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CPUC passes through ‘failed’ community solar program, industry advocates say

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week finalized portions of its community solar program that solar advocates continue to describe as “unworkable and destined...

CPUC Seeking Comment on FCC Copper Preemption Order

The state wants input on whether federal rules impact its regulations.

California Regulators Fund Broadband Projects at $137,000 Per Location

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hiked the state’s Universal Service Fund tax to help fund the grants.

California Assembly Passes Amendment to Strip Telecom from CPUC’s Oversight

Under the proposal, the California legislature would have more control over how telecommunications is regulated.

California Regulator Suing FCC Over Copper Preemption Rule

The state had urged the agency not to preempt state regulations during the rulemaking process

California Senate Urged to Reject Amendment Stripping State Regulator’s Telecom Authority

ACA 9 would make the the state's top broadband regulator more susceptible to industry capture, group warns.

AT&T Urges FCC to Allow the Company to Get Rid of Copper Services

The company is asking the commission to reject the CPUC’s rules.

AT&T Gets FCC Approval for Calif. Copper Retirement

The agency is still considering whether to preempt the state’s own rules and allow the discontinuance to move forward

AT&T Asks FCC to Approve California Copper Retirement

The company is seeking federal approval to discontinue legacy voice service and preempt state rules blocking the transition.

California Regulators Raise State Universal Service Surcharge

Small monthly fee that funds broadband and phone assistance programs will rise 15 cents per line.

Keeping the Energy Transition Affordable

  In recent years, California’s already-high electricity rates increased far beyond the rate of inflation. Unsustainably high electricity rates threaten California’s continued prog...

California Lawmaker Pulls Constitutional Amendment Reshaping Telecom Oversight

Boerner says the proposal needs more work as opponents warn it could undermine the CPUC's telecommunications authority

ISPs, Advocates Split on FCC Preemption of California Copper Rules

Also, the state’s telecom regulator urged the FCC to reject AT&T’s copper retirement request

Charter Agrees to Infrastructure Upgrades, Statewide Low-Income Price Locks if California Approves Cox Deal

The company said it would also apply for grant funding to serve all BEAD locations in its footprint if the Commerce Department doesn’t approve the state’s spending plan.

CPUC Judge Proposes Approving Charter-Cox Merger

A CPUC commissioner filed an alternative decision that would still approve the deal, but impose fewer conditions

AT&T Sues California Over Copper Landline Mandate

The company also asked the FCC for permission to discontinue traditional phone service.

California Regulators to Fund Fiber Projects with $32,000 in Per-Location Costs on Average

In one project, the CPUC is spending $3.8 million to connect 72 unserved locations at $54,100 per location, while the state's BEAD plan calls for funding Amazon Leo at $1,086 per l...

CPUC Proposed Decision Risks Derailing Gas Transition

My UCLA colleagues and I have written extensively on the promising opportunity for SB 1221 to help interested communities transition off gas. Now, the California Public Utilities C...

FCC Approves AT&T Plan to End Landline Service for 184,000 Californians

Global telecommunications giant AT&T won a Friday ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that may pave the way for them to end landline phone service for 184,000 Calif...

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Adopts Model Interconnection Tariff for Large Load Customers

California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network

FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service.

Groups Want More Affordability Conditions on Charter-Cox Deal in Calif.

The cable companies say the terms they’ve agreed to match the Verizon-Frontier merger the state approved earlier this year

‘Show me you don’t care about me’: PUC catches heat for demand charge, making people wait outside during tense public me...

A general consumer session is for ratepayers to provide input about any PUC regulated utility, but majority focused on one — NV Energy. More specifically, ratepayers focused on the...

EDITORIAL: PUC should welcome public input, not discourage it

Interest is high in “demand charge” proposal.