Utility credit check (sort of) and deposit

[Konrad2012]

I had to turn on a new Southern California Edison account today. I was told they had to do a soft pull. Then I was told based on the results, I would have to pay a 210 dollar deposit.

 

I asked what CRA they used to get this information/outcome. Response was "We don't use one of the big three, its a utilities service".

 

I have not been late on a utility payment for 7 years, and have nothing adverse from a utility company on any of my "standard" CRA files.

 

Being that I had to pay a deposit because of adverse information in some database, shouldn't I have a right to know what/who this database is, check its contents, and dispute/erase just like the big three CRA's?

 

 

[LKH]

Yes. Insist on them telling you who they pulled.