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Calif. Groups: CPUC Should Expand Review of Verizon, Frontier Sale

The Utility Reform Network and Center for Accessible Technology asked the California Public Utilities Commission to amend the scope of its proceeding concerning Verizon's purchase of Frontier. The groups said in a joint motion Tuesday that the commission should consider…

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whether Frontier violated a condition granting a right of first offer to "purchase Frontier property to tribes and local governments by entering into negotiations with Verizon before notifying rightsholders of its decision to sell its utility property." The groups also asked that the scoping memo reflect the interests of Verizon ratepayers.