Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-6 - Retail Telecommunication Services
Section 4901:1-6-11 - Tariff services
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4901:1-6-11
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Services required to be tariffed
(1) The rates, terms, and conditions for
9-1-1 service provided in this state by a telephone company or a
telecommunications carrier, and for each of the following provided by a
telephone company, shall be approved and tariffed by the commission and
be subject to all applicable laws,
including rules or regulations adopted and orders issued by the commission or
the federal communications commission:
(a)
Basic local exchange service (BLES), including BLES installation and
reconnection fees and lifeline service rates or discounts.
(b) Carrier access.
(c) N-1-1 service.
(d) Pole attachments and conduit occupancy
under section 4905.71 of the Revised
Code.
(e) Pay telephone access
lines.
(f) Toll
presubscription.
(g) Excess
construction charges.
(h) Inmate
operator services.
(i)
Telecommunications relay service.
(2) All other telecommunications services
offered by a telephone company shall not be included in tariffs filed with the
commission, but will still be subject to commission oversight and
regulation as provided in Chapter 4927 of the Revised Code and Chapter 4901:1-6
of the Administrative Code.
(B) Tariffing requirements
All tariffs for services required to be tariffed under paragraph (A) of this rule, shall include both the appropriate issued (the date the tariff was filed with the commission) and effective (the date the service(s) will be offered) dates. All tariffs shall include, at a minimum, the following elements:
(1) A title page
and a table of contents.
(2) A
description of all services offered along with all terms and conditions
associated with the provision of each service.
(3) For BLES, a description of the actual
BLES local service area in which a customer may complete a call without
incurring a toll charge. Any change to a local service area must be reflected
in the tariff on file with the commission.
(4) A complete list of rates, relative to the
provision of each service.
(5) For
BLES, a statement informing customers that all telephone companies offering
BLES are subject to the commission's service requirements for BLES found in
rule 4901:1-6-12 of the
Administrative Code.
(6) For
tariffs filed requiring prior commission approval, each final tariff sheet must
exhibit the commission authority by designating the case number in which the
tariff was approved, the automatic date of effectiveness or commission order
date, the effective date of the tariff sheet, the name of the telephone
company, and the name of an officer of the telephone company. This information
should be included in a header, a footer, or a combination thereof.
(7) For tariffs filed pursuant to a zero-day
notice filing, each final tariff sheet should include the effective date of the
tariff sheet, the name of the telephone company, and the name of an officer of
the telephone company. This information should be included in a header, a
footer, or a combination thereof.
(C) Tariff filing (TRF) docket
(1) The commission will maintain
and designate for each telephone company offering tariffed telecommunications
services a TRF docket for the filing of final tariffs and filings subject to a
zero-day notice procedure.
(2) The
docketing division will assign a TRF docket number when a telephone company
seeks to obtain initial certification.
(3) For applications in which new or revised
tariff pages are involved, such tariff page(s) shall be filed in final form in
the TRF docket and include the appropriate application purpose code, where
applicable. For filings subject to a zeroday notice procedure, such notice
shall include a filing form, description of filing request, final tariff pages,
and, if applicable, a customer notice. For nonautomatic applications and those
applications subject to an automatic approval process (other than the zero-day
notice process), final tariff pages must be filed within ten calendar days
after the approval date. The effective date on the tariffs shall be a date no
sooner than the date the final tariffs are filed with the commission.
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