S.C. May Tweak State USF Guidelines
The South Carolina Public Service Commission seeks comments by Nov. 15 on edits to state USF guidelines proposed by the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS), said a Wednesday notice in docket 2023-301-C. Parties seeking to intervene should file petitions by…
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Nov. 1. ORS asked in a Sept. 1 petition to clarify certain USF procedures, including by specifically listing interconnected VoIP providers as USF contributors, incorporating a South Carolina confidentiality law and adding a deadline for contributors to dispute required contributions. In the same petition, ORS seeks a waiver of USF guidelines so it can provide a refund to Cox subsidiary Palmetto Net for overreporting assessable revenue in a 2022 worksheet, which resulted in an overpayment.