Calif. Senate Committee To Consider CPUC Disbandment
A California Senate committee plans a hearing next week on a constitutional amendment to dissolve the California Public Utilities Commission. The Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee scheduled ACA-11 for its June 21 hearing at 9 a.m. PDT. The Assembly…
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passed the measure on a 61-9 vote June 2, with legislators citing the CPUC handling of the troublesome transition of Verizon customers to Frontier Communications as one reason for an overhaul of state utilities regulation (see 1606020071). If the committee gives the green light, the measure will require a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate, then a ballot vote by voters in November.