Southern California Edison

In December 2015 I moved into an apartment in Palm Springs, California. The electrical service at my complex was installed in July 2015 about 5 months before I moved in. Shortly after moving in I noticed a spike in my electrical bill so I contacted SCE requesting that they send out a technician to investigate the matter; from December 2015 to December 2017 I contacted SCE approximately 10 times. In December 2017 SCE sent out a technician to my complex when my neighbor's service was mistakenly disconnected. During their investigation SCE learned that the meters in apartment 3 and 4 were crossed. At this point I have overpaid an estimated $200.00 for the past 2 years; to make matter worse SCE is hounding me for an unpaid balance of $1,600.00 and have disconnected my service twice. I'm presently looking for legal assistance to help me resolve this matter. I can be reached at the following email address: **.

I have take over a business. I never know my unit have 2 meters. Meter on my name since transferred to new owner no problem because I taking care all my bills never miss or late (this meter is outside the building). Now, SCE turn off my service with the reason this meter (inside building) never paying the BILLS since 2008. All the prior owner of this unit, they never know either. They said, the bill is more than $15,000. If a person, does not pay the bill, then get a NOTICE, after that will shut-off right away. 10 years. Never Shut off... They ask me to taking the bills then service is on. IDIOT. Period, if I suppose to pay the bills. I am telling to all my friends, they laughing and response "Idiot... Are you kidding me?" SCE... Is untouchable... Only SCE providing energy here.

I am paying upwards of $450 a month attributed to that high usage BS. Ok, so I used my air conditioner more than normal because we had a hot California summer this year. My bill has literally gone up 50 to 75 percent every month. Is solar hitting you that hard SCE, that you have to piss on the consumer? Someone needs to investigate the logistics of this crappy overcharging racket. Just because SCE is seemingly untouchable, somebody must be making noise about this scam. Or maybe we are being herded, like sheep, to solar. Funny how a power company can make you feel powerless... pun intended.

I have been unfortunately a customer with this disgusting company for many years. I am 83 years of age. My daughter takes care of everything for me because I do not drive and I do not use the computer. When the bill was due my daughter was out of the country and I didn't know the bill was due. They turned off the electricity and now they are asking for a deposit. I explained to them the situation and they did not care one bit. I showed them proof of what they asked for which was my daughters itinerary so I can prove to them that she was out of the country that morning and that she came the same day from her trip when they shut off the electricity. Then they came up with another excuse that they didn't care meanwhile they told me to show them the proof.

I keep hearing from SCE that I'm using too much energy and if I need to be cooler, to get in my car and drive to a local library that has air conditioning. I have air conditioning and don't use it for more than 4 hours a day. There is also a gadget on my air conditioner that allows SCE to turn it off if demand is too high. I'm 82 years old and have shortness of breath. I don't think I should have to drive somewhere to cool off. What's wrong with these people? I pay my bills in full each month. I think that's good enough. I cannot deal with the 80 degree heat and need them to give me a break.

Fifth All Day Power Outage. Repeatedly over the course of about a year SCE has felt it just fine to turn off power generally about 9 or 11 hrs (they have not once finished before their planned time of 8 hours) in the most critically hot time of the year for our location. This has occurred repeatedly last summer and now this summer. They are replacing power poles which is fine; however instead of doing the work with a single outage to each neighborhood and moving on, they keep returning with zero concern for elderly or infirm residents and pets that can potentially become critically ill from the heat.

This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. The first widespread power outage was supposed to be for a few hours. They were analyzing it. Why give an estimated time if you don't know what it is. Ridiculous. Every time you called more extensions and lies. Two days without power. An entire refrigerator of food gone. They said faulty equipment. But they fixed it. Happened again last week. Are we still hooked up to faulty equipment? Did you just say you fixed it so mad people will stop calling? Third time, power out. No idea of any restoration time but they're on it. I guess I'm still hooked up to faulty equipment or they still haven't fixed the original problem and just keep stringing everyone along. No confidence in the equipment or the company. Wouldn't trust you people with flashlights. Worst utility company EVER.

