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Attorney General: H.11 duplicates consumer-protection powers, better handled by Department of Public Service
Summary
The Vermont attorney general's office testified it does not support H.11 as drafted, saying existing consumer-protection law covers the practices H.11 targets and that the Department of Public Service (DPS) is a better fit to handle broadband provider complaints.
Todd Zaglow, system attorney general, Attorney General's Office, told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on Feb. 14 that the attorney general's office "does not support H.11 as it is drafted."
Zaglow said the office supports the goals behind the bill — improving broadband access and protecting consumers — but raised three central concerns: the committee has not established the scope of the consumer-protection problem H.11 would solve; many consumer complaints in this area are already routed to the Department of Public Service; and several H.11 provisions duplicate or could narrow the attorney general's existing authority under Vermont's consumer-protection statute.
The nut graf: Zaglow urged the committee to weigh whether a new, regulatory reporting regime for broadband should sit in the attorney general's office or with the Department of Public Service, which already handles many regulated utility…
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