New audits indicated Pacific Telesis funds misuse.
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California’s regional telephone company used money from local customers to subsidize new business ventures, according to audits requested by the National Assn. of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. The California Public Utilities Commission staff has recommended that ratepayers be reimbursed $17 million in the case. Pacific Telesis “strongly disagrees” with the findings, a spokeswoman said.
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