
        Commission of the State of California and any other regulatory authority
        whose  consent or approval  shall be required  for the issue and sale of
        the  Securities by the Company as herein  provided shall have entered an
        order or orders  authorizing the issue and sale of the Securities by the
        Company on the terms set forth in the Final  Prospectus and herein,  and
        at the  Closing  Date such  order or orders  shall be in full  force and
        effect.

               (c) At the Closing Date, the Representatives  shall have received
        the  written  opinion,  dated the  Closing  Date,  of Bryant C.  Danner,
        Executive  Vice  President and General  Counsel,  or Kenneth S. Stewart,
        Assistant General Counsel of the Company, to the effect that:

                      (i) The Company is a  corporation  validly  organized  and
               existing  in  good  standing  under  the  laws  of the  State  of
               California;  the  Company  has  full  corporate  power to own its
               properties and conduct its business as now being  conducted;  and
               the Company is duly  qualified  and in good standing as a foreign
               corporation  under the laws of the States of Arizona,  Nevada and
               New Mexico;

                      (ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized,  executed and
               delivered,  is qualified  under the Trust Indenture Act, and is a
               legally valid and binding  instrument,  enforceable in accordance
               with  its  terms,   except  as  enforcement  may  be  limited  by
               bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,  moratorium or other laws
               or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors' rights
               generally;

                      (iii) The Securities  have been duly  authorized and, when
               executed,  authenticated,  issued and delivered  against  payment
               therefor in accordance  with the  Indenture  and this  Agreement,
               will  constitute  legally  valid and binding  obligations  of the
               Company,  enforceable 


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               in accordance with their terms,  subject,  as to enforcement,  to
               the matters set forth in clause (ii) above;

                      (iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under
               the Act, and, to the best of the  knowledge of such  counsel:  no
               stop  order  suspending  the  effectiveness  of the  Registration
               Statement  or  of  any  part  thereof  has  been  issued  and  no
               proceedings  for that purpose have been instituted or are pending
               or contemplated under the Act; the Registration Statement and the
               Final Prospectus,  and each amendment or supplement  thereto,  if
               any, as of their respective effective or issue dates, complied as
               to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act
               and the Trust  Indenture Act, and the applicable  published rules
               and  regulations of the  Commission  thereunder and no facts have
               come  to his  attention  which  lead  him  to  believe  that  the
               Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus,  or any amendment
               or supplement thereto, as of their respective  effective or issue
               dates,  contained  any untrue  statement  of a  material  fact or
               omitted to state any material fact required to be stated  therein
               or necessary to make the statements  therein not  misleading,  or
               that the Final  Prospectus,  at the Closing  Date,  contained any
               untrue  statement  of a  material  fact or  omitted  to state any
               material fact necessary in order to make the statements  therein,
               in light of the  circumstances  under  which they were made,  not
               misleading;  the documents incorporated by reference in the Final
               Prospectus,  when they  became  effective  or were filed with the
               Commission,  as the  case  may  be,  complied  as to  form in all
               material  respects  with  the  requirements  of  the  Act  or the
               Exchange Act, as applicable,  and the applicable  published rules
               and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the descriptions in
               the  Registration  Statement and the Final  Prospectus of federal
               and  state  statutes,  legal  and  governmental  proceedings  and
               contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the
               information  required  to be  shown;  and he does not know of any
               legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the
               Final  Prospectus,  which are not described as required or of any
               contracts or documents of a character required to be described in
               the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed
               as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described
               and filed as required; it being understood that such counsel need
               not pass upon the financial  statements and other  financial data
               contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus;

                      (v) All legally  required  proceedings in connection  with
               the  authorization  of the Securities,  the issue and sale of the
               Securities by the Company  pursuant hereto and the  authorization
               of the  transactions  related  to such  authorization,  issue and
               sale, and all such approvals,  authorizations,  consents or other
               orders of such public boards of bodies, if any, as may be legally
               required  with respect to all or any of such  matters,  have been
               had or obtained, except that the offer and sale of the Securities
               in certain  jurisdictions may be subject to the provisions of the
               securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions;

                      (vi)  The  execution,  delivery  and  performance  of  the
               Indenture  and  this  Agreement,  the  issuance  and  sale of the
               Securities,  and compliance with the terms and provisions  hereof
               or thereof,  will not result in a breach or  violation  of any of
               the terms and provisions  of, or constitute a default under,  the
               charter  or bylaws of the  Company,  or,  to his  knowledge,  any
               statute,  rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or
               body or any court  having  jurisdiction  over the  Company or its
               subsidiaries  or any  of  its  properties  or  any  agreement  or
               instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party
               or by which the  Company  or any such  subsidiary  is bound or to
               which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary
               is subject; and


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                     (vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
               delivered by the Company.

        In rendering the opinion called for above, Mr. Danner or Mr. Stewart, as
the case may be, may rely upon appropriate  certificates of public officials and
officers or employees  of the Company and the Trustee as to factual  matters and
upon opinions,  dated the Closing Date, of Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix,  Arizona, as
to legal conclusions  affected by the law of Arizona,  upon opinions,  dated the
Closing  Date,  of Hale  Lane  Peek  Dennison  Howard  and  Anderson,  a  Nevada
professional  corporation,  Reno, Nevada as to legal conclusions affected by the
law of Nevada and upon  opinions,  dated the Closing Date,  of Rodey,  Dickason,
Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., a New Mexico  professional  corporation,  Albuquerque,
New Mexico, as to legal conclusions  affected by the law of New Mexico and (with
regard to the  interest of the Company and the rights of the Trustee in the Four
Corners  Generating Station and the easement and lease therefor) the laws of the
United  States  and The  Navajo  Nation,  provided  that he shall  state that he
believes  that both he and you are  justified in relying upon such  certificates
and  opinions.  As to all matters  governed by New York law,  Mr.  Danner or Mr.
Stewart,  as the case may be,  will  rely upon the  opinion  of  Gibson,  Dunn &
Crutcher LLP.

        In rendering the opinion called for by clauses (ii) and (iii) above, Mr.
Danner or Mr.  Stewart,  as the case may be, may state that he is  expressing no
opinion as to the  availability  of  equitable  remedies  and may advise  that a
California court may not strictly enforce certain  covenants of the Indenture or
the  Securities or allow  acceleration  of the due date of the  Securities if it
concludes that such enforcement or acceleration  would be unreasonable under the
then existing  circumstances,  although,  in his opinion,  acceleration would be
available  if an event of default  occurs as a result of a material  breach of a
material covenant contained in the Indenture or the Securities.

               (d) The  Representatives  shall have received from Gibson, Dunn &
        Crutcher LLP,  counsel for the  Underwriters,  such opinion or opinions,
        dated the Closing  Date,  with  respect to the  issuance and sale of the
        Securities,   the  Indenture,  the  Registration  Statement,  the  Final
        Prospectus  and  other  related  matters  as  the   Representatives  may
        reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel
        such  documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
        upon such matters.

               (e) The Representatives  shall have received  certificates of the
        Chairman  of the  Board,  the  President  or any Vice  President  of the
        Company,  dated the Closing  Date, to the effect that the signer of such
        certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final
        Prospectus  and this  Agreement  and  that to the best of his  knowledge
        after reasonable investigation:

                      (i) the  representations  and warranties of the Company in
               this  Agreement are true and correct in all material  respects on
               and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the
               Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements
               and satisfied  all the  conditions on its part to be performed or
               satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

                      (ii) no stop order  suspending  the  effectiveness  of the
               Registration  Statement,  as  amended,  has  been  issued  and no
               proceedings  for that  purpose  have been  instituted  or, to the
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                      (iii)  since  the  date  of  the  most  recent   financial
               statements  included in the Final  Prospectus,  there has been no
               material adverse change in the financial  condition or results of
               operations of the Company, except as set forth in or contemplated
               in the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.


