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Reviewed May 26, 2024
Edison is doing great job on the time of day usage, I have save so much using energy when the demand is less and help putting strain on critical hours, everyone should try it, nothing to lose and lot to gain.

Reviewed May 18, 2024
Power is being shut off today, this is about 20th time in a year. I breed Talipia for personal consumption. Fish need oxygen, cutting off my power kills my fish. The maintenance shut-offs are to install insulators and porcelain lines which costs will only be passed on to the consumers whom are already struggling to survive. This company continues to increase costs making it difficult for a seniors to survive.
Reviewed May 13, 2024
This company is the worst, customer service is like dealing with a bunch of robots who treat you like another transaction. Signed up for service online on a Thursday, no mention we had to send in our ID and SS card, on Saturday they turned off the electric stating we had to send in our documents. Over the weekend no one was able to help us. When we called on Monday morning they informed us it could take an additional two days to review our documents and turn electric on. Have my elderly parent living with us and we've been without power for days. They have no sense of urgency. It's like we are living in a third world country. I've never had to deal with an electric company like this. We pay through the roof for electric service for sub par service such as this.
Reviewed May 7, 2024
I am very dissatisfied with SCE and I've just begun my services. Previous resident cancelled services April 5th which is when I set mine up. Their online services section wasn't easy to navigate. They told me they could do everything remotely on that date. Since then I have spent over 6 hours on the phone with long wait times and representatives that put me on hold then I'd have to start over with someone new. I was trying to set up online access and would never get the verification email and the representative had me try the process over 5 time while on the phone then put in a trouble ticket.
I'm coming up or at least would think I am now as it's been a month and was just told today I don't have an account and just had to start the whole process over. Then because of solar there are rebates so I had to call them again as advised (and given their number as I was told to call them) and was told they don't talk to customers all of that and everything is done online so they can't help me. This had been very frustrating and time consuming just to get an account.
Reviewed May 4, 2024
This kind of company should not exist! I used 2 weeks, just want to end with them forever, 1 Charge wrong rate! 2. Make hard for payment, call for the phone call, never reachable, 3. The system on the site, they can not find for themselves, and the content on the site is misleading people! If have $, build your own panels, it is not how much cost only, it is to avoid to involve this stupid system, inf, policy they charge on people.
Reviewed April 20, 2024
I'm on the "budget" program. (average monthly bill equal year around) My experience has been anything but equal. The bill goes up and down based on a SCE algorithm that is supposed to help avoid a balloon payment at the end of the 12-month program. I just receive a bill for $320.00 that is much higher than my electric usage last month. In fact, the payment they're asking for is actually as high as the balloon payment I typically get at the end of the year. My payment last month was $73.00. Most of every other month it's $162.00. My usage this time of year is at its lowest point. I'm on a fixed income and can't take this kind of fluctuation. The whole point of the program is to have equal payments year-round. I honestly believe that it's more about SCE cash flow than anything else.
Reviewed April 17, 2024
2. Billing and Monitoring Errors: Additionally, SCE experienced issues with their billing system and the time-of-day usage monitoring on their website. This led to an entire year’s worth of charges being billed at once rather than the monthly billing I had agreed to.
3. Inadequate Resolution Offered: In response to these issues, SCE offered a payment plan to address the large, unexpected bill. However, this plan is manually managed and entirely separate from the regular billing cycle. Moreover, it’s not automated and requires additional attention to avoid hefty late fees—which, I discovered, accumulate throughout the payment plan regardless of when you pay. If you pay late, it voids the payment plan altogether.
This situation has been extremely frustrating and seems fundamentally unfair. I am sharing this in hopes of drawing attention to these practices and urging SCE for a more transparent and customer-friendly approach. #SCE #CustomerServiceFail #UtilityProblems

Reviewed April 10, 2024
This company's technician came onto my home residence property to work on my meter without any prior communication whatsoever. I wasn't home at the time but my cameras picked it up before the power was turned off by the technician. Once I arrived home and realized my power wasn't fully working properly as it was before I left home and before the tech messed with the meter. I called to tell them all of my outlets were no longer working. My fridge was out all day. They said a person would come out that night. I waited for hours before calling back to find out that sure enough yes the new person was still on the way.
I waited a few more hours, nothing so I called back again and I was then told they couldn't tell me at all when they were going to come out to fix the issue just that they were dispatched and that it could be anytime during the night and up to 24 hrs later. So I'm left with no power and no idea when the issue is going to be fixed. At the very least I should have gotten a heads up that they were going to be turning off my power so I could have be better prepared instead of losing all my food in my refrigerator. Not to mention now I have to stay home until someone finally does show up, whenever that ends up happening.
Reviewed April 4, 2024
Horrible customer service wait times. A simple name change should be able to be done online. The fact that you have to talk to a rep for this and have a hold time 2 hours is not OKAY. Or at least have the option to receive a call back, damn.
Reviewed March 20, 2024
We bought a large solar system for our house, producing way more electricity than what SCE is registering, meaning they keep on sending us a bill and screwing us on the over production. I am not sure this kind of fraud is permitted. I will be providing all pertinent documents to my attorney for review before proceeding with a lawsuit. Also, worst customer service, worst response, absolutely appalling company to work with.

Reviewed March 8, 2024
Recently SCE had workers come on to my property with no prior communication with me of why they would be doing so. My security camera recorded their presence and I would have talked to the workers in person had I been home. I called SCE and talked to a very nice customer service rep who explained that the workers were checking my meter to make sure it was operating properly. Yeah I know why they were checking the meter...Because I've cut my electric bills to one-quarter of what they used to be by freezing in the winter, sweating in the summer and running household appliances during off-peak times...So of course this caught the attention of a corporate greedy company like SCE.
I'm on their CARE program and my bills were still outrageous, because I think SCE takes what I save and makes back that money by charging so-called peak energy rates. I'm on a fixed income so I would rather be uncomfortable in the summer and winter knowing I'm not playing SCE's games so they can retire their administrators at millions of dollars.

Reviewed Feb. 29, 2024
I called the CS of SCE to get my information updated. The person over the phone was a literal troll; he was raising the background volume with lots of people speaking simultaneously every time I was about to speak. This is absolutely ridiculous. I could not hear anything, and I could not resolve my issue. At this age and time, we have access to technology that greatly mitigates the ambient noise while talking over the phone device with someone. I truly believe that this technology is easily accessible by multi-million dollar companies like SCE. In conclusion, the Customer Service Rep must have been trolling to avoid helping people. God, I wish we had some other options for electricity service in the area...

Reviewed Feb. 29, 2024
This is the company from hell. Everything is just total garbage. Be it their billing statements, their (alleged) customer call line, pricing...everything. I have nothing but problems with their billing. None of it makes any sense. The whole way their pricing is, the way their rate structure is, their awful phone line. AND I am convinced they make it so convoluted ON PURPOSE. Or their whole management is smoking dope. This whole operation reeks of fraud. Why there isn't a class action lawsuit on these scumbags I do not understand. They are like some Mafia operation. We are being gauged while treated like crap. Disgusting!
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2024
How is it that Edison can be a 1 star company and we are suppose to accept this? There is no way to speak to a human being. Online support, which is only a robot doesn't "understand' the question. For reference my question was how to I add a person to my account. It is absolutely amazing to me that a company of this size, that we are forced to use, has basically non-existent customer service. I do not understand how this is an acceptable business practice. Edison should be ashamed.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2024
My level payment plan is at $339 a month. It keeps going up every few months. I cannot be using that much electricity. SCE, then company charging me this, has no one that will answer a phone. I stay on hold forever. With the rates you're overcharging, you could at least get a few receptionists to answer pissed customer calls. Very uncool and crazy unprofessional and unethical.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2024
I take care of my mother’s bills, she is elderly and on Social Security. Her electric bill is outrageously high every month and it keeps getting higher. I applied for the CARE/Fera program. We qualify for the program, but our household is considered “high use.” We don’t know why, we have LED lights installed in all the rooms, we had a new air conditioner/heater installed with a smart thermostat, and all of our appliances are high-efficiency. We’ve had an electrician out to check the meter and they cannot explain why the bill is so high.
SCE does not like high-usage customers on CARE because they’d rather have you pay that ridiculous bill. I have had numerous issues with SCE and filed several complaints with the public Utilities Commissioner, this is the latest go-round. So when we applied I turned in all the paperwork they requested which was tax returns and Social Security statements, and ID’s for everyone in the home. We qualified for the program, but 6 months later they told me I’d have to re-verify income. So you’re telling me the IRS documents and SSA documents that don’t change for a year have to be re-verified every 6 months? Why is that? And I can’t just send the cover sheet of the tax return that shows the income summary, it has to be the entire document, just to make it that much more difficult.
Then I go to re-verify on their website and the links to upload the documents don’t work. So I drive to the UPS store and copy off 60+ pages of documents. I can’t fax them because it would be well over $100. It’s less expensive, but still ridiculous to mail them so I contact a manager Yvette ** who tells me to send the documents to her and she will forward them to the CARE department. A month later I receive a notice saying that our verification was not received. I emailed Ms ** and of course, nothing was done so at that point after 2 years of fighting to stay on this program I gave up. Once you are denied you cannot reapply for 2 years. This happened in August 2022.
We have struggled paying this insanely high bill for a year and a half and finally, I complained to the Public Utility Commissioner again. I sent a copy of the emails between myself and Ms **. They went back to August of 2022 and had to credit our account because they know that we qualified and they denied us illegally. Ms ** acknowledged over the phone that the reason for the issues were that we were considered “high usage.”
This company will try anything they can to keep you from being on this program, especially if you are high usage. They make the application process ridiculously tedious and they ask for re-verification of documents they don’t need all in the hopes that you will give up and be denied the program so that they can keep you from reapplying for 2 years. SCE needs to be sued for these practices. They know it is illegal to deny income qualified applicant based on their usage, and yet they continue to do it. I hope there is an attorney out there willing to take them on cause I will gladly join the suit.

Reviewed Feb. 10, 2024
This company treats the customers with no respect or understanding of what people may go through. They have shut off power without any prior notification which puts people who have health conditions where they need power in absolute danger along with causing inconveniences and situations that poor people when they can't replace food and they have health issues, it puts them in horrible standing. This company is a monopoly and it doesn't care about its customers. The ones who pay them for their ability to even exist.
