CPUC to Vote on Charter/Cox Merger at August 13th Meeting
Source: Communications Daily |By Philip Athey
In a win for proponents of the Charter/Cox merger, approval of the $34.5 billion deal will be on the California Public Utilities Commission’s agenda at its Aug. 13 voting meeting, a CPUC spokesperson told us Friday. The commission will have the option to vote on two proposals, which were released Thursday and would apply conditions to the transaction.
Alexandra Green, a telecom and regulatory attorney for TURN, said she appreciated that both proposed decisions include conditions on the merger. "We're still reviewing some of those conditions," she told us. "I can see some cases with each proposed decision where there are conditions that reflect things that TURN and other parties have asked for, and that's encouraging.” She said more details about TURN's positions on the proposed decisions will be included in the group's comments on the decision, which are due July 29.
