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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: KARL KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 1, 2015
SUBJECT: ALBION TELEPHONE’S PETITION FOR ORDER APPROVING
ACQUISITION OF AN AFFILIATED TITLE 62 COMPANY’S LONG-
DISTANCE ASSETS, AND USE OF THOSE ASSETS TO PROVIDE
LONG-DISTANCE SERVICES, CASE NO. ALB-T-15-02
On June 9, 2015, Albion Telephone Company petitioned the Commission for an
Order approving its: (1) acquisition of certain assets of ATC Long Distance, Inc. (a now
dissolved, affiliated Title 62 company); (2) use of those assets to provide non-regulated long-
distance service; and (3) adoption of ATC Long Distance, Inc.’s price list. The Company asks
the Commission to process the case by Modified Procedure.
THE PETITION
The Company is a Commission-regulated Title 61 telephone corporation. The
Company’s Petition explains that in February 2014, ATC Long Distance, Inc.’s shareholders
voted to dissolve ATC Long Distance and transfer its assets to the Company so the Company
could provide the long-distance services that ATC Long Distance had provided. ATC Long
Distance filed Articles of Dissolution with the Idaho Secretary of State on April 8, 2014.
The Petition explains that the Company has been providing long-distance services in
accordance with ATC Long Distance’s price list on file with the Commission. And, as part of its
Application, the Company has submitted the same price list in the Company’s name. The
Company asks the Commission to approve this price list with a March 7, 2014 effective date
(which is the date on which ATC Long Distance’s President signed the Articles of Dissolution).
The Company notes that its acquisition of ATC Long Distance, Inc.’s assets and
provision of non-regulated long-distance services will have little, if any, impact on the
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Company’s current customers. The Company will continue to provide these customers with the
same regulated services at the same prices. The Company also will continue to offer long-
distance services to ATC Long Distance, Inc.’s former customers at the same prices. There is,
therefore, no interruption in service or change in billing practices. The Company separately
manages and accounts for its revenues and expenses from non-regulated long-distance services
and its revenues and expenses from regulated services.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Petition be processed by Modified Procedure with a 21-
day comment deadline and a 7-day reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to order that the case be processed by Modified Procedure
with a 21-day comment deadline and a 7-day reply deadline?
Karl Klein
Karl Klein
Deputy Attorney General
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