This company should be investigated by state and federal officials when they turn off power without notification, that should become illegal. They should give customers notifications. They even had the gall to tell me they no longer send out mail notifications which I found was untrue and I did not receive any notification for this power shut off. They need to be held accountable and they need to compensate their customers for their grand lack of empathy and consideration when we are the ones that pay our bills each month. This is one of the worst companies in the United States, pray you don't have to deal with them. They will not care. They will not reimburse you for any air they make, they will raise rates and they will tell you that what you are concerned about doesn't matter.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2024
No customer service number to call, no billing explanation that anyone can understand. Company is a total rip-off... Promised net compensation from solar of 29 cents per KWH only getting four cents. Company should be criminally investigated... By the way here's a way to get through to a rep...
Press option #2 (billing).
Enter your house number.
After billing info is described, press option #4 (other options).
Don't touch any other options. Let the system cycle through the menu options (3 times for me), and it will automatically redirect you to speak to a representative.

Reviewed Dec. 6, 2023
SoCal's posted customer service phone number is a SCAM. Cannot get through to speak to anyone about their screw-up on putting an unknown phone number on my account, so that when I want verification to get into account (which has all my other information), the verification code goes to someone else's phone. I have a double size bill this month. Is someone else, who is receiving my verification code, able to pass their electric charges on to me? If I had any choice of another electric utility company, I would be there in a heartbeat. SoCal is SO unprofessional - no customer service department.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2023
Why is SCE so bad in what they do? Because they have a Monopoly over providing electricity in Southern California. There is basically no customer service unless you are in danger and then you still have to wait for hours before anyone talks to you. Their billing with NEM is completely bizarre and intentionally confusing, until you are hot with a massive bill at the end of the year. I wish the government didn't spend money on wars all over the world, so we could have decent utility service or decent anything in this damn place. Just horrible horrible horrible.

Reviewed Oct. 25, 2023
I've been trying to just interface with that company. Today I'm still unable to automate my energy use. I can not get online energy use, I can't even automatically download the app. Even their useless paperless emails are useless. They have the total $ amount, but all other info is closely guarded. You can log into the website and usually dig down, find the pdf of the bill, and then on page 3 they reveal your kWh used, for the whole month. That's useless to somehow adjust your energy use (based on your consumption). If Edison wasn't granted a monopoly, nobody would do voluntarily business with them.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2023
The phone service is horrible. The selections don’t allow for anything unusual, which is the only time you need to call! I selected every option on their phone tree, none leads to a person. I called five times, listen to several lectures on how to save energy and how I can get everything I need online. As if I hadn’t already known that by using less power I would USE LESS! And as if I hadn’t exhausted online options before calling. I get it, they don’t want to spend any money on anything, particularly customer service, because the customer has no choice. So why bother keeping them happy? In fact they can just shut you out, and they don’t even have to hear or care what you think. You're just a resource to be exploited, you’re not anything more, and they make that clear.

Reviewed Oct. 10, 2023
Recently for the past week, I am not able to communicate with Customer Support with SCE. I needed to extend my bill due date and change it as well. None of the menu provided with SCE is functional. It has to be through SCE. I am sure I am not the only customer who is concerned and frustrated. I probably already will receive a late fee or even worse, my power will be turned off. What is going on with SCE?
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2023
A couple of years ago they added some random person to my account and would not remove them. They gave me the runaround for a week. I talked to manager after manager going up the ladder, they still would not take this stranger off my bill. They needed the person's info to stay on the CARE program, I said, "How? I do not know this person, never heard of this person, this person is not a family member, and this person doesn't live in my house." They just kept telling me to have the person contact them. I had to close my Edison account and reopen it in my mother's name. These people are running some kind of scam and need to be held accountable, they are screwing over all of their customers.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2023
Since the COVID-19 moratorium was lifted, this company started to gouge the price of electricity per kWh. I live in an outdated apartment with faulty windows and poor insulation. Our previous AC unit was broken, and our heater leaked gas due to eroded coils. Although this 590-unit complex needs a thorough investigation by the Housing Authority, the occupants are forced to do business with a company that is clearly engaging in deceptive trade practices by providing no oversight for their pricing. Moreover, we have no authority to place solar panels on our roofs as we are not bonafide owners, and it would dramatically lower the cost of living and improve quality of life. SCE is in violation of 15 U.S. Code § 45. There needs to be a Class Action Lawsuit against SCE for continuous violation of 15 U.S. Code § 45.
(2) United States v. Southern California Edison Co., 300 F. Supp. 2d 964 (E.D. Cal. 2004)
(3) Natural Gas Antitrust Cases, JCCP Nos. 4221, 4224, 4226 & 4228 (Cal. Supr. Ct.)
(4) LEFEBVRE v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2023
My 89 year old mother sold her rental property in July 2021. The account was closed and no bills were received. Two years later, a bill for one month is received. They are harassing my mother for payment on a zero balance closed account. And as others have mentioned, they do not speak with customers. Happy to participate in that civil suit that was mentioned on this site.

Reviewed Sept. 18, 2023
I have full solar power and haven't paid more than $10 a year since. Along come OCPA and now they charge me $145 a month (billed by SCE) and SCE rolls their charge for the month of Aug ($131) to the pay at the end of 12 months. I use less electricity in non-summer months (no AC running) so the amount owed was always negligible. So I called SCE as soon as they opened and 5 hours later I am still on hold. I am going to repost them to the the utilities commission.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2023
They send you a bill. Then send you a past-due bill before the original bill is due. The bills don't match what is online. The due dates are moved up by weeks and also don't match what is online. The bill is incorrect and does not reflect actuals and contradicts official records if those can even be trusted. Customer service does not provide a live person to talk to. Online does not provide chat capability. I have tried for over a week to speak or access a live person. All I get is that, "Due to high call volume we can't answer your call." Feel extorted by this company - as it violates so many laws - now at a level that could be considered criminal. I have filed a complaint with the CPUC. They are now investigating. I've also filed complaints with several federal agencies as I discovered the billing and the customer service stonewalling is against the law. Since my bills are mailed to me, it also opens up SCE to other claims.
I am looking for other people who have been affected as I have. Now enlisting the help of attorneys, to file a class action suit against SCE: Claiming elder abuse, violations of Fair Billing and Collections Act (State and Federal), mail fraud, wire fraud, violations of CPUC regulations, violations of California state regulations, conspiracy to defraud its customers, and failure to maintain SOX compliance. We're looking into placing a TRO on SCE from collecting any funds from any of its customers in CA until it can restore customer service and fix its billing problems
Bottom line, I'm looking for large class status and force SCE's executives in state and federal court. Ultimately looking to challenge SCEs license to operate in California, dissolution of the organization in favor of a governmental take-over for it's operations. Further, looking to have criminal charges filed against its executives who have fiduciary responsibility over this. And we will seek civil penalties as well. It's time to send these monopolies a message and it's time to re-regulate anything related to energy and its distribution.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2023
First they switched my account to paperless billing without my permission... I let it go because they said they would send me bill reminders when due...I am not receiving them and tried many different ways to contact them to speak with someone... Best I get is over an hour wait time... Can't send them an email... For a company that size making tons of money you would think they could do better than that... What a joke.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2023
Southern California Edison is purposefully neglecting its patrons by not allowing anyone to call and speak with a live agent about billing inquiries. They do not allow emails to be sent. They charge more to make up for the profits that were lost due to their negligence in the fires. They are a terrible company and do not allow people to dispute their bills. They can literally charge whatever they want, and we will have to pay because there is no way to contact them.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2023
Customer support service at Edison is non-existent, you cannot talk to anyone at Edison unless you are reporting an outage! My bill online is only showing the amount due, and there is no one you can talk to in order to understand why there has been a 101 percentage increase in my bill since last month. Edison is not a customer-centric company. The worst utility company I have ever dealt with!

Reviewed Aug. 24, 2023
If SCE was any corporation that makes money they would be bankrupt. I had a power failure from Hilary starting at 311 pm Sunday, no notice or notifying you all but no one works on Sunday. I experienced low voltage and major power failure to my hvac system, pool equipment, garage area, no outdoor power. My pumps failed and they don't have a clue that I am experiencing an outage. Every automated system or map I looked at showed no outage in my area. Their phone tree is a joke. Their messages vague and non informative and I am still without power Monday 8 am. My nest thermostat tells me I had a power surge. For all I know they fried my fuse box.
How in the name of god are we allowing this incompetent company to have control of our lives. They should be taken over by a corporation that cares about its customers. To make matters worse when I finally got a human rep on the phone Monday August 22 at 7 am, same thing, no outage in your area. I explained the situation and that I paid for a electrician to come out. He determined that they were only sending me one leg of power 128 volts from their transformer. I offered to send the invoice showing the situation. I got told they can't accept documents through their firewall. Probably don't want to be sued.
After I got off the phone I received a notification from an SVP Ms ** that they now were aware of my outage. Obviously because I phoned it it. Duh. BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE. HUH, WHAT WAS MY 35 minute phone call for, if the rep didn't document squat diddly. Anyway over the course of 53 hours I received over 30 meaningless emails and 30 vague and meaningless texts to my phone, same SVP, and while the ticket said in progress and a field rep was on the way to my outage, nada for 53 hours. The SVP kept sending me emails and text message moving the fix time over the course of 2 days but the ticket never progressed. Meanwhile I lost over 1200+dollars of food and medicines.
Get this, to file a claim they require receipts for all the damage food and medicine. Woah like I keep receipt for a rib roast that I bought maybe 8 months ago. Ridiculous. So then I was fed up. I contacted California CPUC. They put me on the line with a executive customer service rep and what do you think she tells me. We have no ETA on your ticket. I was not even on their radar. Why? Because I was the only home in my neighborhood out of 600 homes with a power failure, so what do you think they're thinking? Must be my equipment. Same thing happened last June 2022. The same thing happened and they kept blaming it on my equipment so I went on the television channel 4 with my neighbor who is also having power failure and that's when they woke up and realized again it was their problem.
Anyway at this point exhausted and completely fed up after 53 hours of an outage, I contacted my Republican congressman and within 15 minutes of calling him he had made a call to the Southern California executive branch and there were people on my yard in 15 minutes. What did they figure out? That my cable from the transformer was bad and they needed to replace both cables to my breaker box so they spent their time putting in a cable from the transponder to my breaker box just to get me up temporary and this was laid across my yard. They told me they would come back at six and get me up 100% because I still didn't have my air conditioning or my pool system and then what do you think what happens Next? Now I get another stupid email and text from that same SVP that thank you very much your outage is resolved.
