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Pa. PUC Cancels Verizon Probe Hearings Amid Settlement Talks

Verizon and the Communications Workers of America made progress toward settlement of CWA’s complaint against the company in the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, a PUC administrative law judge said in a Jan. 26 scheduling order released Friday. The PUC was…

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to start hearings Feb. 6 in a probe into the state of Verizon copper, but postponed them because the parties said they were continuing settlement talks and could provide an update March 1. The parties entered settlement talks in late November (see 1611300062). “The Commission strongly encourages settlement,” wrote ALJ Joel Cheskis. If it’s still unresolved by March 1, the commission will set a new procedural schedule, he said.