The D.C. Public Service Commission struck back at the FCC Wireline...
The D.C. Public Service Commission struck back at the FCC Wireline Bureau in a Monday filing (http://xrl.us/bnrdym). The heart of the disagreement concerned the PSC’s allegation that Verizon improperly calculated its access recovery charge in multiple states. PSC Chairman Betty…
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Anne Kane blasted the bureau for not responding to questions she had posed: “Namely, whether a price cap incumbent local exchange carrier ... may refrain from imposing an Access Recovery Charge (ARC) in a state where only a few exchanges have reached the Residential Rate Ceiling,” she said. The bureau “silence” on this issue has enabled Verizon’s ARC payment activities, Kane argued. Verizon has denied improperly calculating the charges in response to the D.C. and Delaware accusations (CD Sept 25 p16). The bureau declined comment.