The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission just posted a new document on their website that includes proposed consent items of potential interest. The first is a request to expand Midcontinent’s ETC service area…

P6186/SA-24-175 Midcontinent Communications
In the Matter of a Petition of Midcontinent Communications for Expansion of ETC Service Area.
1. Should the Commission grant Midcontinent’s petition to amend its certificate of authority to include the Babbitt and Tower exchanges?
2. Should the Commission grant Midcontinent’s petition for expanded ETC designation to include the Babbitt and Tower exchanges for the purpose of providing Lifeline service to qualifying Minnesota customers? (PUC: McShane; DOC: Gonzalez

The other related to LTD Broadband…

P6995/M-21-133; LTD Broadband;
E6741,PT7102,P6995/ Minnesota Rural Electric Association;
M-22-221 Minnesota Telecom Alliance
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.
Should the Commission grant LTD Broadband’s Request to relinquish the Company’s RDOF ETC designation in the census block identified in the Commission’s June 3, 2021 Order in Docket No. P-6995/M-21-133? (PUC: Fournier, McShane; DOC: Gonzalez, Tiamiyu)