The California Public Utilities Commission will pause its...
The California Public Utilities Commission will pause its review of Comcast’s proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable “until further ruling,” said Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge Dorothy Duda Thursday. Duda said she’s suspending the review because of the FCC Oct.…
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3 decision to temporarily pause its own review of Comcast/TWC (CD Oct 7 p5), which “makes delay in the proceedings here at the CPUC reasonable.” The delay in CPUC review won’t change the Oct. 1 cutoff on new discovery requests, but opening briefs in the case are no longer due Oct. 20, Duda said. Administrative Law Judge Jean Vieth plans a hearing Thursday at the CPUC’s San Francisco courtroom to determine further action in the case. The hearing is to begin at 10 a.m. The Office of Ratepayer Advocates will need to demonstrate at the hearing why it’s seeking additional data in its discovery requests and its relevance to the scope of the review CPUC is undertaking, Duda said. Industry observers have said CPUC is likely to conduct a thorough review of the deal (CD Aug 18 p1).