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Home My WebLink About20130515Notice of Election.pdfMary S. Hobson Attorney & Counselor 999 Main, Suite 1103 Boise, ID 83702 208-385-8666 1Et: 2OiMAY 15 IiilO:O2 TtLi1 May 15, 2013 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Boise, ID 83702-5983 RE: Docket No. CGS-T-13-09-- Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing with this Commission are an original and seven (7) copies of CENTURYTEL of the GEM STATE, INC'S NOTICE OF ELECTION UNDER IDAHO CODE §62-605. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, Mary S. bson Enclosure Mary S. Hobson (ISB. No. 2142) 999 Main, Suite 1103 Boise, ID 83702 Tel: 208-385-8666 Mary.Hobson@CenturyLink.com Lisa A. Anderl Associate General Counsel, CenturyLink 1600 7th Avenue Seattle, WA 98191 Tel: (206) 345-1574 Lisa.Mderl(2iCenturyLink.com Attorneys for CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc., dba CenturyLink BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER CENTURYTEL of the GEM STATE, INC'S NOTICE OF ELECTION UNDER IDAHO CODE §62-605 Case No. CENTURYTEL of the GEM STATE, INC'S NOTICE OF ELECTION UNDER IDAHO CODE §62-605 -07-- CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc., dba CenturyLink (CenturyLink), by and through its undersigned attorneys, hereby files its Notice of Election in accordance with the provisions of Idaho Code § 62-605. By this Notice, CenturyLink elects to make all of its retail services offered in the service territory of CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. subject to the provisions of Title 62, Idaho Code. CenturyTel of the Gem State's Notice of Election - 1 - I. NOTICE OF ELECTION A. Idaho Code § 62-605 Requirements 1.Subsection (1) (a): Name and address of the telephone corporation. CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc., dba CenturyLink is an Idaho corporation whose business address is 999 Main Street, Boise, Idaho, 83702. Correspondence should be directed as follows: Jim Schmit CenturyLink 999 Main-1 1th Floor Boise, ID 83702 Lisa A. Anderl CenturyLink 1600 7th Avenue-1 5 th Floor Seattle, WA 98191 2.Subsection (1) (b): Narrative description of telecommunications services provided and geographic area served CenturyLink in its CenturyTel of the Gem State operations offers an array of intra- and interstate telecommunications services to individuals and businesses in the exchanges of Bruneau, Grand View, Grasmere-Riddle and Richfield. All of these services are described in the following tariffs, which are on file with this Commission: CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. /dba CenturyLink - Local Exchange Tariff CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. /dba CenturyLink - Access Service Tariff For notice purposes, these tariffs are incorporated herein by reference. CenturyTel of the Gem State's existing service area is more particularly defined in the exchange maps on file with the Commission and in the territorial descriptions set forth as part of the Company's existing Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 227, CenturyTel of the Gem State's Notice of Election -2- issued May 5, 1956, as amended. For notice purposes these exchange maps and the certificate are incorporated herein by reference. B.Services Subject to this Notice of Election All of the services offered by CenturyLink in the CenturyTel of the Gem State's tariffs listed above are the subject of this Notice of Election. C.Services CenturyLmk Intends to Leave Subject to the Provisions of Title 61, Idaho Code CenturyLink intends that all of its services be offered under Title 62, Idaho Code upon the effective date of this Notice. D.CenturyLink Catalogs CenturyLink will file the following Catalogs with this Commission on or before May 31, 2013. These Catalog filings will be incorporated in this Notice as follows: Attachment A provides a copy of the CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. /dba CenturyLink - Local Exchange Catalog (Catalog No. 2), which will replace the Local Exchange Tariff on the effective date of this Election. Attachment A contains no substantive changes to the prices or terms and conditions of the products and services offered in the current tariff; it merely reflects the changes necessary to make the document consistent with regulation under Title 62, Idaho Code together with changes reflecting CenturyTel of the Gem State's intent to do business using the CenturyLink name. Attachment B provides copy of the CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. /dba CenturyLink Access Service Catalog (Catalog No.4), which will replace the Access Service Tariff on the effective date of this Election. This Catalog has been drafted to reflect the access rate changes that the Company must make to comply with the USF/JCC CenturyTel of the Gem State's Notice of Election -3- Transjbrmation Order.' Attachment B also reflects Centurylel of the Gem State's intent to do business using the CenturyLink name. The effective date of these Catalogs is July 2, 2013. On that date CenturyLink's tariffs will be withdrawn in their entirety. Attachments A and B reflect the availability, price, and terms and conditions for the services CenturyLink will provide pursuant to Title 62, Idaho Code. All of the services that are the subject of the Notice, with the exception of certain of its access charges which are being changed to comply with federal regulation, are offered in the above-described Catalogs at prices identical to those contained in the respective CenturyTel of the Gem State's tariffs for the same services. After the effective date of the Catalogs, any future price changes will be governed by Title 62, Idaho Code. E. Customer Notice CenturyTel of the Gem State provided the following notice to all of its customers in the May billing cycle: Effective July 2, 2013, the regulation of CenturyLink by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission will be relaxed pursuant to Title 62, Idaho Code. While Title 62 allows CenturyLink to change services prices without Commission approval, there will be no changes to your rates or services at this time. CenturyLink will notify you of any price changes in the future. Thank you for choosing CenturyLink for your communication needs—we value you as a customer. In the Matter of Connect America Fund, A National Broadband Plan for Our Future, Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers, High-Cost Universal Service Support, Developing an Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Lifeline and Link-Up, Universal Service Rejbrm - Mobility Fund, WC Docket No. 1. 0-90, GN Docket No. 09- 51, WC Docket N. 07-135, WC Docket No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 01-92, CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109, WT Docket No. 10-208, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 11-161 (rel. Nov. 18, 2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order) CenturyTel of the Gem State's Notice of Election -4- E. Effective Date The effective date of this Notice is July 2, 2013 Dated this J'day of May, 2013. Respectfully submitted, izzids Mix- Mary S. I'iobson (ISB. No. 2142) 999 Maii(. Suite 1103 Boise, ID 83702 Lisa A. Anderl Associate General Counsel, CenturyLink 1600 7th Avenue Seattle, WA 98191 Attorneys for CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc., dba CenturyLink CenturyTel of the Gem State's Notice of Election -5 -