Oakland, CA – TURN proudly announces a significant win for California ratepayers! The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued a decision that will reduce shareholder profits for the state’s largest energy utilities, including PG&E, SCE, SoCalGas, and SDG&E.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters want policy leaders to take decisive action to address the root causes of high electricity bills, including limiting how much utilities can spend and profit, according to a poll conducted by David Binder Research...

On May 10, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision to dismiss AT&T’s application to withdraw as Carrier of Last Resort (COLR), requiring AT&T to continue to provide landline telephone service to all customers in its territory in California…

On February 1, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision to authorize early collection of $516 million from PG&E customers for wildfire safety, and other infrastructure upgrades, conducted in 2022…

Today, Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 938, which will prohibit political lobbying by investor-owned utilities that can be charged to ratepayers. While federal law technically prohibits utilities from passing lobbying costs onto their ratepayers…

When you think about what you’re paying for in your electric and gas utility bill, you probably think of the energy powering your lights, furnace, and stove…

On December 1, PG&E submitted a CPUC filing requesting its customers to pay an additional $2 billion in rate increases to cover wildfire mitigations costs, barely two weeks after approval of record breaking increases for its General Rate Increase.

On November 7, PG&E executives scheduled a private meeting met with Commission staff to lobby for an additional $1.8 billion in ratepayer increases in the Alternative Proposed Decision, which had already been modified in PG&E’s favor.

Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously to consider proposals to improve service quality requirements for telephone service, and expand service quality requirements to cover Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone…

$10 billion in undergrounding increases proposed GRC capital spending by 24%, from $31 billion to $38 billion*

PG&E reduced other capital spending by $3 billion due to undergrounding, resulting in a net increase of $7 billion in capital…

Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously approved a grant program to help local agencies develop local public broadband networks. Soon, local agencies and Tribal governments will be able to apply for grant funds to…

Securitization—Just another word for a Bailout

TURN files in Court to reverse risky CPUC $11 billion PG&E Bailout

The Utility Reform Network filed a challenge in the State Court of Appeals on September 10 to reverse the May 6 California Public…

Typical Customer Bill Would Skyrocket $180 Annually by 2023

California Public Utilities Commission has scheduled an August 19 vote to take action on its Proposed Decision (PD) to authorize a massive increase for SCE customers…

Mark Toney, Executive Director for TURN (the Utility Reform Network), applauded California Governor Newsom following today’s announcement that the Governor’s office will propose significant debt relief funds in the upcoming budget…