CPUC May Vote April 15 on 2 Telecom Issues
The California Public Utilities Commission floated proposed telecom decisions on state environmental review and small LEC rate cases. Commissioners may vote on the items at their April 15 meeting, said the items released Wednesday. Commissioner Cliff Rechtschaffen’s proposal in docket…
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R.06-10-006 would adopt the existing 21-day expedited review process for applying the California Environmental Quality Act to telecom carriers. A plan from Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves would adopt imputation of net positive retail broadband internet access service revenue of 10 small LECs and their ISP affiliates when calculating California High Cost Fund A (CHCF-A) support. It's “reasonable given their integrated operational connections, including the substantial sharing of personnel, equipment, and facilities in the provision of customer services,” said the proposal. The decision wouldn’t regulate broadband service or rates, nor would it require any entity to operate at a loss, it said. “Instead, we act to appropriately account for broadband-related revenues and expenses derived from the Small ILECs’ facilities infrastructure that has substantially benefited from CHCF-A Fund support by California ratepayers.”