Judge Glegola, the Administrative Law Judge presiding over
AT&T California’s (AT&T’s) application for relief from
their Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligations (submitted to the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) as A.23-03-003) has
submitted a
Proposed Decision to dismiss their application. Please see
this previous
CSAC Bulletin for more information about AT&T’s COLR
obligations.
Judge Glegola’s Proposed Decision said, “COLR withdrawal rules,
adopted in Decision (D.) 96- 10-066 and affirmed in D.12-12-038,
require either the presence of an existing COLR in the service
territory a current COLR wishes to withdraw from, or for a new
COLR to volunteer to replace the COLR seeking permission to
withdrawal. No other COLR serves AT&T’s service territory. No
potential COLR applied to replace AT&T. Given that AT&T’s
Application, as amended, does not meet the requirements of the
CPUC’s COLR withdrawal rules, and the existing undisputed facts
of this case make that clear, AT&T’s Application should be
dismissed.”
CSAC couldn’t agree more! Therefore, CSAC has submitted this
letter in support of the Proposed Decision to dismiss
AT&T’s application. Public comments will be accepted by the
CPUC until May 30th.
