28472.sch.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE COST MODEL USING FORWARD-LOOKING ECONOMIC COSTS FOR CALCULATING THE COSTS OF BASIC TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES IN IDAHO
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CASE NOS. GNR-T-97-22
GNR-T-00-2

SCHEDULING ORDER

ORDER NO. 28472
IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO ESTABLISH THE IDAHO HIGH COST FUND AS REQUIRED BY IDAHO CODE §62-610A THROUGH F.
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Pursuant to Commission Rule 256.03 (IDAPA 31.01.01.256.03) Commission Staff moved the Commission to change the date for filing rebuttal testimony in these dockets to Friday, August 11, 2000. Rebuttal is currently due Monday, August 7, 2000. This would move the date by four (4) days.
Having fully considered the Staff’s motion, the Commission finds that all parties who have previously filed testimony, with the exception of GTE Northwest Incorporated (GTE/Verizon), have agreed either in writing or verbally to moving the date. Moreover, the Commission finds that GTE/Verizon filed a Motion to Suspend Docket on August 2, 2000, requesting the Commission to suspend the dockets for eight weeks, including the filing deadline for rebuttal, in light of its appeal of the Fifth Circuit Opinion in GTE Service Corp. v. FCC, 183 F.3d 393 (5th Cir. 1999) to the United States Supreme Court and the recent Eighth Circuit opinion on remand in Iowa Utilities Board v. FCC. On August 2, 2000, due to the current schedule, the Commission ordered all parties to respond to GTE/Verizon’s Motion by August 7, 2000. Order No. 28471. GTE/Verizon requested the Commission give its motion expedited consideration. Therefore, the Commission finds that granting this short extension of time will allow the Commission to expeditiously consider and rule on GTE/Verizon’s Motion without prejudicing the parties by requiring rebuttal testimony to be filed in advance of ruling on GTE/Verizon’s Motion.
A request for an extension is a procedural motion and pursuant to Commission Rule 256, the Commission can act without waiting for responses from the other parties. Staff asserted that it has notified all parties’ representatives of this motion by personal delivery of the motion via facsimile. In addition, the Commission finds it has good cause to issue this order granting this procedural motion because the parties need to know whether they are still required to file rebuttal on Monday, August 7, 2000.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the August 7, 2000, date for filing rebuttal testimony is vacated and moved to August 11, 2000.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this
day of August 2000.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

PAUL KJELLANDER, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Barbara Barrows
Assistant Commission Secretary

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Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 4, 2000