Wireline Competition Bureau Approves Plan To Refund Interstate Access Customers of GTE LECs for 1993 and 1994 Tariff Periods, 49614-49615 [05-16616]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[CC Docket Nos. 93–193, 94–65; DA 05–
2195]
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves
Plan To Refund Interstate Access
Customers of Sprint/United LECs for
1993 and 1994 Tariff Periods
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This document provides
notice that the Wireline Competition
Bureau has approved the plan to refund
interstate access customers of certain
Sprint/United incumbent Local
Exchange Carriers (the Sprint/United
LECs) for refunds associated with their
1993 and 1994 annual interstate access
tariffs. It also provides information as to
how refunds may be obtained by
interstate access customers of the
Sprint/United LECs that are either no
longer readily identifiable or that are
due refunds of less than $100.
DATES: Former interstate access
customers may submit refund claims to
the Sprint Incumbent Local Exchange
Companies (Sprint) through October 24,
2005.
ADDRESSES: See Supplementary
Information for address postings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Dailey, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202)
418–1520, margaret.dailey@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
30, 2004, the Commission released the
Add-Back Tariff Investigation Order,
FCC 04–151, in CC Docket Nos. 93–193
and 94–65. In that Order, the
Commission concluded its investigation
of the 1993 and 1994 interstate access
tariffs of price cap local exchange
carriers (LECs) that implemented a
sharing or lower formula adjustment.
The Commission found unjust and
unreasonable the 1993 annual access
tariffs of price cap LECs that
implemented a sharing or lower formula
adjustment in their 1992 Price Cap
Indexes (PCIs) and that failed to apply
add-back in computing their 1992
earnings and rates of return and
resulting 1993 PCIs. The Commission
made the same findings for the 1994
interstate access tariffs of price cap LECs
that implemented a sharing or lower
formula adjustment in their 1993 PCIs.
Finally, the Commission ordered
affected price cap LECs to: (1)
Recalculate their 1992 and 1993
earnings and rates of return, making an
add-back adjustment; (2) determine the
appropriate sharing or lower formula
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adjustment to their PCIs for the
subsequent tariff year; (3) compute the
amount of any resulting access rate
decrease; and (4) submit a plan for
refunding the amounts owed to
customers plus interest as a result of any
such rate decrease.
On August 30, 2004, the Sprint
Incumbent Local Exchange Companies
filed the refund plans required by the
Add-Back Tariff Investigation Order and
determined that refunds are due to
interstate access customers of the
following Sprint/United incumbent
LECs:
• United Telephone of Florida
• United Telephone Company of
Ohio
• United Telephone Company of
Indiana, Inc.
• United Telephone—Southeast, Inc.
• United Telephone—Midwest
—United Telephone Company of Kansas
—United Telephone Company of
Eastern Kansas
—United Telephone Company of South
Central Kansas
—United Telephone Company of
Minnesota
—United Telephone Company of
Missouri
—United Telephone Company of Texas
—United Telephone Company of the
West
• Sprint/United Telephone—
Northwest
(the Sprint/United LECs). In the AddBack Refund Order, DA 05–719,
released March 17, 2005, the Wireline
Competition Bureau (Bureau) completed
its review and approved Sprint’s refund
plans as further detailed in that Order.
The Bureau recognized that, due to
factors such as bankruptcy, changes in
ownership, or simple passage of time,
some customers of the Sprint/United
LECs may no longer be readily
identifiable. Further, the Bureau did not
require Sprint to identify and notify
customers that may be due refunds of
less than $100. Customers that Sprint
cannot identify and customers due
refunds of less than $100 may, however,
obtain refunds through the following
procedure, as specified in paragraph 22
of the Add-Back Refund Order: For at
least 60 days after this notice is
published in the Federal Register,
Sprint must post this notice on its
company web sites that are most often
consulted by its interstate access
customers. Sprint must also provide an
address to which former access
customers may submit refund claims by
a specified date that is at least 60 days
after the refund notice is first posted.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas J. Navin,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05–16615 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[CC Docket Nos. 93–193, 94–65; DA 05–
2196]
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves
Plan To Refund Interstate Access
Customers of GTE LECs for 1993 and
1994 Tariff Periods
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This document provides
notice that the Wireline Competition
Bureau has approved the plan to refund
interstate access customers of certain
GTE incumbent local exchange carriers
(LECs) for refunds associated with their
1993 and 1994 annual interstate access
tariffs. It also provides information as to
how refunds may be obtained by
interstate access customers of these GTE
incumbent LECs that are either no
longer readily identifiable or that are
due refunds of less than $100.
