California LifeLine Renewals Suspension Supported in Comments
California should align suspension of renewals for its low-income program with federal Lifeline, said commenters Thursday on assigned Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma’s proposed decision in docket R.20-02-008. California proposes suspension until June 17, but the FCC recently extended its suspension to…
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June 30. Assurance Wireless, a T-Mobile subsidiary after the Sprint deal, supported the proposal but noted an apparent “conflict between the FCC’s and the CPUC’s suspension periods and associated de-enrollment rules.” That may be “easily avoided by aligning the federal and state renewal suspension periods.” The Greenlining Institute and other consumer advocates suggested the CPUC make the LifeLine suspension last either as long as the federal freeze or the governor’s order suspending renewal requirements of public purpose programs, whichever is longer.