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.
Toney is a Brown University graduate, who later earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at UC Berkeley.
Toney also founded DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality) to organize low-income families in Providence, Rhode Island in 1986.