Holding Utilities Accountable: TURN's Fight for Affordable, Clean Energy for All Californians (webinar)
Source: California Alliance for Community Energy |By John Smigelski
In this June 2026 Statewide Call, Mark W. Toney, Ph.D., Executive Director of TURN (The Utility Reform Network), shares how one of California's most powerful ratepayer advocacy organizations is building a diverse, big-tent movement to fight for affordable clean energy for all Californians.
Mark covers TURN's transformation from a public interest law firm into a social movement organization (two-thirds women and two-thirds people of color) and the organizing philosophy behind their work. He reflects on the landmark No on Proposition 16 campaign, where a coalition outspent 500-to-1 still defeated PG&E, and shares lessons on building broad coalitions across the political spectrum to advance the public interest over corporate interests.
