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    <description>The Utility Reform Network: fighting for  California utility consumers for over 30 years.</description>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1030</link>
    <title>TURN wins kinder, gentler shut off policies</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;CPUC adopts TURN's recommendations to prevent utility shut-offs.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1026</link>
    <title>CPUC expected to adopt turn shut off proposals Thursday, Feb 4</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;The CPUC will decide whether to follow TURN's recommendations to prevent utility shut-offs this Thursday, February 4th&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1013</link>
    <title>TURN Defends Consumer Choice, Opposes Initiative to Lock In High PG&amp;E Rates</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN's response to PG&amp;E's unfair power grab&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1013</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1007</link>
    <title>Utilities Fail at Energy Efficiency, Win at Raising Rates</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;CPUC awards energy companies $61 million in unearned energy efficiency incentives.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1007</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1008</link>
    <title>Thousands Of Utility Shut-Offs Can Be Prevented</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN, community organizations and consumer groups demand that the CPUC act immediately to stop the rising tide of utility shut-offs. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1008</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=987</link>
    <title>Senate Stands Up for Consumers, Stands Down Utility Lobbyists</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Consumer groups throughout California today applauded a decision by the State Senate Rules Committee to deny Commissioner Rachelle Chong another term on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=987</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=986</link>
    <title>Chart: AT&amp;T Calls in its Chips for Chong</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;A table of individuals and organizations who wrote letters supporting the nomination of Rachelle Chong to the CPUC and donations they have received from AT&amp;T according to public record&lt;/div&gt;
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    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=986</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=934</link>
    <title>Smart consumers trump smart technology</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Mark Toney writes in the San Francisco Chronicle that conservation and energy efficiency will save more energy than expensive, unproven smart meters.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=934</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=956</link>
    <title>PG&amp;E’s ClimateSmart: Not A Smart Investment</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;PG&amp;E's ClimateSmart program is about making PG&amp;E look green, not making PG&amp;E green&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=956</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=911</link>
    <title>Executive Fiat is No Substitute for Legal Protections</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Governor Schwarzenegger replaced good legislation with poor executive order with no consumer protections, no green jobs and no environmental protections to benefit Californians.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=911</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=908</link>
    <title>Smart Meters Will Hurt Local Economy</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Labor Day Call to save 1,000 Jobs from being eliminated by SoCal Gas' Smart Meter plan&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=908</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=903</link>
    <title>Industry Advocate Rachelle Chong: Deny Confirmation</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN is urging senators to reject the nomination of Rachelle Chong to the CPUC because she acts against public interest, rejects public input and broke commitments made to the Senate Rules Committee.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=903</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=875</link>
    <title>SMART METERS: A DUMB IDEA</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN explains &quot;smart meters&quot; with a brief fact sheet&lt;/div&gt;
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    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=875</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=867</link>
    <title>MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN pushes for efficiently-run energy efficiency programs and demands accountability from energy companies and state government&lt;/div&gt;
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    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=867</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=868</link>
    <title>Missed Opportunity as Climate Bill Moves out of House Committee</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Waxman/Markey Climate Bill: A Missed Opportunity Coalition Statement&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=868</guid>
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