SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 FORM T-1

                         Statement of Eligibility
                   Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
               of a Corporation Designated to Act as Trustee

             Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility
             of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ______



                       HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
                             (Name of Trustee)

 
          Illinois                                      36-1194448
   (State of Incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


            111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois  60603   
                (Address of principal executive offices)


               Judith Bartolini, Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
               311 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
                   312-461-2527 phone 312-461-3525 facsimile
          (Name, address and telephone number for agent for service)






                  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
                             (Obligor)


          California                                    95-1240335
   (State of Incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                      2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
                      Rosemead California 91770
              (Address of principal executive offices)



                                Notes

                   (Title of indenture securities)





     1.  GENERAL  INFORMATION.  Furnish  the  following  information  as to  the
         Trustee:

         (a) Name and address of each  examining  or  supervising  authority  to
             which it is subject.

                  Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies,  State of Illinois,
                  Springfield, Illinois; Chicago Clearing House Association, 164
                  West Jackson  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois;  Federal Deposit
                  Insurance   Corporation,   Washington,   D.C.;  The  Board  of
                  Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

         (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

                  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank is  authorized  to  exercise
                  corporate trust powers.

 2.      AFFILIATIONS  WITH  OBLIGOR.  If the  Obligor  is an  affiliate  of the
         Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

                  The Obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee.

 3. through 15.

                  NO RESPONSE NECESSARY

16.      LIST OF EXHIBITS.

         1.   A copy of the  articles  of  association  of the Trustee as now in
              effect  which  includes  the  authority of the trustee to commence
              business and to exercise corporate trust powers.

              A copy of the  Certificate  of Merger  dated April 1, 1972 between
              Harris Trust and Savings Bank, HTS Bank and Harris Bankcorp,  Inc.
              which  constitutes  the articles of  association of the Trustee as
              now in  effect  and  includes  the  authority  of the  Trustee  to
              commence business and to exercise corporate trust powers was filed
              in connection  with the  Registration  Statement of Louisville Gas
              and Electric Company, File No. 2-44295, and is incorporated herein
              by reference.

         2. A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee.

              A copy  of the  existing  by-laws  of the  Trustee  was  filed  in
              connection with the Registration  Statement of Commercial  Federal
              Corporation,  File No.  333-20711,  and is incorporated  herein by
              reference.

         3. The consents of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

                  (included as Exhibit A on page 2 of this statement)

         4.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee  published
              pursuant  to  law  or  the  requirements  of  its  supervising  or
              examining authority.

                  (included as Exhibit B on page 3 of this statement)


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                              SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee,
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS  BANK, a corporation  organized and existing  under the
laws of the State of Illinois,  has duly caused this statement of eligibility to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  all in
the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 9th day of March, 1999.

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


By:         J. Bartolini
     ----------------------------              
            J. Bartolini
           Vice President

EXHIBIT A

The consents of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as the Trustee herein named, hereby consents that
reports of examinations of said trustee by Federal and State  authorities may be
furnished by such  authorities to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission  upon
request therefor.

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


By:        J. Bartolini
     --------------------------
           J. Bartolini
          Vice President



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EXHIBIT B
Attached is a true and correct  copy of the  statement  of  condition  of Harris
Trust and Savings Bank as of December 31, 1998, as published in accordance  with
a call made by the State Banking  Authority  and by the Federal  Reserve Bank of
the Seventh Reserve District.

                            [Harris Logo] HARRIS BANK

                          Harris Trust and Savings Bank
                             111 West Monroe Street
                             Chicago, Illinois 60603

of Chicago,  Illinois,  And Foreign and Domestic  Subsidiaries,  at the close of
business on  December  31,  1998,  a state  banking  institution  organized  and
operating  under the  banking  laws of this  State  and a member of the  Federal
Reserve System.  Published in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of
Banks and Trust  Companies of the State of Illinois  and by the Federal  Reserve
Bank of this District.

                         Bank's Transit Number 71000288



                                                                                    THOUSANDS
                         ASSETS                                                    OF DOLLARS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
                                                                                       
         Non-interest bearing balances and currency and coin                      $ 1,435,233
         Interest bearing balances                                                     98,929
Securities:
a.  Held-to-maturity securities                                                             0
b.  Available-for-sale securities                                                   5,295,498
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell                151,575
Loans and lease financing receivables:
              Loans and leases, net of unearned income                $9,320,939
              LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses                 108,280
                                                                      ----------

              Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, 
              and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b)                                    $ 9,212,659
Assets held in trading accounts                                                       252,881
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)                              271,540
Other real estate owned                                                                   366
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies                        57
Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding                           30,829
Intangible assets                                                                     257,627
Other assets                                                                        1,093,599
                                                                                  -----------

TOTAL ASSETS                                                                      $18,100,793
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                                           LIABILITIES
Deposits:
                                                                                       
     In domestic offices                                                          $10,270,499
              Non-interest bearing                                    $3,410,568
              Interest bearing                                         6,859,931
     In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's                   935,609
              Non-interest bearing                                        69,215
              Interest bearing                                           866,394              
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to 
repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and 
Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's:
Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase            3,642,049
Trading Liabilities                                                                   131,909
Other borrowed money:                                                               
a.  With remaining maturity of one year or less                                     1,107,125      
b.  With remaining maturity of more than one year                                           0
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding                               30,829
Subordinated notes and debentures                                                     225,000
Other liabilities                                                                     424,376
                                                                                  -----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                 $16,767,396
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                                 EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock                                                                      $   100,000
Surplus                                                                               608,116  
a.  Undivided profits and capital reserves                                            593,973
b.  Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities             31,308
                                                                                  -----------

TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                                              $ 1,333,397
                                                                                  ===========

Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital               $18,100,793
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         I, Pamela Piarowski,  Vice President of the above-named bank, do hereby
declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance  with the
instructions  issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

                                PAMELA PIAROWSKI
                                     1/27/99

         We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report
of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and, to the best of our
knowledge and belief,  has been prepared in  conformance  with the  instructions
issued  by the  Board  of  Governors  of the  Federal  Reserve  System  and  the
Commissioner  of Banks and Trust  Companies of the State of Illinois and is true
and correct.

                  EDWARD W. LYMAN,
                  ALAN G. McNALLY,
                  RICHARD E. TERRY
                                                                 Directors.