               (f) On the date hereof, Arthur Andersen LLP shall have furnished
        to the  Representatives  a letter or letters (which may refer to letters
        previously delivered to one or more of the Representatives)  dated as of
        the  date hereof,  in  form   and   substance   satisfactory   to   the
        Representatives,  confirming that they are independent  accountants with
        respect to the Company  within the  meaning of the Act and the  Exchange
        Act  and the  respective  applicable  published  rules  and  regulations
        thereunder, and stating in effect that:

                      (i) in their opinion the audited financial  statements and
               financial  statement  schedules  included or  incorporated in the
               Registration  Statement and the Final  Prospectus and reported on
               by them  comply  as to form in all  material  respects  with  the
               applicable  accounting  requirements  of the Act and the Exchange
               Act and the related published rules and regulations;

                      (ii) on the basis of a  reading  of the  latest  unaudited
               financial statements made available by the Company;  carrying out
               certain   specified   procedures   (but  not  an  examination  in
               accordance  with generally  accepted  auditing  standards)  which
               would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect
               to the  comments  set  forth in such  letter;  a  reading  of the
               minutes  of the  meetings  of  the  stockholders,  directors  and
               executive  committee  of the  Company;  and  inquiries of certain
               officials of the Company who have  responsibility  for  financial
               and  accounting  matters of the  Company as to  transactions  and
               events  subsequent  to  the  date  of  the  most  recent  audited
               financial statements  incorporated in the Registration  Statement
               and the Final  Prospectus,  nothing came to their attention which
               caused them to believe that:

                             (1) any unaudited financial  statements included or
                      incorporated in the  Registration  Statement and the Final
                      Prospectus  do not  comply  as to  form  in  all  material
                      respects with applicable accounting  requirements and with
                      the published rules and regulations of the Commission with
                      respect to financial  statements  included or incorporated
                      in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Company under the
                      Exchange Act; and said unaudited financial  statements are
                      not fairly presented (except as permitted by Form 10-Q) in
                      conformity with generally accepted  accounting  principles
                      applied on a basis  substantially  consistent with that of
                      the audited financial  statements included or incorporated
                      in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus; or

                             (2) with  respect to the period  subsequent  to the
                      date of the most recent financial statements  incorporated
                      in the  Registration  Statement and the Final  Prospectus,
                      there  were  any  decreases,  at the  date  of the  latest
                      available unaudited  financial  statements prepared by the
                      Company, in the stockholders' equity of the Company or any
                      changes,  at a specified  date not more than five business
                      days  prior to the date of the  letter,  in the  long-term
                      debt or capital  stock of the Company  (other than changes
                      resulting  from  conversions  of  outstanding  securities,
                      drawdowns  of and  earnings  on  funds  held in  trust  in
                      connection  with pollution  control bonds and issuances of
                      stock under  existing  stock  plans) as compared  with the
                      amounts  shown on the  most  recent  consolidated  balance
                      sheet  included  or  incorporated   in  the   Registration
                      Statement 


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                      and the Final Prospectus,  or for the period from the date
                      of the most recent  financial  statements  incorporated in
                      the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus to the
                      date  of  the   latest   available   unaudited   financial
                      statements   prepared  by  the  Company   there  were  any
                      decreases,  as compared with the  corresponding  period in
                      the  preceding  year, in total  operating  revenues or net
                      income,  except in all  instances for changes or decreases
                      set forth in such  letter,  in which case the letter shall
                      be  accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the
                      significance thereof unless said explanation is not deemed
                      necessary by the Representatives; and

                      (iii)  they  have   performed   certain  other   specified
               procedures  as a result of which  they  determined  that  certain
               information  of an accounting,  financial or  statistical  nature
               (which  is  limited  to  accounting,   financial  or  statistical
               information  derived from the general  accounting  records of the
               Company) set forth in the Registration Statement, as amended, and
               the Final Prospectus,  as amended or supplemented,  including the
               information  included or  incorporated in Items 1, 2, 6, 7 and 11
               of the Company's annual report on Form 10-K incorporated  therein
               or  in   "Management's   Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial
               Condition and Results of Operations"  included or incorporated in
               any of the Company's  quarterly reports on Form 10-Q incorporated
               therein,  agrees with the  accounting  records of the Company and
               its    subsidiaries,    excluding    any   questions   of   legal
               interpretation.

        In  addition,  at the  Closing  Date,  Arthur  Andersen  LLP shall  have
furnished  to the  Representatives  a letter or letters,  in form and  substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in the introductory
paragraph to this paragraph (f), in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) (1) above and, to
the  extent   referring  to  information   contained  in  Exchange  Act  reports
incorporated  in  the  Registration  Statement  and  the  Final  Prospectus,  in
subparagraph (iii) above.

               (g) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
        given in the  Registration  Statement  and the Final  Prospectus,  there
        shall not have been (i) any  material  adverse  change  described in the
        certificate  referred to in  paragraph  (e) of this  Section 5, (ii) any
        change or  decrease  specified  in the letter or letters  referred to in
        paragraph (f) of this Section 5 or (iii) any change,  or any development
        involving  a  prospective  change,  in  or  affecting  the  business  or
        properties of the Company and its  subsidiaries  the effect of which, in
        any case  referred to in clause  (i),  (ii) or (iii)  above,  is, in the
        judgment of the  Representatives,  so material and adverse as to make it
        impractical  or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery
        of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration  Statement and the
        Final Prospectus.

               (h)  Subsequent to the execution of this  Agreement,  there shall
        not have been any decrease in the ratings of any of the  Company's  debt
        securities  by Moody's  Investor  Services or  Standard & Poor's  Rating
        Services.

               (i) At or prior to the  Closing  Date,  the  Company  shall  have
        furnished to the Representatives such further information,  certificates
        and documents as the  Representatives  may  reasonably  request and such
        additional opinions and letters as are provided for in Schedule I.

        If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been
fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if
any of the  opinions  and  certificates  mentioned  above or  elsewhere  in this
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably  satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives,  this Agreement and all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be 


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cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the  Representatives.
Notice of such  cancellation  shall be given to the  Company  in  writing  or by
telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.

        6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Company.  The obligations of the
Company to sell and deliver  the  Securities  shall be subject to the  following
conditions:


               (a)  No  stop  order   suspending   the   effectiveness   of  the
        Registration  Statement,  as amended from time to time,  shall have been
        issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
        threatened.

               (b)  At  or  before  the  Closing  Date,  the  Public   Utilities
        Commission of the State of California and any other regulatory authority
        whose  consent or approval  shall be required  for the issue and sale of
        the Securities to the Underwriters as herein provided shall have entered
        an order or orders  authorizing  the issue and sale of the Securities on
        the  terms  set forth in the Final  Prospectus  and  herein,  and at the
        Closing Date such order or orders shall be in full force and effect.

               (c) Concurrently  with or prior to the delivery of the Securities
        to the several Underwriters, the Company shall receive the full purchase
        price herein specified for the Securities.

        If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been
fulfilled  when  and as  provided  in this  Agreement,  this  Agreement  and all
obligations  of the Company  hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior
to,  the  Closing  Date.  Notice  of such  cancellation  shall  be  given to the
Representatives in writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.

