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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000827052-01-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NT 10-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20001231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010402

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092103
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				951240335
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NT 10-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	002-26323
		FILM NUMBER:		1590673

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2244 WALNUT GROVE AVE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 800
		CITY:			ROSEMEAD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91770
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6263021212

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2244 WALNUT GROVE AVE
		CITY:			ROSEMEAD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91770
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 12b-25


                                                 Commission File Number 001-2313


                           NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING


(Check One):      [X] Form 10-K     [ ] Form 11-K  [ ] Form 20-F   [ ] Form 10-Q
[ ] Form N-SAR

For the Period Ended: December 31, 2000
                      -----------------

[   ] Transition Report on Form 10-K       [   ] Transition Report on Form 10-Q
[   ] Transition Report on Form 20-F       [   ] Transition Report on Form N-SAR
[   ] Transition Report on Form 11-K

               For the Transition Period Ended: __________________


     Read attached instruction sheet before preparing form. Please print or
type.

     Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has
verified any information contained herein.

     If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the item(s) to which the notification relates: ________________________
________________________________________________________________________________


                                     PART I
                             REGISTRANT INFORMATION

Full name of registrant: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
Former name if applicable:

________________________________________________________________________________

Address of principal executive office (Street and number):
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, (P.O. Box 800)

City, state and zip code:  Rosemead, California  91770
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                                     PART II
                             RULE 12b-25 (b) and (c)

     If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or
expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25 (b), the
following should be completed. (Check appropriate box.)

     [X]  (a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this
          form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense.

     [X]  (b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report
          on Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion thereof will be
          filed on or before the 15th calendar day following the prescribed due
          date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form
          10-Q, or portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth calendar
          day following the prescribed due date; and

     [X]  (c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule
          12b-25 (c) has been attached if applicable.

                                    PART III
                                    NARRATIVE

     State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F,
10-Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed within
the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)

     This Form 12b-25 relates to the inability of Southern California Edison
     Company (SCE) to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
     ended December 31, 2000. SCE will file the Form 10-K on or before April 17,
     2001, which is the 15th calendar day following the prescribed due date.
     When the Form 10-K is so filed, it should be deemed to be filed on the
     prescribed due date, in accordance with paragraph (b) of Rule 12b-25,
     because SCE was unable to timely file the Form 10-K without unreasonable
     effort or expense, as set forth below.

     SCE has been severely impacted by the energy crisis in California. Efforts
     to find solutions to the crisis and to deal with its financial effects on
     SCE have consumed the time and attention of executives and key staff
     personnel. For example, executives and legal and regulatory staff have been
     engaged in ongoing discussions and negotiations with the Governor of
     California and his representatives concerning an agreement that would
     resolve various aspects of the energy crisis and improve SCE's financial
     position. The proposed agreement may include provisions for SCE to sell
     assets to the State of California, issue bonds supported by a designated
     portion of SCE's customer rates, or otherwise recover its past investments
     and costs. Key personnel of SCE also have been occupied in discussions with
     leaders and members of the California Legislature regarding proposed and
     pending legislation affecting SCE's responsibility for ongoing power
     procurement costs, SCE's recovery of past costs, California's electric
     industry regulation and structure, the sale or retention of SCE's
     generation sources and other assets, means for financing SCE's past
     undercollected power procurement costs, and other matters. In addition, SCE
     is involved in multiple proceedings before the California Public Utilities
     Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
     dealing with, among other things, recovery of past costs and investments,
     regulatory mechanisms for recording costs and revenues, and the allocation
     of rate revenues between SCE and the California Department of Water
     Resources (CDWR). These proceedings, which are critical to the future of
     SCE, have demanded intense participation and support by a large number of
     SCE executives and legal, regulatory, financial and accounting personnel.
     The individuals whose time, energy and attention have been committed to the
     above efforts are the same executives, professionals and staff persons who
     are needed to prepare, review and finalize the Annual Report on Form 10-K,
     including the financial statements and management's discussion and
     analysis.

     Many of the proceedings and matters discussed above directly or indirectly
     affect SCE's financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31,
     2000, which must be reflected in the financial statements to be included in
     Form 10-K; SCE's financial condition, liquidity and prospects, which must
     be discussed in management's discussion and analysis in the Form 10-K; and
     the narrative

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     description of SCE's business, properties, legal proceedings and other
     matters required to be included in Form 10-K. The difficulties facing SCE
     in preparing and reviewing its Form 10-K report were compounded when, on
     March 27, 2001, the CPUC issued a series of decisions relating to
     California's energy crisis. One decision requires SCE to transfer monthly
     recorded amounts from SCE's transition revenue account, which is used to
     track certain ongoing costs, to SCE's transition cost balancing account,
     which is used to track recovery of past stranded investments. This transfer
     must be made retroactively to January 1, 1998. The CPUC's decisions, which
     are still being analyzed by SCE, are among the factors that may directly
     impact management's judgments about the probability of recovery of SCE's
     regulatory assets and, if any assets must charged against earnings, the
     amount of the charge. This impact will need to be reflected in SCE's
     year-end financial statements in the Form 10-K. In its March 27 decisions,
     the CPUC also ordered changes in SCE's rates and rate structure, adopted
     changes in pricing and payments for energy provided by certain suppliers,
     and implemented methodology for allocating revenues between SCE and the
     CDWR, among other things. The matters covered by the CPUC's decisions,
     which may have significant effects on SCE's business, are complex and the
     decisions are subject to varying interpretations in many respects. SCE is
     reviewing the decisions, and other breaking developments, to determine
     their impact on all the disclosures and information required to be included
     in Form 10-K.