So this time furious I call back when I get an amazing rep a man, first one of 30 calls, on the phone and this time he knew what he was doing and he said it's not correct. We are on top of your outage and they are coming back to fix it so he said he would contact his IT department to let them know they're sending garbage meaningless emails and texts to me. He certainly knows how to help a customer. The next morning, the Sce team came out because the people who fixed the problem temporarily, was a third-party vendor, and they were amazing by the way, and they told me that they had to install 2 new cables and pit them underground and that they will get the work done shortly, but at least I now I have power.
Personally this company should be fined. Their actions are criminal, their incompetence astounding, and the customer service and SVP people are useless. I am a old man disabled man and to place me in this position was incredible and potentially life threatening. I can't go to the cooling center. I have two dogs and am a liver transplant Patient immunosuppressed and not protected against Covid. They told me call 911 really!, I told them if I have to call 911 I'm probably gonna be dead and my executor will end up suing your company. For a wrongful death? What a bunch of idiots. Oh and the CPUC also useless. Sends me an email that they will investigate my complaint and get back to me. In 30-45 days.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2023
My husband passed away in May 2023. I’ve been struggling to work with them ever since. Not only did the agent neglect to assist me with the correct information when your spouse dies, but after I paid the balance of the account, they sent a check for an overpayment in my deceased spouse’s name. Then, when I asked how to have the check reissued in my name (you know, the person who paid the bill), they required me to wait for a form in the mail by which I was to provide the death certificate and proof of trustee appointment. After more than 6 weeks, I’m still waiting for the form. I cannot get anyone to answer the customer service phone line.
SCE has a monopoly as a utility provider, so I am absolutely at their mercy to do right by me as their customer. The utilities commission really should penalize SCE for putting a recent widow through all of this incompetence and force her to lose what precious income she has.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2023
I have been accepted in CARE Program effective May 5, 2023. I live in a master metered mobile home park. The park says they have no verification from SCE that I was approved. Therefore until they receive verification I get no discount. I finally got through to SCE and asked them to send an email to verify my approval. The woman at SCE said she couldn’t send out emails. She didn’t offer any alternatives. So now the office won’t do anything without verification and SCE doesn’t do verifications. This would be described as “a rock and a hard place”! The interesting thing is that the park is getting the discount but I’m NOT!
I have called SCE several times but the wait time is at least 60 minutes or more. I have managed to talk with someone approximately 3-4 times. Each time no one follows through. SCE has no customer service. If you do talk with someone the call is short (after all the waiting) and nothing is resolved. I really don’t know what to do. I’m a senior citizen and this program is very important to me.
Reviewed July 2, 2023
Once the smart meters were installed, bills went straight up through the roof. Ok? Right so I even turned off my breakers and noticed I still was getting charged. They made it like oh, maybe something else is using the electricity. Covid you know- can't do poopie. So my rates keep changing. I get notices like I'm using my than my neighbors. OK- My usage is so far much less than the national average. In fact my rates are less than the average in California. Imagine now paying more than 50 cents a kilowatt?? The national average is like 11-12 cents a kilowatt. You see an appliance that says est cost a year 50 dollars ok- right that is based on like 12 cents average a year. Every time I turn my rates are increased.
I filled out a FTC report complaint. I have spent hours trying to contact them on the phone- with no success ever of a live operator. Don't think I don't notice huge increase in bill like in December ok. I didn't even use a heater or have christmas lights. It was like I was just over charges because. What makes it worse is that I have no options. With 4th of July around the corner- I say we are a Third world country - and companies like SCE prove it.
Reviewed April 24, 2023
In December of 2022 I applied for their CARE program as one of my dependents is on food stamp. I submitted the letter of eligibility twice and since January of 23, I have called their C/S number five times and each time get the same reply: Wait a few more weeks and check again. It has been almost 5 months since I submitted my application and nothing has happened yet. They give me the runaround. The only way to contact them is phone call and getting put on hold for over 50 minutes each time!!! They do not accept emails and have no chat feature. Only phone calls like these things were done 30 years ago. This is unacceptable but SCE can get away with it because consumers have no choice/alternative.
Reviewed March 27, 2023
I have been using an approved medical device using power provided by SCE. I have tried several times to apply yet their system gives you the run around. Not able to talk to a human about applying. Frustrating!
Reviewed March 16, 2023
Reported outage at 8:30 a.m, now it is 9:00 p.m. Have been told by text message it's fixed. Not fixed, haven't seen repair man at all even though I have been told several times during the day, "They are on the way." Just been basically told one lie after another. This is totally unacceptable. This is the kind of you get from a monopoly. This is no way to take care of a business account. We have over 100,000 dollars of tropical saltwater and freshwater fish. After 12 hours of they are on the way. My animals are starting to die. This company sucks.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2023
Not only have they been price gouging their customers their customer service is the worse. The minimum wait time to speak to a representative for a non emergency situation is 2-5 hours. This is unacceptable. That's what happens when there is no one to compete against. This needs to stop.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2022
We use solar provided by the city. We pay Edison to deliver to our homes. We pay double, sometimes triple for delivery. Ex: $50 usage, and $150 delivery for a $200 total bill. Edison uses usage their rates for delivery. I continue to complain. But if I don't pay... I'll be in the dark. I must pay for Edison's upgrades and wildfires... I am definitely not paying correctly for my usage. This should be ILLEGAL.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2022
I purchased two battery backups from Edison and paid 20,000 which was most of my savings, I was promised they would rebate the entire amount back after my solar and batteries were installed. I have Multiple Sclerosis and my husband is a veteran, after 6 months of waiting they said we didn’t qualify to get our refund. They stole our money and left us with hardship. Evil thing to do. Don’t trust their rebate promises. :(
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2022
I appreciate that I was helped and the customer service was friendly and they also helped with resources. I’m grateful they worked with me. At least they care of their customers. I’m very grateful. Thank you Edison.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2022
Sad. I was on program to even bill. Never missed payment and conserved. Got whopping bill of $792 besides my regular bill. They would not lower payment even though I'm on fixed income and a senior. I need refund.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2022
They’re charging me for my apartment and another apartment in the same complex but it doesn’t belong to me. I called at least 5 times, try to tell them and No results. They’re just keep sending me the bill.
Reviewed June 23, 2022
I tried to transfer our service by following their link. It wouldn't accept our address. I tried it several times. Eventually I was able to talk with a real person. She was able to help us. She was great, and very helpful!
Reviewed May 27, 2022
ZERO stars f I could! Constant issues with billing to the degree that they omit produced solar energy for 4 months due to meter outage and bill me later for those months where I usually overproduce past my usage as in the 10 consistent years prior. Refused to give credit or utilize previous years production data to make it right. Reached out to PUC, useless measure as they are part of SCE... Worst utility company ever, to reach customer service is a "2 hour wait on hold to talk to someone" nightmare at any given time (Covid's fault, of course...). Billing delays, website down, payment tool on website non functioning, unable to obtain solar energy production data, the list goes on and on... Terrible organization...
Reviewed May 20, 2022
There are only software capabilities to report an outage today and no information on why the outage has occurred in my area. After multiple text messages telling me that the power would be out 8 hours, it was suddenly on within an hour. Terrible terrible customer service, and they don't even accept emails.
Reviewed April 25, 2022
After 10 months of having my solar system installed and SCE permit SCE has failed to put my account on the NEM 2 plan. Having worked 40+ years in the same business out east with multiple firms Top Management would not accept such poor performing Customer Service processes. People down the line have been great but… Avoid solar unless it’s just to make you feel good. Do not trust SCE to allow any opportunity for savings on solar electricity you generate and pump into grid! A shame no one at SCE willing to take ownership of my dilemma.
Reviewed March 18, 2022
SCE has horrible customer support. It’s impossible to reach a representative over the phone, they don’t have a contact email, and they don’t reply adequately to Twitter or Facebook DMs. I have tried multiple times to communicate a simple request, but each time I either get no response or a scripted reply that completely ignores my question. After neglecting to even address my basic question, the DM chat is closed by a bit and I have to reinitiate it again, hoping for any sort of adequate response. It should not be this hard to contact a utilities company, especially when it’s a monopoly so I have no option to pick another.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2022
Called SCE regarding bill. Bill has doubled. Ask them to check bill, they claim I use double the normal. They also won't check meter due to it smart read meter. Lousy service. Talked two customer service reps, no solution.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2022
I'm on the C.A.R.E program for a reason. I'm on a very fixed income every month with 2 children. Single mother trying to raise 2 children in high school. They don't get home until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.. Your new added rates are killing me. And now you're gonna raise them again and the hours between 5 and 8 PM where my children are gonna be using the TV and their iPads for homework and other things. You're going to make my life even more miserable than it is now with your new almost $30 tag on to my already way too expensive $50 bill on the care program. You really need to consider that with today's technology and the fact that you're making people pay for having to stay home because of covid is criminal. Exactly how do you justify charging a poor family $80 a month for electricity?Before covid my electricity bill was about 35 to $45 now it's almost $70. Shame on you guys.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2021
Edison is a monopoly, providing power in our area. We have been customers in one location or another for over 50 years. We now live in a mountain community and Edison's dependability has varied from year to year. In the past three years, outages are more frequent and come often without warning.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2021
Where we live we have no other options to choose from! It’s been monopolized! The prices are astronomically high especially for a one income family. Customer service has no flexibility in addressing the root of some problems. Example: We never asked to be put on a care program. It happened by mistake and once the issue was discovered Edison wanted all the money back that they didn’t charge us for. The monthly payments were coming out of the bank automatically and we thought nothing of the rate until a late notice came due of over $600! We were just told, "Yes Edison made this mistake and now You have to pay us for our mistake!"
Worst part is that lumpsum is going to be automatically deducted from our bank account because no one in customer service knows how to stop the auto pay so we can just pay what we can afford now with a check! I don’t like being controlled, I like having options and a say! With Edison I have to do what they say when they say without freedom of compromise or shop around. I’m grateful for energy yet frustrated right now!
