nowalsky_pucfees_dh.doc

January 20, 2000

VIA FACSMILIE: [phone]

Leon L. Nowalsky, Esq.
Nowalsky & Bronston
3900 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1275
Metairie, LA 70002

RE: Universal Network Services of Idaho’s Failure
to Pay the Idaho PUC 1999 Regulatory Fee

Dear Mr. Nowalsky:

Enclosed for your review are copies of correspondence forwarded to Universal Network Services of Idaho regarding the non-payment of its 1999 annual regulatory fee to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. To date, the Commission and I have forwarded three letters to the Company seeking to collect 1999 regulatory fee. The Company must remit a total of $51.03 to avoid the show cause hearing and further legal action. The Company’s failure to pay its regulatory fee also subjects it to a daily civil penalty not to exceed $2,000. See Idaho Code §§ 61-1005 and 61-706. The Commission’s address is shown on the bottom of this letter.

If you have questions regarding this letter, you may contact the Commission’s financial support technician, Chris Maschmann, at [phone] or me at [phone]. The Company’s immediate attention to this matter is necessary to avoid the show cause hearing and further legal action.

Sincerely,

Donald L. Howell, II
Deputy Attorney General

cc: Chris Maschmann

Enclosures

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