SDG&E Sues Julian Man For Paying Bill Early

SDG&E Sues Julian Man For Paying Bill Early

Hot on the coattails of lawsuits they are considering filing against people who lost houses in the 2007 fires because they allowed SDG&E to burn them down, SDG&E has filed suit against a Julian man for paying his electric bill in advance of when he used the power. Asked how they could do this their spokesman said, “SDG&E cannot accept money in advance for something we have not yet provided. That would be unethical, makes us look bad when we’re desperately trying to appear good and it gives the person affected in our accounting department excruciating headaches trying to figure out how to handle it. Our computers are only set up for accounts that are past due so that we can charge late charges and re-establishment fees.” SDG&E is also involved in many other high profile lawsuits over the Sunrise Powerlink and the wildfires that were started by downed powerlines. The spokesman also said, “SDG&E’s logic is that the lawsuits, such as the ones we are filing against homeowners for allowing us to burn down their homes, are being handled by lawyers who are giving us a bulk rate. So for each suit that we file, the price comes down on each one. By filing these smaller lawsuits, we are saving the ratepayers tens of thousands of dollars of their money that we are spending on the higher profile and more costly suits. We don’t want to have to apply for too great of a rate increase to cover the lawsuits. It’s just a matter of being good custodians of the ratepayers money and providing electricity at the lowest possible cost.”

©2009 Eric Stamets