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    <title>TURN Consumer Advocates</title>
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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=1391</link>
    <title>Smart meter investigation leaves many questions unanswered</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN said today that a report on smart meters released by the CPUC failed to answer many of the questions consumers have about the accuracy, effectiveness and safety of PG&amp;E’s smart meters.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1319</link>
    <title>PG&amp;E’s Powergrab Defeated by Grassroots Campaign</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;California voters sent a resounding message to PG&amp;E yesterday that their constitution is not for sale.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010</pubDate>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1153</link>
    <title>So Cal Gas Customers Shut Out of Smart Meter Debate
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    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;CPUC makes decision on The Gas Company's unnecessary smart meters without hearing from southern California customers it will effect.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1105</link>
    <title>Critics Slam Prop 16 at CPUC Hearing
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    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Representatives of consumers, small businesses, farmers, local governments and environmental groups told the CPUC today that PG&amp;E’s special interest ballot initiative, Prop 16, must be defeated.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1105</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1115</link>
    <title>SoCal Gas: The Dumbest Smart Meters Yet</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;SoCalGas wants to charge customers $1 billion for meters that may be even worse than PG&amp;E’s, in that they are even less cost-efficient with far fewer prospective benefits. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010</pubDate>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1002</link>
    <title>Xmas Moratorium Is First Step Toward Stopping Utility Shut Offs</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN is demanding that the California Public Utilities Commission act immediately to stop the rising tide of utility shut-offs. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=1002</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=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=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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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=835</link>
    <title>So Cal Edison's Rate Hikes: Wrong Time, Wrong Reasons </title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;Unbelievably, the CPUC voted to allow So Cal Edison to raise rates by billions of dollars.  Initially, the energy giant claimed they needed to raise rates to keep up with California's rapidly expanding economy.  In the current contracting economy, they claim they need to raise rates to prevent layoffs, a claim dissenting Commissioner Dian Grueneich said had &quot;no basis.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=835</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=822</link>
    <title>Conflicts of Interest Plague Edison Rate Case</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;A wish list delivered to the CPUC President Michael Peevey by his former employer, Southern California Edison, has re-surfaced in a proposal by Peevey to allow Edison to raise rates by over $2.1 billion.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=822</guid>
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    <link>http://turn.org/article.php?id=757</link>
    <title>Survey Scandal Costs Edison $145 Million</title>
    <description>&lt;div class=&quot;text blurb&quot;&gt;TURN and its allies have won $115 million in refunds for Southern California Edison customers. 


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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008</pubDate>
    <guid>http://turn.org/article.php?id=757</guid>
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