data. The Commission also agrees with TURN that further investigation into recent outages in isolated or rural communities is warranted and directs CD and SED to investigate those specific outages. OII, p. 35 Verified 3. Outage Public Safety Through comments at TURN’s TURN/CforAT Opening Comments on public hearings and work with Scoping Memo, June 12, 2015, p. 7-8 county and local emergency Assigned Ruling, services officials such as Commissioner’s September 8, 2016, p. 7-9 Mendocino County, the record in this proceeding clearly TURN Comments on Assigned identified multiple instances of Ruling, October 4, Commissioner’s communication failures 2016, p. 3-4, 14-15. regarding outages and TURN Reply Comments on Proposed emergency communications Decision, December 12, 2016, p. 2-3 between state and local officials, state emergency services, and carriers. Final Decision p. 73, 102-104, 108-110, The Final Decision finds that 121, 146, 152 all emergency services officials need timely and specific information about outages to ensure public safety and to carry out their emergency response duties. The Final Decision includes extensive citations to comments TURN’s to support its requirement that respondent carriers provide 24 hour direct emergency contact information to all local, county and tribal emergency services personnel and to require that carriers should provide timely outage reporting data, at a lower reporting threshold, to local and county officials.
data. The Commission also agrees with TURN that further investigation into recent outages in isolated or rural communities is warranted and directs CD and SED to investigate those specific outages. 3. Outage Public Safety Through TURN’s comments at public hearings and work with county and local emergency services officials such as Mendocino County, the record in this proceeding clearly identified multiple instances of communication failures regarding outages and emergency communications between state and local officials, state emergency services, and carriers. The Final Decision finds that all emergency services officials need timely and specific information about outages to ensure public safety and to carry out their emergency response duties. The Final Decision includes extensive citations to TURN’s comments to support its requirement that respondent carriers provide 24 hour direct emergency contact information to all local, county and tribal emergency services personnel and to require that carriers should provide timely outage reporting data, at a lower reporting threshold, to local and county officials. OII, p. 35 TURN/CforAT Opening Comments on Scoping Memo, June 12, 2015, p. 7-8 Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling, September 8, 2016, p. 7-9 TURN Comments on Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling, October 4, 2016, p. 3-4, 14-15. TURN Reply Comments on Proposed Decision, December 12, 2016, p. 2-3 Final Decision p. 73, 102-104, 108-110, 121, 146, 152 Verified
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