Lefebvre v. Southern California Edison

Opinion

COLLINS, J.

Plaintiff Phillippe Lefebvre filed a putative class action suit against defendant Southern California Edison (Edison). In his second amended complaint, Lefebvre alleged that Edison fraudulently enrolled ineligible customers in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program, which provides rate assistance to low-income electricity and gas customers. The CARE program is subsidized by all other ratepayers, and Lefebvre alleged that Edison’s practice of enrolling ineligible participants caused the CARE program surcharge he and other ratepayers were assessed to be…