SPRING 2016
TURN’s 2014-2015 Annual Report
Mark Toney’s Letter PAGE 2
Thank You!
Donor Appreciation PAGE 8
Q U A R T E R LY N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E U T I L I T Y REFORM NETWORK, TURN
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SAFETY THROUGH
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G&E mismanagement and regulatory laxity In related cases investigating the safety of by the California Public Utilities Commission Sempra’s management of its SoCal Gas and (CPUC) were the main causes of the fatal SDG&E pipelines, TURN was also successful in PG&E explosion in a residential demanding shareholder neighborhood in San Bruno in “Regulators must hold funding for neglected main2010. After close to five years of tenance. Sempra tried to utilities accountable advocacy, TURN and the City of charge customers twice for for the risk reductions San Bruno won unprecedented testing the same pipelines, they promise, as costpenalties of $1.6 billion to be since the company had paid by PG&E shareholders and effectively as possible” failed to properly record test applied toward fixing neglected results the first time. TURN — THOMAS LONG, TURN LEGAL DIRECTOR pipelines and replacing missing demanded that Sempra pay and inaccurate records. for the re-tests which were TURN’s victories in the San Bruno case, spearonly needed because of its own failures. But last headed by Legal Director Thomas Long, will hold minute lobbying pushed the Commission’s deciPG&E accountable to higher standards in the future, sion in favor of Sempra, a decision TURN quickly and prevent PG&E from charging customers for the appealed. On rehearing, we finally won a just decosts of its own mistakes. C O N T I N U E S O N PA G E 3
LEGAL DIRECTOR
THOMAS LONG