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The Utility Reform Network
Executive director at TURN, The Utility Reform Network
PROFILE
Mark Toney
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FROM Mark Toney
Which Way, L.A.?
Your Electric Bill May Go Up, Even if You're Conserving Power Fifteen years ago, California had an energy crisis, and state regulators effectively froze prices for consumers who used the least amount of electricity. Since then, the growth of private utility companies has been paid for by those who use the most. The Public Utilities Commission says that's not fair, and it enacted sweeping changes last Friday. Those who use the most will see their rates going down. Those who use the least will see an increase.
Design and Architecture
Solar Decathlon In the past two weeks 60,000 people went to the Orange County Great Park in Irvine to check out the “Solar Decathlon.” That’s the exhibition of net zero energy houses, designed and built by students for a biannual competition created by the DOE, with the goal of educating people about solar power.
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It’s a wonderful state California’s story needs a rewrite, and Zocalo Public Square commentator Joe Mathews knows just the man for the job.
Left, Right & Center
Very legal? Very cool? President Trump says it was very legal and very cool to run his business and campaign simultaneously, but was it?
Red State, Blue State
The Drug Wave Crests 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year. A lot of that was due to opiates. And it started a small.
KCRW Features
One Year Later: Rebuilding from the Thomas Fire This week marks one year since the Thomas Fire descended on the city of Ventura. It burned more than 500 homes within city limits. Since then, roughly half of those properties have received the green-light to start construction, but only a handful have actually broken ground. We visit one neighborhood where some of the first homes are getting rebuilt.