Cable Television Act of 1992

Resumen

The Commission has adopted both a Report and Order and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. In the Report and Order, the Commission establishes interim rules implementing a cost-of-service alternative to our primary benchmark and price cap approach to setting regulated cable service rates.\1\ (The Report and Order may be found elsewhere in this Federal Register). In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we propose that these interim requirements become permanent; we propose a productivity factor that could be incorporated into the price cap mechanism governing cable service rates; and we solicit comment on a permanent upgrade incentive plan for regulated cable service. We also announce initiation of cable industry cost studies that will be used to develop average cost schedules for regulated cable services and equipment, and to evaluate whether we should require full competitive rate reductions for systems currently eligible for transition relief. We solicit comment on rate of return prescription methodologies, and on proposed rules for an accounting system and for affiliate t