Minn. PUC to Weigh Next Steps in CenturyLink Probe

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will decide how to proceed with an investigation of Lumen’s CenturyLink, at commissioners’ Jan. 5 meeting at 10 a.m. CST, said a PUC agenda last week. Settlement talks in docket C-20-432 stalled in August (see 2208160036). The Minnesota Commerce Department’s “ongoing investigation into CenturyLink’s performance has exposed serious service quality deficiencies,” the department told the PUC Dec. 9. “CenturyLink’s outside plant performance continues to deteriorate in violation of relevant Commission service quality rules related to plant investment, maintenance, and repair.” The commission should adopt service-quality remedies or hold hearings, it said.