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2021
You don't have an option to email, talk to, or ask a question. It's absurd considering they tripled my bill and I can't ask someone to come check my service because I saw the electric bills from previous tenant and they paid nowhere near what I am paying.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2021
When I try to look up my current bill it downloads a bill from 3 months ago. There is no email address and the phone lines make it impossible to get through to a person or report a problem. One month we didn’t get a bill and the next month it was twice the usual amount. I’m afraid of what will happen when they finally get their act together.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2021
For the amount of money I pay monthy you would think their website would at least get updated the the stupid link my account? Especially with this new account numbers they changed that took me a month to get. Can you just not get rid of the noise and just let me put in my account and pay my bill without having to checkout as guest?
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2021
I am a resident in Monrovia, and am new to this coast of the country. I live with my boyfriend and we both work from home. In the hottest months, we would keep our AC at 75-77 degrees, which is still hot for my partner, but less so for me. Other than the AC, we both work on computers and have the basic amenities of any home. In July I received a bill for $486. This shocked both of us. We made an effort to turn off the AC during the day and to keep all the doors closed to not let any air escape. in August we received a comparable bill for $426. I called the California Public Utilities Commission, and they were just as shocked as I was at the astronomical bills. The CPUC connected me with an executive at Southern California Edison, Yvette **. Yvette coldly informed me that it was my fault for my high bills and that if I keep my house at 75 degrees I'm going to just have to pay for it.
I am self employed and with the coronavirus, have spent as much time at home in lockdown, yet SCE took the position of blaming their own customers for the instability within their own infrastructure. Yvette was not only rude and dismissive of my concerns, but question my medical health, asking me invasive and personal questions about why I would need my home to be set to that temperature. For residents, there is no alternative to this company. There is no system of checks and balances making sure that this company is not simply price gauging customers and gaslighting their own consumers into believing it is their own fault. I do my best to minimize activity during the day, but working from home means I have to utilize wifi and my computer, and in some cases keep my house at a reasonable temperature so my electronics do not themselves overheat.
This is disturbing. Electricity is something that all people practically need to survive. What SCE is doing to their customers is unethical and abusive and their own customers have no other options or recourse for their theft. I am shocked that local representatives and the CPUC has not done more to ensure that companies like Southern California Edison are not bleeding their customer's dry.
Reviewed July 23, 2021
Moved to Corona recently. The kwH is $0.22 here where in Irvine it is $0.11 and Riverside $0.16. There is no rational explanation for this outrageous price. Their customer service is also very slow to respond. It looks like this company is taking great advantage of monopoly...
Reviewed June 18, 2021
It is absolutely astonishing to me that we, as tax paying citizens, can allow a government mandated monopoly to constantly fail us year after year because the summer gets warm. I am absolutely over them starting forest fires due to poorly maintained equipment while charging me a premium for electricity IF the grid is stable enough to supply us. We pay good money for incredibly poor services in this state. It's an absolute shame that anybody would have to put up with this year after year. Maybe one day they won't set fire to the countryside but I seriously doubt it. They are the electric company version of Nestle.
Reviewed May 13, 2021
I am a general contractor trying to re-build a home for some really nice folks whose home was destroyed in the Bobcat Fire (Edison started the fire). I need to set an appointment to have an Edison rep out to the property but I cannot get a hold of them. First call I was on hold for 2.5 hours before finally hanging up. 2nd call right at 7am, the outgoing message said approximate wait time 1-5 minutes. 2 hours later, I finally hung up. They burned down these poor people's home and you can't even get them on the phone to help?? I am in complete disbelief. How can they get away with this??
Reviewed May 11, 2021
On 4/8 I was charged $400, (which I pay Edison a year ahead so I have a credit). That night a duplicate payment was to be charged for another $400, but I was able to put a stop payment on my account before it hit. I faxed in my evidence, and 2 weeks later, still no response. Just that a new billing software was put in, and I have to wait. In the meantime, the 2nd potential charge was stopped from hitting my account, but they took my 1st $400, and my Edison statement does not reflect my credit for the year.
Reviewed April 28, 2021
For the last 2 days I have been trying to contact So Cal Edison by phone. Yesterday I was on hold for 1 hour and 30 minutes before I finally hung up. Tried it again today waited over an hour before I hung up. The recording blames the wait times on some upgrade they have installed. Wouldn't you think an upgrade would improve the system and not slow it down. Disgustingly lousy customer service. The public utilities commission should investigate this because the public has little or no access to their information. Too bad we don't have options if we did I'd switch immediately.

Reviewed April 14, 2021
Worst company in the US. No e-mail service to contact them. Normal wait time is over an hour, no matter when you call. On-line is out of order for the last month. HORRIBLE company. We need to lobby for a different company in South California. They change the customer number for service without informing the customer, so paying a bill via phone is IMPOSSIBLE. I would rate them a zero, not even one star.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2021
Edison is less than honest in their billing. But I have only experienced this since they had been accused of it had been determined they are responsible monetarily for the huge wild fires in California in the recent past years. In the first few months I had not received a bill by mail, and figured I had turned on paperless billing at my current address and after going online to pay my bill and tried several times to log in but failed. This being the 3rd month of my residency. They told me my account had not been set up because they had issue with billing. I continued to phone them a few more times and they had the same simple word for word answer that I had received inquiring about my bill, the answer was odd to me and always the same specific wording- "they have been having billing issues, they would send an email when it's fixed and I wouldn't be responsible for any late fees".
I called to pay a payment on my deposit. I mentioned again I had not received a bill at that point and they answered with same the above statement. I told the representative that I had issue with that because if and when they "figure it out" was my first going to then be this massive bill? Her answer to that remark was this "Oh you want a bill, I'll let someone know that you want us to generate a bill." I honestly assumed it meant she was going to inquire because she had just told me they were having issues with billing and they would send me the email when it was resolved. Three days later I received a bill at my current address for over $300.
I am one person of 58 years of age and I have always been conservative with my energy use. This bill is for just myself in a apartment with under 350 square feet of living space. With only 5 wall switches of which one is a disposal, it's unlikely that my desktop computer 3 hours a week max, my television 30 to 60 min each night and one tiny lamp on my night table and a one cup coffee maker, blow dryer 15min and that is it. How could this bill be correct? My last residence was commercial live/work and over 2800 square feet with 18foot ceilings and the average bill was $60-to 70.00 per month. So something clearly was wrong here.
Oddly the bill came to me at my current address but it was a the old address for the meter they had charged me for while the dates were correct, it had my last address and the total dollar amount was for the same exact dollar amount of my closing bill at my last address I had already paid. I was a shocked and immediately called and the representative was less than helpful. She argued it was correct and she couldn't tell me why the address was not my current address but left it at "that is what I owe, and would I like to make a payment today?" I told her I would not pay any of this bill and that I would appreciate an explanation.
That was Jan 2020. It is now Feb 2021. I have not yet given them a dime. But since then several tenants in my building have had similar complaints. Not getting into their personal business I need to know my recourse? How is it that utility companies get away with this kind of thing? I had considered paying a little here and there but that might be misconstrued as admitting the bill is correct. I'm at a loss and hope somehow this will help rectify the issue. But it's not likely since it has been over a year and it is not only happening to me. I don't know how to handle this from here.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2020
I've had solar panel for 3 years. Every single year my system overproduces what I use by @3500 kw per year, and they think I owe them over $3K for each year. They won't send a tech to look at my system and keep giving me the runaround and not responding when someone needs to come and see their meter system is not functioning properly. What can I do?
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2020
I signed up for this program to save money on my electric bill. I was told it would only be up to 6 hours a few and only when necessary and would not damage my unit. Each time they turn it off my unit does not reset until the next day and this is after I have to turn the breakers off and on 3 times. So I am without air for 12 plus hours in the heat of the inland empire. Sce decision to turn off the ac unit during the heat waves when the temperature are at a high dangerous level is beyond me. I have high blood pressure and my daughter has a new born baby at home. I contacted SCE after my air was off for 5 days because of their program and I told them I was falling Ill, my daughter was having nosebleeds and the baby was getting heat rash and unable to sleep. I demanded to be removed from the program due to health issues as stated in the contract I have the right to cancel before 12 months.
I asked that the device be removed from my private property. A service ticket was order and they said someone will be at my home in 3 to 7 business days to remove it and check my unit. Now 3 weeks later we have another heat wave with temperatures at 120 degrees and SCE takes it upon themselves to turn off my ac for the 3 day weekend. The first day I got no answer to my message until 8pm when the tech acted as if she did not know why I was still on the program and said she will contact the supervisor. Day 2 and my ac is off again and no one is answering me. We are all feeling Ill again, my house is 90 degrees inside with no relief any time soon.
Reviewed July 10, 2020
I have been denied service while maintaining a good payment history, I have been charged for services that were never used, treated very poorly by the staff and even had one staff member use profanity during the call. I wish that there was a different company to go through, however there is none. If you you move to California beware that you will have to use these scammers and will be provided with profanity, horrible service, and most likely be denied service even if you pay your bill on time.
Reviewed May 7, 2020
We received a letter from what looks like a third party, "marketplace" (Edison?) that we had used more electricity than anyone else in the neighborhood. Not possible, an absolute lie! What is clear, that Edison is basing their billing on this marketplace info, not on a "ghost" employee supposedly reading the meter. This story is way too long to tell all that has happened, but we were over billed several times. We started taking pictures of the meter and it clearly shows that the numbers on the bill are way off compared to the real meter read!!
Contacted Consumer Affairs Branch from CPUC and of course they are on SCE side, more lies. They say it was a simple mistake. For real! A "mistake" shown on paper. This is purposely done by SCE in the hope that customers will let it slide. I am tired of being bullied by SCE. CPUC did nothing and consider the case closed. As long as they keep estimating, this case is never closed to me. Note: one of the investors in SCE.... CPUC, therefore filing complaints with them is useless!