DATES: Former interstate access
customers may submit refund claims to
Verizon Telephone Companies
(Verizon) through October 24, 2005.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for address postings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Dailey, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202)
418–1520, margaret.dailey@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
30, 2004, the Commission released the
Add-Back Tariff Investigation Order,
FCC 04–151, in CC Docket Nos. 93–193
and 94–65. In that Order, the
Commission concluded its investigation
of the 1993 and 1994 interstate access
tariffs of price cap LECs that
implemented a sharing or lower formula
adjustment. The Commission found
unjust and unreasonable the 1993
annual access tariffs of price cap LECs
that implemented a sharing or lower
formula adjustment in their 1992 Price
Cap Indexes (PCIs) and that failed to
apply add-back in computing their 1992
earnings and rates of return and
resulting 1993 PCIs. The Commission
made the same findings for the 1994
interstate access tariffs of price cap LECs
that implemented a sharing or lower
formula adjustment in their 1993 PCIs.
Finally, the Commission ordered
affected price cap LECs to: (1)
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Recalculate their 1992 and 1993
earnings and rates of return, making an
add-back adjustment; (2) determine the
appropriate sharing or lower formula
adjustment to their PCIs for the
subsequent tariff year; (3) compute the
amount of any resulting access rate
decrease; and (4) submit a plan for
refunding the amounts owed to
customers plus interest as a result of any
such rate decrease.
In the Add-Back Refund Order, DA
05–719, released on March 17, 2005, the
Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
disapproved the original refund plan
filed by Verizon on behalf of certain Bell
Atlantic and GTE incumbent LECs.
Verizon filed a Modified Refund Plan on
April 18, 2005 and determined that
refunds are due to interstate access
customers of the following GTE
incumbent LECs for the tariff periods
noted:
• Contel Pennsylvania (GTE North,
Inc.) (1993, 1994)
• GTE Alaska, Inc. (1993, 1994)
• GTE Idaho (GTE Northwest, Inc.)
(1994)
• GTE Indiana (GTE North, Inc.)
(1993, 1994)
• GTE Michigan (GTE North, Inc.)
(1993)
• GTE Missouri (GTE Midwest, Inc.)
(1993)
• GTE Montana (GTE Northwest, Inc.)
(1994)
• GTE Wisconsin (GTE North, Inc.)
(1994)
(the GTE LECs). In the Supplemental
Add-Back Refund Order, DA 05–2029,
released July 15, 2005, the Bureau
approved Verizon’s Modified Refund
Plan and directed Verizon to make
refunds as further specified in that
Order and in the Add-Back Refund
Order. The Bureau recognized that, due
to factors such as bankruptcy, changes
in ownership, or simple passage of time,
some customers of the GTE LECs may
no longer be readily identifiable.
Further, the Bureau did not require
Verizon to identify and notify customers
that may be due refunds of less than
$100. Customers that Verizon cannot
identify and customers due refunds of
less than $100 may, however, obtain
refunds through the following
procedure, as specified in paragraph 22
of the Add-Back Refund Order: For at
least 60 days after this notice is
published in the Federal Register,
Verizon must post this notice on its
company web sites that are most often
consulted by its interstate access
customers. Verizon must also provide
an address to which former access
customers may submit refund claims by
a specified date that is at least 60 days
after the refund notice is first posted.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas J. Navin,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05–16616 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[CC Docket Nos. 93–193, 94–65; DA 05–
2197]
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves
Plan To Refund Interstate Access
Customers of BellSouth for 1993 and
1994 Tariff Periods
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This document provides
notice that the Wireline Competition
Bureau has approved the plan to refund
interstate access customers of BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc. (BellSouth)
for refunds associated with its 1993 and
1994 annual interstate access tariffs. It
also provides information as to how
refunds may be obtained by BellSouth
interstate access customers that are
either no longer readily identifiable or
that are due refunds of less than $100.
DATES: Former interstate access
customers may submit refund claims to
BellSouth through October 24, 2005.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for address postings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Dailey, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202)
418–1520, margaret.dailey@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
30, 2004, the Commission released the
Add-Back Tariff Investigation Order,
FCC 04–151, in CC Docket Nos. 93–193
and 94–65. In that Order, the
Commission concluded its investigation
of the 1993 and 1994 interstate access
tariffs of price cap local exchange
carriers (LECs) that implemented a
sharing or lower formula adjustment.
The Commission found unjust and
unreasonable the 1993 annual access
tariffs of price cap LECs that
implemented a sharing or lower formula
adjustment in their 1992 Price Cap
Indexes (PCIs) and that failed to apply
add-back in computing their 1992
earnings and rates of return and
resulting 1993 PCIs. The Commission
made the same findings for the 1994
interstate access tariffs of price cap LECs
that implemented a sharing or lower
formula adjustment in their 1993 PCIs.
Finally, the Commission ordered
affected price cap LECs to: (1)
Recalculate their 1992 and 1993
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earnings and rates of return, making an
add-back adjustment; (2) determine the
appropriate sharing or lower formula
adjustment to their PCIs for the
subsequent tariff year; (3) compute the
amount of any resulting access rate
decrease; and (4) submit a plan for
refunding the amounts owed to
customers plus interest as a result of any
such rate decrease.
