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                                                 EXHIBIT 20.1


Southern California Edison 
An EDISON INTERNATIONAL Company

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                        Contact:  Tom Higgins
                                              (818)  302-2255
              World Wide Web Address:  http://www.edisonx.com


    Edison Plans to Divest 12 Power Plants in California 

    ROSEMEAD, Calif., Nov. 21, 1996-The Board of Directors of Edison
International and its electric utility subsidiary, Southern California
Edison, today approved a plan to sell by auction 12 power plants in SCE's
service territory.  This represents 100% of the utility's natural gas and
oil-fueled generation assets.  Edison International and its subsidiaries
will not bid for these assets in the auctions scheduled to begin in summer
1997. 

    The 12 power plants, all located within SCE's California service
territory, have a total rated operating capacity of about 10,000 megawatts
and have a combined book value of about $700 million.  Although SCE
believes the transaction would be the largest asset sale of generation
capacity in the electric industry's history, the plants to be sold
currently produce slightly less than 20% of the power delivered to Edison
customers and represent less than 10% of Edison's total current investment
in its California utility system.

    The 12 plants are:

        Alamitos Generating Station, Long Beach   
        Cool Water Generating Station, Daggett   
        Ellwood Generating Station, Santa Barbara  
        El Segundo Generating Station, El Segundo   
        Etiwanda Generating Station, San Bernardino   
        Highgrove Generating Station, San Bernardino   
        Huntington Beach Generating Station, Huntington Beach   
        Long Beach Generating Station, Long Beach   
        Mandalay Generating Station, Ventura   
        Ormond Beach Generating Station, Oxnard   
        Redondo Generating Station, Redondo Beach   
        San Bernardino Generating Station, San Bernardino   

    "We believe this plan is the best way to facilitate a smooth, timely
transition to a competitive electricity market and maximize value for our
shareholders and customers," said John Bryson, chairman and chief
executive officer of Edison International and SCE.

    "In the future, the generation of power will be largely unregulated. 
Although we are selling these regulated plants, Edison International--
through its competitive power generation company, Edison Mission Energy,
as well as through SCE--will continue to be a major participant in
generation markets throughout California, the nation, and the world.  We
know this business and remain committed to it," Bryson said.  Edison
Mission Energy is one of the largest independent power producers in the
world.

    He said the utility will continue to own and operate its hydroelectric
power facilities in California and the San Onofre nuclear power plant near
San Clemente, and will continue to own a portion of the Palo Verde nuclear
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plant in Arizona.  San Onofre and Palo Verde will make the transition to
competition under separate plans previously approved by the California
Legislature  and  the  California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).  In
addition, Edison International has ownership interests in 14 power
projects in California through its Edison Mission Energy subsidiary, which
also develops and operates power plants worldwide.

    The company had announced last March that it intended to voluntarily
divest 50% of its oil and gas-fueled plant assets, in accordance with the
CPUC's restructuring decision.  That decision also required California
utilities to value their fossil power plants by the end of 2003.  AB1890,
California's new electric industry restructuring legislation, requires
that valuation to be completed by the end of 2001. The divestiture plan
announced today is contingent on the overall electric industry
restructuring implementation process continuing on a satisfactory path,
according to Bryson. 

    SCE's ownership share in its coal-fueled Mohave and Four Corners ower
plants in Nevada and New Mexico, respectively, also will be valued in
accordance with the requirements of AB1890.  Final determination about the
ownership of those plants will be made after additional analysis is
completed.  

    SCE will operate and maintain the 12 divested power plants for at
least two years following their sale, as mandated by California's
restructuring legislation.  "This will ensure that nearly all the
employees operating these plants today will continue to have the
opportunity to further their careers in the generation business," said
Stephen Frank, president and chief operating officer of SCE.  "In
addition, we will offer workforce transition programs to those Edison
employees who may be impacted by divestiture-related job reductions," he
said.

    SCE will file a detailed plan for the sale of the 12 power plants with
the California Public Utilities Commission before the end of November. 
New Harbor Inc. is advising the company on the transactions.  Parties
interested in bidding on the power plants should contact John G. Paton,
managing director of New Harbor Inc., at (212) 486-3668 or Ted Craver,
Edison International vice president and treasurer, at (818) 302-1089. 


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Southern California Edison is one of six Edison International companies.
It is the nation's second largest electric utility, serving more than 11
million people in a 50,000-square-mile area within central, coastal and
southern California.  The other related companies are Edison Mission
Energy, Edison Capital, Edison Source, Edison EV (Electric Vehicles),and
Edison Select.