Even a renegade utility company like PG&E can be reined in. TURN beats back PG&E’s proposal to add new monthly charges to every customers’ bill, keeping the tiered rates system
TURN says CPUC should not rubber stamp PG&E’s pie-in-the-sky solar project while turning a blind eye to safety violations.
Consumer groups have long complained the regulators who oversee California’s power
PG&E sharply curtailed a program in 2000 that had replaced portions of the pipeline that exploded under San Bruno and hundreds of miles of other aging gas-transmission pipe in the
Lambasted in the past for going too easy on PG&E, state regulators have been talking tougher in recent weeks, and have their biggest opportunity since the catastrophic natural gas-line explosion
VIDEO: TURN says California is doing the right thing by opening pipeline safety rule-making procedures because there are some actions can be taken now, instead of waiting for the end
CPUC President Michael Peevey has become a focal point for public anger over last year’s fatal pipeline explosion in San Bruno. Critics have urged Gov. Jerry Brown to replace him,
Under intense pressure organized by TURN, the state Public Utilities Commission promised to begin a formal investigation of the pipeline explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people. The review
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday appointed a staunch consumer advocate and a law school professor to a powerful state commission that regulates California’s utilities—a panel that has come under intense
Jerry Brown made some appointments to the PUC, and considering the recent tilt towards the businesses they are regulating, it’s a good start.
Jerry Brown made some appointments to the
Rooftop solar is less expensive than ever to purchase and install, but solar subsidies continue to rise. Unless the CPUC modernizes this outdated program, utility bills will skyrocket for non-solar
