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Pa. PUC Raises State USF Surcharge

Pennsylvania's USF contribution rate will increase to 2.69% of monthly intrastate revenue from 2.53%, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission unanimously decided Thursday. The Pennsylvania USF administrator suggests reexamining the state USF mechanism due to the contribution base’s “continuous decline” and…

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a reduction in annual reporter revenue, said the order in docket M-00001337. The PUC approved an advance NPRM in August to amend state USF rules, with a first round of comments due Feb. 9 (see 2308240072). Not all carriers report their intrastate VoIP revenue as they should, said the PUC, directing all carriers to do so for state USF purposes.