States Tee Up Apollo/Lumen Reviews
Some states are starting reviews of Apollo’s purchase of Lumen’s ILEC assets. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission published a notice in Saturday's Pennsylvania Bulletin setting an Oct. 25 deadline for protests and petitions to intervene in dockets A-2021-3028668 and A-2021-3028669.…
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The Louisiana PSC received the companies’ application last week and will list the docket in Friday’s bulletin, a spokesperson told us. The Virginia State Corporation Commission got a petition Thursday and opened docket PUR-2021-00246. The Illinois Commerce Commission received a petition Sept. 24 and set an Aug. 24, 2022, deadline in docket 21-0710. The ICC Tuesday scheduled a 1:30 p.m. CDT Oct. 26 virtual prehearing conference. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities posted a petition Sept. 24 in docket TM21091142. Apollo/Lumen isn’t expected to face much regulatory resistance (see 2108200035).