CPUC Closes Dish/PG&E Dispute
Rejecting Dish Wireless objections, the California Public Utilities Commission dismissed the company’s complaint against Pacific Gas & Electric, in a Friday order (case 22-08-002). The CPUC said it resolved the matter in September when it issued a stay preventing PG&E…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
from changing its policy for providing electricity to wireless providers (see 2209060042). “DISH has effectively obtained its remedy ‘without a fight,’” said the agency. “PG&E has not implemented the policy changes. DISH is not subject to the complained of harm.” The stay will remain in place until further commission order “as PG&E determines if and how it will proceed with seeking approval for any tariff changes,” the CPUC said. Dish, CTIA and the Wireless Infrastructure Association seem to want the CPUC to address policy concerns raised by the incident, but that isn’t appropriate in a complaint proceeding, the agency said. “Complaints are not the forum to evaluate or decide policy questions that impact others that are not a party to the proceeding and certainly not the forum for addressing industrywide concerns.” It “creates the potential for an inequitable resolution like that of which DISH complains.”