Charter Seeks More Time for New York Talks on TWC Merger Reversal
Citing productive talks with New York state, Charter Communications asked for extra extensions to file an exit plan and seek rehearing in the state where the Public Service Commission in July revoked approval of Charter's Time Warner Cable buyout. In…
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letters posted Monday in docket 15-M-0388, Charter sought until Nov. 8 to file the plan, which was due Oct. 9 under a previous extension; and it asked to have until Oct. 10 to seek rehearing, an application which was due Monday under the previous extension (see 1808230024). “Charter and the [New York Department of Public Service] have been involved over the past few weeks in productive dialogue regarding the Revocation Order as well as the July Compliance Order and the related special proceeding initiated by the Commission in the [New York] Supreme Court pursuant to the July Compliance Order,” the company wrote in both letters. Charter is gathering additional data on broadband deployment, and more time would allow more discussion, it said. “Additional proceedings before the Commission and/or the courts would have the potential to divert the resources of both Charter and the Department from discussions regarding both orders, and could have the effect of making it more difficult to resolve the issues raised by the orders without litigation.” Democratic state lawmakers want the PSC to use such talks to act on net neutrality (see 1809060038).