Safety Considerations With the adoption of the Safety Policy Statement of the California Public Utilities Commission on July 10, 2014, the Commission has, among other things, heightened its focus on the potential safety implications of every proceeding. We have considered the potential safety implications here. We feel satisfied that GoDaddy.com, LLC will meet the Commission’s minimum safety goals and expectations of a reseller of interexchange services because: (1) GoDaddy.com, LLC has taken steps to meet the financial requirements as set forth in this decision, and (2) GoDaddy.com, LLC is a public utility that is required pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 451 to “… furnish and maintain such adequate, efficient, just and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, including telephone facilities … as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.” Conclusion We conclude that the application conforms to our rules for certification as an interexchange carrier. Accordingly, we grant GoDaddy.com, LLC a CPCN to provide resold interexchange telecommunication services throughout the state of California subject to compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Ordering Paragraphs. The CPCN granted by this decision provides benefits to GoDaddy.com, LLC and corresponding obligations. GoDaddy.com, LLC receives authority to operate throughout the state of California, and this authority enables GoDaddy.com, LLC, pursuant to section 251 of the 1934 Communications Act, as amended by the 1996 Telecommunications Act (47 U.S.C. 251) , to interconnect with telecommunications carriers. This authority also enables GoDaddy.com,
one of these positions with a company that has been found liable, for fraud, dishonesty, failure to disclose, or misrepresentations to consumers or others; (c) been convicted of a felony; (d) been the subject of a criminal referral by judge or public agency; (e) had a telecommunications license or operating authority denied, suspended, revoked, or limited in any jurisdiction; (f) personally entered into a settlement, or held one of these positions with a company that has entered into settlement of criminal or civil claims involving violations of §§ 17000, et seq., §§ 17200, et seq., or §§ 17500, et seq., of the California Business & Professions Code, or of any other statute, regulation, or decisional law relating to fraud, dishonesty, failure to disclose, or misrepresentations to consumers or others; or (g) been found to have violated any statute, law, or rule pertaining to public utilities or other regulated industries; (h) entered into any settlement agreements or made any voluntary payments or agreed to any other type of monetary forfeitures in resolution of any action by any regulatory body, agency, or attorney general; or (i) is being, or has been investigated by the Federal Communications Commission or any law enforcement or regulatory agency for failure to comply with any law, rule or order. GoDaddy.com, LLC’s parent company, GoDaddy Inc., has entered into four confidential settlements of claims alleging failure to disclose or misrepresentations to consumers. It was also disclosed that the Chairman of the Board of GoDaddy, Inc., is a board member of Model N, Inc. and a party to a settlement in 2015 of a lawsuit alleging misrepresentations and omissions of fact in connection with disclosures made during an initial public stock offering. Each of these actions has been resolved by the parties to them, and the record does not reflect Applicant or its management teams are implicated in a course of conduct or activity which would preclude granting a CPCN.