CPUC Supports Updating CASF, LifeLine Renewal Rules
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 to modify various account rules under the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF). Also at Thursday’s livestreamed meeting, the CPUC decided to update the California LifeLine program renewals process. Commissioners supported updating CASF program…
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rules for the Broadband Public Housing Account, Broadband Adoption Account and Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Account in response to a $6 billion broadband package and three other 2021 state laws (see 2204140056). “To be fully and meaningfully connected to internet services, communities need not just access and affordable infrastructure, but also devices, training and support,” said CPUC President Alice Reynolds: Adopted changes will help build gap networks in low-income and affordable housing communities, train digital navigators and provide digital literacy education. Commissioner John Reynolds joined other commissioners supporting the item. “By adopting key changes to the CASF such as expanding program eligible for farmworker housing, further expansion of eligibility for low-income communities and setting a [25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload] speed requirement for the Public Housing Account, the CPUC will continue its mission of bridging the digital divide and advancing areas of California that have been historically unserved or underserved,” he said. The CPUC cleared the LifeLine proposed decision in a unanimous vote on its consent agenda. The adopted item in docket R.20-02-008 would comply with a 2021 state law by eliminating "use of a PIN for all renewals completed through database matching and for all participants with personal identification information on file as of the date the renewals suspension concludes," and implementing "recertification without a Commission-issued PIN for participants without a database match or personal identification information on file by" Dec. 31, 2023 (see 2203220026).