Frontier Threatens Suit if CPUC Won't Rehear Penalty Program
Frontier Communications sought rehearing of a California Public Utilities Commission program to enforce conditions in its order clearing the telco’s bankruptcy reorganization. The CPUC program “will expose Frontier to exorbitant penalties, far beyond the range of potential fines applicable to…
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other California telecommunications companies for the same conduct,” it said Thursday. “This result is not just unfair and competitively destabilizing, it is also unlawful. ... The Commission should promptly correct this erroneous result to avoid annulment of the Resolution by a reviewing court.” The carrier raised those concerns before commissioners unanimously adopted the program last month (see 2110070046). Wednesday, the CPUC proposed a resolution (T-17756) for commissioners' Dec. 16 meeting to authorize Communications Division staff to rescind California Advanced Services Fund grants if the project grantee withdraws and returns funds, or when staff determines the project doesn’t comply and no funds were distributed.