Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Reconciliation of income tax expense

The table below provides a reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the federal statutory income tax rate to the income tax provision:

	Edison International						SCE
	Three months ended March 31,
(in millions)	2016			2015			2016			2015
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	333		$	424		$	367		$	440
Provision for income tax at federal statutory rate of 35%	117			148			128			154
Increase in income tax from:
State tax, net of federal benefit	6			11			9			14
Property-related	(79		)	(60		)	(79		)	(60		)
Change related to uncertain tax positions	(1		)	15			(1		)	10
Other	(5		)	(8		)	(7		)	(11		)
Total income tax expense from continuing operations	$	38		$	106		$	50		$	107
Effective tax rate	11.4		%	25.0		%	13.6		%	24.3		%