Texas PUC Slaps Lifeline ETCs for Complaining to FCC First
Lifeline providers should have come to Texas commissioners before asking the FCC to revoke opt-out certification from the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD), the Texas Public Utility Commission said in comments due Friday at the FCC in docket 11-42. The…
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National Lifeline Association “did not discuss or provide any advance notice of its petition” with the PUC or the Low Income Discount Administrator (LIDA), the commission said: “It is possible that their primary complaint could have been resolved informally.” The PUC and LIDA were already looking into reporting problems raised by NaLA, it said. On Lifeline providers’ identity and address complaints, the PUC said it “remains willing to discuss improvements to its systems and processes” but doesn’t “believe significant changes to these processes are warranted.” PUC members voted last week to file comments opposing the NaLA petition (see 2007020033). NaLA later told the FCC the PUC appeared to be addressing some of its concerns (see 2007080043). In other comments Friday, TAG Mobile supported NaLA’s petition.