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Home My WebLink About20130529Application.pdfVA HAND DELIVERY Jean Jewell Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472W. Washington P.O. Box 83720 Boise,lD 83720-0074 :_:: i,rt.: CvxrHn A. Melru-o PLLC i i i'-i''r' I 8385 W. EI{ERALo Srnnrr . BorsE, Ioano 83704 ,fl t: H i y a o D}t ?. n?(208)577-5747 . cam@camlawidaho.com rui'r ll'rii i-'! I il (.'LrL li,',,-, -' '!,TlLl-f i i::j i,l'i" i; I !.:j;;ilj May 29,2013 Cr5-T- lv-c I Re: Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC's Application for Broadband Tax Credit Certification Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing, please find the original and four copies of Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC's Application in the above referenced case. Please conform one of the copies and retum it to me. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely,(*,*lW Cynthia A. Melillo CAIV{/ Enclosures CAM to IPUC encl 2012 BB tax credit application (CTBS) D oRrGrNAr Attomeys for Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC ("CTBS" or "Applicant"), by and through its attorneys, Cynthia A. Melillo PLLC, files this Application for an Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") order certiffing that certain telecommunications equipment is eligible for the broadband infrastructure tax credit authorized by Section 63-3029,Idaho Code. In support of its Application, CTBS states as follows: 1. CTBS is a provider of basic local exchange service, broadband telecommunications service and other telecommunications services in southem Idaho. 2. During the calendar year 2012, CTBS made certain investments that constitute "qualified broadband equipment" within the meaning of Section 63-3029(l)(3)0), Idaho Code. Exhibit A, attached hereto, describes CTBS's qualified broadband equipment and contains the information and representations required by this Commission's Order No. 28784 in Case No. GNR-T-01-10. Cynthia A. Melillo [ISB No. 5819] CYNTHIA A. MELILLO PLLC 8385 W. Emerald Street Boise,ID 83704 Telephone: (208) 577-5747 Fax: (208) 361-3441 cam@camlawidaho.com IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CUSTER TELEPHONE BROADBAND SERVICES LLC FOR BROADBAND TAX CREDIT CERTIFICATION ^nl'1,."" ac r.'i n. fl1t .. Ii.t i--, lil r_, Ul_ i,,i r" t! r' L'I l;-l , ..u caseNo. cT6-T-13-O I CUSTER TELEPHOI{E BROADBAI\D SERVICES LLC'S APPLICATION CUSTER TELEPHONE BROADBAND SERVICES LLC'S APPLICATION - I "i,,i,-J { I.-"1 4. Communications regarding this Application should be addressed to the following: Cynthia A. Melillo Cynthia A. Melillo PLLC 8385 W. Emerald Street Boise,ID 83704 (208) s77-s747 camfEcamlawidaho.com Teresa Westergard Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.lllI SouthMainStreet P.O. Box 324 Challis,ID 83226 admin@custertel.net Applicant does not believe that the public interest requires a hearing on this matter and, therefore, requests that the Commission approve the Application by Minute Order or under Modified Procedure. In the event the Commission determines that further proceedings are necessary, Applicant stands ready for immediate hearings. WHEREFORE, CTBS requests that the Commission issue its order determining that the installed equipment identified in Exhibit A constitutes qualified broadband equipment eligible for the investment tax credit authorized by Section 63-3029l,Idaho Code. