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House approves telecommunications bill aimed at encouraging residential competition
Summary
HB 338 changes pricing rules to encourage residential competition and gives the Public Service Commission timelines for pricing flexibility determinations; the House rejected an amendment on Yellow Pages valuation and passed the bill 64-7.
The Utah House voted to pass House Bill 338, a set of changes to state telecommunications law intended to move the residential market toward competition by adjusting how wholesale and retail prices are treated under a forthcoming pricing-index system.
Sponsor Representative Susan J. Cohen said the measure is intended to encourage competition by ensuring retail prices do not drop below an…
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