Minnesota PUC Says CenturyLink Deregulation Petition Not Complete
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission said CenturyLink didn’t submit enough evidence for its petition for deregulation. The ILEC asked the PUC June 30 to be regulated instead as a CLEC, but the Minnesota Attorney General and the state Department of…
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Commerce said the company’s petition wasn’t complete (see 1608300025). The PUC agreed in an order Wednesday in docket 16-496. The commission directed CenturyLink to submit number-porting records to show loss of local voice customers to competitors, plus evidence “it serves fewer than 50 percent of the households in each exchange service area, and that at least 60 percent of households in each exchange service area can choose voice service from at least one additional unaffiliated competitive service provider.” The 180-day statutory shot clock to review the petition will start on the day CenturyLink completes the petition, the PUC said. A CenturyLink spokeswoman said, "We plan to refile the petition with the additional information the commission requested soon."