The Minnesota Public Utilities just posted the following letter from the Office of Administration Hearings…
In the Matter of a Petition to Initiate a Proceeding to Revoke the Expanded Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation of LTD Broadband LLC and Deny LTD’s Funding Certification for 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of LTD Broadband LLC to Expand Its Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier
ORDER FOR CERTIFICATION AND REFERRAL
This matter is pending before Administrative Law Judge Jessica A. Palmer-Denig upon a petition filed by LTD Broadband LLC (LTD) to relinquish its expanded designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), and a joint Notice of Informal Disposition and Joint Motion for Referral (Motion) submitted by all of the parties in this matter.
Corey Hauer, Chief Executive Officer, appears on behalf of LTD, without legal counsel;
Richard J. Johnson, Katherine J. Marshall, and Dan Lipschultz, Moss & Barnett, P.A., appear on behalf of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance and the Minnesota Rural Electric Association;
Richard Dornfeld, Assistant Attorney General, appears on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Commerce;
Peter G. Scholtz, Assistant Attorney General, appears on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General–Residential Utilities Division;
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken, Associate Director for Research, appears on behalf of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance; and
Marc Fournier and Sally Anne McShane have appeared as staff of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission). [204857/1] 2
Based upon the submissions of the parties, pursuant to Minn. R. 1400.5500, .5900, .6600, .7600 (2023), and for the reasons explained in the accompanying Memorandum, the Administrative Law Judge issues the following: ORDER
1. The Motion is CERTIFIED to the Commission.
2. Further proceedings in this case are CANCELLED, and jurisdiction over this matter in its entirety is REFERRED to the Commission.
For background, I posted the following earlier today…
MN PUC Resolution in sight for LTD Broadband
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has been looking at revoking LTD Broadband’s ETC status, a status they need to receive federal (RDOF) funding. Last week, LTD sent a note saying they’d like to relinquish their ETC status for RDOF but retain ETC status for other funding opportunities (CAF2). Soon after the PUC posted a notice from the Attorney General recommending that MN PUC consider LTD Broadband’s Petition to Relinquish ETC.