New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Part 3 - EXTENDED AREA SERVICE
Section 17.11.3.12 - COST STUDY
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The affected local exchange company or companies may be ordered by the Commission to initiate a Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost ("TSLRIC") or other appropriate cost study approved for such purpose by the Commission, to determine changes in rates which may result from the EAS; provided however, that lost toll revenue shall not automatically be considered a cost of providing EAS. Such cost study shall consider and develop, for each route, relevant revenues and costs over a one year period immediately following the potential date for initiation of the EAS, and for a one year period, three years subsequent to the potential initiation of the EAS.
B. The cost study shall include the following information, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission:
C. On or before a date ordered by the Commission, the local exchange company or companies shall file with the Commission a summary of the results of the cost study, together with supporting schedules and such detail as will be sufficient to permit identification of study components and verification of study results.
D. The Commission may also require the local exchange company or companies to submit recommendations for rate additives, by class of service for each affected exchange.