Groups Want More Affordability Conditions on Charter-Cox Deal in Calif.
The cable companies say the terms they’ve agreed to match the Verizon-Frontier merger the state approved earlier this year
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2026 – Some advocacy groups in California want the state to tack on more conditions if it approves Charter’s $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications.
The companies and parties they settled with urged the state’s utility regulator against new terms. They want the deal approved at the California Public Utilities Commission’s August 13 meeting, one of the agency’s last voting meetings before Justice Department approval of the transaction expires.
