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Telephone association asks committee to cut PUC assessment for deregulated VoIP and IP services
Summary
Industry witnesses told the committee HB 508 would reduce regulatory assessment burdens on largely deregulated VoIP and IP‑enabled providers and free up funds for broadband build‑out; the Department of Energy provided FY25 fiscal examples and said the change would shift costs to other regulated utility ratepayers.
Representative Harrington introduced HB 508, a bill to reduce the portion of annual Public Utilities Commission assessments charged to accepted local exchange carriers and certain VoIP and IP‑enabled providers from 33% to 10% of gross utility revenue.
Industry witnesses, including Chris Rand (Granite State Communications) and Theresa Rosenberger (counsel for New Hampshire Telephone Association members), said deregulation since 2011 left many carriers with…
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