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CPUC Seeks Comment on Broadband Competition in High Cost Fund-A Review

The California Public Utilities Commission sought comment on a broadband competition study and questions about its review of the state High Cost Fund-A (CHCF-A) program. Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves asked for comments 60 days from a fourth amended scoping memo…

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released Friday, with replies due 45 days after comments. The CPUC plans to vote Thursday on extending to Oct. 4 its statutory deadline for reviewing the program (see 1903180030). Questions include if CHCF-A eligibility should be limited to rate-of-return regulated carriers; if the agency should re-examine basic service rates; and if the program should fund wireline and broadband services for tribal communities.