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2020
I am upset about the current information about power outages in my area. First, I did not receive a notice about an outage on February 8, 2020 in my area. I received a text message yesterday, February 7th stating that my power would be out on February 8th from midnight until 2:00pm on Sunday. My neighbor said she received a notice stating power would be out on the 8th from 8:30am until 2:00pm on the 8th. It was confirmed by a phone call to SCE. It did not happen. I checked the website map and was even more confused. It was perhaps the most confusing map ever with no explanation as to what the colors meant. Secondly, why is this work (requiring an outage) being performed on a weekend when families are home? I am sure the employees doing the work are being paid double or triple time which will be passed on to the customers. All around VERY POOR planning and information on the part of SCE.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2020
My bill for Edison showed electricity was being used in my home during a power outage in my area. I called and informed them it was incorrect and received a call back 2 weeks later. They sent out a technician to test the meter, which showed a dip in usage when we didn't have power. The lady dealing with my case called me back and told me the opposite, that our meter matched the information they had. I was at home without power for 2 days and I find it very concerning that Edison is claiming they do not know the correct dates and times a power outage occurred...It's also very concerning that they are claiming our meter is accurate. How long have they been overbilling us? I will be filing a claim with CPUC.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
We installed rooftop solar January 2019 and were forced to a net metering TOU plan with SoCal Edison. Since that time until now, SoCal Edison has never applied our credits for solar power generation. We recognized this excessive billing scenario in late 2019 after wondering why our power bills month after month seemed to never reflect the projected lower monthly amounts our solar vendor sales person had forecasted. So we called SoCal Edison Dec 2019 to inquire about the accuracy of our bills and were informed that they were aware our bill was not correct. They were aware that many accounts had not been properly profiled for net metering and all those were being overcharged.
So we asked when this would be resolved. The phone rep said they have no date. So we asked how can we get our refund for the many months of excessive payments, estimated to total hundreds of dollars. The phone rep said there is no plan at this time. So we stated that we must refuse to pay the current invoice because it is incorrectly overcharging us, and them being completely aware of the inaccuracy. The phone rep said she can extend the demanded payment until the next billing cycle but that WE have to call every billing cycle in order to continue to extend (their knowingly inaccurate overcharges).
So we sent written correspondence to SoCal Edison stating that we refuse to pay any bill that is knowingly overcharging us, and if they discontinue our service as a result, we will sue them for all costs associated with their willful misconduct. SoCal Edison then sent us the next month's bill which was again an overcharge not reflecting our credits for solar generation AND it included a late payment charge for the previous month that was to have been extended.
SoCal Edison IS knowingly overcharging customers. SoCal Edison is demonstrating no concern that they have been overpaid by customers for months. SoCal Edison conveys that they have no obligation to meet a reasonable time frame to refund those overpayments. SoCal Edison is doing this because utility customers have no other provider to replace SoCal Edison with in order provide the essential life service of electrical power to their home. This is willful misconduct. This is fraud. This is extortion. This is a situation ripe for a lawsuit.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019
This utility should be shut down for incompetence. I lived in an apartment for 1.5 years and they billed me monthly for a few months before letting me know that they had some sort of issue and couldn't bill me until much later. From March 2019 until I shut down my account in October 2019 I had no bill. I paid $99 to shut down my power and turn off my account. Then they sent me a bill a month later with no explanation for another $90. They sent me reminders about it until January, so I finally called to ask what the bill was for since I shut down my account and paid the closing fees. They let me know that it was my late bill for March-October, with no explanation for how it jumped from $90 in November to suddenly $204 in January.
Phone support seems surprised that I would want to know what I'm paying for, and is absolutely unprofessional. The woman on the phone told me, "I don't know if you can't understand me or what, but I just clearly explained the charges." The charges she rattled off on the phone don't match their online monthly charges, by the way, but that makes sense to them because they go through another power provider (which was not mentioned to me in all 1.5 years of paying them).
I had to request a written statement to explain why I was suddenly paying more than $50 per month for power when my bills have always been about $25 per month. It's a huge mess, and their customer service department insists that I'm just "confused" about why their billing is inconsistent and doesn't make any sense. If you have any choice in the matter, go with ANY OTHER PROVIDER besides SCE. If you are in an area with no other choices, it might be best to just invest in solar panels - they are that ridiculous and disorganized.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019
My family lost the back of our house, back yard, trees, plants and our fence melted. Our power was shut off on the morning of the fire, we had NO notice until the fire was on the hill behind us. In addition to the loss I already mentioned, we had gone to the grocery store the night before and filled our fridge, that feeds four people. I work for an amazing company that reimburses you for loss during a natural disaster. All I needed from the electric company was documentation of our power being shut off.
I called SCE and they proceeded to put me on hold to speak with a supervisor to see how to go about getting that document. A couple minutes later, the representative comes back on the phone and tells me that they can't provide me with that information. I pleaded with them just to get a text, email or note so I could be reimbursed for that $300 we lost. They refused. I proceeded to tell them that they were responsible for many losses that occurred during this fire and now they have just added to it. They are a cruel, selfish, hateful company. If you have another option, use it!
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2019
Their website is inadequate by fact. They do not allow the user to transfer to a new bank account. If you do this, they will get confused. If they charge the old one, which they will. First, they will send many letters and charge fees. Then they get paid plus interest. Then they block you from paying future costs, unless you drive 40 miles to a collections service to pay cash in person. Excellent idea from people who do not live in the real world.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2019
I moved to Irvine in February 2019 and since then no bills show up on Edison website. When I called them 3 times during the last 6 months, the answer was always the same - they have been having billing issues, they would send an email when it's fixed and I wouldn't be responsible for any late fees. I am planning to move out in 2 months and honestly, have no idea whether I am going to receive the bill (which I suppose will be a large amount if I do) or not.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2019
After receiving a $750 bill for August, 2019 I decided it was time to get serious and investigate what the loads are and minimize any I can. I am an aerospace engineer and am fortunate to have the test equipment and knowledge to do this task. Using the Edison Daily/Hourly usage web application I was able to reduce the daily usage by 50%. I also had a consultation with a solar company and want to consider going 100% solar and get Edison out of my wallet. Unfortunately, Edison stopped providing daily/hourly usage on Sept 12 and it is now September 20 and it is still not available.
The end of the year is rapidly approaching and the federal rebates are scheduled to end on Dec 31 of this year. The solar company needs accurate usage information in order to size the system and we are dead in the water until Edison restores the usage data to customers. Edison is a monopoly and there are no alternate sources of grid power. The California Public Utilities Commission is supposed to represent the interests of the consumer and from what I have seen, they are simply political hacks that are appointed by the governor and the public has no direct influence in selecting them. It is time to take back our state and replace the governor and the PUC.
There also needs to be alternate sources of purchasing power from the grid. The alternate companies of several years ago seem to have disappeared, probably because Edison added on so much in transmission fees that it was no longer practical. If there is any political group dedicated to cleaning house in the PUC and representing the consumer, it would be advantageous if it were posted on this site. In a competitive environment, Edison would probably have fired the VP of the IT department and replaced him/her with someone competent. Unfortunately, as a monopoly we can see that this does not happen when the customers/consumers have a PUC that is not representing the interests of the consumer.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019
I run a small business with my wife and because are payments haven’t been on time, they are charging us $2155 as a deposit or they will shut our electricity off. We service a small community and are struggling but that makes no difference to them. They have the monopoly and do whatever they want. If we are having a hard time paying a $900 bill, how do they expect us to come up with $2155 for them to hold as long as they want? We still pay them every month. I don’t get this, I wish we had solar!
Reviewed July 29, 2019
SCE is choosing to shut down our power for 3 days (8am - 4pm each time) in the span of 12 days during the hottest time of year - where temps have been high 90s and low 100s. We only receive a ~5 day notice in the mail and cannot reschedule. We operate an STR business at the home and 5 days is not enough time to make other arrangements with guests. This is damaging to my business and unacceptable. When called to inquire I was told "sorry these are necessary" and "they happen all throughout the year" (even though we have had this house for almost 1 year and this is the first time this has happened).
Reviewed July 11, 2019
We own a short term occupancy in Ojai. We received notice that the power pole servicing the rental needed to be replaced. The days it was scheduled for replaced we had clients staying in the rental. Even though the power pole was installed 35 years ago they said it had to be replaced that day and refused to reschedule even though I gave them numerous open days. They did not want to hear it. Very rude and unhelpful supervisor. Their action ruined a vacation for our clients and caused financial loss for my family.
Reviewed July 1, 2019
I called to find out my usage data and was not told why it was left out. I also asked last month if my bill would be cheaper if I opted out of CPA but was not given an answer. Just that they couldn't tell me anything definite that I should call CPA which I did but I was still given the runaround.
Reviewed June 28, 2019
This information is provided for those who may have been having issues with accessing usage data on the SCE website. After 3 months of not being able to view my usage, and after numerous phone calls to SCE inquiring as to “why”, and having been told time after time that they were “working on it”, I finally spoke with someone in the tech department of SCE today who informed me that SCE usage data is “NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO DIDN’T OPT OUT OF 'CALIFORNIA POWER ALLIANCE' (AKA-CPA).” I asked her why SCE management - 1) decided to do this and 2) didn’t have the mindfulness to present a notification on their website informing customers of this change? She didn’t know, and suggested that I speak with a REP from CPA to see if they provide usage data and gave me with their phone # > 888-585-3788.
I spoke with Kenneth at CPA who informed me that CPA’s only function is to provide electricity. They do not take care of billing or reading meters, hence, they are not equipped to provide usage data. For whatever reason, even though SCE still takes care of billing and meter reading, they won’t provide usage information for those who didn’t opt out of CPA. So, Kenneth assisted me in opting out. This is still an option for anyone who wants access to their usage information. I would’ve liked to remain with CPA knowing that my electricity was coming from clean sources. But I need and want the ability to monitor my usage to keep emissions low and my bill under a certain amount. Why we have to choose this way makes no sense to me. It’s unfortunate that SCE management have their heads up their **.
Reviewed June 15, 2019
No bill posted to my account since March 2019. I paid my last bill on April 4, 2019. The last communication I received from SCE came via email in April, saying that I should look for the energy credit on my next bill. That bill never came, and when I check my account online, it lists no amount due, no credits, nothing. I have called the billing dept every month since then. They keep saying that they are having "billing issues", and the last person I spoke with said that it is affecting 45,000 customers...
I wish I could figure out where to complain to get something done about this. It seems there is no one that would take on this issue and help customers get things back to normal. I contacted the Ventura County Star and spoke with a reporter, who said she would look into it. I haven't heard back. If this matter could be blown up large enough to get people talking about it, maybe things would change, but how can one draw attention to this on a large scale? Sometimes I need to submit a copy of my utility bill for some benefits that I am receiving, and I can't even do that.
Reviewed June 9, 2019
My application for NEM was terminated unfairly. During the application process it was never DISCLOSED to me that there was a 10 day response limit. Thereafter another application and payment of $75 is necessary. Hard to believe considering how technical and difficult the application is? This is not how professional people work, they disclose up front what the time line and restrictions are not after you paid your fees from a technician down the line.
