Southern California Edison is claiming the lawmaker who wrote a bill beneficial to the utility was never an executive with them, but a Los Angeles Times report indicates Edison did view her as an executive, at least in some instances.
Assemblymember Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) authored Assembly Bill 942, which would cut credits homeowners receive for installing solar panels on their roofs.
After the Times reported Calderon is a former executive with Edison, the utility “objected to The Times’ identifying Calderon as a former executive for the utility, claiming on its website that the news organization is ‘choosing sensationalism over facts,'” LAT wrote.
“But in its official reports to the Federal Election Commission, the political action committee for Edison International — the utility’s parent company — listed Calderon’s occupation as an executive in more than a dozen filings made before she left the company in 2020 to run for office,” the Times report explains.
When contacted by the Times, an Edison spokesperson said the “executive” definition relates to a “broad class of individuals” as described by the Federal Election Commission, but the utility did not consider her an executive.
Calderon’s office seconded that belief.
“Due to her professional responsibilities, she was categorized as an executive for FEC filing purposes,” her office told the Times. “That does not mean that she was an executive at Edison.”