Energy efficiency slush fund voted down.
On a day when Republican Sen. Sam Blakeslee complained about “a long string of union giveaways” in the California Legislature, it was refreshing to
Dan Morain: ‘Green’ jobs and the public goods charge
Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to pivot from the focus of his first eight months in office – the budget and
The Schwarzenegger CPUC ignored the law in approving PG&E’s unnecessary plant.
OAKLEY—A consumer advocate group is asking a California court to overturn regulators’ approval of a planned PG&E power plant
Passage of SB2X signals more clean, green and affordable energy for California consumers.
For Immediate Release From The Utility Reform Network
TURN, The Utility Reform Network, said today that passage
TURN and California Senator Christine Kehoe question how and why the CPUC runs the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) to benefit one company—Bloom Energy. California consumers have contributed $210 million dollars
What usually would have been a dull meeting of the CPUC erupted in verbal pyrotechnics between two state leaders over the explosive tragedy in San Bruno late last year.
Assemblymember
The CPUC has been overly friendly to the state’s three big electric utilities in recent years, Gov. Jerry Brown could have a big impact on business and residential energy bills
Schwarzenegger reappoints reckless deregulators Rachelle Chong and Michael Peevey to the Public Utilities Commission.
For Immediate Release: December 1st, 2008
For Immediate Release From TURN, The Utility Reform Network Contact:
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
Commissioner Chong had a year-long track record when her confirmation hearing was held, and it was a disastrous record from TURN’s perspective.
For Immediate Release From The Utility Reform Network
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.
