Pennsylvania PUC Accepts Windstream Testimony on Verizon/XO
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will consider Windstream objections to the Verizon takeover of the XO Communications wireline business as the PUC readies its decision on the overall deal. In a ruling Friday, the commission denied a Verizon request to…
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strike the amicus curiae brief by Windstream. Verizon and XO asked to strike the objections because they were filed after the April 25 deadline (see 1609020040), but the PUC said Windstream didn’t break any rules. With that ruling, the record is closed and an initial decision “shall be prepared and issued,” it said. The agency hasn’t set dates for an administrative law judge to issue a recommended decision or for the commission to consider an order at a public meeting, a spokesman said. Pennsylvania and New York are the last two state approvals Verizon and XO need for their $1.88 billion deal (see 1608250058).