TURN demands PG&E return millions to taxpayers

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A consumer advocacy group is demanding that PG&E return millions back to taxpayers.

The controversy centers around the embattled California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey.

Peevey is accused by The Utility Reform Network (TURN) of pushing through $29 million in incentive payments to PG&E.

TURN says the payment was the award for PG&E's donation of $650,000 to one of Peevey's pet causes.

The commission approved the incentive payment despite the determination by the commission's own energy division that the utility did not earn it.

TURN wants the money returned. We contacted the CPUC, but it did not get back to us with a comment.