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Davenport has said it would be reckless to offer big raises, considering the sex abuse settlement, an estimated $2 billion in wildfire costs and threats from the Trump administration to slash millions in federal funding.

“The hottest ten years on record were all in the last decade, and the U.S. is experiencing increases in extreme heat, drought, wildfire and flooding,” Keith said.

Edison has been under scrutiny since Jan. 7, when videos captured the devastating Eaton wildfire igniting under one of its transmission towers.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has offered steady support to the Palisades Charter High baseball team ever since wildfires burned some of their homes.

The utility also said that “long settled law and precedent prevent water utilities, and their rate payers, from being liable for wildfire losses.”