Consumer Groups Seek to Restore Low-Income Rule in CPUC Decision
The California Public Utilities Commission should modify an April decision on rules for the state’s $2 billion last-mile federal funding account, consumer advocates said in a Thursday petition. The CPUC should bring back a proposal in an earlier draft requiring…
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grant recipients to offer a generally available low-cost broadband plan, said the CPUC’s independent Public Advocates Office, Center for Accessible Technology and The Utility Reform Network in docket R.20-09-001. The decision to remove that requirement “cuts against Commission’s assurances that broadband would not just be deployed to unserved and underserved communities, but would also be affordable to low-income customers in those communities,” they said. The CPUC made last-minute revisions to its proposed decision after industry groups sought changes days before the vote (see 2204210046).