PSC-52-12-00010-P To Designate TWCIS/NY as a Lifeline-Only ETC in New York

12/26/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-52-12-00010-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 52

December 26, 2012

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-52-12-00010-P

To Designate TWCIS/NY as a Lifeline-Only ETC in New York

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

The Commission is considering whether to grant or deny, in whole or in part, the petition of Time Warner Cable Information Services (New York), LLC [TWCIS/NY] to designate TWCIS/NY as a Lifeline-only eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in New York.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 94(2); and 47 USC 214(e)(2)

Subject:

To designate TWCIS/NY as a Lifeline-only ETC in New York.

Purpose:

To allow TWCIS/NY to offer residential voice telephone service to Lifeline-eligible customers.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to grant or deny, in whole or in part, the petition of Time Warner Cable Information Services (New York), LLC [TWCIS/NY] to designate TWCIS/NY as a Lifeline-only eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in New York. The TWCIS/NY petition seeks modification of its existing ETC designation from a dormant designation granted to predecessor entities to a Lifeline-only ETC serving franchise areas listed in Exhibit B of its petition.

Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public comment will be received until:

45 days after publication of this notice.

Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement

Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(12-C-0510SP1)