I have been trying to find a way to get back. Without a problem with this company. Due to me accidentally forgetting to send a payment on my security deposit. Every time someone misses a payment I guess they have to pay another deposit again.

SCE is a great company that focuses on customer satisfaction as well as focusing on the welfare of their employees. They are great! This huge company actually cares!

I find it hard to believe that when summer comes, I don't ever turn on my A/C but yet my bill goes up. I wish there was a mock house used by investigators to see if the billing is correct.

So. Cal Edison has always responded to a service call quickly. Always professional and courteous and on time. Any power failures have been corrected quickly.

I'm very satisfied with this company. It took them 3 yrs to credit my deposit but it had interest to it so that was fine with me. Thank you.

A generational electric supplier. Still think it's way too much regardless of whom you're with. But SCE has great rebate and also low income schedules and are always able to push bills if you can't make the due date. Great for outdoor overhead powerlines and tree trimming at their expense.

Southern California Edison is extremely expensive and abusive increasing rates, especially when you are retired and living in a fix income, very frustrating. They should be more considerate of customers, I wonder about the kind of salaries their management earns at the expense of their customers like myself, I am sure well above of what I ever earned.

SCE is a monopoly, and they know it. They are in perpetual negotiations with the Public Utilities Commission for ever rising power charges. Their product is over-priced and the reliability is questionable. I have had several outages lately, the longest being over 12 hours last winter during a heavy rainstorm. In addition, their tiered charging structure penalizes the customer for using Air Conditioning when we need it the most. I'm retired and my sick wife and I are normally stuck in the house on hot summer days where the outside temperature often exceeds 90 degrees. Our bill is outsized compared to the power we consume when compared with neighboring communities such as Anaheim. SCE is not a customer-friendly company.

As good as a utility company can be, Southern California Edison fits the bill, no pun intended. My dealings with them have always been positive. No issues.

A couple months ago we received a letter stating we use more electricity than our neighbors. I think Edison was hoping that we don't talk to each other because every neighbor that we talked to got the same letter. These ** are feeling the loss to solar and they are trying to recoup the losses from all the current customers. CROOKS!

We live in a 2 bedroom apartment and the billing is more than the 5 bedroom home with pool we previously lived in. SCE is unwilling to assist in determining the high cost accrued by residents here at the complex.

These people do not care at all about their customers. They have the least helpful Customer Service department I've ever seen and their Bill Pay by Phone is a complete scam. In November, I paid my regular account and my deposit account (which I had to have for missing a payment arrangement on one of my horrendous summer electric bills) over the phone using my bank debit card. I got confirmation #'s for both transactions and didn't think anything of it until I received a disconnect notice in December on my regular account. After finally getting nowhere with the CSR on the phone, I reached a supervisor named Anthony, who seemed to actually care and want to help. He even gave me his DIRECT LINE AND BUSINESS HOURS TO CALL HIM DIRECT - so - today when I called him about my deposit account disconnect notice he said he was busy on calls and that his direct line isn't for regular customers to call in on...ha!

So for the past 4 years, my neighbor and I have been paying each other's power bills, this is because SoCal Edison had made a mistake and crossed our meters during set up. This had gone unnoticed as our bills were similar until this summer when my neighbor's power bill went up to $300. After that, he went on a 3-month journey of getting the runaround from SoCal Edison until they finally found the problem of switched meters.

Power got shut off around 10 AM. Went outside to investigate, and saw a bucket truck parked in the middle of my small one lane road. I went outside to investigate the time and duration. Upon reaching the supervisor Richard ** of JLS Engineering, I was informed that the power would be off until 2 pm. As I normally work from home, I told him that I had to get out and this street was the only way in or out. His immediate response was "Well, we had let everyone know two weeks ago" and shrugged his shoulders. To which, knowing this was not right, I asked for his name and who to complain. When I returned with my camera to film the actions, he finally got his truck to move and maintained he never said he wouldn't move.

Recently my mobile park converted to meters. In which my power was turn off without a notice from Edison. When I try to call I got transfer like 10 times by so many represented I lost count. After trying so hard and getting nowhere and 2 days of no power, my food went bad, we lived in the dark. My wife and I decided to keep calling until we got an answer but not only did they not help no one seem to know how to help us. The manager at out park said on 3 occasion Edison had to solve this and Edison said it was the 3rd party working on them. Finally we got a hold of the 3rd party and stated that it was Edison fault.

