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Addressing the PG&E Smart Meter Crisis
TURN's recommendations to to restore public confidence in smart meter technology.
Smart consumers trump smart technology
Mark Toney writes in the San Francisco Chronicle that conservation and energy efficiency will save more energy than expensive, unproven smart meters.

GREEN MATTERS

Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead
TURN energy attorney Matt Freedman tells the New York Times that 'green power' payments do little to promote renewable energy.
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PG&E Cashing in on Climate Change
ClimateSmart isn't a smart investment. TURN urges the CPUC to ask PG&E to use the remaining funds to purchase carbon offsets and abandon its failed marketing campaign.
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Energy Efficiency Programs in California
Background on the energy efficiency programs the Public Goods Charge on our bills helps to fund
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ENERGY

Stop Outrageous Smart Meter Bills!
Instead of lower their energy bills, smart meter customers are seeing higher energy use and skyrocketing bills. Sign TURN's petition demanding accountability from PG&E and a moratorium on smart ...
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Energy savings can be achieved without PG&E's disastrous SmartMeter devices
TURN staff attorney Marcel Hawiger writes an op-ed about PG&E's controversial SmartMeters. We should be focusing on smart consumers and conservation, not needless, expensive meters.
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SMART METERS: A DUMB IDEA
TURN explains "smart meters" with a brief fact sheet
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

'Cramming' Phone Charges Plague Bay Area Consumers
TURN managing attorney Bill Nusbaum tells CBS-5 that the CPUC isn't enforcing laws against 'cramming' bogus charges on phone bills.
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CA’s POOREST PROTEST LIFELINE CHANGES
Report and video clip of recent CPUC meetings on proposed changes to the LifeLine Program.
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CONSUMER ACTIVISM KILLS AT&T’S UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENT
TURN leads ordinary customers to a victory over AT&T
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