The ULTSAC is to function, pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 277(a), as an advisory board providing advice and recommendations to the Commission on the development, implementation, and administration of the ULTS program.

The ULTSAC is also charged with the responsibility of providing advice and recommendations to the Commission on the marketing program for the achievement of the ULTS goal of providing basic telephone service to all qualifying low-income households. Advice and recommendations on marketing initiatives should be prioritized to reflect the most pressing needs of the ULTS program, including proposals for expenditure of 80% of the marketing budget on campaigns designed to bring basic telephone service to qualifying households currently without telephone service, and the remaining 20% aimed at closing the gap between the total number of households with phone service who qualify for the ULTS program and the number of such households that actually use the program.

ULTSAC Membership:

 Representatives

 Primary

Alternate

Large/Mid-Sized LEC

Chris Burke, Frontier Communications  Saira Pasha,  AT&T

Small LEC

              

CLEC/IE

Wireless Carrier

David Avila, TracFone

Alex Gudkov, TruConnect

Wireless Carrier

Robert Yap, GenMobile Jason VanArsdall, StandUp Wireless

Consumer Organization

Ashly Salas, The Utility Reform Network (TURN)

Community-Based Organization

Cesar Motts, Newstart Housing Corporation

Community-Based Organization

 

Deaf/Hearing Impaired or Disabled Representative

Kate Woodford, Center of Accessible Technology Brian Winic, CA Department of Rehabilitation
CPUC Office of the Tribal Advisor    

CPUC Public Advocates Office

 Christopher Bartulo, Public Advocates Office

 

Chrystian Villareal, Public Advocates Office

The ULTSAC Charter was recently modified by Resolution T-17574, issued on 3/26/2018.

The revised ULTSAC Charter is available at the following link: ULTS-AC Charter with Modifications to Board Positions.

On January 24, 2003, the Low Income Oversight Board and the ULTSAC jointly issued this report: Outreach Efforts of CARE and ULTS Service Programs

In December 2001, the ULTS Marketing Board, which has been merged with the ULTSAC as of May 25, 2002, issued this Strategic Plan

ULTS-AC

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