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 29h day of May 2013. CYNTHIA A. MELILLO PLLC Attomeys for Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC J. CUSTER TELEPHONE BROADBAND SERVICES LLC'S APPLICATION - 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERYICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 29m day of May 2Ol3,I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Jean Jewell, Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W est Washington Steet P.O. Box 83720 Boise,lD 83720-0074 fl u.s. uait[l Hana Detvered fl ovemight Mail fl Facsimile CUSTER TELEPHONE BROADBAND SERVICES LLC'S APPLICATION - 3 Idaho Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application Companv Information 1. Name of company: 2. Address: Type of company: Contact person: Equipment Description 5. Broadband services offered: Cable Modem HSI, Fixed Wireless HSI 6. Network description: Fiber Optic Fed CATV System that provides Cable Modem Service. Fiber optic transport electronics. Fiber optic backbone and distribution cable. 7. Transmission rate:256,000 bits per sec - 1,000,0000 bits per sec from a subscriber 256,000 bits per sec - 6,000,000 bits per sec to a subscriber 8. Number and percentage of 830 customers with broadband out of Idaho customers served: 2,000 possible 9. Equipment list:See attached Broadband Equipment List I hereby certify that I have read the applicable statutes for broadband investment income tax credit and believe that the equipment listed herein qualifies for the tax credit under Idaho Code 63-3029I. Teresa Westergard Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC. Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC. Box324, Challis Idaho 83226 Physical Location l: 1101 East Main Ave. Challis, ID 83226 Physical Location 2 : 400 Shoup Street, Salmon, ID 83467 Cable Modem HSI, Fixed Wireless HSI, CATV Provider Teresa Westergard, Box 324, Challis Id 83226 admin@custertel.net 208-879-2281 aJ. 4. 4' o 6lIo F] oU otr (ga (l) k.oo+i bo.: E'=(tl tro()xJH o4*i ((,a O 9k€80.: E'= cl EOoxJE] tro )< da C) k-oor+i EO '=d trq)oxlrq otr (da (.) lr.oo\+i EO.. c'Ed EOoxJI! otr a o) l<.ooll<Eo.: C'=(c tr()c)xJE] o (€a 0) lr-o (,)rri CO.. c tr()OXJ lrl 0) 6l U, l-l ah€) cl 6I N (.)t<(E C\ OI Lr 0.)s E0)ooo N N () -oH c.)ooa N N Lro-o ooC)o N NlrOstr (Da(Da c.l c.l H0).o G)ooo qhoU \onN(nN @ \o U? ooo\o o\ @ t--noo c-tN @ l.r(.} r-$ car- @ 9cat--\n @ o\q cacaca @ tv?r-iao\ NN a ozn-Lo q) or-a q) -oc,O-()E 5r LIo.p<'fi> o Hstei, oa$>,r;9eHr-U ,ri EOFZaPqUrto:trl s € )m() GIOq caaaO o o D(l)e -oEdoUr\,-r Y.nu ,=(B(,E 9; =(!fri trl Fzo \or- cl olrE cllLo Lq) oLA LoL Icl c€-2 $ I sR'= +tEO5B tq IN *rtEO$B HNI6l N)a :+t.;A5B €\oIN No+t()A5B tro\IN g]R EV5B trin tN 6lx :+t 8B al iIC)I EI .e{ =lEItrlGtl-alEI6rlOI el UIl]Il]I-lolol EIal EI EI €l6lol il EI EIslolHI sl 5l 1 tilork order co6t l|umrnary Work qrdor dscsrlpdon Wort order nunbar Tdril orertread Total coot Frb€r to ths n6u, VA lpsoitsl in Sslmonffi Cd€ BFO 24 €iingle Modo Labor and Overhead Summary Labor PayrollDate Hours 6.00 6.00 6.00 104 139 201 Employee Name 1t13t2012 'll'1312012 1113DO12 252.90 207.41 252.40 Special lnvoices VendorName Date Check Cost Mid-State Consultants Mid€tate Consultants sa-Effi ffire.oo Veh. Exp. PIow Exp. Freight 9t9frto11 27854 9t2912011 12437 41.25 169.90 16:60- Misc. -8{d r8g6 qt tI 6e€c dd h illl t t, iff r,EII EI 88eA883A888S88888389E88E ri * $ iiti 8iif, li 6 lit ii s * r $ t li s $H d $ rrI$ TITTXT ttktii tiSt*3seePgs99999C Labor and Overhead Summary Labor Employee Name Date Payroll Hours Cost 131 201 131 204 See Lbr Dist 2ndry Sprd 3't.10 911212012 2.00 94.34 0910+09124 12.00 