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Home My WebLink About20070226notice_of_election.pdfOffice of the Secretary Service Date February 26, 2007 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF IDAHO DBA FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF IDAHO'S NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR ITS NORTHERN IDAHO SERVICE TERRITORY CASE NO. CTC- T -07- NOTICE OF ELECTION YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on January 26, 2007 Citizens Telecommunications of Idaho dba Frontier Communications of Idaho ("Frontier ) filed a Notice of Election" for its western and central Idaho service territory. More specifically, Frontier stated that it has elected to remove all of its retail telecommunications services from price regulation by the Commission. Frontier provides retail wireline services to residential and business customers, including basic local exchange, custom calling, directory assistance and a variety of other local services. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that most of Frontier s telecommunications services provided in western and central Idaho have been subject to the Commission s traditional rate regulation found in Title 61 of the Idaho Code. The 2005 Session of the Idaho Legislature amended Section 62-605 of the Idaho Telecommunications Act to allow a telephone corporation to elect to remove some or all of its services from price regulation by the Commission. 2005 Idaho Sess. Laws, Ch. 200, 9 2. The amendments to Idaho Code 9 62-605 became effective July , 2005. Under the terms of the amended statute, the Notice filed by Frontier is effective to remove all of its services from price regulation by the Commission as of February 25 2007. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission retains authority under Title 62 to determine non-economic regulatory requirements relating to basic local exchange service including, but not limited to, such matters as service quality standards, provision of access to . carriers providing (long-distance) service, filing of price lists, customer notice and customer relation rules, and billing practices and procedures.Idaho Code 9 62-605(5)(b). The Commission also retains authority to implement the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and other statutory duties. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Frontier has filed its illustrative tariff and has advised the Commission "there will be no changes to the rates, terms and conditions currently NOTICE OF ELECTION contained in the Company s tariffs.Supplement at 1. Pursuant to Idaho Code 9 62-606 changes to Frontier s service rates will not become effective until "ten (10) days after filing with the Commission, and giving public notice to affected customers. DATED at Boise, Idaho this ;2t,f/. day of February 2007. MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER -. \ \\~ -h . /- MACK A. REDF MISSIONER ATTEST: ~LOJe D. Jewell Co mission Secretary N:CTC-07- NOTICE OF ELECTION