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Committee approves PUC telephone-customer rules after debate over definitions, 'slamming' and modernization
Summary
After extensive questioning about definitions, consumer protections and where 'slamming' provisions are housed, an Idaho legislative committee approved a PUC telephone-customer rules docket with a specified exception for section 205.
An Idaho legislative committee on the PUC’s telephone-customer rules voted to approve the PUC’s proposed rule chapter after debate over several provisions, including whether to retain a consumer-protection sentence in section 205, how statutory definitions are referenced, and where “slamming” protections are incorporated.
Stephen Goodson, policy strategist for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, told the committee the rules had been updated under the Governor’s executive order to streamline administrative rules and reduce regulatory burdens. “The PUC shares the Governor's goals to streamline the State's administrative rules and reduce regulatory burdens and cut the red tape,” Goodson said. He described negotiated rulemaking and said uniform edits had been applied across the PUC’s rule chapters.
Representative Alfieri said he objected to retaining the contested language in section 205…
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