CPUC Delays AT&T COLR Relief Proceeding to Find Replacements

The California Public Utilities Commission scrapped its procedural schedule for AT&T’s petition seeking statewide relief from carrier of last resort (COLR) obligations. The commission will release a new schedule after April 30, which is the due date for possible replacement COLRs to notify the CPUC that they want to replace AT&T in particular areas, Administrative Law Judge Thomas Glegola ruled Tuesday in docket A.23-03-003. An evidentiary hearing was slated for April 23-25 under the previous, now-discarded schedule. AT&T urged the commission not to waste time seeking replacement COLRs last month (see 2402210038).