FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION CONSIDERS ITEMS OF INTEREST AT UPCOMING AGENDA CONFERENCE

ITEM 3: DOCKET NO. 060684-TL – COMPLAINT AND PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AGAINST BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR REFUSAL TO PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT, BY LITESTREAM HOLDING, LLC. The Commission will consider a staff recommendation addressing a Litestream complaint that BellSouth is refusing to provide telephone service to a new development if the developer enters into an agreement to market certain Litestream products exclusively.

ITEM 6: DOCKET NO. 060582-TP – PETITION OF ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR DESIGNATION AS ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER (ETC) IN CERTAIN RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY STUDY AREAS LOCATED ENTIRELY IN ALLTEL'S LICENSED AREA. The Commission will consider a staff recommendation addressing whether the PSC should grant eligible telecommunications carrier status to Alltel in certain rural areas located in its licensed area in the state of Florida.

ITEM 11:

DOCKET NO. 070297-EI – REVIEW OF 2007 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE STORM HARDENING PLAN FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 25-6.0342, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SUBMITTED BY TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY.
 
DOCKET NO. 070298-EI – REVIEW OF 2007 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE STORM HARDENING PLAN FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 25-6.0342, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SUBMITTED BY PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.
 
DOCKET NO. 070299-EI – REVIEW OF 2007 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE STORM HARDENING PLAN FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 25-6.0342, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SUBMITTED BY GULF POWER COMPANY.
 
DOCKET NO. 070300-EI – REVIEW OF 2007 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE STORM HARDENING PLAN FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 25-6.0342, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SUBMITTED BY FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY.
 
DOCKET NO. 070301-EI – REVIEW OF 2007 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE STORM HARDENING PLAN FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 25-6.0342, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SUBMITTED BY FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. The Commission will consider a staff recommendation that FPL, PEF, TECO, and GPC provide additional support for their plans and that a formal evidentiary hearing be set to review each plan. The Commission will also consider a staff recommendation on FPUC’s petition for a temporary waiver from Rule 25-6.0342(2), Florida Administrative Code.

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