TURN won $75,781 from three utilities.

The California Public Utilities Commission awarded the consumer-advocacy group, whose acronym derives from Toward Utility Rate Normalization, for TURN’s participation in cases affecting the rates charged by Pacific Bell ($52,565), Southern California Gas ($18,612) and General Telephone ($4,604). The PUC awards “intervenor” fees if such participation “substantially assists” the commission in its deliberations. San Francisco-based TURN generally represents residential and small commercial customers before the PUC.