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                                                       EXHIBIT 4.1.2
                 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
                  Authorized Officers' Certificate
              Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture

     C. Alex Miller and L. C. Clark, Authorized Officers of Southern
California Edison Company, a California corporation (the "Company"),
acting pursuant to the January 19, 1995 and July 20, 1995 resolutions of
the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board Resolutions") hereby
determine 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, in accordance with the following terms:

           (a)  The title of the Securities shall be the "6-3/8% Notes,
     Due 2006" (the "Notes").
     
           (b)  The aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be
     authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to
     $200,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon
     registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
     Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the
     Indenture).
     
           (c)  The Notes shall mature on January 15, 2006.
     
           (d)  The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 6-3/8% per
     annum from January 15, 1996.  The Interest Payment Dates for the
     Notes shall be January 15 and July 15 in each year, commencing July
     15, 1996.  The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such
     Interest Payment Dates shall be the January 1 or July 1 next
     preceding such January 15 or July 15, 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 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.
     
           (f)  The Notes may not be redeemed prior to maturity.
     
           (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 not be subject to discharge and
     defeasance at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 1301 of
     the Indenture.

           (i)  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 Brothers Inc, Chase Securities, Inc., Chemical
Securities Inc., PaineWebber Incorporated, Smith Barney Inc., Prudential
Securities Incorporated, BA Securities, Inc., and Redwood Securities
Group, Inc., (the "Underwriters") propose to offer the Notes at an initial
offering price of 99.744% of their principal amount.  The purchase price
of the Notes to be paid by the Underwriters shall be 99.308% of their
principal amount, plus accrued interest from January 15, 1996.  The
Underwriting Agreement, dated January 16, 1996, between the Company and
the Underwriters, relating to the Notes, attached hereto as Annex B, is
hereby approved.

     4.    Each of 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 each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him 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 each 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 have executed this certificate
as of January 16, 1996.



                                           C. Alex Miller
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                                           C. Alex Miller
                                    Vice President and Treasurer


                                             L. C. Clark
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                                             L. C. Clark
                                         Assistant Treasurer