Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Any person, corporation, municipal
corporation, partnership or association proposing to operate as a CAPwithin
this state shall first make application to the commission for a certificate of
registration. Such application shall conform to the provisions of this
rule.
B. Any application for a
certificate of registration to provide CAPtelecommunications services must
contain the following:
(1) Financial
information detailing the applicant's financial resources that will support
provision of CAPservices in a manner that ensures continued quality of
telecommunications services and safeguards consumer and public interests. This
includes the filing of:
(1) monthly balance
sheets and monthly income statements of the applicant, or any affiliated entity
of the applicant if that entity will provide the financial support for the
resold services, covering the most recent twelve-month period available. If the
company, or entity providing financial support to the applicant, does not keep
monthly financial documentation as described above, then quarterly financial
documents covering the most recent twelve-month period shall be provided to the
Commission in lieu thereof:
(2) the
most recent audited year-end financial statement available. If applicant does
not maintain audited year-end financial statements, the applicant may provide
an unaudited year-end financial statement together with a notarized
verification from the applicant's chief financial officer, or person charged
with financial responsibility for the company, attesting that the financial
statement provided is a true and correct representation of the company's
year-end financial posture;
(3) a
detailed description of what the financial information submitted signifies in
terms of the applicant's ability to provide CAPservices within this state
properly and continuously. This description shall detail the applicant's
current financial posture and describe the financial trend of the applicant
over the last twelve-month period and should be supported by specific
references to the financial documents which were provided in conformance with
Subsections (1) and (2) above.
(2) A detailed demonstration of the technical
competence of the applicant to provide the CAPservices addressed in the
application including a detailed description of the qualifications and
experience of the applicant's management personnel who will oversee provision
of the proposed CAPservices.
(3) A
precise description of the proposed market to be served by the applicant with
reference to both the geographic market (e.g., Albuquerque, New Mexico) and the
customer class (e.g., residential customers).
(4) A precise description of the exact and
particular CAPservices and other services the applicant proposes to
provide.
(5) The proposed tariff to
be used by the applicant detailing all rates, charges, rules and regulations
governing the provision of intrastate telecommunications services and the
proposed ratemaking methodology used in determining the tariff's proposed
rates.
(6) A demonstration that the
applicant is authorized to do business in New Mexico and that the applicant is
in good corporate standing in New Mexico.
(7) A listing of all states in which the
applicant is authorized to provide telecommunications services and a statement
as to whether or not the applicant is in good standing in each of those states,
and a detailed explanation of why the applicant is not in good standing in a
given state, if applicable.
(8) A
listing of any state in which the applicant has been denied a certificate of
authority or has had its pre-existing certification revoked, if applicable, and
a detailed explanation of why the applicant's application for authority to
provide telecommunications services in another state was rejected or its
authority to provide such services revoked, if applicable.
(9) A listing of any state in which an
investigation, formal complaint or enforcement proceeding against the applicant
has been initiated, and a detailed description of the subject matter of such
proceeding and of the outcome, or, if still pending, the status of such
proceeding.
C. Upon the
applicant's filing of a completed application for registration to provide
CAPservices, the commission will expeditiously review the application. After
this review, the commission will either: issue a notice of proposed agency
action; request further information from the applicant; or issue a notice of
inquiry regarding the application. Notices of inquiry regarding an application
may result in a hearing subject to the commission's notice and hearing
requirements contained in the commission's rules of procedure.