Without Sylvia Siegel there would not have been a TURN.
She didn’t merely create TURN from scratch; for most of our history, Sylvia was TURN.
In our early days, Sylvia
Few reruns could be more unwelcome than a rerun of deregulation, and even fewer have been outlawed by the Legislature.
But if the Governor and his representatives at the CPUC
With millions of utility consumers and perhaps a dozen major investor-owned utilities in California, it should not be difficult to find CPUC Commissioners with expertise in consumer issues who do
No matter wins an election, TURN will insure consumer voices are heard, through our work in coalitions, through outreach and education, and by pushing a legislative agenda that touts consumer
Good intentions are fine, but when the CPUC and the energy companies they regulate start to talk about how they want to put those good intentions into action, watch your
TURN’s advocacy efforts take a variety of shapes in a number of different forums.
In many ways we are known best for the work of our staff advocates who appear
TURN celebrates turning 30-something with a party and by continuing to fight for ration energy and telecommunications policy.
What a year 2005 is shaping up to be!
On the phone
There’s strength in numbers. TURN knows the truth of that adage all-too-well.
Normally we think about it in terms of the strength TURN gains from its thousands of members. There
Fall is always a season of transition, and this year is no exception on any number of fronts for TURN and our members.
Despite continuing to be massively outnumbered and
Raising Rates for Essential Needs During COVID is Wrong
With lower-income Californians bearing the brunt of the pandemic economically, utilities are still rapidly raising rates for essential heat and light despite the COVID crisis. Constantly raising rates is wrong.
