19960515Intervention Order No 26448.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE NOTICE OF AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES= APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

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CASE NO. ATTT961

ORDER NO. 26448
Albion Telephone Company, Fremont Telcom, Inc., Cambridge Telephone Company, Inc. Silver Star Telephone Company, Inc., Rockland Telephone Company, Inc., Midvale Telephone Exchange, Inc., Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., and Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Ltd. petitioned to intervene in this case on March 26, 1996, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-75.

FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed this Petition to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case, intervention by this party would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.

O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by Albion Telephone Company, Fremont Telcom, Inc., Cambridge Telephone Company, Inc. Silver Star Telephone Company, Inc., Rockland Telephone Company, Inc., Midvale Telephone Exchange, Inc., Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., and Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Ltd. is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record. This Intervenor is represented by the following for purposes of service:

Conley Ward
Michael C. Creamer
GIVENS PURSLEY & HUNTLEY LLP
277 North 6th Street, Suite 200
PO Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701

Ray Hendershot
GVNW, Inc./Management
PO Box 25969
Colorado Springs, CO 80936

DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this day of May 1996.

RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY

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