Last week, RCRC participated in the California Foundation on the Environment and Economy (CFEE)’s 2021 Telecommunications and Technology Conference. As one of three panelists on a roundtable discussion on the future of telecommunications resiliency, RCRC Legislative Advocate John Kennedy joined Daniel Schweizer (Crown Castle Director of Government Affairs) and Mark DiNunzio (Cox Communications Director of Regulatory Affairs).
The afternoon panel provided an overview of the pressing need for improvement in communications system resiliency, as shown by the massively disruptive 2019 Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events. It also discussed two recent California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Decisions requiring wireless and wireline communications systems to improve system resiliency and implementation challenges associated with achieving those requirements.
Panelists fielded a wide variety of questions from industry stakeholders and legislators. RCRC outlined the integral role that communications systems play in today’s society and how loss of communications service during a PSPS event or other power outage can have serious and far-reaching impacts on public health and safety and the environment.
For more information, contact John Kennedy, RCRC Legislative Advocate, by email or call 916-447-4806.