        7.  Reimbursement  of Underwriters'  Expenses.  The Company will pay all
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and
will  reimburse  the   Underwriters   for  any  expenses   (including  fees  and
disbursements of counsel)  incurred by them in connection with  qualification of
the Securities for sale and  determination  of their  eligibility for investment
under the laws of such  jurisdictions as the  Representatives  may designate and
the printing of memoranda  relating thereto,  for any fees charged by investment
rating  agencies  for the  rating of the  Securities,  for any filing fee of the
National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. relating to the Securities and
for  expenses  incurred  in  distributing  the  Prospectus  and all  supplements
thereto, any preliminary prospectuses and any preliminary prospectus supplements
to each  Underwriter.  If the sale of the Securities  provided for herein is not
consummated  because any condition to the  obligations of the  Underwriters  set
forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied or because of any refusal,  inability
or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement  herein or comply
with any  provision  hereof  other  than by reason  of a  default  by any of the
Underwriters,  the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand
for all out-of-pocket  expenses (including  reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) that shall have been  incurred by them in connection  with the proposed
purchase and sale of the Securities.

        8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each  Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter
within the  meaning of either the Act or the  Exchange  Act  against any and all
losses, claims,  damages or liabilities,  joint or several, to which they or any
of them may become  subject  under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation,  at common law or otherwise,  insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based  upon any untrue  statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of a
material fact contained in the  registration  statement for the  registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof,  or in the Basic
Prospectus,  any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final 


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Prospectus,  or in any amendment thereof or supplement  thereto, or arise out of
or are based upon the omission or alleged  omission to state  therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the  statements  therein
not  misleading,  and agrees to reimburse  each such  indemnified  party for any
legal  or  other  expenses  reasonably  incurred  by  them  in  connection  with
investigating or defending any such loss,  claim,  damage,  liability or action;
provided,  however,  that (i) the Company will not be liable in any such case to
the extent that any such loss,  claim,  damage or liability  arises out of or is
based upon any such untrue  statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged  omission made therein in reliance  upon and in conformity  with written
information  furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through
the  Representatives  specifically  for use in connection  with the  preparation
thereof,  and (ii) such  indemnity  with respect to the Basic  Prospectus or any
Preliminary  Final  Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
(or any person  controlling such Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any
such loss,  claim,  damage or liability  purchased the Securities  which are the
subject  thereof if such person did not  receive a copy of the Final  Prospectus
(or the  Final  Prospectus  as  amended  or  supplemented)  excluding  documents
incorporated therein by reference at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of
such  Securities  to such person in any case where such  delivery is required by
the Act and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the
Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary  Final Prospectus was corrected in the Final
Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented).  This indemnity
agreement  will be in addition to any liability  which the Company may otherwise
have.

               (b) Each  Underwriter  severally  agrees  to  indemnify  and hold
        harmless the Company,  each of its  directors,  each of its officers who
        signs the  Registration  Statement,  and each  person who  controls  the
        Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the
        same  extent  as the  foregoing  indemnity  from  the  Company  to  each
        Underwriter,  but only with reference to written information relating to
        such  Underwriter  furnished  to the  Company  by or on  behalf  of such
        Underwriter  through  the  Representatives  specifically  for use in the
        preparation  of the documents  referred to in the  foregoing  indemnity.
        This indemnity  agreement will be in addition to any liability which any
        Underwriter  may  otherwise  have.  The  Company  acknowledges  that the
        statements  set forth in the second  sentence  of the  second  paragraph
        under the heading  "Underwriting" in the Final Prospectus constitute the
        only  information  furnished  in writing by or on behalf of the  several
        Underwriters for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
        indemnity, and you, as the Representatives, confirm that such statements
        are correct.

               (c) Promptly  after  receipt by an  indemnified  party under this
        Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action,  such indemnified
        party  will,  if a claim in respect  thereof is to be made  against  the
        indemnifying  party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying  party
        in writing of the  commencement  thereof;  but the omission so to notify
        the  indemnifying  party will not relieve it from any liability which it
        may have to any  indemnified  party otherwise than under this Section 8.
        In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
        notifies  the  indemnifying  party  of  the  commencement  thereof,  the
        indemnifying party will be entitled to participate  therein,  and to the
        extent that it may elect by written notice  delivered to the indemnified
        party   promptly  after   receiving  the  aforesaid   notice  from  such
        indemnified   party,  to  assume  the  defense  thereof,   with  counsel
        satisfactory to such indemnified party;  provided,  however, that if the
        defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
        indemnifying  party and the  indemnified  party  shall  have  reasonably
        concluded that there may be legal defenses  available to it and/or other
        indemnified  parties  which are  different  from or  additional to those
        available to the indemnifying  party,  the indemnified  party or parties
        shall have the right to select  separate  counsel  to assert  such legal
        defenses and to otherwise  participate  in the defense of such action on
        behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from
        the indemnifying  party to such indemnified  party of its election so to


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        assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified  party
        of  counsel,   the  indemnifying  party  will  not  be  liable  to  such
        indemnified  party under this Section 8 for any legal or other  expenses
        subsequently  incurred by such indemnified  party in connection with the
        defense  thereof  unless (i) the  indemnified  party shall have employed
        separate  counsel in connection  with the assertion of legal defenses in
        accordance  with the proviso to the next  preceding  sentence  (it being
        understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for
        the  expenses  of  more  than  one  separate  counsel,  approved  by the
        Representatives  in the  case  of  paragraph  (a)  of  this  Section  8,
        representing  the  indemnified  parties under such paragraph (a) who are
        parties to such  action),  (ii) the  indemnifying  party  shall not have
        employed counsel  satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
        indemnified  party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement
        of the  action  or (iii)  the  indemnifying  party  has  authorized  the
        employment  of counsel for the  indemnified  party at the expense of the
        indemnifying  party;  and  except  that,  if  clause  (i)  or  (iii)  is
        applicable,  such  liability  shall be only in  respect  of the  counsel
        referred to in such clause (i) or (iii).  Each indemnified  party agrees
        promptly to notify each  indemnifying  party of the  commencement of any
        litigation or  proceedings  against it in connection  with the issue and
        sale of the Securities.

               (d) In order to provide for just and  equitable  contribution  in
        circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a)
        of this  Section  8 is due in  accordance  with its terms but is for any
        reason held by a court to be unavailable  from the Company on grounds of
        policy or otherwise, the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on
        the other hand shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages
        and liabilities  (including legal or other expenses  reasonably incurred
        in connection with investigating or defending same) to which the Company
        and  one  or  more  of  the  Underwriters  may be  subject  (i) in  such
        proportion so that the  Underwriters  are  responsible  for that portion
        represented by the percentage  that the  underwriting  discount bears to
        the sum of  such  discount  and the  purchase  price  of the  Securities
        specified  in Schedule I hereto and the Company is  responsible  for the
        balance or (ii) if the  allocation  provided  by clause (i) above is not
        permitted by applicable  law, in such  proportion as is  appropriate  to
        reflect the relative  benefit  represented  by the  percentage  that the
        underwriting discount bears to the sum of such discount and the purchase
        price for the Securities  referred to in clause (i) above,  but also the
        relative  fault of the Company on the one hand and the  Underwriters  on
        the other in connection  with the statements or omissions which resulted
        in such loss,  claim,  damage or liability as well as any other relevant
        equitable  considerations.  The  relative  fault of the  Company and the
        Underwriters  shall be  determined  by reference to, among other things,
        whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
        omission  or  alleged  omission  to state a  material  fact  relates  to
        information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties'
        relative  intent,  knowledge,  access to information  and opportunity to
        correct or prevent such untrue  statement  or omission.  The Company and
        the  Underwriters  agree  that it  would  not be just and  equitable  if
        contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata
        allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
        purpose)  or by any  other  method  of  allocation  which  does not take
        account  of the  equitable  considerations  referred  to  above  in this
        subsection (d).  Notwithstanding  anything in this subsection (d) to the
        contrary,  (x)  in no  case  shall  any  Underwriter  (except  as may be
        provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of
        the  Securities)  be  responsible  for  any  amount  in  excess  of  the
        underwriting  discount  applicable to the  Securities  purchased by such
        Underwriter   hereunder   and  (y)  no  person   guilty  of   fraudulent
        misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall
        be entitled to  contribution  from any person who was not guilty of such
        fraudulent  misrepresentation.  For  purposes  of this  Section  8, each
        person who controls an Underwriter  within the meaning of either the Act
        or the  Exchange Act shall have the same rights to  contribution  as the
        Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning
        of either the Act or the Exchange  Act,  each 


