CPUC Backs Post-Disaster Communication Rules
All California Public Utilities Commissioners OK'd post-disaster community engagement and reporting requirements for investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and facilities-based telecom providers. Commissioners supported a consent agenda including a somewhat revised proposal and a separate item adding pole attachment data fields at…
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Thursday's virtual meeting. One edit to the disaster item in the broadband-for-all docket (R.20-09-011) clarified that a first informational advice letter would be due in 15 business -- not calendar -- days, a change sought by CTIA. The CPUC added the phrase “at this time” to a sentence saying it's not requiring IOUs to install fiber during service restoration. The order means “more timely restoral and better restoral” after outages, said Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves. It responds to locality complaints about insufficient communication, she said. Telcos ask what disaster recovery rules have to do with the broadband-for-all proceeding (see 2110070046).