They call saying they are the Electricity Company and then threaten to cut off your electricity if you don't pay them over the phone.  You have to pay them with a Green Dot MoneyPak card.  It's a scam!  Hang up and call your electricity number directly to get the correct info.  When you are put on hold there is no call waiting music like there usually should be.  I called back and then it says they are using MaigicJack.

calling claiming that we owe money and need to paid over the phone with a check if not service would be shut off

I received a phone call from "the electricity company" and they threatened to turn off service because we haven't made a payment "since they sent out a letter informing clients that they no longer accept check payments". The man said that they "have made changes to the payment options and can only accept payments made at CVS or Walgreens". I called Edison and wanted to confirm this and none of the above was true. Edison will not try to collect money over the phone they will always send out letters! Edison informed me to file a police report.