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Wheeler Wants Congress To Introduce Measures on Backup Power Costs

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined ways he wants to work with Congress on the IP transition in a recent exchange of letters with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. “We’re especially looking forward to working with Congress in crafting workable solutions for…

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the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and in recommending how public and private sectors can support emergency backup power options,” Wheeler said in the letter, dated Oct. 26 and released Tuesday. He lauded the “proactive industry efforts in this regard” and would “welcome additional Congressional measures that would offer assistance with the cost of backup power for vulnerable populations, among other similar efforts and actions.”