Deny the Comcast merger, don't try to fix it with conditions urges CPUC ratepayer advocates
If it’s that broke, trash it.
Comments are coming thick and fast regarding the proposed decision by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) administrative law judge to approve, with conditions, the mega-merger and market swap between Comcast, Time-Warner and Charter Communications. I’m still working my way through the stack – the CPUC posted the documents yesterday – but one of the filings, from the CPUC’s office of ratepayer advocates (ORA) jumps out.
As it has all along, ORA is urging outright rejection of the transactions…
… MoreAs the [proposed decision (PD)] correctly concludes, the Joint Applicants [i.e.