Texas PUC Seeks More Comments on Windstream Deregulation

The Texas Public Utility Commission extended until Feb. 15 its 90-day deadline to act on a Windstream deregulation petition so the agency can collect more information. The PUC seeks comments by Jan. 20 on a legal conclusion from the carrier and commission staff’s Dec. 29 joint proposed order that Windstream “will be a transitioning company after its Sugar Land market is deregulated,” Administrative Law Judge Susan Goodson ordered Wednesday in docket 54068. “The ALJ requires confirmation that Windstream serves more than one market, not just the Sugar Land market, and a recommendation from Commission Staff regarding the legal conclusion.”