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<div align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Welcome
to the TURN.org PowerSurge Newsletter! September
19, 2003
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<div align="center"><font face="Rockwell,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/donotcall.htm"><img src="http://www.turn.org/img/butterfly.gif" width="69" height="45" border="0" alt="National Do Not Call Registry"></a></b></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Rockwell,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Coming
Soon:</i></font></b><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br>
</b></font><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000099"><a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/donotcall.htm">Freedom
from Telemarketers!</a></font></b></font> </div>
<p align="left"><font face="Rockwell,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Relief
is on the way for consumers tired of incessant and unwanted phone
calls from telemarketers. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/donotcall.htm"><b>Read More</b></a> </font></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#CC0033">URGENT
ACTION ALERT!</font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Support
TURN's efforts to stop the CPUC from selling out PG&E
customers! (see article at left)<br>
Send letters to <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/letter_govdavis.htm">Governor
Davis</a> and the <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/letter_cpuc_sellout.htm">CPUC</a>.</font></b></p>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/action_cellphone.htm"><font size="2"><b>Got
a complaint about cell phone service? Let the CPUC hear
from you!</b></font></a></font>
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94102</font> <br>
<font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">tel: 415-929-8876</font>
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<font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size=-1>email:
<a href="mailto:turn@turn.org">turn@turn.org<br>
</a></font><font face="Rockwell,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/webstaffbios.htm">Staff
Bios</a></font> </font><br>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Big Business
Kills Bill<br>
To Turn off Deregulation!<br>
</b><a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/action_SB888.htm"><b>Learn
more.</b></a></font>
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<p align="center"><font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#333399" size="+2"><b>TURN=CONSUMER
POWER</b> </font></p>
<p><font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Almost everyone in California
uses electricity, natural gas or telephones. And almost everyone would
like to see lower rates for those essential services. TURN, the Utility
Reform Network, is dedicated to making that happen. TURN has been advocating
for California's utility consumers for more than 25 years, and has saved
customers millions of dollars. This site is designed to empower consumers
to demand lower rates and quality services.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">In it you can find:</font>
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<li> <font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Easy links to <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/letter_complaint_cpuc.htm">register
an informal complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission</a>
about utility service or billing.</font> </li>
<li> <font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Easy links to <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/letter_template_rep.htm">contact
your representatives</a> to encourage them to support pro-consumer legislation
and reject the bills your utility company's well paid lobbyists are
hawking in Sacramento.</font> </li>
<li> <font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Public hearings
and other <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/action.htm">actions</a>
you can take to influence public policy relating to <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/phone.htm">telephones</a>,
<a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/electricity.htm">electricity</a>
and <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/gas.htm">natural gas</a>.</font> </li>
<li> <font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Assistance for <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/local.htm">communities</a>
or towns being treated unjustly by their utility companies.</font> </li>
<li> <font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The myriad charges
appearing on your utility bills deconstructed in our <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/clever.htm">survival</a>
tools.</font> </li>
<li> <font face="Rockwell,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">You can also find
out how to <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/membership.htm">join</a>
TURN and <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/links.htm">link</a>
to other consumer advocacy organizations and related information.
Journalists can proceed directly to the <a href="http://www.turn.org/turnarticles/press.htm">press
room</a>.</font> </li>
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