Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 63 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
Subchapter K - COMPETITIVE SAFEGUARDS
Section 63.142 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Competitive service-As defined in 66 Pa.C.S. § 3012 (relating to definitions).
Competitive telecommunications carrier-
(i) A local exchange telecommunications services provider that has been certificated or given provisional authority by the Commission as a competitive telecommunications carrier under the Commission's procedures implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the act of February 8, 1996 (Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56), or under the relevant provisions in 66 Pa.C.S. § 3019(a) (relating to additional powers and duties), and its successors and assigns.
(ii) The term includes any of the competitive telecommunications carrier's affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions or other corporate subunits that provide local exchange service.
LEC-Local exchange carrier-A legal entity that is authorized to do business in this Commonwealth by the Department of State and has been certificated by the Commission to offer local exchange telecommunications service within a specified service area. LECs encompass both local exchange telecommunications companies and competitive telecommunications carriers.
Local exchange telecommunications company-As defined in 66 Pa.C.S. § 3012.
Market price-Prices set at market-determined rates.
Noncompetitive service-As defined in 66 Pa.C.S. § 3012.
Telecommunications service-The offering of the transmission of messages or communications for a fee to the public.
The provisions of this § 63.142 amended under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3019(b)(2) and (3).
