Expansion of the Southern California Edison system

FROM ITS BEGINNING in 1893, the Southern California Edison Company has grown to a 1,750,000-kw capacity system. This expansion is the direct result of population growth in southern California. Population approximately doubled during each decade except during that from 1930 to 1940. This rapid growth of population is due to immigration and was but temporarily retarded by the depression of the 1930´s. Energy use and demand in the service area of the company are growing at an even faster rate due to increasing use of electric power per capita.