HB 1328 (2022)
Allow telephone utilities to petition to end carrier of last resort obligations
This bill did not become law.
Authorize a telephone utility to petition to relieve the company of its carrier of last resort obligations if certain conditions are met. The Department of Energy must grant the petition if there is at least one other wireline voice provider that offers service to at least 95% of households in the municipality and one or more mobile providers that offers in the aggregate services to at least 97% of the households in the municipality, or if there is another provider or providers that have received state, federal, or municipal funding to serve the entire municipality.
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