UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 8, 2006

 

EDISON MISSION ENERGY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1700

Irvine, California  92612

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

949-752-5588

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

This current report includes forward-looking statements. Edison Mission Energy has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events based upon knowledge of facts as of the date of this current report and its assumptions about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may be outside Edison Mission Energy’s control. Edison Mission Energy has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This current report should be read with Edison Mission Energy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2006.

 

Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01  Other Events

 

EME reported in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2006 that Unit 3 of the Homer City facilities returned to service on May 5, 2006 after a suspension of operations that began on January 29, 2006 due to a transformer failure. On May 8, 2006, Unit 3 was taken out of service due to a tube leak which was unrelated to the earlier outage. The repair is currently expected to be completed so that the unit can be returned to service by the end of this week or shortly thereafter.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Edison Mission Energy
Date:	May 9, 2006		/s/ W. James Scilacci
			W. JAMES SCILACCI Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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