Alaska Commission Aims to Resolve Deregulation Questions Next Month
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska may close its telecom deregulation rulemaking at the agency's Sept. 23 meeting. At a teleconferenced Wednesday meeting, RCA Chairman Robert Pickett supported Common Carrier Specialist David Parrish’s suggestion to vote at the agency’s second September…
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meeting since it will come after the agency’s yearly review of eligible telecom carrier filings. Before RCA can resolve docket R-19-002, commissioners must agree what general powers they retain after 2019 deregulation law SB-83, or seek clarification from the legislature, Parrish said. Commissioners have been weighing that question for months (see 2006100048), and Commissioner Daniel Sullivan said Wednesday that sorting out how far the legislature intended to go remains challenging. Clarifying legislation may be needed, he said.