A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert,

Southern California Edison (SCE), a unit of utility Edison International, agreed on Friday to pay $82.5 million to settle claims with the U.S. Forest Service for costs and damages resulting from the Bobcat Fire in 2020.

The United States filed a lawsuit in 2023 on behalf of the Forest Service against SCE and Utility Tree Service, claiming that the utility did not properly maintain trees that came into contact with power lines,