Waiver.doc

CHERI C. COPSEY
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 5142

Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5983

Attorney for the Commission Staff

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-00-2
GNR-T-97-22

STAFF NOTICE OF WAIVER OF CROSS EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN WITNESSES AT HEARING

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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After reviewing the testimony of GTE Northwest Incorporated (GTE/Verizon) witnesses Anthony J. Flesch, Gregory D. Jacobson, and U S WEST Communications, Inc. (Qwest) witness Janis Petersen, the Commission Staff waives cross-examination of these witnesses. However, failure to cross-examine does not imply that Staff agrees with or accepts these witnesses testimony.
For example, GTE/Verizon witness Flesch testifies about depreciation and the appropriate depreciation to be used in this case. How GTE/Verizon is authorized to book depreciation is the subject of Case No. GTE-T-00-9 and Staff specifically disputes his testimony in his Direct testimony in this case at page 8, lines 15-19.
Therefore, the Commission Staff respectfully requests the Commission to grant this motion and issue a decision today.
Respectfully submitted this 4th day of August 2000.

Cheri C. Copsey
Deputy Attorney General

EXPEDITED PROCEDURAL MOTION
TO MOVE DATE FOR FILING
REBUTTAL TESTIMONY -2-