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Just say NO to PG&E's high rates
PG&E currently has proposals for $4 billion in new rate hikes pending at the CPUC. Do you think PG&E’s rates are too high already? Speak out against PG&E's unfair rate hikes.
Protect Public Safety and 9-1-1 Service
Demand a NO vote: Protect 911 emergency service access. Tell the governor to reject SB-1375, AT&T sponsored legislation that could shut off emergency access completely to those without a landline ...

GREEN MATTERS

SDG&E wind plan 'concerns' group
TURN argues that SDG&E's plans to build a wind farm in Montana that will sell energy to Canada "offers no benefits to customers and deprives California of the investment and green jobs expected to be ...
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Capitol fight erupts over renewable energy
TURN's Matt Freedman tells Capitol Weekly how to make renewable energy and the green economy work.
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California's New Bill Boosts Solar Net-Metering For Consumers
An explanation of the solar bill recently passed in California with quotes from TURN attorney Matt Freedman.
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ENERGY

Smart Meter Boycott: Do's and Don'ts
Many of you have asked us what will happen if you ask PG&E to postpone installing a smart meter until the CPUC investigation is complete. Here is our advice and a video of an Oakland neighborhood's ...
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Smart meter investigation leaves many questions unanswered
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&E’s smart meters.
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Smart Meters: A Dumb Idea
TURN explains why "smart meters" are a dumb idea. In short, they're expensive, don't help you save energy and put your privacy at risk.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Phone Company Cutbacks Threaten Public Safety
TURN warns against passage of SB-1375, a phone company proposal that would drastically reduce 911 access.
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CPUC Fails to Enforce “Just and Reasonable” Phone Rates—Concludes Senate Report
TURN praises a scathing report released by a non-partisan research office of the California Senate documenting the failure of the CPUC to adequately protect consumers in the wake of its 2006 decision ...
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Your phone could become pay to play!
TURN CONSUMER ALERT: Unlimited local calling threatened. Phone companies want to end unlimited local calling, charge for incoming calls, charge for calls to 800 numbers and even charge for calls ...
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