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California LifeLine Program Update

California LifeLine Program Update. Low Income Oversight Board August 21, 2013. California LifeLine Program Update. CA LifeLine Proceeding – R. 11-03-013 All Party Meeting – January 2013 Scoping Memo Issued April 10, 2013 Opening Comments Due May 13 Reply Comments Due May 31

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California LifeLine Program Update

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  1. California LifeLine ProgramUpdate Low Income Oversight Board August 21, 2013

  2. California LifeLine Program Update • CA LifeLine Proceeding – R. 11-03-013 • All Party Meeting – January 2013 • Scoping Memo Issued April 10, 2013 • Opening Comments Due May 13 • Reply Comments Due May 31 • Public Participation Hearings • May through August • Workshop on Pre-Registration Scheduled • August 20th in San Francisco

  3. Federal Lifeline Program Summary • Federal program provides $9.25 monthly subsidy. • Subsidy can be applied to either wireline or wireless service. • Originally $10.00 ($3.50 basic, $6.50 EUCL, plus additional subsidy for tribal customers). • Currently, the EUCL charge is inferred, with the balance ($2.75) applied to basic service.

  4. Federal Lifeline Program Summary(continued) • Federal Lifeline does not provide: • Subsidy for • Connection/conversion charges • Administrative costs • Taxes/surcharges/fees (other than EUCL) • Deposits or payment plans • As robust consumer protection as California • Appeals, in-language support, marketing, etc. • Only designated ETC carriers are eligible to receive subsidy (ex. TracFone in CA)

  5. Direct Application Process and Wireless • Current statistics for the DAP program to date (7/24/13): • A total of 54,074 transactions. • 44,609 were successful • 9,465 errors (customer already existed, usually due to multiple submission attempts) • Wireless Participation in LifeLine (June, 2013) • Cricket – 23,137 Approved, 1,069 Pending • Nexus – 64,597 Approved, 265 Pending • Telscape Wireless – 297 Approved, 49 Pending • Assurance (Virgin Mobile) - 8,988 Approved, 1,809 Pending

  6. Contact Information • Benjamin Schein – LifeLine Implementation • BDA@cpuc.ca.gov; (415) 703-1088 • Michaela Pangilinan – LifeLine Outreach • WOW@cpuc.ca.gov; (415) 703-1890 • RHA, Inc. (Outreach Contractor) – Vanessa Anderson • vanderson@rhainc.com; (559) 447-7000 • Consumer Affairs Branch • http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/cec/e_complaint/; (800) 649-7570 • Xerox State and Local Solutions, Inc. (LifeLine Public Call Center) • https://www.californialifeline.com/en • (866) 272-0349 – English (866) 272-0354 – Korean • (866) 272-0350 – Spanish (866) 272-0355 – Vietnamese • (866) 272-0351 – Lao/Hmong (866) 272-0356 – Chinese • (866) 272-0352 – Khmer (866) 296-0860 – Japanese • (866) 272-0353 – Tagalog 6

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