Connecticut PURA Says Frontier Reorganization App Still Incomplete; Frontier Cites 'Computer Issue'
A Connecticut regulator deemed incomplete Frontier Communications’ updated application involving the telco’s bankruptcy reorganization Friday, but the carrier said there was a "computer issue." The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) dismissed Frontier’s application last month because its reorganization plan was…
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a draft and subject to change. The carrier submitted again July 1 in docket 20-04-31. “The filing consists of exhibits and other supporting documents for an updated joint petition; however, the filing materials do not include an updated joint petition,” PURA wrote back: The company must file a complete application by Aug. 10. “Frontier provided PURA all necessary information and it is Frontier’s understanding that due to a computer issue it was not logged in PURA’s electronic system," a spokesperson responded Friday. "Frontier will continue to respond as needed to move the approval process forward expeditiously.” At the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday, Frontier rejected protests to its similar application in docket A.20-05-010, where consumer advocates and Communications Workers of America sought a thorough review of its application. The CPUC should resist “attempts to unreasonably expand the scope of the proceeding beyond the public interest analysis of this limited transfer of control,” Frontier said. It’s “not an open-ended opportunity to evaluate” the operations, nor is it a “referendum” on the company acquiring Verizon assets in 2016, it said. CWA urged the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last week to follow PURA’s approach and dismiss Frontier’s application (see 2007090049).