The Texas Public Utility Commission granted a...
The Texas Public Utility Commission granted a motion for dismissal that several telcos requested in May. These various companies requested to be dismissed from a PUC rate proceeding due to what was then a pending potential law that would remove…
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the PUC’s rate oversight relevant to their categorization. They argued it would be a waste to force them to continue with the proceeding if Texas Senate Bill 583 became law (CD June 7 p11). These companies alerted the PUC that Gov. Rick Perry (R) signed that bill into law June 14, and a PUC administrative law judge “agrees that the issue raised by the USF Coalition need not be addressed at this time and is not part of this Order,” according to the Friday PUC order (http://bit.ly/12en3bZ). “Therefore, the motion to dismiss is granted and Big Bend Telephone Company, Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc., Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc., and the Parties in the Alenco Group, the Hill Country Group, and the Ganado Group are dismissed from this proceeding.”