I spoke to customer service and was directed to make email complaint to customer generation and have waited a week for a response. None has come. Very difficult to reduce our carbon footprint when SCE games the application process with roadblocks with non disclosure of the 10 day limit. I can see the frustration others have with SCE and believe this should be rectified and for me to continue with the original application with its many technical details rather than start again at the cost of time and another $75.
Reviewed May 12, 2019
Edison is a crooked company. My business account at one time was past due, and with my own faults, I forgot to pay it that day before 5 pm on a Friday. The electricity is needed in my business since it's a restaurant. The past due balance was $1,157.00. I then went to a location that takes Edison payments. When I got there, they told me my actual that was due was $3,900, due, to a new deposit that was required to turn back my electricity! I was planning on paying that kind of bill. They wouldn't work with me and demanded it or no lights! I had to shut down my business the next day to get the deposit together.
I closed that account recently and requested my deposit check back! After whatever they deducted from that total, I received the check for $1,750.00. I went to cash it, at their Chase Bank, and the Chase gave me the check back and said Edison doesn't have enough funds in the acct! I looked up Edison news and it seems like they might have done or gonna file for bankruptcy! That's my money that should never be touched since it was my deposit!! They should not use it elsewhere with our my permission! All I know is they made me shut my business for the day, 'cause they wouldn't work with me. That was a bad night for me, and this is what I get???!!! A bounced refund check from Edison!!??!! That's just bad business practice!! Now how about I charge them a bounced check fee with interest and charge a late fee!!
Reviewed April 15, 2019
I have been trying to get a bill from SCE since 10/2018. Seems SCE can't figure that out maybe after tweeting this out someone will step up and fix the problem. My last bill that I have received was 9/2018. I called when I noticed my meter said FAT ERROR and that was back in October - yes 6 months ago!!! I know what that means - my meter is not working. Since then in January they said, "You're right, your meter was not working" and they came out and replaced it. I have spoke to several people at SCE 10+ and they keep saying it's a billing issue, It's really an SCE employee issue. I am putting Southern California Edison on NOTICE that I will NOT pay an estimated bill and I want to see day to day usage. I have been with SCE since 6/88 and have NEVER been late on a payment. Come on SCE. Get it together!!!
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2019
I moved into my new apartment back in April of 2018. I paid my deposit and thought all was good. From May of 2018 up to January 2019 Edison did not bill me for my usage. Whenever I would log in it would say I have a credit but would never show I had anything due. Now they are charging me $478.25 for all the months THEY forgot to bill me for. I called them to dispute it and the representative on the phone told me there was nothing they could do about it and since I used the electricity for all those months they couldn't waive or lower any of the fees although they messed up. She told me all she could do was apologize for their mess up and set me up on a payment arrangement.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2019
I had a very similar problem another person complained about. I have had non-stop billing problems for the past year. I was doing auto pay for a while with SCE. My bank account got hacked, I closed the bank account and I stopped Auto Pay. They didn't stop auto pay. SCE continued to bill my closed account and when the payment was not made, they refused to allow payment by check or online and reported to the credit bureaus. I thought, not problem, I will call them, explain the situation and they will fix it, like most other responsible businesses. I have been a customer since the early 1970 with a stellar payment history with SCE. They will fix the problem. Nope - you can't talk to a human being as SCE. (I won't even launch into why we have the highest electrical rates in the county - explain that to me.)
I am now paying my SCE bill through my bank but still sending checks in just so they have to burn labor and postage to return them. It is time to break up SCE and bring competitive pricing into the electric market in Southern California. (I can hear them now screaming how that is not possible – fixed wiring, etc. It is possible and should be done – Break up SCE – One of the worst run companies. If you like socialism, you will like SCE!)
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2019
I recently paid my bill using the app Jan 23. Same day I paid my gas bill. I was prompted to enter my bank account information. This was the only way it allowed me to pay it. Today I received a letter stating I had a check restriction and will not be allowed to pay online and I need to pay them for the returned check. I called and after talking to a rude representative Ruth (she didn’t care to talk to me or explain what was going on just passed me off to someone else). I found out that the system used my closed bank account even though I updated my account information TWICE. So every time I sent paid it returned with a code account closed.
It doesn’t make sense. I used the same information for my gas bill and no problems. She proceeded to tell me that this has happened two times and put a restriction. I asked her if she can tell me when was the first notice sent out because this was the first I’m hearing about this and she couldn’t answer. They never sent it out... This is a scam and I don’t trust this company!!! Just another way to rip people off and take no blame for a online system that doesn’t work.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019
I moved from my old address to the new one. The service from SCE was moved. But the billing was still ongoing. It was just a little amount of money, $15.96 but it was just frustrating that they moved the service but still billing me from the old one! I told them, and said from the billing department that yes, I called and canceled and moved my service, but for some reason it was not shut off! And now they don’t want to waive the $15.96. I don’t see the logic, I don’t understand and I’m really pissed off. I spoke to Amanda at the billing department from SCE! So ridiculous.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018
I received an email from SCE confirming that I made a payment on my acct. Email contained a lot of my personal info including the bank acct # I used to pay my bill. I felt this much info didn't need to be in an email so I tried contacting SCE by phone (the only way, they don't accept emails) I was bounced around on the phone from menu to menu with no way of contacting a rep.
After 25 minutes, I FINALLY found a menu with a rep option & after having to wait through 2 more menu options I finally got a rep on the line. When I tried to speak, she said "I can't hear you". Then she repeated it a couple more times and I finally disconnected my phone. Clearly SCE does not care what their customers think, or even if they have a billing issue, etc. I was shocked because I never called SCE before. I'm sure if I didn't pay my bill promptly, my service would be disconnected immediately and I would have no recourse to reconnect it. For a public service utility that is a monopoly in SoCal, I can understand why they don't care... Customers have no recourse or any other electric company to go to. Disgusting!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2018
For over three weeks, I have daily gone onto the SC Edison Website to obtain our last three bills but that function still does not work. I called Edison over a week ago & was told they were revising their website & it "needed just a few more tweaks." Really? Why would any company put a website into production without all the functions? Edison emails a bill with a due date, but won't provide a bill so verify. Isn't that on the verge of fraud?
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018
I called to connect my electric to the residence due to a mishap with the location I’m renting through. I go through the process run my credit with a soft hit and provided all supporting documents as disclosed to the email needed. I then ask for a timeframe in regards to when the services will be back available. It was explained same day. As with a smart system they just have to send a signal and to call back if I haven’t received any power before I got work. I get home, no power, kids out in the dark and I have to make arrangements Edison states they aren’t responsible for. I then reach and escalate the matter to a supervisor David and I’m provided a poor response in regards to the account. It's noted and all that. There's nothing that can be done as we need to wait the business days it requires us to address the matter.
I explained if I was presented with that from the beginning I could have looked and arranged a few things. I then moved forward and stated that this is a training concern where the information delivered to me was inaccurate. So he stated, "It’s not my department" and provided contact # 877-890-2486. I stated, "Is there someone I can speak with at the point of contact." He says, "Yes." I then proceed to call. Their voicemail is full. Messages can’t be left. The operator is unavailable and the call drops on me per Edison due to no remaining options.
Welcome to inefficiency. Kids are now without power due to Edison. I have to wait all weekend as I have no timeframe to look forward for. No number to call for help. Spoiled food they won’t replace. And to top it all off I’m in probation for a new career that requires my flexibility with hours. Edison needs some serious revaluation done. Including some revamping of processes for escalations. Empower your employees to make the right decision. Otherwise what good are you. Just another bill we’re forced to pay. Absolutely no help.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2018
Since July 2018 I have been expecting a refund from a deposit made to SCE. See account # **, the account is inactive. Please take care of your customers!! Pay the deposits back!! How much longer we have to wait!!
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2018
They shut off my electric, to get it back on I have to pay cash right away before 7pm to get it back on same night. $1154.00, 25.00 reconnect fee, and deposit of 2600.00 had to pay $3,770.00 before 7pm to get it back on same day, which I did... 12 hours later still not on! Stated on my receipt would be on in the next 4 hours... Never did! I asked 3 Edison reps how they come out with the amount of the deposit?? They all said they get your highest bill in the last 12 months and multiply by 2 , which that's against California's State regulations!! Hahaha, I've already done the paperwork for a class action lawsuit on deposit charging. Edison isn't so bright... hahaha... and I filed a claim to get reimbursed for all of my time, gas, and wages, all my overhead, like the loss sales for the day... remember people the bigger the company the better to sue them for wrong doings... have a great day! LOOK UP THE lawsuit to join...
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
I have been an SCE customer for 50 years and a SCE retiree. I liked logging in and paying my bill by "ECheck." It was convenient and free. I would also pay ahead with sometimes up to $200 that covers 3-5 months. Loved it. NOW they are connected with JPMChase and charge $1.65 for any and all online payments if you don't have automatic direct payment set up. I NEVER have, nor will I ever have in the future, automatic direct payment set up for ANY company. I will have to go back to the old SNAIL MAIL I guess and will now always wait until the week of due date to send in. Customer service is going backwards.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2018
I have been with SCE over 28 years, 17 whole living I. My current home obviously they ALWAYS get their money. Most recently my bill has tripled in amount dues, the bill is so confusing even the customer service department has difficulty explaining or understanding what it means but always manages to make it benefit SCE. I finally decided to go ahead and avoid the confusion by enrolling in auto pay on Sept 1, 2018. This same day made my payment of 501.17 bring me to a zero balance. I then get a disconnection notice a few days later, since I’m enrolled in auto pay I figure, the payment is just taking a few days to process, call back to SCE and they ensure me that I am Indeed signed up for automatic pay not to worry.
Few days after that I check my account again now shows 501.17 due by 11/05/2018, but the online info shows a balance of zero. So on 10/26/2018 while no one is home SCE shows up and disconnects our electricity. I have a party scheduled for Sat 10/27/2018, 8 o’clock am. I contact SCE who confirms I have a zero balance and that my payment was made after the power had been shut off. EXCUSE ME I am signed for auto pay. How is that my fault. I paid this bill a month ago and they are just now processing it (NO DOUBT IN AN ATTEMPT TO NOW CHARGE ME A RECONNECTION FEE). This company is so UNDERHANDED AND CONTINUOUSLY ROBBING their customer of their hard earning money.
