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Regulators tell Senate Finance they favor removing sunset on 30 V.S.A. A7 248A and oppose a new two-year study
Summary
Department of Public Service and a PUC representative told the Senate Finance Committee they support eliminating the statutory sunset on 30 V.S.A. A7 248A (telecommunications siting) or extending it beyond the House's four-year proposal, and objected to a House proposal for a new two-year study, citing recent reviews and staffing limits.
Senate Finance heard competing views April 2 on whether to extend or remove the sunset on 30 V.S.A. A7 248A, the statute authorizing statewide review of telecommunications facilities.
For the record, Hunter Thompson, director of telecommunications and connectivity at the Department of Public Service, told the committee the department prefers eliminating the sunset. Thompson said the department's practical view is that the statute remains a useful tool for siting telecommunication facilities statewide and that the House's four-year limit is shorter than the department would prefer; he said 10 years or seven years would be preferable if elimination is not an option. He also told lawmakers that the bulk of 248A…
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