On August 30, 2004, BellSouth filed
the refund plan required by the AddBack Tariff Investigation Order. In the
Add-Back Refund Order, DA 05–719,
released on March 17, 2005, the
Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
disapproved BellSouth’s refund plan.
BellSouth provided a further
explanation of its refund plan
calculations. Upon review of this
explanation, the Bureau approved
BellSouth’s refund plan in the
Supplemental Add-Back Refund Order,
DA 05–2029, released July 15, 2005, and
directed BellSouth to make refunds as
further specified in that Order and in
the Add-Back Refund Order. The
Bureau recognized that, due to factors
such as bankruptcy, changes in
ownership, or simple passage of time,
some BellSouth customers may no
longer be readily identifiable. Further,
the Bureau did not require BellSouth to
identify and notify customers that may
be due refunds of less than $100.
Customers that BellSouth cannot
identify and customers due refunds of
less than $100 may, however, obtain
refunds through the following
procedure, as specified in paragraph 22
of the Add-Back Refund Order: For at
least 60 days after this notice is
published in the Federal Register,
BellSouth must post this notice on its
company web sites that are most often
consulted by its interstate access
customers. BellSouth must also provide
an address to which former access
customers may submit refund claims by
a specified date that is at least 60 days
after the refund notice is first posted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas J. Navin,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05–16617 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CC Docket Nos. 93-193, 94-65; DA 05-2196]
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves Plan To Refund Interstate
Access Customers of GTE LECs for 1993 and 1994 Tariff Periods
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that the Wireline Competition
Bureau has approved the plan to refund interstate access customers of
certain GTE incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) for refunds
associated with their 1993 and 1994 annual interstate access tariffs.
It also provides information as to how refunds may be obtained by
interstate access customers of these GTE incumbent LECs that are either
no longer readily identifiable or that are due refunds of less than
$100.
DATES: Former interstate access customers may submit refund claims to
Verizon Telephone Companies (Verizon) through October 24, 2005.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for address postings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Dailey, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1520,
margaret.dailey@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 30, 2004, the Commission released
the Add-Back Tariff Investigation Order, FCC 04-151, in CC Docket Nos.
93-193 and 94-65. In that Order, the Commission concluded its
investigation of the 1993 and 1994 interstate access tariffs of price
cap LECs that implemented a sharing or lower formula adjustment. The
Commission found unjust and unreasonable the 1993 annual access tariffs
of price cap LECs that implemented a sharing or lower formula
adjustment in their 1992 Price Cap Indexes (PCIs) and that failed to
apply add-back in computing their 1992 earnings and rates of return and
resulting 1993 PCIs. The Commission made the same findings for the 1994
interstate access tariffs of price cap LECs that implemented a sharing
or lower formula adjustment in their 1993 PCIs. Finally, the Commission
ordered affected price cap LECs to: (1)
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Recalculate their 1992 and 1993 earnings and rates of return, making an
add-back adjustment; (2) determine the appropriate sharing or lower
formula adjustment to their PCIs for the subsequent tariff year; (3)
compute the amount of any resulting access rate decrease; and (4)
submit a plan for refunding the amounts owed to customers plus interest
as a result of any such rate decrease.
In the Add-Back Refund Order, DA 05-719, released on March 17,
2005, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) disapproved the original
refund plan filed by Verizon on behalf of certain Bell Atlantic and GTE
incumbent LECs. Verizon filed a Modified Refund Plan on April 18, 2005
and determined that refunds are due to interstate access customers of
the following GTE incumbent LECs for the tariff periods noted:
Contel Pennsylvania (GTE North, Inc.) (1993, 1994)
GTE Alaska, Inc. (1993, 1994)
GTE Idaho (GTE Northwest, Inc.) (1994)
GTE Indiana (GTE North, Inc.) (1993, 1994)
GTE Michigan (GTE North, Inc.) (1993)
GTE Missouri (GTE Midwest, Inc.) (1993)
GTE Montana (GTE Northwest, Inc.) (1994)
GTE Wisconsin (GTE North, Inc.) (1994)
(the GTE LECs). In the Supplemental Add-Back Refund Order, DA 05-2029,
released July 15, 2005, the Bureau approved Verizon's Modified Refund
Plan and directed Verizon to make refunds as further specified in that
Order and in the Add-Back Refund Order. The Bureau recognized that, due
to factors such as bankruptcy, changes in ownership, or simple passage
of time, some customers of the GTE LECs may no longer be readily
identifiable. Further, the Bureau did not require Verizon to identify
and notify customers that may be due refunds of less than $100.
Customers that Verizon cannot identify and customers due refunds of
less than $100 may, however, obtain refunds through the following
procedure, as specified in paragraph 22 of the Add-Back Refund Order:
For at least 60 days after this notice is published in the Federal
Register, Verizon must post this notice on its company web sites that
are most often consulted by its interstate access customers. Verizon
must also provide an address to which former access customers may
submit refund claims by a specified date that is at least 60 days after
the refund notice is first posted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas J. Navin,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-16616 Filed 8-23-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P