I called SCE back a second time. The girls said service is scheduled to be turned back on by close of business on Saturday. I informed her as well as Sophia the first representative that we have medical needs that require electricity. Here it is 1 am STILL NO POWER FOR PAYING CUSTOMERS. I was forced to relocation my party, have my mother stay with other family members because of her medical needs and not one person at SCE cab give me any answers or give half a crap about their customer. I will be filing a formal complaint and a claim. Looks like solar here I come. A angry loyal customer.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2018
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: **.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
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.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2018
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.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
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.
They wanted a $260 security deposit. I told them I am on social security and I am very limited on my funds. They did not care one bit. I have never ever in all my years I have lived here has my electricity been shut off. They know exactly how much money I make every month. I told them that I do not have the money to pay for the deposit and they did not care. They only care about money. Someone who has had electricity all their lives and I am 82 years of age it shows their consideration. I have to borrow money now for the deposit. This company is unbelievable the attitude they have towards senior citizen. The worse company I have ever dealt with in my life. Shame on them, not caring if an 82 year old has money for food because I have to give the security deposit. Disgusting. I will never ever say anything good about these thieves.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
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.
Reviewed July 20, 2018
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.
No attempt has been made to keep this work streamlined, organized and safe. When they do work on the street, they are loud and disruptive with workers shouting and playing their radios, zooming around with their trucks, blocking residents and so forth. This company needs restructuring with improved policy towards their clients. They are the only game in town with ever increasing rates and snotty comments about our power usage (for which we pay a huge amount) on every bill we receive. Would love to be free of them and their game playing.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
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.
Reviewed March 2, 2018
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.
Reviewed March 1, 2018
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!
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2018
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.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
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!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
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.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
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!
I don't know why I was surprised by this. When I called in on the regular line, I had to repeat my information 3 different times the third being another "Supervisor" named Barbara who basically called me a liar (when I went over my Pay by phone experience) and couldn't or wouldn't offer any help...HORRIBLE COMPANY! I wish I didn't live in an HOA because I would just get Solar Panels and just be done with them FOREVER. My only other option is to move out of California.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
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.
Once the problem was found I received a $1000 bill for the difference in electrical usage. I am so frustrated by this because all the information they gave me for the past 4 years was wrong, I was never able to adjust my power use and behavior because their information was wrong. I get a bill for $60. Think I used $60 of power, not $300! I find it ridiculous that SoCal Edison is asking me to pay for their mistake. I've complained to the State of California, but I know I will lose because Edison writes the regulation rules. The only thing I can do now is to complain to the internet and hope for help. Can I sue them? Who can help me sue them? Is it worth fighting?
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2017
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.
Whatever could be characterized as either a misunderstanding or borderline negligent practices, one thing is definitely not in doubt is that these contractors need to have better communication skills. I still feel had I not brought out my camera to complain a second time, they would have not moved. I was upset and unnerved enough by the confrontation to complain. I am no stranger to SCE inconveniences, as I have had better working understandings with various SCE contractors in the past (why I gave 2 stars) as we live right along power lines in a heavily forested area. But this was absolutely the worst; I was made to feel ignored, not listened to and brushed aside. SCE seriously needs to evaluate this particular team.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017
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.
However, Edison keep refusing to help and given us dumb and dumber ideas. No department could help and no one seem to care I was living in the dark. It's day 3 and with no power, I'm considering a lawsuit. I missed work, I'm frustrated and I can't sleep, I feel like this situation it's making me sick. Edison does not care for the customers what a disappointment.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2017
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.
She said there is no way to waive the 260 and they will hold the deposit for a year and if I make a late payment they will keep the deposit an extra 6 months. So I asked after the year how long it would take before the money is refunded she couldn't give me a time frame. I think she is ripping off their customers and should be investigated for fraud. This is some of the worse customer service I have ever seen. They charge you an extra 260 dollars and the service was on off for a few hours and she acted like they have to send someone out to reconnect the service until I told her that all this stuff is done remotely. SCE total rip off.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017
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.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2017
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!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2017
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 been doing this to me since last year. They are hypocrite acting to be nice to poor and needy people May God reveal their evil mind so they won't fool people and help them to repent before the judgment day of wrath of God fall on them. May they repent soon. Because Jesus Christ is coming to destroy the evil of this world due to sins and lack of love for God.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
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.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2017
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?
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2017
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.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2017
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.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2017
I am disabled. I was trying to leave for a doctor's appointment and Edison refused to move any of the 9 vehicles chugging out diesel for 4 hrs and the office of bs corp told me under governance blah blah blah and the police said it is illegal for them to block me in. What a bunch of **.
Reviewed July 18, 2017
Edison is ripping me off with my electric bill, saying I use more than my neighbors. I don't even have central AC and my bill has doubled. I called CPUC and Edison sent out a meter technician to check the meter. He asked me to shut things off and unplug my refrigerator which I did and my meter was still registering electricity. I ask him why it was still registering usage and he said it's probably the refrigerator and I said, but it's unplugged and he said, “Oh it's only registering a small amount of electricity.” Edison said I am using the most consumption of electricity between 12:00 am to 5:00 am during my sleeping hours. Eva ** from Edison is saying my meter is registering my usage accurately. The technician said that is odd to use electricity during those hours. Edison is sticking to their word of saying everything is working well. I don't believe anything Edison is telling me. I hope they get a class action filed against them in the future.
Reviewed June 28, 2017
I have a hedge that stretches 18' across my back yard that borders the alley. On the outside is a large pole, dead center. The SCE employee that was looking at the pole, cut my hedges down 4 feet in both directions and up 10 feet. What once was a secure, private backyard is now wide open for any thief to just walk on in. I understand they needed to access the pole, but the business end is at the top. Also, with the heatwave we've been having (105,110) the hedges help keep my place cooler.
Reviewed June 25, 2017
I'm definitely not looking for anything to be done, because today in this dishonest world full of greed, your bar graph is just as I said, dishonest. It is most definitely a lie and you know it. There is no way that we use more than our neighbors do. Actually it's comical, we know you really don't care. I just needed to speak my mind. What a joke. To whom it may concern, robot answering machine, that everyone hides behind, we are gone all day everyday, working not hustling society. As from other reviews... no need to try and soften anything here. It's the way of the world today. Thank you for caring and working hard on making people's life easier. Looking forward to getting ch7 on my side to get some kinda insight on this dishonesty. Thanks for NOTHING.
Reviewed June 20, 2017
When I closed my account to move out of state, I made sure my account was paid completely after a month. I saw that I owed $1800. I called to see what was going on and they said it was a rebate that I will receive and not a bill. I received the check and cashed it. Now, three months later they want their money back. As a single parent this is impossible. Their issue is ruining my credit.
Reviewed June 9, 2017
SCE is unfair, unjust, irresponsible. We are living in the house and there is no electricity (power) more than 2 weeks. The planner told us is not having enough people to do the work (install power line to permanent meter). So we have to live without power more than 2 weeks. We live in county. Most in advance technologies in the work as today, then why do we suffer to live in 21st century without electricity. SCE is not professional and unreasonable.
Reviewed May 17, 2017
Edison in Santa Barbara is completely is unprofessional, obnoxious and idiotic monopoly with a total disregard for their customers and horrible customer service. You should consider yourself lucky if you get couple days before their repeated "Scheduled Power Outages" which happen for the third time in a span of a single month, multiple times per year.
They are seemingly most creative on how to schedule these on the most uncomfortable times for you... Friday night till Saturday morning, business days 8am-5 pm (try working from home), baby food and milk spoils during the hot days, kids get cold during cold night without heater. Do not bother to call their customer service. You will have an impression that they hire the people with lowest IQ possible. My next letter to the state and federal public utilities commissions and my state representatives. They need to be forced to provide people with reasonable accommodations (hotels or other forms of monetary compensation) for their incompetence.
Reviewed April 29, 2017
Ok. Have been a part of this program for years. Now suddenly I have to turn on my air conditioner for an hour so they know it's working, an hour before or after they send me notice. I am trying to save energy!!! And they are making me waste it for the discount. I keep getting alerts from Edison that I am over my 60.00 monthly bill average... And now they want me to run my air when I don't want it on! I would love to meet the idiot in a suit who came up with this insane idea. I have a better idea, and I don't wear a suit... Give Edison the right to stop by anytime and have you turn on your air so they know it works!!!
Reviewed March 16, 2017
I moved to a new residence after closing last bill and opened an account online with Southern CA Edison. About 6 months later I viewed my credit report and see a collections with SCE. I was so mad! I contacted SCE customer service and told them I've never received any information or last bill. I was told once I paid this collections to allow 30 days for it to be completely removed. My biggest concerns that it would mess up my score in the process of buying a home... Now fast-forward three weeks I'm told by SCE supervisor basically tough luck because they never delete and he stands by customer service. Real nice SCE for sticking with customer service that has no clue what they're doing. Oh and have a nice day!! Grrr!!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2017
Bad billing policies leading to irreparable credit damage. I never received a bill from SCE. I finally tracked down an amount due after they destroyed my credit rating and I obtained a copy of my credit report to investigate possible fraud. It will take a lifetime to repair over a inconsequential bill of $60. "The punishment does not fit the crime." After speaking to the Customer Service I am left more frustrated since they take no responsibility for updating or correcting any mailing addresses. After 5 months of sending a bill to a wrong address SCE made no attempt to correct this or update my address or contact me in any way. I had signed up 11 years ago for a landlord agreement where they keep the power on and bill me when my tenant vacates. So my tenant moves out and they try to bill me for two months.
The problem is that they never updated the address on record even after an 11 year period. They just sent a bill to someone else's PO box and never thought twice. Most modern businesses with any online presence and value for their customers will ask for updated information but not SCE. Warning to other customers: Do not sign up for any landlord agreement with SCE since any mistake in mailing will cost you your credit rating even over an amount as low as $60. SCE is unfair, unjust, irresponsible, and billing is run by stooges.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2017
We have been paying over $300.00 dollars the past year every bill. That is way too much. Now they send me a $500.00 bill for 1 month cause according to them I spend twice as last year energy. Honestly I think they are robbing people. $500.00 a month for electricity on a single home family is way too much money. They would not wanted to send a technician to check my meter even that I am paying my bills. Worst customer service ever they have. Don't help neither answer questions and only get you more mad about high charges.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
I am currently battling SCE regarding my deposit. Yes, I've had some financial issues, but I've ALWAYS paid my bill. Since I was late, they are making me pay ANOTHER deposit. On top of that, I had some problems with my automatic payments and my bank account, and the deposit was not paid through the bank. NOW they are charging me $400 instead of $260!!! I'm already on the FERA plan due to financial issues. How can they keep adding fees like this? Is it legal? We have no choice of electrical carriers, so doesn't this make it a monopoly? To top it off, you can't reach them by email, or even phone half the time. Currently, I've been on hold for 19 minutes! Then, when someone answered, they hung up on me! Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there a lawyer that deals with this kind of situation?