Came home from work electric was off call Edison. They said PayPass due amount, $5 reconnect fee and a $260 deposit. I explained to the lady that I had called in yesterday to complain about the current bill amount. She said she could see that I spoke to someone and I told her if the representative would've told me the service would be disconnected I would've had her make the payment. I've been a customer for 11 years and my service has never been disconnected that they should waive the deposit.

Power got shut off without notice due to a misunderstanding. Made several attempts to contact them and fix mistakes. Been 8 days already. 9/20-9/27 no power at all. It's hot and we need light. Using a generator doesn't work too much for all appliances. Have elderly and children here and Edison just turned their backs on us. 1st time in 12 years light had ever got to this point of being disconnected. Now they want a 800 deposit plus the bill which totals 1400 to turn on service. No help, no customer service, no supervisor, just always saying, "No, there is nothing we can do." Yes there is. You can turn on the power and help us with some form of arrangement. 12 years we are not going to skip out on paying. We need power and you're the only company that supplies it. Why are they so ignorant and rude.

The hottest days of the year in last week in August - today Sept 9th and the largest electrical company in California can't have their website online so we can check our electric bill. They have also decreased the no. of kilowatts on tier one for our use {at a lower price} and increased the price of tier 2-3. Our electric bills have exploded. Shame on them. Get on board with customers with solar! We spent 50,000 for an advantage of lowering our bill to at minimum $40.00 per month and I can see on past bills that the wattage we used on tier one & two has now doubled due to their price increase. Give me a break. They’re thieves while claiming to be solar friendly. On top of it all, they don't care & neither does Governor Brown Noser!

I submitted a completed online application for their discount program call Care/Fera along with require proof of income documentation for me and my wife. I even call their customer service and spoke with them over the phone concern these matter. They said "as long as provide some kind of proof such as pay stubs for August 2017 should be fine, no need to give them 2016 w-2 or income tax”. Then, 2 weeks later, they send me a letter requesting me the fill out the application and provide other adult income verification. That is crazy. Did they not receive my online submission application and proof of income? And who is other adult. There is no other adult in my household... is only me, my wife and 3 kids.

They had us sign up for the "summer air-conditioning" program. It was suppose to help lower the bill. Well all it did was raise the bill. They cycle the air when its 112 degrees outside at 5pm to 8pm when you are just getting home so then your AC has to work all night long to compensate from the 3 hours of no air working and everyone just getting home. So, your bill is higher and when you call and say this isn't working for me. They say well too bad you signed up and you are stuck with it for 1 year. When you say it's Palm Springs it’s a heatwave. It’s 115 today we have not been home. It’s been on 80 all day our bill is already $585 and you can't work with me? NO. Sorry and you don't have a choice. THEY ARE THE WORST utility company EVER.

Very underhandedly Southern California Edison has been accumulating a very large bill for us that will become due at the end of the year. It is printed in very small type in a box to the right of the "amount due" box. Very difficult for seniors to read and seemingly unimportant. This bill can amount to thousands of dollars and will be extremely difficult for seniors on fixed incomes to pay. Nearly ensuring that their Christmas holidays will be ruined. A very crappy way to deal with one's customers. Don't you think?

They don't like to work with people. They rather leave you without power. They could not provide me with an extension. My power is subject to be turned off on the 22nd. I told them I get paid on the 25th. They told no that they could not help me. They rather see a single mom and her family without power. They are very rude. All other companies will work with you like the gas company and water department. Edison doesn't care about their customers! What's 3 more day? That's when I get paid.

While installing a new electrical service for my neighbor, the SCE technician felt that my Frontier Fios Fiber Optic cable on the same shared tower supplying my Internet was in his way and he severed and discarded the cable. I tried to file a police report but was turned away by the police. In the attached photo you can see two cut cables and one of them is mine. The internet died and the technician left before I could confront him. Calls to SCE only result in total denial. Will take a week for Frontier to come out and fix it.