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Brightspeed Seeks Deregulation in 3 Texas Markets

The Texas Public Utility Commission sought staff responses to Brightspeed petitions for deregulation in various territories. A PUC order Wednesday sought staff’s response by Sept. 17 to a petition for deregulation in the Port Aransas exchange (docket 56999). The response…

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should indicate if the petition is sufficient and provides enough notice to customers. Also, staff must propose a procedural schedule, the order said. The PUC issued a similar order Tuesday on another Brightspeed petition for deregulation in the Lake Dallas local exchange market (docket 57000). Commission staff must respond to that by Sept. 26. Also, the Texas PUC on Wednesday ordered a response by Sept. 26 to a third Brightspeed petition seeking similar relief in its San Marcos exchange (docket 56998).