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2017
Our house was ok until the rain storm hit SoCal and my house started to lose power. I have called several electricians to have a look at our electrical systems and it turned out Edison power line from the pole to my house are rotten, loose and need to be replaced. It's dangerous. I contacted Edison and they sent a guy to my house to inspect their own cables. The guy looked at my electrical panel and said that this one does not have permit so they won't inspect their cable for me. I just got the house and I don't know what the previous owner did to it (the panel seems new and legit in fact we live in there 3 months without any problem until the rain storm hit).
I asked the SCE guy and he himself admitted the contradictory: I need to asked the city authority to come down and check on my panel while the problem is on your rotten cables. The city won't check Edison cable it's their properties the only thing they will check is my electrical panel which I was told from 4 different electrician that it's perfectly fine. I kept going back and forth with SCE guy: I begged him to have a look at their lines since our family has been loss power for almost a week and everyone got sick. My 4 years old daughter got very bad in 44F cold and windy winter weather. He still refused to have his electrician to look at their cable and insist me to contact city for permit. I got it, today I will go and get permit from city for my panel. I hope to get over this soon. I hope new president will create more competition in utilities company to prevent this type of behavior happened.
They disregard of people well being and just focus on some rules that does not make sense (need permit on my household panel to inspect their own power line). I don't know much about Donald Trump, however I hope he his promise to deregulation and create more competitive environments to prevent these monopoly utilities company from doing whatever they want to do.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017
I have contacted SCE on numerous occasions regarding my electric bill charges. I have been told to get an electrician, I did. I have been told there would be investigations that never happened. I have been told that paying is a choice. It is not. Looking for class action lawsuit. NOW, I do continue to pay. We are a family of 4. We work all day, and only have normal appliances in our home. Our pool has been turned off at the breaker for months. We live in an unplugged world, and we continue to pay.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
My mother and brother had an apartment that they never paid the bill. Edison is saying I lived with them and that I am responsible for the bill because I benefitted from the electric services. I have been fighting them since 2012. It's 2017 and I have Sent them Proof of where I have lived for the years in question and they not only. Didn't take Me off the account they put the bill in my Name. This Bill don't have anything to do with Me. I moved out Of My Mother's house 2 Weeks Before I turned 18. Is there anything that can Be done about this. Please Help.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2016
There are 2 issues: 1. Edison reported a $68 bill which I am disputing to Credit Reporting Agencies ruining my credit record after I had written them a letter requesting documentation to support this bill. 2. The thing is I am NOT an Edison customer. I NEVER requested their service and NEVER received their service. I cannot think of any business being able to bill and collect payments from people for service they never ordered and never received.
It's Edison's BUSINESS PRACTICE. I own a rental property. My tenants established an account with Edison but failed to pay the last bill before moving away just as they failed to pay their cable TV, internet service bills.... WHAT makes Edison different than these other companies? Edison said they bill property owners for all unpaid bills. WHO authorized Edison to do that? NO ONE has the power to authorize anyone to collect payments from you without your explicit consent.
When you buy a house, a dress, get a job.... you agree to the amount, you agree to pay tax. YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM DEAL IF YOU DO NOT AGREE. It is your RIGHT. No business, not Edison, not anybody can take away your rights. The bottom line is I politely requested Edison to provide me with any written document saying that I am either legally or contractually responsible for this service, another word, validate the damn bill. They ignored me and reported the bill as delinquent. I am looking for anyone with same issue. Please contact me.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
My mother is 74 with serious medical issues. Her doctor suggested she grow medical **. So I just got here and look at her bill and it was so high they slapped a 2500 deposit. In the meantime I shut all the lights down, drained the pool, got all led lights, no tv. No dishwasher. She is on social Security. So I call Edison and told them what happen and she can get on low cost and she would pay 600 a month and work with us. Now that we are not using any electricity hardly maybe they could take that deposit that my mother has paid half of and put it towards the large bill. They said no. If 1700 deposit isn't paid by tomorrow they are shutting it off.
My mother is on life alerts and needs electricity. If she falls in the dark she could die. They work on the power lines out here frequently and turn it off and she already drove her leg because of that and she has Fragile bones, they break easy. She hasn't signed any law suit waivers. If she falls and dies or gets seriously hurt, I will go after Edison legally with all my might. We tried to work with them. They hung up on my mother raising her blood pressure and that's why I'm involved now. I thought for sure they would let us pay them off slowly. It's not like it being used like that anymore. I put a stop to it and she's old and didn't realize what it was costing. But basically they won't work with us and my elderly mother has to spend Christmas in the dark. Pretty good company. You decide.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2016
I have been harassed with 5 calls on my private cell number...all from SCE trying to get info about their upcoming rate change programs. These programs are unclear, poorly communicated, unfair, and, no doubt, charged to the public as part of the justification for their increasing fees. I have solar power, as do many in my neighborhood. SCE still manages to bill us out of more and more money even when we don't use their electricity! It is robbery!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016
S.C.E. is nothing more than a bully! I established service with them in April of this year (2016). 3 months later I receive a bill of over 600.00, 314.00 of which is shown as a "miscellaneous transfer". When I call to ask about this I am informed that the previous tenant (deceased) had left an unpaid bill and instead of them going through probate, as is legally required by federal law, they decided to make me, who is in NO WAY related, responsible for paying it. They claim that I am this person's daughter and therefore responsible. I was unable to pay this huge amount and as I was on the phone with them trying to get it sorted out, my power was shut off! I had to borrow money to pay what was just MY bill, which at 300.00 is ludicrous.
I live in a 5th wheel and most of my appliances are run by propane. So now they are telling me that on top of the owing on the bill that is not mine I now have to pay a 400.00 deposit based on the past highest usage of that person!!! Which has absolutely NOTHING to do with me!! This is total **. I did some research and according to The Federal Trade Commission a person can NOT be held responsible for someone else's unpaid bill simply because they are related to them. So even if I WAS her daughter, they cannot make me responsible for it. THIS IS FEDERAL LAW!!! Apparently SCE feels that they do not have to abide by federal law while at the same time enforcing their own arbitrary and illegal rules upon us! And just to make it more fun for them they have me sending a handwritten letter signed by me stating that I am not related to said person. Which somehow NEVER gets received by mail or fax.
And although I made payment arrangements for the deposit (I was forced to) the bill says it is due in full!! What the hell? This can't be legal! How is this even allowed to be happening to the many, many, many people whose stories I have read on here? What are you people at Consumer Affairs or CPUC going to do about it? Anything?? I'm all for a class action lawsuit. Please feel free to contact me. This has to stop.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016
I bought a house with a pre-installed solar system. After transferring over both solar and SCE accounts, SCE continually charges me for electricity not completing the net meter. I am paying for the same electricity twice. They are stealing my money. I have called 3 times, each month since they say it will take another billing cycle to complete the transfer to the "net" program.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2016
I am a retired widow. I have been an SCE customer for 40 years. It is a monopoly. If I have electricity, it must be SCE, I have no choice. For the first time I recently missed paying my bill by their deadline because I didn't have the money. They cut off my electricity, leaving me trapped in the house, electric doors would not open. They demanded the deposit to reconnect my electricity. Said they would not waive the deposit for any reason. I asked to speak to a supervisor and Jose, the SCE employee, hung up on me. If I lacked the money to pay my bill, where am I going to get an additional $380?
I don't want to be an SCE customer anymore but am trapped because they have a monopoly just like I was trapped in my house via their actions. The public utilities commission is supposed to protect us from utility companies criminal behavior, and yet they do nothing. Just another reason why there are so many people angry at the system, the establishment that exists to take from us.
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Reviewed Oct. 26, 2016
So SCE is charging interest on late bills. This I get. But it should not be charged on bills that are due and being paid on the day they are due. In addition it takes 2-3 months to set up an autopay and it's up to the customer to determine when the autopay starts. Edison is a monopoly and so we are forced to one company that gives no customer service whatsoever even to customers who has paid consistently each month. There should be a law against this.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
I qualified for the CARE/FERA programs for last two years or so, but this year they asked me for income qualification. I sent in all the information required and now they are asking me for even more sensitive information about my mother who lives with me and my daughter who is a full-time college student that does not have a job.
I called concerned due to the sensitive nature of the information required of my elderly mother such as Medical/Medicare who lives with me. I was going to send a copy of the cards but wanted to let them know I was concerned about the info on them, SS #s, but the rep basically discouraged me and told me they don't accept this, that I have to send more paperwork proving that she is the person the cards belong to. I feel she forced me / discouraged me from applying for these programs.
I asked for my original paperwork back due to my sensitive information (pay stubs, income tax returns) but when she typed the message she said that I said "I want to cancel the discount because it's too much hassle." I did not say that. I said, "I am concerned of sending sensitive information," but I'm still able to provide a copy of my mother's Medicare/Medical cards. But of course like always these people are only looking for ways to not make it easy on the consumers. It seems to be so much trouble for these companies to help the consumer and to believe that my mother and daughter live with me.
I want them to send my paperwork back even if this means cancel me. It just bothers me that these people arbitrarily make up things that the customers have said and they don't care. Of course I don't want to be canceled. I want the program. I tried to work with them, but they are not accepting the paperwork I can provide. I mostly was concerned due to the sensitive nature of the information that is being required. I am a single parent and take care of my mother and my daughter, but they do not care. I wish this was not a monopoly where Southern California Edison was not the only company that provided the energy.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2016
In the past 3 years, my bills on a Annual Payment balance has gone from $110 to $124 to $152 respectively. My monthly bills says it all. SCE has a way of getting around my complaints like why my power. I am working on going Solar, now that my monthly bills match the price of monthly solar bill. I get the funny feeling these SCE and DWP have fancy lunch outings with solar companies in manipulating consumers to buy Solar because they can't do anything right about generating power for their customers. Someone like the CFPD should check into this.
Southern California Edison Company Information
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