Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 26 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS
Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY
Section 26.57 - Requirements for a Certificate Holder's Use of an Alternate Technology to Meet Its Provider of Last Resort Obligation
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Purpose. This section establishes the requirements that apply when a certificate holder uses an alternate technology to meet its provider of last resort (POLR, sometimes also referred to as a carrier of last resort in other parts of this chapter) obligations.
(b) Definitions. The following terms used in this section shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates otherwise.
(c) Application of this section. A certificate holder may use an alternate technology to meet its POLR obligations only after the commission approves the use of that alternate technology by the certificate holder pursuant to this section. A certificate holder must obtain approval for each type of alternate technology used to meet its POLR obligations. Unless determined otherwise by the commission, upon receiving approval to use an alternate technology to meet its POLR obligations, a certificate holder may use that technology anywhere in its service territory to meet its POLR obligations. If, as of the effective date of this rule, a certificate holder has deployed an alternate technology to meet its POLR obligations and obtained commission approval for that alternate technology, the certificate holder is not required to obtain approval for that alternative technology pursuant to this section unless it seeks changes to what was approved by the commission.
(d) Standards for meeting POLR obligations using an alternate technology. In using an alternate technology to meet its POLR obligations, a certificate holder shall comply with the following standards.
(e) Application to meet its POLR obligations using an alternate technology. A certificate holder shall file a detailed application demonstrating that the certificate holder meets the standards set forth in subsection (d) of this section.
(f) Commission processing of application.