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Report: What California Can Do to Save Lives and Protect Seriously Ill Residents from Utility Shut-Offs

National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) San Francisco– In California, and in each of the 50 states and D.C., utility commissions set the rules regarding when

CPUC Urged to Stand With Public and Publicly Freeze PG&E Rates During COVID

Wednesday, December 2, San Francisco–TURN executive director Mark Toney will demand that the California Public Utilities Commission freeze rates for PG&E and other utilities at the CPUC’s December 3rd at

TURN Demands Investigation Into Rolling Blackouts

Monday, August 24, 2020–TURN today demanded an investigation into the recent, rolling blackouts ordered by the state’s ISO on August 14, saying the blackouts, which impacted over 200,000 Californians, were

TURN Wins Shutoff Reductions

Thursday June 11, San Francisco– The one quarter of Californians who are energy insecure will be safer thanks to new protections that go into effect immediately. TURN’s multi-year campaign to

There Should Be No More Chances for PG&E

Thursday, May 28, San Francisco— The Utility Reform Network today criticized the California Public Utilities Commission’s rubber-stamp approval of PG&E’s bankruptcy plan without sufficient consumer protections. TURN had urged

CPUC Proposal Lets PG&E Off the Hook for Lethal Failures

Tuesday, May 5, San Francisco— Mark Toney, executive director of The Utility Reform Network, said today that that a California Public Utilities Commission proposal to let PG&E off the hook

CWA, TURN Urge CPUC to Require Phone Companies to Provide Emergency Backup Power for Essential Communications

SACRAMENTO – The Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9 and The Utility Reform Network (TURN) each submitted comments (CWA, TURN) to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

PG&E Dodges Accountability, As Does Ex-CEO

Friday, March 20, 2020, San Francisco –PG&E filed objections yesterday to a CPUC decision penalizing the company $2.1 B for its role in the 2017 and 2018 wildfires that devastated

TURN Proposals for Stronger Wildfire Penalties Accepted

TURN today said the POD (Presiding Officer Decision) in the CPUC’s Wildfire Investigation ordering PG&E to pay $2.1 B in penalties, was a vast improvement over the settlement PG&E had

TURN URGES CUSTOMERS TO DEMAND JUSTICE FROM PG&E

“Customers Should Not Have to Pay a Dime for This Debacle” Oct. 17, 2019, San Francisco–TURN, California’s established voice for utility consumers, today urged customers who suffered losses due to

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