California has agreed to take $1.86 billion in federal broadband deployment funding while explicitly refusing the Trump administration's condition that it stop enforcing net neutrality and other telecom rules. The CPUC told NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth in a letter that it will not waive its right to challenge any unconstitutional or unauthorized conditions, and that other state agencies, including the attorney general, remain free to enforce California law against ISPs.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-11-03
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of seven bills that shield residential utility customers from bearing the costs of AI data center growth. The laws create a new rate category for data centers through the state's Public Utilities Commission, mandate disclosure of water and energy use to local governments, and require efficiency benchmarks before facilities can get streamlined approval.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-21
Charter's Spectrum brand has finished absorbing Cox, with former Cox customers now billed by Spectrum starting Wednesday. The deal, agreed in May 2025, cleared its last regulatory hurdle after the California Public Utilities Commission approved it last month, giving Charter over 35 million customers nationwide.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-16
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