464.49 2ndry Sprd 28.03 12t06-12t27 32.00 1,358.05 Total labor 46.00 1,976.01 Special Invoices VendorName Date Check Cost CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS OH Materials CTBS Journal Entry 113012012 113012012 2t29t2012 3t30t2012 51112012 61412012 71512012 713112012 813012012 101212012 111712012 11t30t2012 12t31t2012 12t31t2012 320.13 592.88 (452.03) 1,223.55 300.18 330.48 229.14 964.58 238.20 677.86 1,098.92 (886.1e) 999.55 1,065.54 Sales tax Use Tax 147.33+ lAAlg -al.lz*loAo+41.73+111.28+76.93+1o1.o5+114.96+34.67+zz.vz+lzt.og+go6.65+262.55 Veh. Exo 20634 Plow Exp. POAD Freight Misc. Total labor and ovsrhead 10,349.03 Wort order cost summary Work order descrlpdon Work order number Total oYerhead Total co3t 1GE SFP E7-2 GPON-4 card GPON SFP OIM Transc€iver E7-2 GPON-4 card Calix E-7 GPON card 4 port and SFPffi @ @ Eq.Fr----ffiail| 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 159.25 10,195.75 2,725.45 10,227.U t'rr.: -i; i ri.)Frr"4 t,n ;:i,6i9..u.l r Labor and Overhead Surnmary Labor Cost Special lnvoices Date Check 2tu2012 12661 .!:.qtkf .. t- >...,l|:',,'r-.'.t: ,. i.'..,rL, Sales tax UseTax 785.5+613.66 1,399.16 Veh. Exp. PIow Exp. PayrollDate Hours Employee Name Vendor Name 11.22 Frelght Wort odcrcost aummty W6rt ord.rdnadptl,on ttto.k oadd nunbaa Tolrlorftrd Toid coct Clsoo t BR loK lllgh+.f Ctil.0 20US x 2@S UBRItlC2OeOr'-20O lulometTrl0l.2{ay tloduL gltll{2-gPF Uer.t lG,22&, G.Ar PD, 9OMNi0O022GP/F bL brd - - -2.00 1.00 1.@ Labor and Overhead Summary Labor Employee Name Date Payroll Hours Cost 131 131 2ndry LBR 131 See Labor Sprd 2ndry LBR 2ndry LBR 201 131 131 2ndry LBR 131 51312012 06l04-06127 07lo2-07126 91412012 9t4t2012 111812012 09/04-09/19 09l04-09128 10104-10118 1112012012 't1106-11128 2.00 82.3122.00 1,149.16 18.075.50 222.6042.00 1,721.77 88.28 58.312.50 153.2721.00 870.8317.00 620.85 20.795.00 197.76 Total labor 117.@ 5.204.00 Special lnvoices VendorName Date check Cost Vantage Point CDW Direct ICS of ldaho Vantage Point Syringa Wells Fargo CC Vantage Point Vantage Point Vantage Point Vantage Point Vantage Point ATX Networks AaxCD Vantage Point Vantage Pc,int Vantage Point 750.00 203.73 156.54 16,512.31 ----------------+ $ 130,363.36 $ (121,420.00) Equipmerrt 8,943.36 <- $ 8,943.36 324.43 75.32 3,860.00 547.50 105.00 13,088.73 -------------> 749.65$ (646.61) equipment 103.04 <___ g 103.04 426.58 210.00 880.00 613012012 12886 71312012 '.t2879 81812012 12900 812812012 12933 812812012 12927 9118t2012 12960 912012012 12969 813112012 12986 9130120't2 13014 913012012 13014 913012012 13014 oa22-08123 29390 1013112012 13058 1013112012 13058 1113012012 13',t20 Sales tax Use Tax lEElEi.rs.+o+ ?1"^w E-xp. POAD EEh-t Mis;- 13.40 Work order cost summary Work ord6r d*crlpUon Work order number Total ovorhead Total cost SEA 12fiber to EICU ln Salmon Labor sd (hnrtcad Srmmary t"abor PayrdlDate Hours Employee Name 2o'I 118 0ry07/-06/0€ 06t0746112 5.00 212.817.40 872.22 Spgcld lnuolcos VendorNam6 Dat€ ch€ck cost CTBS OH Materi* AceHdware CTBSOH Materiab Sahl tax UteTax Veh. Exp. Fffi- EID- Frelgltm;-- 6t25t12012 7Hn12 9/18m12 /108.11 10.43 3.98 Wort ordercostaummtry Wortordrdecdptlon Workordernumh TotdmrM Totrl co.[ - - I C.lh 760 OD'IT Labor ard otnrhed Sutmaly Labor Co6tPalrndlDat6 Hours Empqpe Name Spoclallmolm Gheck Vendor l{ane CTBS OH ilatedab __- $ 1.S]3.99 $ (1,252.03) fircfi2012 81.96 (_ $ 81.96 ffi 'iLorax YehE- @- POAI) ffi- ffiv- c{Foc{Fz uJ (L fauJoz dlo otr co co Eoo N oNadl o EooxoF ! 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