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EEI, Calif. Utilities Seek Partial Reconsideration of TCPA Rules

The Edison Electric Institute and California utilities asked the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau to grant a petition for partial reconsideration from EEI and others of the commission's Telephone Consumer Protection Act exemptions order, said an ex parte letter…

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posted Thursday in docket 02-278. The order places "arbitrary limits on informational, prerecorded calls" that will "significantly hinder customers’ ability to receive important information that is closely related to their utility service," said EEI, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and Pacific Gas and Electric.