CPUC ALJ Concerned About Condition of Verizon Wireline Services Involved in Frontier Transfer

The California Public Utilities Commission's amended scoping memo on Frontier and Verizon's application for approval of transfer of control includes several issues about the physical condition of the Verizon wireline network, said CPUC Administrative Law Judge Karl Bemesderfer's ruling setting evidentiary hearings. Questions regard the condition of the network, its compliance with CPUC orders and the cost and extent of repairs required to bring the network into compliance with commission-imposed standards of safety and reliability. Evidentiary hearings are scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25, the ALJ said.