The Utility Reform Network, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 13 relations: Brown University, California Public Utilities Commission, CBS, Consumer organization, Harry Reasoner, Jerry Brown, Nonprofit organization, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Providence, Rhode Island, San Bruno pipeline explosion, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley, 60 Minutes.

2. Consumer organizations in the United States

Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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California Public Utilities Commission

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or PUC) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies.

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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Consumer organization

Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution.

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Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist for CBS and ABC News, known for his adroit use of language as a television commentator and as one of the original hosts of the news magazine 60 Minutes (1968–1970, 1978–1991).

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Jerry Brown

Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019.

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Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU).

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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San Bruno pipeline explosion

The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood west of San Francisco International Airport near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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60 Minutes

60 Minutes is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network.

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See also

Consumer organizations in the United States

• Alliance for Affordable Services
• Alliance for Consumer Education
• Buycott.com
• Campaign for Accountability
• Center for Humane Technology
• Center for Justice & Democracy
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Citizen Action
• Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman
• Consumer Action
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Consumer Federation of America
• Consumer Federation of California
• Consumer Product Information Database
• Consumer Reports
• Consumer Watchdog
• ConsumerAffairs
• ConsumerLab.com
• Consumers' Checkbook
• Consumers' Research
• Corporate Accountability
• Entertainment Consumers Association
• Federal Communications Commission
• Funeral Consumers Alliance
• Industrial Commission
• Kids In Danger
• Labdoor
• League of Women Shoppers
• Massachusetts Consumers' Coalition
• National Consumer Law Center
• National Consumers League
• National Cybersecurity Alliance
• New Dream
• New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
• Ombudsmen in the United States
• Public Citizen
• STOP Foodborne Illness
• The Utility Reform Network
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
• Untied.com

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Utility_Reform_Network

Also known as TURN (The Utility Reform Network).