Texas PUC Votes 4-0 to Update Telecom Rules

Texas Public Utility Commissioners unanimously backed a sweeping update to the state’s Chapter 26 substantive telecommunications rules at a Thursday meeting. Commissioners voted 4-0 for a staff proposal posted last week in docket 54589 (see 2311210054). The Texas Telephone Association applauded the decision. “This was a significant overhaul of telecommunications rules in Texas, paired with new rules for the implementation of sweeping legislative changes earlier this year,” TTA Executive Director Mark Seale wrote in an email.