Ohio consumer interests asked PUC to hold at least 11 public hear...
Ohio consumer interests asked PUC to hold at least 11 public hearings around state before adopting proposed generic price cap regulation framework. Proposal would price-cap basic single-line service and deregulate rates for most optional, discretionary and advanced services. In…
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joint petition to PUC, Ohio Office of Consumer Counsel and 4 consumer groups said proposed price cap regulation framework wouldn’t provide adequate protection to buyers of services such as caller ID, additional residential lines or high-speed Internet access. Consumer Counsel Robert Tongren said PUC’s proposal would deregulate rates for those types of services at time when they were becoming indispensable to consumers. Tongren said deregulation shouldn’t be adopted until consumers had fair chance to air their views. He suggested PUC hold hearings in state’s 8 largest cities plus others in rural parts of state.