California PUC Approves Budgets for Six Telecom Programs

The California Public Utilities Commission approved the 2015-2016 fiscal year expense budgets Thursday for six state telecom programs. The California Advanced Services Fund will have a budget of $97.83 million for the fiscal year. The state’s Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will have a $65 million budget. The state’s High Cost Fund-A’s Administrative Committee Fund will have a $43.33 million budget, while High Cost Fund-B will have a $20 million program budget. The state’s LifeLine program will have a $345.65 million budget, while its Teleconnect Fund will have a $148.09 million budget.