CPUC President Delays Vote on Connections-Based Contribution

California commissioners won’t vote Thursday on a connections-based mechanism for state USF contributions. Seeking further review, California Public Utilities Commission President Alice Reynolds delayed until Oct. 20 a draft to assess state public purpose program fees based on a carrier’s number of access lines (see 2209230031), showed the Thursday meeting’s hold list, as revised Tuesday. The CPUC withdrew a state LifeLine item from the meeting Monday (see 2210040037). Commissioners still plan to vote Thursday on an item setting eligibility criteria and administrative processes for a pilot $1 million digital divide grant program for community-based organizations (Resolution T-17770). Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma withdrew the LifeLine item, Administrative Law Judge Stephanie Wang emailed the docket R.20-02-008 service list Wednesday. "Further deliberation is underway."