TURN (The Utility Reform Network)

TURN
Formation 1972 (1972)
Founder Sylvia Siegel
Type Non-profit Organization
Legal status Active
Purpose Represent utility consumers
Headquarters San Francisco
Website http://www.turn.org

TURN (The Utility Reform Network) is a consumer advocacy organization headquartered in San Francisco California. In 1972, Sylvia Siegel started TURN in her kitchen to represent consumers before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).[1] Harry Reasoner interviewed Siegel about her work with TURN on CBS's 60 minutes in 1984.

On January 1, 2008, Mark Toney became the executive director of TURN. A Brown University graduate, who later earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at UC Berkeley, Toney also founded DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality) to organize low-income families in Providence, Rhode Island in 1986.

California Governor Jerry Brown appointed former TURN attorney Michael Florio to the California Public Utilities Commission in 2011.[2]

Following the gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, TURN filed a motion with the CPUC to "compel Pacific Gas and Electric Company to respond to data requests seeking production of documents to determine if PG&E engaged in other efforts to undermine due process in this case."[3]

References

  1. ↑ David Cay Johnston. "Sylvia Siegel, Activist on Utility Rates, Is Dead at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  2. ↑ Marc Lifsher (January 26, 2011). "Brown names consumer advocate to utilities commission". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  3. ↑ "A13-12-012 TURN Motion to Compel final with corrected attachments". Retrieved 2015-02-02.

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