     Because of all the factors discussed above, SCE could not have timely filed
     its Annual Report on Form 10-K without unreasonable effort or expense. In
     fact, in view of the CPUC's decisions on March 27, 2001, the Form 10-K
     could not have been completed by April 2, 2001 with any level of effort or
     expense. There simply was not enough time for SCE senior management and
     accounting, legal and regulatory personnel to analyze all the relevant
     information, make necessary judgments, reflect those judgments in
     qualitative and quantitive disclosures, have the disclosures reviewed by
     the audit committees and independent auditors, and physically complete a
     package for timely filing.

     In addition, Arthur Andersen LLP, SCE's independent auditors, have advised
     SCE that, as a result of the issues discussed above, they were unable to
     provide their audit report on SCE's financial statements on or before the
     prescribed due date. A statement from Arthur Andersen LLP is attached as
     Exhibit 1.


                                     PART IV
                                OTHER INFORMATION

(1)  Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
     notification

      Kenneth Stewart                       626                        302-6601
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         (name)                         (area code)           (telephone number)

(2)  Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act
     of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the
     registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is
     no, identify report(s).                                 [X] Yes [ ] No

(3)  Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from
     the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the
     earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion
     thereof?                                                [X] Yes [ ] No

     If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively
and quantitatively, and , if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable
estimate of the results cannot be made.

     While SCE is still analyzing the effects of the CPUC's March 27, 2001
     decisions and other relevant developments, SCE anticipates that a
     significant change in results of operations from the


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     corresponding periods of 1999 may be reflected in the earnings statements
     to be included in SCE's Annual Report on Form 10-K. Subject to further
     analysis and developments in the matters and proceedings described above,
     the year-end 2000 financial statements may show a substantial charge to
     earnings. The amount of the charge, if any, cannot be estimated at this
     time due to the uncertainties described above, but on an after-tax basis
     the amount could be as much as $2.7 billion (reflecting a charge of the
     entire undercollected balance of $4.5 billion in SCE's transition revenue
     account as of December 31, 2000, on an after-tax basis, or charges of other
     regulatory assets potentially affected by the CPUC's decisions and other
     developments).


                       SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
                  (Name of registrant as Specified in Charter)

Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  April 2, 2001                        By: THOMAS M. NOONAN
                                                -------------------------------
                                                THOMAS M. NOONAN
                                                Vice President and Controller

     INSTRUCTION. This form may be signed by an executive officer of the
     registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The name and
     title of the person signing the form shall by typed or printed beneath the
     signature. If the statement is signed on behalf of the registrant by an
     authorized representative (other than an executive officer), evidence of
     the representative's authority to sign shall be filed with the form.

                                    ATTENTION

     Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal
     violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001)

                              GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

     (1) This form is required by Rule 12b-25 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     (2) One signed original and four conformed copies of this form and
amendments thereto must be completed and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington D.C. 20549, in accordance with Rule 0-3 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Act. The information contained in or filed with
the form will be made a matter of the public record in the Commission files.

     (3) A manually signed copy of the form and amendments thereto shall be
filed with each national securities exchange on which any class of securities of
the registrant is registered.

     (4) Amendments to the notifications must also be filed on Form 12b-25 but
need not restate information that has been correctly furnished. The form shall
be clearly identified as an amended notification.

     (5) Electronic Filers. This form shall not be used by electronic filers
unable to timely file a report solely due to electronic difficulties. Filers
unable to submit a report within the time period prescribed due to difficulties
in electronic filing should comply with either Rule 201 or Rule 202 of
Regulation S-T or apply for an adjustment in filing date pursuant to Rule 13(b)
of Regulation S-T.



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                                   EXHIBIT 1


                                                                           LOGO
                                                                ARTHUR ANDERSEN

                                                            Arthur Andersen LLP
                                                          633 West Fifth Street
                                                     Los Angeles, CA 90071-2008
                                                               Tel 213 614 6500



Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove
Rosemead, California 91770




April 2, 2001



This is to confirm your understanding that we have not yet completed our audit
of the consolidated financial statements of Southern California Edison Company
for the year ended December 31, 2000. The reason we are unable to complete our
audit and provide our audit opinion is the result of the issues discussed under
Part III of Form 12b-25 dated April 2, 2001.


Very truly yours,



ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

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