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        officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration  Statement
        and  each  director  of the  Company  shall  have  the  same  rights  to
        contribution as the Company,  subject in each case to clause (x) of this
        paragraph (d). Any party entitled to contribution  will,  promptly after
        receipt of notice of  commencement  of any  action,  suit or  proceeding
        against such party in respect of which a claim for  contribution  may be
        made against  another party or parties under this paragraph (d),  notify
        such  party or parties  from whom  contribution  may be sought,  but the
        omission to so notify such party or parties  shall not relieve the party
        or  parties  from  whom  contribution  may  be  sought  from  any  other
        obligation  it or they may have  hereunder or otherwise  than under this
        paragraph (d). No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to
        any action or claim settled without its consent.


        9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail
to purchase  and pay for any of the  Securities  agreed to be  purchased by such
Underwriter  or  Underwriters  hereunder  and such  failure  to  purchase  shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their  obligations  under this
Agreement,  the remaining  Underwriters shall be obligated  severally to take up
and pay for (in the  respective  proportions  which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite  their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate  amount
of Securities  set forth  opposite the names of all the remaining  Underwriters)
the Securities  which the  defaulting  Underwriter  or  Underwriters  agreed but
failed to purchase; provided, however, that in no event shall any non-defaulting
Underwriter be obligated to purchase additional  Securities under this Section 9
in an amount  exceeding 10% of the amount of the  Securities  set forth opposite
its name in Schedule II hereto. In the event that the amount of Securities which
all such  non-defaulting  Underwriters  shall be obligated to purchase under the
preceding  sentence  shall be less than the amount of Securities  which all such
defaulting  Underwriters  shall  have  failed to  purchase,  the  non-defaulting
Underwriters  shall  have the right (but not the  obligation)  to  purchase  the
remaining  Securities.  If all such  remaining  Securities  are not purchased by
non-defaulting  Underwriters as above provided,  the Company may, at its option,
(a) cancel this Agreement  pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 hereof or (b)
elect to proceed  with the sale and  delivery  hereunder of less than all of the
Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters. In the event of a default by any
Underwriter  as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed
for  such  period,  not  exceeding  seven  days,  as the  Representatives  shall
determine in order that the required changes in the  Registration  Statement and
the Final  Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting  Underwriter of
its liability,  if any, to the Company and any  non-defaulting  Underwriter  for
damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

        10.  Termination.  This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior
to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if prior to such time (i) trading
in the Common Stock of Edison  International,  a California  corporation,  shall
have been  suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading
in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended
or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange,  (ii)
a banking  moratorium  shall  have been  declared  either by Federal or New York
State  authorities  or (iii) there shall have  occurred any outbreak or material
escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the
financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of
the Representatives, impracticable to market the Securities.

        11.   Representations   and  Indemnities  to  Survive.   The  respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this  Agreement  will  remain  in  full  force  and  effect,  regardless  of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter,  or the Company or any of
the officers,  directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof,
and will survive  delivery of and payment for the 


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Securities.  The  provisions  of  Sections  7 and 8  hereof  shall  survive  the
termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

        12.  Notices.  All  communications  hereunder  will  be in  writing  and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives,  will be mailed,
delivered or  telegraphed  and  confirmed to them,  at the address  specified in
Schedule I hereto;  or, if sent to the  Company,  will be mailed,  delivered  or
telegraphed  and  confirmed  to  it  at  2244  Walnut  Grove  Avenue,  Rosemead,
California 91770, attention of the Treasurer.

        13.  Successors.  This  Agreement  will  inure to the  benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling  persons  referred to in Section 8 hereof,  and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

        14.  Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

        15.  Counsel for the  Underwriters.  As  discussed  in the  Registration
Statement, from time to time Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP performs legal services
for the Company and its subsidiaries  relating to special  matters.  The Company
and each  Underwriter  hereby  consent to Gibson,  Dunn & Crutcher LLP acting as
counsel  for the  Underwriters  in  connection  with the  offer  and sale of the
Securities.  The Company and each  Underwriter  hereby agree that if any dispute
should arise between the Company and any Underwriter  with respect to or arising
out of this Agreement or the offer and sale of the  Securities,  Gibson,  Dunn &
Crutcher  LLP would not  represent  either the  Company or the  Underwriters  in
connection with such dispute.


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        If  the  foregoing  is in  accordance  with  your  understanding  of our
agreement,  please sign and return to us a counterpart  hereof,  whereupon  this
letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company
and the several Underwriters.

                                         Very truly yours,


                                         SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY


                                         BY:         Mary C. Simpson
                                             --------------------------------
                                                     Mary C. Simpson
                                                     Assistant Treasurer


The foregoing Agreement is hereby 
confirmed and accepted as of the 
date specified in Schedule I hereto.

BY SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.



BY:    Arthur H. Tildesley
    ---------------------------------                                          
Name:  Arthur H. Tildesley
Title: Managing Director


For themselves and the other several 
Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II
to the foregoing Agreement.


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                                   SCHEDULE I



Underwriting Agreement dated March 31, 1999

Registration Statement Nos. 33-59001 and 333-497

Representatives and Address:

     Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
     388 Greenwich Street
     New York, NY  10013

Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:

      Title:  6.65% Notes, Due 2029
      Principal Amount:  $300,000,000

     Purchase Price:  98.391% of the principal  amount of the  Securities,  plus
     accrued interest from April 1, 1999 to April 6, 1999

      Maturity:  April 1, 2029

      Interest: 6.65% per annum, from April 1, 1999, payable semiannually on
      April 1 and October 1,  commencing October 1, 1999, to the holders
      of record on the preceding March 15 and September 15, respectively.

      Sinking Fund Provisions:  None.

      Optional  Redemption:  At any  time at a  redemption  price  equal  to the
      greater of (i) the principal  amount or (ii) the sum of the present values
      of the  remaining  scheduled  payments of  principal  and  interest on the
      Notes,  discounted  to  the  date  of  redemption  on a  semiannual  basis
      (assuming  a 360-day  year  consisting  of twelve  30-day  months)  at the
      Treasury Yield as defined in the Final Prospectus plus 0.20%, plus in each
      case accrued interest to the date of redemption.

Closing Date and Time:  April 6, 1999, 7:00 AM, California time

Method of Payment:  Federal Reserve funds in Los Angeles, California

Modification  of items to be covered  by the letter  from  Arthur  Andersen  LLP
delivered pursuant to Section 5(f): None

Location of Closing:

      2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
      Rosemead, California 91770
      or as agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company.


