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Subcommittee backs Lifeline expansion to include $100 computing benefit, funds for PUC administration
Summary
The subcommittee advanced House Bill 3148 to the full committee with the dash-A3 amendment, renaming Oregon’s Telephone Assistance Program as the Oregon Lifeline Plan, adding a one-time $100 personal computing device benefit, and increasing the Public Utility Commission’s expenditure limitation to administer the program.
The subcommittee moved House Bill 3148, renaming the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program the Oregon Lifeline Plan and expanding benefits to include a one-time $100 personal-computing-device benefit for eligible low-income customers. LFO recommended the dash-A3 amendment and a due-pass referral to the full committee.
Why it matters: the bill expands an existing affordability program, removes a 2030 sunset, and directs the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to administer a…
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