Utah eligible telecom carriers and the Utah Public Service Commission...
Utah eligible telecom carriers and the Utah Public Service Commission will get a limited waiver of some of the rules and deadlines in the FCC’s Lifeline order, said an order adopted Friday by the Wireline Bureau (http://bit.ly/VJtePc). The Utah PSC…
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said that, “despite good faith efforts,” it was unable to file its annual recertification report by the Jan. 31 deadline, the order said. The Utah PSC said it was unable to use the state eligibility verification database until late in 2012 “due to the legislature’s reorganization of the relevant state agencies,” the order said. As a result, the Utah PSC could not send recertification notices to certain subscribers until December, and Utah state rules require 60 days between notice and de-enrollment of a subscriber. The Utah PSC will get until Feb. 14 to file the recertification report, and wireline ETCs in Utah will have a reporting deadline of March 17, the order said. “The unique circumstances preventing timely Utah PSC access to an eligibility database provide good cause to grant this waiver,” the bureau said.