CPUC Plots Next Steps in DIVCA Rulemaking

The California Public Utilities Commission set a Dec. 13 meeting in a rulemaking to consider changes to video franchise requirements under the state’s Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act (DIVCA). The agency will consider the proceedings scope, schedule and need for evidentiary hearings during the 10 a.m. PST pre-conference hearing, said Administrative Law Judge Margery Melvin in a Wednesday ruling in docket R.23-04-006. A 2021 law revised DIVCA to require the commission to adopt video and broadband customer service requirements and adjudicate customer complaints, Melvin said. “The Commission may also consider potential ways to modernize and make the implementation of DIVCA more efficient and effective.” In comments in June, the cable industry said there’s no need to revamp how it is treated under DIVCA (see 2306050051).