Campaign for Affordable Power (CAP)
Join TURN in advocating for affordability, accountability, and transparency in California!
Endorse the 2025 TURN Affordability Legislative Package and make your voice heard.
Building a BIG TENT to Win Affordable Bills!
Utility rates have reached crisis levels, worsening homelessness and jeopardizing our clean energy future. We must lower costs, ensure fair electricity pricing, and advance reliable, equitable, and affordable energy. In January 2025, TURN launched CAP: Campaign for Affordable Power—a three-year initiative focused on grassroots advocacy, local power-building, and bold legislation.
Through CAP, we’re uniting a diverse movement to cut monthly bills, rein in utility spending and profits, and prevent shutoffs and homelessness.
The current system that sets no limits on rate increases needs to be replaced by a cap on annual bills, set at the cost-of-living adjustment provided by Social Security…
MARK TONEY, TURN Executive Director
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SB 330
(Co-sponsored)
Promotes Alternative Financing for Transmission to Lower Costs
Author: State Senator Steve Padilla
Allows the Governor to launch pilot projects to build and maintain power lines using low-interest public financing. By cutting out private shareholder profits, utility consumers could save tens of billions of dollars over the next 30 years.
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AB 1167
(Co-sponsored)
Prohibits Utility Misspending of Ratepayer Dollars
Authors: Assemblymember Marc Berman, Assemblymember Dawn Addis
AB 1167 will keep the cost of utility lobbying, promotional advertising, and other activities and other non-energy related expenses out of monthly energy bills. This bill will ensure greater accountability and transparency.
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AB 1020
Prevents Utilities from Double-Dipping Spending Schemes
Author: Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo
Boosts accountability by tightening utility reporting and ensuring financial deals truly benefit customers. It prevents double-charging, increases transparency, and guarantees that any savings are fully passed on to ratepayers.
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SB 636
Grants Hardship Deferments to Customers in Need
Author: Senator Caroline Menjivar
When customers face serious hardships—like a job loss, family death, or wildfire—they can request a six-month payment deferment from their utility. Afterward, they transition to a manageable payment plan to catch up on any outstanding balance.
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SB 24
Prohibits Shutoffs During Periods of Dangerous Air Quality
Author: Senator Jerry McNerney
Prohibits utility shutoffs on days with unhealthy air quality—like Spare the Air Days, wildfire smoke events, or industrial accidents—and bans electric investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer dollars to fight municipalization.
What is a sponsored bill?
A sponsored bill is legislation introduced in the state legislature with the backing of an organization or group that helps shape its language, advocate for its passage, and rally public support.
Bills shape the laws that impact our daily lives—including the cost and accessibility of essential utilities. Without strong legislation, utility companies can raise rates unchecked, leaving communities vulnerable.
That is why TURN is sponsoring the bills above.
We are fighting for fair, affordable utilities and holding decision-makers accountable. By endorsing one of our bills, you are helping turn these policies into real protections for California families.
