Expectations remained unclear Monday for the outcome of...
Expectations remained unclear Monday for the outcome of the NARUC Telecom Committee’s expected vote on a net neutrality resolution. The resolution, introduced by committee member and Vermont Public Service Board member John Burke, would encourage the FCC to use the…
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Telecom Act’s Title II and Section 706 as the jurisdictional basis as it creates new net neutrality rules (CD July 14 p6). Burke told us Monday the staff subcommittee on telecom had given a positive reception to the resolution over the weekend, but he was unsure how the full Telecom Committee would act. NARUC General Counsel Brad Ramsay said industry representatives could comment Tuesday, before the committee votes. Burke told us he expects opposition from many of those representatives. Several Telecom Committee members told us Monday they were undecided on their position. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner James Cawley said he was “genuinely not sure” how he would vote. District of Columbia Public Service Commission Chairwoman Betty Ann Kane said she needed to review revisions to the original resolution before she decided. Telecom Committee Vice Chairwoman Catherine Sandoval, a member of the California Public Utilities Commission, declined to comment on her position.