Utah PSC Further Defines Connections-Based State USF Contribution Rules
The Utah Public Service Commission declined to delay implementation of a monthly state USF surcharge of 36 cents per access line for prepaid wireless providers, said a Tuesday notice of proposed rule (NPR). Responding to comments on connections-based USF assessment…
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that starts Jan. 1 (see 1709060036), the commission also declined to exempt access lines that receive Lifeline subsidies from the Utah USF surcharge. Proposed rule changes “address consistency with federal law, clarify obligations to providers of prepaid wireless service, modify language under which a provider may (or may choose not to) pass on the surcharge to end-users, and streamline the exemption process by making it a process for providers instead of for end-users,” the PSC said. The commission said it plans to publish the NPR in the Nov. 15 Utah State Bulletin.