Kentucky PSC Raises Lifeline Discount for Unlimited Voice Amid COVID-19
The Kentucky Public Service Commission increased state USF payments to eligible wireless carriers providing unlimited voice to Lifeline customers. Effective Aug. 1, monthly payments will be $8 per customer through July 31, 2021, a $4.50 increase, the PSC said about…
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Friday's order in docket 2016-00059. The commission will review the increase’s impact March 1 but said Kentucky USF can sustain it for slightly more than a year before the surcharge would have to be increased. The PSC said increasing payments for more data “would deplete the KUSF in the absence of an increased surcharge, and that the benefits of temporarily providing payments for additional voice outweigh the benefits of providing payments for additional data.” Some Kentucky Lifeline providers asked in May comments for higher payments to provide more data (see 2005260063).