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                                   SCHEDULE II




                                                          Principal
                                                            Amount
                                                        of Securities
                                                            to be
         Underwriters                                     Purchased 
         ------------                                   -------------
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. .........................    $220,000,000
Prudential Securities Incorporated .................      25,000,000
Warburg Dillon Read LLC ............................      25,000,000
Chase Securities Inc. ..............................      15,000,000
PaineWebber Incorporated ...........................      15,000,000
                                                        ------------
     Total..........................................    $300,000,000
                                                        ============




                                                    
                       SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

                        Authorized Officer's Certificate
                    Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture


         Mary C. Simpson,  an Authorized  Officer of Southern  California Edison
Company, a California  corporation (the "Company"),  acting pursuant to the July
20, 1995,  January 18, 1996, and February 18, 1999,  resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board Resolutions") hereby determines that:

         1. The Company  shall issue a series of the  Securities  referred to in
the Board  Resolutions  under the  Indenture,  dated as of January 15, 1993 (the
"Indenture"),  between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee
(the "Trustee"), in accordance with the following terms:

                  (a) The title of the Securities shall be the "6.65% Notes, Due
2029" (the "Notes").

                  (b)  The  aggregate  principal  amount  of  the  Notes  to  be
         authenticated  and delivered  under the  Indenture  shall be limited to
         $300,000,000   (except  for  Notes  authenticated  and  delivered  upon
         registration  of transfer of, or in exchange  for, or in lieu of, other
         Notes  pursuant  to  Sections  304,  305,  306,  906  or  1107  of  the
         Indenture).

                  (c) The Notes shall mature on April 1, 2029.

                  (d) The Notes  shall  bear  interest  at the rate of 6.65% per
         annum from  April 1, 1999.  The  Interest  Payment  Dates for the Notes
         shall be April 1 and  October 1 in each  year,  commencing  October  1,
         1999.  The  Regular  Record  Dates  for the  interest  payable  on such
         Interest  Payment  Dates  shall be the  March 15 or  September  15 next
         preceding such April 1 and October 1, as the case may be.

                  (e) Payment of the principal of,  premium if any, and interest
         on,  the Notes  will be made at the  Corporate  Trust  Office of Harris
         Trust and  Savings  Bank  maintained  for that  purpose  in the City of
         Chicago,  State of  Illinois,  in such coin or  currency  of the United
         States of America  as at the time of  payment  is legal  tender for the
         payment of public and private  debts;  provided,  however,  that at the
         option of the Company,  payment of interest may be made by check mailed
         to the address of the person  entitled  thereto as such  address  shall
         appear in the  Security  Register  or by wire  transfer  to an  account
         designated  by  such  person   pursuant  to  an  arrangement   that  is
         satisactory to the Trustee and the Company.

                  (f) The Notes may be  redeemed at any time prior to the Stated
         Maturity  of the  principal  thereof at the option of the  Company at a
         Redemption  Price equal to the greater of (1) the  principal  amount or
         (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining  scheduled  payments
         of principal and interest on the Notes,  discounted  to the  Redemption
         Date on a  semiannual  basis  (assuming a 360-day  year  consisting  of
         twelve 30-day  months) at the Treasury  Yield plus 0.20%,  plus in each
         case accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

                  "Treasury  Yield" means,  with respect to any Redemption Date,
         the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity
         of the Comparable  Treasury Issue,  assuming a price for the Comparable
         Treasury  Issue  (expressed as a percentage  of its  principal  amount)
         equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

                  "Comparable  Treasury  Issue" means the United States Treasury
         security  selected  by an  Independent  Investment  Banker  as having a
         maturity  comparable to the  remaining  term of the Notes that would be
         utilized,  at the time of selection  and in accordance  with  customary
         financial
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         practice,  in  pricing  new  issues of  corporate  debt  securities  of
comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

                  "Independent  Investment  Banker"  means  Salomon Smith Barney
         Inc. or, if such firm is  unwilling or unable to select the  Comparable
         Treasury  Issue,  an  independent  investment  banking  institution  of
         national standing selected by the Company and appointed by the Trustee.

                  "Comparable   Treasury  Price"  means,  with  respect  to  any
         Redemption  Date,  (i) the average of the bid and asked  prices for the
         Comparable  Treasury  Issue  (expressed in each case as a percentage of
         its  principal  amount)  on  the  third  business  day  preceding  such
         Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical  release (or any
         successor  release)  published by the Federal  Reserve Bank of New York
         and designated  "Composite  3:30 p.m.  Quotations  for U.S.  Government
         Securities"  or (ii) if that release (or any successor  release) is not
         published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (A) the
         average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption
         Date,  after  excluding the highest and lowest such Reference  Treasury
         Dealer  Quotations  for such  Redemption  Date,  or (B) if the  Company
         obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,  the
         average of all such Quotations.

                  "Reference  Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to
         each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as
         determined  by the  Trustee,  of the  bid  and  asked  prices  for  the
         Comparable  Treasury  Issue  (expressed in each case as a percentage of
         its  principal  amount)  quoted  in  writing  to the  Trustee  by  such
         Reference  Treasury  Dealer at 5:00  p.m.  on the  third  business  day
         preceding such Redemption Date.

                  "Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Salomon Smith Barney
         Inc.,  Prudential  Securities  Incorporated,  Warburg  Dillon Read LLC,
         Chase   Securities  Inc.  and  PaineWebber   Incorporated,   and  their
         respective successors,  provided, however, that if any of the foregoing
         shall cease to be a primary U.S.  Government  Securities  dealer in New
         York City (a "Primary Treasury  Dealer"),  the Company shall substitute
         for it another Primary Treasury Dealer.

                  If the  Company  elects to redeem  less than all of the Notes,
         the Trustee  shall select,  in a manner it deems fair and  appropriate,
         the  particular  Notes or  portions of them to be  redeemed.  Notice of
         redemption  shall be given  by mail not less  than 30 nor more  than 60
         days  prior  to the  Redemption  Date to the  Holders  of  Notes  to be
         redeemed (which, as long as the Notes are held in the  book-entry  only
         system,  will  be  The  Depository  Trust  Company,   its  nominees  or
         successors).  On and after the  Redemption  Date  (unless  the  Company
         defaults in the payment of the  Redemption  Price and interest  accrued
         thereon to such date),  interest  shall cease to accrue on the Notes or
         the portions of them called for redemption.

                  (g) The Company  shall not be  obligated to redeem or purchase
         the Notes  pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous  provision,  or at
         the option of the Holder thereof.

                  (h) The  Notes  shall be issued in whole in the form of one or
         more Global  Securities,  and the Depositary for such Global Securities
         shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.

                  (i) The Notes shall not be subject to discharge and defeasance
         at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 1301 of the Indenture.

                  (j) The trustee,  authenticating  and paying  agent,  transfer
         agent and registrar with respect to the Notes shall be Harris Trust and
         Savings Bank.

         2. The form and  terms of the  Notes,  attached  hereto as Annex A, are
hereby approved.

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         3.  Salomon  Smith  Barney Inc.,  Prudential  Securities  Incorporated,
Warburg Dillon Read LLC, Chase Securities Inc. and PaineWebber Incorporated (the
"Underwriters")  propose  to offer the  Notes at an  initial  offering  price of
98.795% of their principal amount. The purchase price of the Notes to be paid by
the  Underwriters  shall be  98.391% of their  principal  amount,  plus  accrued
interest from April 1, 1999. The Underwriting  Agreement,  dated March 31, 1999,
between the Company and the Underwriters, relating to the Notes, attached hereto
as Annex B, is hereby approved.

