Wash. UTC Sets Dates in Lumen Competition Case
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission could decide by July 8 on Lumen’s Jan. 8 petition seeking competitive classification for all its CenturyLink ILECs around the state. Under a procedural schedule ordered Monday (docket UT-240029), the Washington UTC will receive…
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Lumen direct testimony Feb. 16, staff and public counsel response testimony April 3 and the company’s rebuttal May 10. The commission will hold a virtual public comment hearing May 16, an evidentiary hearing May 24 and a second virtual public comment hearing June 6. Then post-hearing briefs will be due June 12. CenturyLink has operated for nearly a decade under an alternative form of regulation in Washington state, the commission noted in a Jan. 25 order setting the matter for adjudication: “We must explore whether the Company retains a significant captive customer base or is truly subject to effective competition.”