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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-277

NOTICES

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION

Hamilton Relay, Inc. Petition for a Proposed Pilot of Real Time Text for People with Disabilities in this Commonwealth; Doc. No. P-2019-3008352

[50 Pa.B. 1205]
[Saturday, February 22, 2020]

 On March 8, 2019, at Doc. No. P-2019-3008352, Hamilton Relay, Inc. (Hamilton) filed an Executive Summary and related information with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) seeking Commission approval to conduct a 90-day pilot project of Real Time Text (RTT) supported by the TRS Fund (RTT Pilot). At the TRS Advisory Board meeting of December 5, 2018, the members recommended to the Commission including the Commonwealth in its RTT Pilot.

 The RTT Pilot is a 90-day pilot project that is designed to test the availability and use of RTT by a limited number of eligible residents of this Commonwealth with disabilities. RTT capable devices will be supported from and distributed through the existing TRS Fund. The proposed RTT Pilot will be implemented through Hamilton in its current capacity as the Commonwealth's Commission-approved TRS provider.1

 The pilot project will provide for the recruitment and selection of up to 50 eligible participants over a 90-day period. RTT is a digital, Internet Protocol based communication protocol that transmits text immediately as the characters are typed. RTT provides text communications that may be more functionally equivalent for Relay users as it allows for conversational bi-directional communication that may also include voice and special characters. The trial will include distribution of selected RTT-capable devices equipped with appropriate applications and software, as well as monitoring, measurement and evaluation of the use of this system. The RTT proposal seeks funding in the amount of $167,575 from the TRS Fund for the relevant costs of the pilot project including the costs of the device equipment distribution and the costs for managing the overall project through its 90-day duration.

 Interested persons may file comments on the proposed RTT Pilot within 20 calendar days of the publication of this notice. Comments must reference Doc. No. P-2019-3008352 and may be filed either electronically through the Commission's e-File System2 or by mail addressed to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Attention: Secretary, 400 North Street, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Handwritten comments will be accepted by mail. The filing of comments by means of routine e-mail is not permitted.

 Where possible, an electronic copy of any filing should also be sent to Eric Jeschke at ejeschke@pa.gov. The contact person for this petition is Christian McDewell, Assistant Counsel, Law Bureau, (717) 787-7466.

ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-277. Filed for public inspection February 21, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]

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1  See Application of Hamilton Relay, A-2014-2447601.

2  See http://www.puc.state.pa.us/efiling/default.aspx.


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