         4. The  undersigned  has  read the  provisions  of  Section  301 of the
Indenture and the  definitions  in the  Indenture  relating  thereto,  the Board
Resolutions  and other  corporate  documents and records.  In the opinion of the
undersigned,  she has made such  examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable her to express an  informed  opinion as to whether or not all  conditions
precedent  provided in the Indenture  relating to the establishment of the forms
of and terms of a series of Securities  under the  Indenture,  designated as the
Notes in this  Certificate,  have been  complied  with.  In the  opinion  of the
undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

         5. Capitalized terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of
March 31, 1999.



                                                        Mary C. Simpson
                                                    ------------------------
                                                        Mary C. Simpson
                                                      Assistant Treasurer


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                                                                 Annex A

This Debt  Security is a Global  Security  within the  meaning of the  Indenture
hereafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee
thereof.  Unless  and  until  it is  exchanged  in  whole  or in part  for  Debt
Securities in definitive form, this Debt Security may not be transferred  except
as a whole by the  Depositary to a nominee of the  Depositary or by a nominee of
the Depositary to the Depositary or another  nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary  or any such nominee to a successor  Depositary  or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.

Unless this  certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized  representative  of DTC (and any  payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized  representative  of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.


                       SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
            (Incorporated under the laws of the State of California)

                              6.65% NOTES, DUE 2029


No. R-                                                           $
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                                                         CUSIP NO. 842400 EB 5


         Southern  California  Edison Company,  a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of California (herein called the "Company,"
which  term  includes  any  successor  Person  under the  Indenture  hereinafter
referred   to),   for   value    received,    hereby    promises   to   pay   to
_______________________,   or   registered   assigns,   the   principal  sum  of
__________________________  Dollars  ($___________) on April 1, 2029, and to pay
interest  thereon from April 1, 1999, or from the most recent  Interest  Payment
Date to which  interest has been paid or duly  provided  for,  semi-annually  on
April 1 and October 1 in each year,  commencing  on October 1, 1999, at the rate
of 6.65% per annum,  until the  principal  hereof is paid or made  available for
payment,  and at such rate per annum on any overdue principal and on any overdue
installment of interest.  The interest so payable,  and punctually  paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest  Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture,
be  paid  to the  Person  in  whose  name  this  Debt  Security  (or one or more
Predecessor  Debt  Securities)  is  registered  at the close of  business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest,  which shall be the March 15 or September
15 (whether or not a Business  Day),  as the case may be,  next  preceding  such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date
and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Debt Security (or one or
more  Predecessor  Debt  Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special  Record Date for the payment of such  Defaulted  Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Debt Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special  


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Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not  inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debt Securities of
this  series  may be listed,  and upon such  notice as may be  required  by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.

         Payment of the  principal of and premium,  if any, and interest on this
Debt  Security  will be made at the office or agency of Harris Trust and Savings
Bank, Trustee, Chicago,  Illinois, in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legal  tender for the  payment of public
and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment
of interest  may be made by check  mailed to the address of the Person  entitled
thereto  as such  address  shall  appear  in the  Security  Register  or by wire
transfer to an account designated by such person pursuant to an arrangement that
is satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company.

         Reference  is  hereby  made to the  further  provisions  of  this  Debt
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

         Unless the  certificate of  authentication  hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof,  by manual  signature,  this Debt
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:                                    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
      ----------------------

                                        By 
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                 Senior Vice President
                                                   and Treasurer

ATTEST:


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Assistant Secretary


                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

         This is one of the Debt  Securities  of the series  referred  to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                                              HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
                                              as Trustee


                                             By 
                                               ------------------------------
                                                    Authorized Signatory



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                                 Reverse of Bond

         This Debt Security is one of a duly  authorized  issue of securities of
the Company  (herein called the "Debt  Securities"),  issued and to be issued in
one or more series  under an  Indenture,  dated as of January  15, 1993  (herein
called the "Indenture"), between the Company, and Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
as Trustee  (herein  called the  "Trustee,"  which term  includes any  successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto  reference  is hereby made for a  statement  of the  respective  rights,
limitations  of rights,  duties and  immunities  thereunder of the Company,  the
Trustee and the Holders of the Debt  Securities  and of the terms upon which the
Debt  Securities  are, and are to be,  authenticated  and  delivered.  This Debt
Security  is  one of the  series  designated  on the  face  hereof,  limited  in
aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000.

         If an Event of Default with respect to Debt  Securities  of this series
shall occur and be  continuing,  the  principal of the Debt  Securities  of this
series  may be  declared  due and  payable  in the  manner  and with the  effect
provided in the Indenture.

     This Debt Security may be redeemed at any time prior to the Stated Maturity
of the principal hereof at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal
to the greater of (1) the principal  amount or (2) the sum of the present values
of the  remaining  scheduled  payments of  principal  and  interest on this Debt
Security,  discounted to the Redemption  Date on a semiannual  basis (assuming a
360-day year  consisting  of twelve  30-day  months) at the Treasury  Yield plus
0.20%, plus in each case accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

     "Treasury  Yield" means,  with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per
annum equal to the  semiannual  equivalent  yield to maturity of the  Comparable
Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as
a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
the Redemption Date.

     "Comparable  Treasury  Issue"  means the United  States  Treasury  security
selected by an Independent  Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Debt Securities that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary  financial  practice,  in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Debt Securities.

     "Independent Investment Banker" means Salomon Smith Barney Inc. or, if such
firm is  unwilling  or  unable to  select  the  Comparable  Treasury  Issue,  an
independent  investment banking institution of national standing selected by the
Company and appointed by the Trustee.

     "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i)
the  average  of the bid and asked  prices  for the  Comparable  Treasury  Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage  of its  principal  amount) on the third
business  day  preceding  such  Redemption  Date,  as set  forth  in  the  daily
statistical  release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New  York  and  designated  "Composite  3:30  p.m.  Quotations  for U.S.
Government Securities" or (ii) if that release (or any successor release) is not
published or does not contain such prices on such  business day, (A) the average
of the Reference  Treasury  Dealer  Quotations for such Redemption  Date,  after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference  Treasury Dealer  Quotations for
such  Redemption  Date,  or (B) if the  Company  obtains  fewer  than  four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.


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<PAGE>

     "Reference   Treasury  Dealer  Quotations"  means,  with  respect  to  each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the  Trustee,  of the bid and asked  prices for the  Comparable  Treasury  Issue
(expressed  in each case as a  percentage  of its  principal  amount)  quoted in
writing to the  Trustee by such  Reference  Treasury  Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the
third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

     "Reference  Treasury  Dealer"  means each of  Salomon  Smith  Barney  Inc.,
Prudential  Securities  Incorporated,  Warburg Dillon Read LLC, Chase Securities
Inc., and PaineWebber Incorporated,  and their respective successors,  provided,
however,  that  if  any  of the  foregoing  shall  cease  to be a  primary  U.S.
Government Securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the
Company shall substitute for it another Primary Treasury Dealer.

     If the Company elects to redeem less than all of the Debt  Securities,  the
Trustee shall select, in a manner it deems fair and appropriate,  the particular
Debt Securities or portions of them to be redeemed.  Notice of redemption  shall
be given by mail not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the  Redemption
Date to the Holders of Debt  Securities  to be redeemed  (which,  as long as the
Debt Securities are held in the book-entry  only system,  will be The Depository
Trust Company,  its nominees or  successors).  On and after the Redemption  Date
(unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and interest
accrued  thereon  to such  date),  interest  shall  cease to  accrue on the Debt
Securities or the portions of them called for redemption.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment  thereof and the  modification  of the rights and  obligations  of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Debt  Securities  of each series to
be affected  under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the  consent  of the  Holders  of a  majority  in  principal  amount of the Debt
Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture
also contains  provisions  permitting  the Holders of specified  percentages  in
principal amount of the Debt Securities of each series at the time  Outstanding,
on  behalf  of the  Holders  of all Debt  Securities  of such  series,  to waive
compliance  by the Company with certain  provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults  under the Indenture and their  consequences.  Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Debt Security  shall be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future  Holders of this Debt  Security  and of any Debt
Security issued upon the  registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu  hereof,  whether or not  notation of such  consent or waiver is made
upon this Debt Security.

