The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) wants to hear from you.

Virtual public hearings have been scheduled on November 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (PST) to hear from the public regarding the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, a new broadband grant program funded with federal money and administered by the CPUC for unserved and underserved areas.

Your participation by providing comments can help inform the new program rules. You can watch a livestream of the hearings or participate via telephone. You can also submit comments by mail or post them on the CPUC’s public comment portal.

Call 1-800-857-1917 and use the Passcode for English: 1767567# or for Spanish: 3799627# or connect via Webcast: www.adminmonitor.com/ca/cpuc/

This rulemaking is considering rules for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, a new broadband grant program funded with federal money and administered by the CPUC. The rulemaking is assigned to a CPUC Administrative Law Judge and a Commissioner, who will consider proposals and evidence presented during formal processes, and then issue a proposed decision. Any CPUC Commissioner may sponsor an alternate decision with a different outcome. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be discussed and voted upon by the CPUC Commissioners at a public CPUC Voting Meeting.

Parties involved in the rulemaking include the Public Advocates Office. The Public Advocates Office is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to help them obtain the lowest possible rates consistent with reliable and safe service levels. Find out more here: 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov or visit www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov.

Visit apps.cpuc.ca.gov/p/R2302016 to submit a public comment to the CPUC about this rulemaking. You may also mail written comments to the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s address below. For more information about participating in the public hearing, submitting comments, requesting special assistance, or requesting a non-English or Spanish language interpreter, please contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Office at least five days prior to the hearings.

CPUC Public Advisor’s Office
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

Phone: 1-866-849-8390 (toll-free) or 1-415-703-2074
Email: Public.Advisor@cpuc.ca.gov

Please reference Rulemaking 23-02-016 in any communications you have with the CPUC regarding this matter.