PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION [52 PA. CODE CH. 63] [L-00990141] Generic Competitive Safeguards under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3005(b) and (g)(2) [30 Pa.B. 2376] By Order entered November 30, 1999, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) adopted a proposed rulemaking establishing competitive safeguards in further of the provisions of Chapter 30 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. §§ 3001--3009. The proposed rulemaking order required that comments be filed within 30 days of publication which occurred at 30 Pa.B. 539 (January 29, 2000). Comments were, therefore, originally due February 28, 2000.
On February 24, 2000, the Commission granted a 60-day extension for the filing of comments to April 28, 2000, in the above-captioned matter after receiving requests for a stay from the Pennsylvania Telephone Association (PTA) and ALLTEL Pennsylvania, Inc. (ALLTEL). In making this request, the PTA and ALLTEL argued that the proposed competitive safeguards, which are in the form of a Code of Conduct, are closely modeled after the Code of Conduct adopted for Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. (BA-PA) in the Global proceeding order entered September 30, 1999, at Docket Nos. P-00991648 and 00991649. They further alleged that the Global order, including the proposed Code of Conduct for BA-PA, however, is in a state of uncertainty given several outstanding appeals currently pending in State court. In granting the 60-day extension, the Commission agreed with the parties that it would be premature to ask for comments in the instant proceeding until there is greater finality in the Global appeals.
On April 20, 2000, ALLTEL again filed a letter with the Commission, copied to all parties, asking that we stay, until further notice, the comment period in the above-referenced matter because of the continuing uncertainty in the pending Global appeals and the relevance their resolution may bear on this rulemaking proceeding. Given the continuing uncertainty in the pending Global appeals, we agree with this request and, therefore, will grant a stay, until further notice, of the comment period.
JAMES J. MCNULTY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-791. Filed for public inspection May 12, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