         No  reference  herein to the  Indenture  and no  provision of this Debt
Security  or of the  Indenture  shall  alter or  impair  the  obligation  of the
Company,  which is  absolute  and  unconditional,  to pay the  principal  of and
premium,  if any,  and  interest on this Debt  Security at the times,  place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided  in and subject to the  provisions  of the  Indenture,  the
Holder  of this  Debt  Security  shall  not have  the  right  to  institute  any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee  or for any other  remedy  thereunder,  unless  such  Holder  shall have
previously  given the Trustee  written  notice of a continuing  Event of Default
with respect to the Debt Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than
25% in principal  amount of the Debt  Securities of this series (or, in the case
of certain Events of Default under the Indenture, not less than 25% in principal
amount of all  Securities)  at the time  Outstanding  shall  have  made  written
request to the  Trustee  to  institute  proceedings  in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable  indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received  from the Holders of a majority in  principal  amount of
Debt Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction  inconsistent
with such request,  and shall have failed to 


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<PAGE>

institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Debt Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal
hereof or any premium or interest  hereon on or after the  respective  due dates
expressed herein.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth,  the transfer of this Debt  Security is  registrable  in the Security
Register,  upon surrender of this Debt Security for  registration of transfer at
the office or agency of the  Company  in any place  where the  principal  of and
premium,  if any, and interest of this Debt Security are payable,  duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written  instrument of transfer in form  satisfactory to
the Company and the Security  Registrar  duly  executed by, the Holder hereof or
the Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing,  and thereupon one or more new
Debt  Securities of this series and of like tenor,  of authorized  denominations
and for the same aggregate  principal  amount,  will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

         The Debt Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral  multiples  thereof.  As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain  limitations therein set forth,
Debt Securities of this series are exchangeable  for a like aggregate  principal
amount of Debt  Securities  of this  series and of like  tenor,  of a  different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such  registration  of transfer
or exchange,  but the Company may require  payment of a sum  sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

         Prior to due  presentment  of this Debt  Security for  registration  of
transfer,  the Company,  the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Debt Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all  purposes,  whether or not this Debt  Security  be  overdue,  and
neither the Company,  the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.

         All terms used in this Debt Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

         The following  abbreviations,  when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate,  shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.




TEN COM  -  as tenants in common                          UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -

TEN ENT  -  as tenants by the entireties                   Custodian  
                                                  ---------          ----------
JT TEN   -  as joint tenants with right of         (Cust)             (Minor) 
            survivorship and not as tenants       under Uniform Gifts of Minors 
            in common                            
                                                  Act
                                                     --------------------------
                                                             (State)

 
    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


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                                   ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

Please insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee


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PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting 
and appointing

                                                                       Attorney
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to  transfer  the said Note on the  books of the  Company,  with  full  power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:


                             -------------------------------------------------
                     NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond
                             with the name as written upon the face of the
                             within instrument in every particular,
                             without alteration or enlargement or any change
                             whatsoever.


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                    Annex B (See Exhibit 1 to this Form 8-K) 



Southern California Edison Logo
                              

                                                                     

                                 March 31, 1999


Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California  91770

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         This  opinion is rendered in  connection  with the offering and sale of
$300,000,000   aggregate  principal  amount  of  6.65%  Notes,  Due  2029  (the
"Securities") of Southern  California Edison Company,  a California  corporation
(the  "Company"),  registered  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), pursuant to Registration Statement Nos. 33-59001 and 333-497.


         As  Assistant   General   Counsel  of  the  Company,   I  have  general
responsibility   over  the  attorneys   within  the  Company's  Law   Department
responsible  for  rendering  legal counsel to the Company  regarding  corporate,
financial,   and  securities   matters.   I  am  generally   familiar  with  the
organization,  history,  and affairs of the Company. I am also familiar with the
proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities, and I have examined such corporate records,
certificates,  and  other  documents  and  such  questions  of the law as I have
considered  necessary  or  appropriate  for the  purposes  of this  opinion.  In
addition, I have responsibility for supervising lawyers who may have been asked,
by me or others, to review legal matters arising in connection with the offering
and sale of the Securities.  Accordingly, some of the matters referred to herein
have not been handled  personally  by me, but I have been made familiar with the
facts  and  circumstances  and  the  applicable  law,  and the  opinions  herein
expressed are my own or are opinions of others in which I concur.

         Based upon the foregoing, I advise you that, in my opinion:

         (1)  The  Company  has  been  duly  incorporated  and  is  an  existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California.

         (2) Subject to the continued effectiveness of the appropriate orders of
the Public  Utilities  Commission  of the State of  California  authorizing  the
issuance and sale of the Securities, when the Securities have been duly executed
and authenticated in accordance with the related  Indenture,  and the Securities
have been  issued and sold as  contemplated  in the  Prospectus  and  Prospectus
Supplement  relating to the Securities,  the Securities will constitute  legally
valid and binding obligations of the Company.


<PAGE>



Southern California Edison Company
March 31, 1999
Page Two


         I hereby  consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  and to the reference to me under the heading  "Validity of
Debt  Securities" in the  Prospectus.  In giving such consent,  I do not thereby
admit that I am in the  category  of persons  whose  consent is  required  under
Section 7 of the Act.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     KENNETH S. STEWART
                                                  ---------------------------
                                                     KENNETH S. STEWART
                                                   Assistant General Counsel

              


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED UTILITY-RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

                       RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

                             (Thousands of Dollars)

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<CAPTION>


                                                                             Year Ended December 31,
                                            ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                1993             1994           1995            1996          1997          1998
                                            ------------     ------------    ------------    -----------   -----------    ----------


EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
  AND FIXED CHARGES:

<S>                                         <C>              <C>             <C>             <C>           <C>           <C>        
Income before interest expense (1)          $ 1,127,275      $ 1,081,800     $ 1,143,477    $ 1,108,410    $ 1,049,866   $   999,910
Add:
  Taxes on income (2)                           408,033          452,091         509,632        511,819        520,468       442,356
  Rentals (3)                                     3,463            3,512           4,018          3,269          2,639         2,208
  Allocable portion of interest
      on long-term Contracts for
      the purchase of power (4)                   1,890            1,870           1,848          1,824          1,797         1,767
  Spent nuclear fuel interest (6)                   487               68               -              -              -             -
  Amortization of previously capitalized
      fixed charges                               4,878            2,271           1,185            814          1,127         1,571
                                            -----------     ------------     -----------    -----------    -----------   -----------
Total earnings before income
  taxes and fixed charges (A)               $ 1,546,026      $ 1,541,612     $ 1,660,160    $ 1,626,136    $ 1,575,897   $ 1,447,812
                                            ===========     ============     ===========    ===========    ===========   ===========




FIXED CHARGES:
  Interest and amortization                 $   449,230      $   443,219     $   463,786    $   453,015     $  444,272   $   484,788
  Rentals (3)                                     3,463            3,512           4,018          3,269          2,639         2,208
  Capitalized fixed charges -
      nuclear fuel (5)                              978              254           1,531          1,711          2,398         1,294
  Allocable portion of interest on
      long-term contracts for
      the purchase of power (4)                   1,890            1,870           1,848          1,824          1,797         1,767
  Spent nuclear fuel interest (6)                   487               68               -              -              -             -
                                            -----------     ------------     -----------   ------------     ----------   -----------
Total fixed charges (B)                     $   456,048     $    448,923     $   471,183   $    459,819     $  451,106   $   490,057
                                            ===========     ============     ===========   ============     ==========   ===========


RATIO OF EARNINGS TO
  FIXED CHARGES (A) / (B):                         3.39             3.43            3.52           3.54           3.49          2.95
                                            ===========     ============     ===========   ============     ==========   ===========
</TABLE>






(1)   Includes allowance for funds used during construction and accrual of 
      unbilled revenue.
(2)   Includes allocation of federal income and state franchise taxes to other 
      income.
(3)   Rentals include the interest factor relating to certain significant 
      rentals plus one-third of all remaining annual rentals.
(4)   Allocable portion of interest included in annual minimum debt service
      requirement of supplier.
(5)   Includes fixed charges associated with Nuclear Fuel.
(6)   Represents interest on spent nuclear fuel disposal obligation.



