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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Schedule Of Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Schedule of Contingency Accruals and Changes | The following table presents changes in estimated losses since December 31, 2019:
(in millions) |
Loss estimate balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | 4,541 |
Increase in accrued estimated losses to reflect best estimate | 1,297 |
Amounts paid | (1,455) |
Loss estimate balance at December 31, 2020 1 | 4,383 |
1 At December 31, 2020, $2,231 million in current liabilities, wildfire-related claims, on Edison International's and SCE's consolidated balance sheets includes an estimate for claims brought by insurance subrogation plaintiffs in the Woolsey Fire litigation, which were subsequently settled on January 22, 2021 for $2,212 million, and $19 million of other settlements executed in connection with the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events. At December 31, 2020, the $2,281 million included in deferred credits and other liabilities, wildfire-related claims on Edison International's and SCE's consolidated balance sheets includes Edison International and SCE's best estimate of expected losses for remaining alleged and potential claims related to the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events after giving effect to the Woolsey Subrogation Settlement of $2,152 million and other wildfire-related claims estimates of $129 million. For the years-ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, Edison International's and SCE's consolidated statements of income include charges for the estimated losses, net of expected recoveries from insurance and FERC customers, related to the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events as follows:
| Year ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2020 |  | 2019
Charge for wildfire-related claims | $ | 1,297 |  |  | $ | 232 |
Expected revenue from FERC customers | (84) |  |  | (14) |
Total pre-tax charge | 1,213 |  |  | 218 |
Income tax benefit | (339) |  |  | (61) |
Total after-tax charge | $ | 874 |  |  | $ | 157 |
The following table presents changes in expected insurance recoveries associated with the estimated losses for the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events since December 31, 2019:
(in millions) |
Balance at December 31, 2019 1 | $ | 1,710 |
Insurance recoveries | (1,002) |
Balance at December 31, 2020 | $ | 708 |
1 At December 31, 2019, the balance was included in "Other long-term assets" on the consolidated balance sheets of SCE and Edison International.
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Schedule Of Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Summary of Undiscounted Future Expected Payments for Power Purchase Agreements That Have Been Approved by the CPUC and Have Completed Major Milestones for Construction | At December 31, 2020, the undiscounted future expected minimum payments for the SCE PPAs (primarily related to renewable energy contracts), which were approved by the CPUC and met other critical contract provisions (including completion of major milestones for construction), were as follows:
(in millions) |  |  |  |  | Total
2021 |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,144 |
2022 |  |  |  |  | 3,066 |
2023 |  |  |  |  | 2,937 |
2024 |  |  |  |  | 2,349 |
2025 |  |  |  |  | 2,236 |
Thereafter |  |  |  |  | 21,756 |
Total future commitments 1 |  |  |  |  | $ | 35,488 |
1 Certain power purchase agreements are treated as operating or finance leases. For further discussion, see Note 13. Includes lease contracts commencing in 2021, 2022 and 2023 with future short-term lease expense of $242 million in 2021 and long-term minimum lease payments of $866 million.
Summary of Certain Future Other Commitments | The following summarizes the estimated minimum future commitments for SCE's other commitments:
(in millions) | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Other contractual obligations | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 368 |

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