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TO: COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
RON LAW
STEPHANIE MILLER
LYNN ANDERSON
JOE CUSICK
WAYNE HART
DON HOWELL
BEV BARKER
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM: CHERI C. COPSEY
DATE: MAY 28, 1999
RE: APPLICATION OF CTC TELECOM, INC. FOR AN AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. CASE NO. CTL T 99 1.
On April 30, 1999, the Commission received an Application from CTC Telecom, Inc. for an Amended Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide competitive local exchange service as a competitive local carrier throughout U S WEST Communications, Inc.’s southern Idaho service territory. Application at 1. CTC was granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity on August 10, 1998, by Order No. 27673, to provide basic local exchange service to an area known as Hidden Springs, located in Ada County, Idaho. CTC is an Idaho corporation, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cambridge Telephone Company. Certificate No. 348 was issued September 22, 1998.
In connection with the issuance of Certificate No. 348, CTC provided all required documentation and information required by Commission Rule of Procedure 111, IDAPA 31.01.01.111, and Procedural Order No. 26665, issued November 7, 1996. Order No. 26665 sets out the necessary information to be included with an Application for a Certificate submitted by a new local service provider in Idaho.
Finally, CTC requested this Application be granted without hearing or other formal proceeding.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff reviewed the Application and finds it satisfies the requirements specified by the Commission for the amendment of a Certificate in Order No. 26665. CTC is simply requesting to expand its potential service area to one similar to that requested by nearly all competitive local exchange providers that have been issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by this Commission. Staff believes the expanded service area requested in this amendment would enhance competition and therefore be consistent with public interest, convenience and necessity.
Staff recommends approval of the Application.
Commission Decision
Does the Commission want to approve this Application and order that Certificate No. 348 be amended?
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Cheri C. Copsey
Deputy Attorney General
Staff: Wayne Hart
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