CPUC Seeks Comments on ICS Jurisdiction
The California Public Utilities Commission is seeking comments on how much authority it has to regulate non-voice inmate calling services, said Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves in a Monday scoping memo in docket R.20-10-002. A “central question" is whether the CPUC…
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has authority to regulate rates, fees and service quality issues for video calling services, written communications including SMS and email, and “entertainment services such as photo sharing, music or video entertainment and/or internet access services,” the commissioner wrote. Comments on that and other questions are due in 60 days, replies 30 days later. “I anticipate an early decision addressing jurisdictional issues,” Guzman Aceves said. Her memo estimated a decision would come about 90 to 120 days after replies are filed. The CPUC plans a workshop on cost structures in Q1, the commissioner said. Later, parties will comment on appropriate method and data sources the CPUC should use to inform adoption of permanent voice-only ICS rate caps and fee requirements, and possible interim or permanent rules for the other service types, she said: Service quality, privacy and other issues will be deferred to a later phase of the proceeding. The CPUC extended the proceeding’s statutory deadline to May 29, 2023, from April 8, 2022.