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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

Lawyers Bilk PG&E Bankruptcy for Millions

Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, San Francisco–A US trustee has demolished PG&E’s claim for $140 M in lawyers’ fees for the first few months of its bankruptcy, which the trustee predicts

TURN Opposes AB 235 (Mayes) as a Ratepayer Bailout of PG&E Shareholders

For Immediate Release from TURN, The Utility Reform Network Thursday, August 22, 2019, San Francisco–Convicted felon PG&E is once again lobbying the state legislature for a bailout. In a repeat

TURN Support of AB 1054

July 10, 2018, San Francisco--TURN today said it would support AB 1054 because the bill goes further than any previous proposals in protecting customers and victims while holding investors accountable.

CONSUMERS ALARMED BY LOWER SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PG&E

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, San Francisco–TURN today said that a Wall Street- backed proposal to lower safety standards for PG&E would heighten the risks consumers face from the utility, already

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