                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 FORM T-1

                         Statement of Eligibility
                   Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
               of a Corporation Designated to Act as Trustee

             Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility
             of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ______



                       HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
                             (Name of Trustee)

 
          Illinois                                      36-1194448
   (State of Incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


            111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois  60603   
                (Address of principal executive offices)


               Judith Bartolini, Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
               311 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
                   312-461-2527 phone 312-461-3525 facsimile
          (Name, address and telephone number for agent for service)






                  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
                             (Obligor)


          California                                    95-1240335
   (State of Incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                      2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
                      Rosemead California 91770
              (Address of principal executive offices)



                                Notes

                   (Title of indenture securities)

<PAGE>



     1.  GENERAL  INFORMATION.  Furnish  the  following  information  as to  the
         Trustee:

         (a) Name and address of each  examining  or  supervising  authority  to
             which it is subject.

                  Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies,  State of Illinois,
                  Springfield, Illinois; Chicago Clearing House Association, 164
                  West Jackson  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois;  Federal Deposit
                  Insurance   Corporation,   Washington,   D.C.;  The  Board  of
                  Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

         (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

                  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank is  authorized  to  exercise
                  corporate trust powers.

 2.      AFFILIATIONS  WITH  OBLIGOR.  If the  Obligor  is an  affiliate  of the
         Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

                  The Obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee.

 3. through 15.

                  NO RESPONSE NECESSARY

16.      LIST OF EXHIBITS.

         1.   A copy of the  articles  of  association  of the Trustee as now in
              effect  which  includes  the  authority of the trustee to commence
              business and to exercise corporate trust powers.

              A copy of the  Certificate  of Merger  dated April 1, 1972 between
              Harris Trust and Savings Bank, HTS Bank and Harris Bankcorp,  Inc.
              which  constitutes  the articles of  association of the Trustee as
              now in  effect  and  includes  the  authority  of the  Trustee  to
              commence business and to exercise corporate trust powers was filed
              in connection  with the  Registration  Statement of Louisville Gas
              and Electric Company, File No. 2-44295, and is incorporated herein
              by reference.

         2. A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee.

              A copy  of the  existing  by-laws  of the  Trustee  was  filed  in
              connection with the Registration  Statement of Commercial  Federal
              Corporation,  File No.  333-20711,  and is incorporated  herein by
              reference.

         3. The consents of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

                  (included as Exhibit A on page 2 of this statement)

         4.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee  published
              pursuant  to  law  or  the  requirements  of  its  supervising  or
              examining authority.

                  (included as Exhibit B on page 3 of this statement)


                                       1
<PAGE>

                              SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee,
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS  BANK, a corporation  organized and existing  under the
laws of the State of Illinois,  has duly caused this statement of eligibility to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  all in
the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 9th day of March, 1999.

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


By:         J. Bartolini
     ----------------------------              
            J. Bartolini
           Vice President

EXHIBIT A

The consents of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as the Trustee herein named, hereby consents that
reports of examinations of said trustee by Federal and State  authorities may be
furnished by such  authorities to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission  upon
request therefor.

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


By:        J. Bartolini
     --------------------------
           J. Bartolini
          Vice President



                                       2
<PAGE>

EXHIBIT B
Attached is a true and correct  copy of the  statement  of  condition  of Harris
Trust and Savings Bank as of December 31, 1998, as published in accordance  with
a call made by the State Banking  Authority  and by the Federal  Reserve Bank of
the Seventh Reserve District.

                            [Harris Logo] HARRIS BANK

                          Harris Trust and Savings Bank
                             111 West Monroe Street
                             Chicago, Illinois 60603

of Chicago,  Illinois,  And Foreign and Domestic  Subsidiaries,  at the close of
business on  December  31,  1998,  a state  banking  institution  organized  and
operating  under the  banking  laws of this  State  and a member of the  Federal
Reserve System.  Published in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of
Banks and Trust  Companies of the State of Illinois  and by the Federal  Reserve
Bank of this District.

                         Bank's Transit Number 71000288
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                    THOUSANDS
                         ASSETS                                                    OF DOLLARS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
<S>                                                                               <C>        
         Non-interest bearing balances and currency and coin                      $ 1,435,233
         Interest bearing balances                                                     98,929
Securities:
a.  Held-to-maturity securities                                                             0
b.  Available-for-sale securities                                                   5,295,498
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell                151,575
Loans and lease financing receivables:
              Loans and leases, net of unearned income                $9,320,939
              LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses                 108,280
                                                                      ----------

              Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, 
              and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b)                                    $ 9,212,659
Assets held in trading accounts                                                       252,881
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)                              271,540
Other real estate owned                                                                   366
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies                        57
Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding                           30,829
Intangible assets                                                                     257,627
Other assets                                                                        1,093,599
                                                                                  -----------

TOTAL ASSETS                                                                      $18,100,793
                                                                                  ===========
</TABLE>



                                       3
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                           LIABILITIES
Deposits:
<S>                                                                               <C>        
     In domestic offices                                                          $10,270,499
              Non-interest bearing                                    $3,410,568
              Interest bearing                                         6,859,931
     In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's                   935,609
              Non-interest bearing                                        69,215
              Interest bearing                                           866,394              
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to 
repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and 
Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's:
Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase            3,642,049
Trading Liabilities                                                                   131,909
Other borrowed money:                                                               
a.  With remaining maturity of one year or less                                     1,107,125      
b.  With remaining maturity of more than one year                                           0
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding                               30,829
Subordinated notes and debentures                                                     225,000
Other liabilities                                                                     424,376
                                                                                  -----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                 $16,767,396
                                                                                  ===========

                                 EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock                                                                      $   100,000
Surplus                                                                               608,116  
a.  Undivided profits and capital reserves                                            593,973
b.  Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities             31,308
                                                                                  -----------

TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                                              $ 1,333,397
                                                                                  ===========

Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital               $18,100,793
                                                                                  ===========
</TABLE>

         I, Pamela Piarowski,  Vice President of the above-named bank, do hereby
declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance  with the
instructions  issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

                                PAMELA PIAROWSKI
                                     1/27/99

         We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report
of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and, to the best of our
knowledge and belief,  has been prepared in  conformance  with the  instructions
issued  by the  Board  of  Governors  of the  Federal  Reserve  System  and  the
Commissioner  of Banks and Trust  Companies of the State of Illinois and is true
and correct.

                  EDWARD W. LYMAN,
                  ALAN G. McNALLY,
                  RICHARD E. TERRY
                                                                 Directors.




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