Missouri PSC Mulls Increasing Lifeline Support, Suspending USF Surcharge
Facing a state USF balance surplus, the Missouri Public Service Commission will consider increasing state USF support for the Lifeline and Disabled Programs and to suspend USF assessment, it said Monday. The commission opened docket TO-2019-0346 after staff recommended increasing…
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the discount for Lifeline and Disabled subscribers to $24 monthly for subscribers to the disabled program and $14.75 for Lifeline subscribers from $15.75 and $6.50, respectively. “A significant decline in the number of subscribers supported by the Missouri USF is creating a growing fund balance surplus,” staff said in its recommendation. “Suspending the assessment and increasing the amount of per subscriber Missouri USF support is a reasonable way to reduce the fund balance over several years.” Comments are due June 4.