Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers
Section 4901:1-7-17 - Carrier-to-carrier pricing
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4901:1-7-17
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.]
(A) General principles
(1)
These standards
apply to pricing of interconnection, unbundled network elements, methods of
obtaining interconnection and access to unbundled network elements (including
collocation), and reciprocal compensation pursuant to
47 U.S.C.
251(c) and
251(d)(2). All of
these provisions are referred to as "elements" for the purpose of this
rule.
(2)
An incumbent local exchange carrier's (ILEC's) rates
for each element it offers are to comply with the general pricing standards
pursuant to 47 C.F.R.
51.503 and
47 C.F.R.
51.505 and the rate structure standards as
described in paragraph (B) of this rule.
(3)
The commission,
at its discretion in an arbitration proceeding, shall set the ILEC's rates for
each element it offers by either:
(a)
Utilizing interim rates, subject to a true up pursuant
to paragraph (A)(4) of this rule, that are based on the best information
available to the commission about the ILEC's forward-looking economic
costs.
(b)
Pursuant to the forward-looking economic cost-based
pricing methodology described in rule
4901:1-7-19 of the
Administrative Code.
(4)
The interim
rate(s) for an element(s) will no longer be in effect once the commission
determines rates based on forward-looking economic costs pursuant to rule
4901:1-7-19 of the Administrative Code, submitted by the ILEC and approved by
the commission. If the interim rate for an element is different from the rate
established by the commission pursuant to rule 4901:1-7-19 of the
Administrative Code, the involved telephone companies are to make adjustments
to the past rate charged for that element which allow each telephone company to
be charged at a rate level it would have been charged had the interim element
rate equaled the rate later established by the commission pursuant to rule
4901:1-7-19 of the
Administrative Code. The involved telephone companies may consider the
financial impact of the true up and negotiate the period of time over which the
true up takes place.
(5)
The rate that an ILEC assesses for elements shall not
vary on the basis of the class of customer served by the requesting telephone
company, or on the type of services that the requesting telephone company
purchasing such elements uses them to provide.
(B) Rate structure
(1)
The rate structure standards contained in
47 C.F.R.
51.507 and
51.509 shall apply to rates set by
the commission in arbitration proceedings pursuant to rule
4901:1-7-09 of the
Administrative Code. Local exchange carriers (LECs) are not precluded from
negotiating alternative rates or rate structures.
(2)
General rate
structure standards
Replaces: 4901:1-7-17An incumbent local exchange carrier's rates for each element it offers are to comply with the general pricing standards pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 51.503 and 51.505 and the rate structure standards as described in paragraph (B) of this rule.
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