The California consumer group TURN asked the Public Utilities Com...
The California consumer group TURN asked the Public Utilities Commission to reconsider a September decision allowing carriers to change tariffed rates for most retail services immediately by filing a simple advisory letter. TURN said the PUC decision “essentially detariffed…
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all telecom services except for basic local and 911.” TURN said the PUC had divested itself of any responsibility to review tariff changes and denied the public an opportunity to challenge a change in tariffed rate, even when the change is unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory. The PUC “has walked away, assuming the marketplace will take care of consumers,” TURN (Case R-05-04-005) said. “But to make matters worse, it has stifled the voices of anyone who challenges this reliance on market processes.”