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The Utility Reform Network

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), which she felt was overly focused on the interests of its regulated industries at the expense of consumers. Harry Reasoner interviewed Siegel about her work with TURN on CBS's 60 minutes in 1984.

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TURN
Formation1972 (1972)
FounderSylvia Siegel
TypeNon-profit Organization
Legal statusActive
PurposeRepresent utility consumers
HeadquartersSan Francisco
Websitehttp://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), which she felt was overly focused on the interests of its regulated industries at the expense of consumers.1 Harry Reasoner interviewed Siegel about her work with TURN on CBS's 60 minutes in 1984.2

Siegel studied the complex process of setting utility rates, and attracted public attention to a normally dull subject.3 TURN saved California utility customers billions of dollars.4

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  1. David Cay Johnston (22 August 2007). "Sylvia Siegel, Activist on Utility Rates, Is Dead at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  2. Harry Reasoner (October 28, 1984). "Sylvia Siegel". 60 minutes. CBS News.
  3. "TURN founder Sylvia Siegel dead at 89". Capital Weekly. August 23, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  4. "Sylvia Siegel—Pioneering Consumer Activist". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
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