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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 12b-25


                                                 Commission File Number 001-9936


                           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
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[   ] 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:_________________________
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                                     PART I
                             REGISTRANT INFORMATION

Full name of registrant: EDISON INTERNATIONAL
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 Edison International (EIX) to
     timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
     2000. EIX 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 EIX was unable to
     timely file the Form 10-K without unreasonable effort or expense, as set
     forth below.

     EIX and its utility subsidiary, Southern California Edison Company (SCE),
     have been severely impacted by the energy crisis in California. Efforts to
     find solutions to the crisis and to deal with its financial effects on EIX
     and SCE have consumed the time and attention of executives and key staff
     personnel at both companies. 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 EIX and 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 both EIX and SCE, have demanded intense
     participation and support by a large number of EIX and 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 EIX'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; EIX's financial condition, liquidity and prospects, which


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     must be discussed in management's discussion and analysis in the Form 10-K;
     and the narrative description of EIX's business, properties, legal
     proceedings and other matters required to be included in Form 10-K. The
     difficulties facing EIX 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 EIX and 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 EIX'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. EIX and SCE are 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, EIX 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 EIX and 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, EIX's independent auditors, have advised
     EIX that, as a result of the issues discussed above, they were unable to
     provide their audit report on EIX'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.


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     While EIX and SCE are still analyzing the effects of the CPUC's March 27,
     2001 decisions and other relevant developments, EIX anticipates that a
     significant change in results of operations from the corresponding periods
     of 1999 may be reflected in the earnings statements to be included in EIX'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).


                              EDISON INTERNATIONAL
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                  (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
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                                                 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
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                                                                ARTHUR ANDERSEN

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


Edison International
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 Edison International 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