The Arizona Corporation Commission wants more time to file reply ...
The Arizona Corporation Commission wants more time to file reply comments on the FCC’s pending overhaul for the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation, the ACC said Monday. The Arizona commission backed a motion filed by the National Association…
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of State Utility Advocates (CD Dec 1 p2), asking to extend the reply deadline three weeks to Christmas Eve. “The Arizona Commission is a relatively small agency and was unable to file initial comments because of the abbreviated comment cycle established by the FCC and the Thanksgiving holiday.” If the FCC thinks a three-week extension is too long, the agency should extend the deadline two weeks to Dec. 17, the state commission said. Replies are currently due Wednesday, an already problematically tight deadline because it’s less than three weeks before the FCC’s Dec. 18 meeting. A Dec. 17 or Dec. 24 reply deadline would effectively prevent the FCC from tackling USF or intercarrier compensation at its meeting.