Blog: SoCal Edison’s new rates will vary with the time of day. Some customers may not benefit much — or at all

One prominent critic of time-varying rates is the Utility Reform Network, or TURN, a ratepayer advocacy group based in San Francisco. TURN prefers the tiered rates that Edison, PG&E and SDG&E customers currently pay by default, in which higher-usage customers pay more. Marcel Hawiger, a staff attorney at TURN, said he’s worried the switch to time-of-use rates will benefit those high-usage customers.