20120831Oregon-Idaho Utilitites, Inc..pdf

OREGON-IDAHO U11LITIES, INC.
JEFFREY F. BECK ALISON R. BECK President Manager -Regulatory and External Affairs 510/338-4621 510/338-4622 [e-mail] [e-mail]
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August 31, 2012
Jean D. Jewell -
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington CO3 C) rn P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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Re: 2012 Idaho ETC Recertification
Our File No. OIIJ/8. 13
Dear Ms. Jewell:
This letter is the Annual ETC Recertification required by the Commission's Order
No. 29841 for Oregon-Idaho Utilities, Inc. (OIU).
ETC INFORMATION
Date of ETC Annual Report: August 31, 2012
Company Name: Oregon-Idaho Utilities, Inc.
Address (Regulatory Office): 3645 Grand Ave., Suite 205A
Oakland, CA 94610
Contact Person/Title: Alison Beck, Manager - Regulatory and External Affairs
Telephone Number: (5 10) 338-4622
E-mail Address: [e-mail]
Service Area Code: 532390
Information on outages, unfulfilled service requests, and customer complaints was
filed as part of Oregon-Idaho Utilities Section 54.313 report as required by the FCC.
SERVICE QUALITY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, ABILITY TO REMAIN
FUNCTIONAL IN AN EMERGENCY, AND FEDERAL
USF HIGH-COST SUPPORT CERTIFICATION
Please see attached certification.
Regulatory Offices - 3645 Grand Avenue, Suite 205A, Oakland, CA 94610
Jean D. Jewell
August 31, 2012
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UNIVERSAL SERVICE REVENUES AND
TWO-YEAR (2012-2014) NETWORK IMPROVEMENT PLAN
AND PROGRESS REPORT
Oregon-Idaho Utilities operates a single cost study area, serving both Oregon and
Idaho. For reporting purposes, OIU allocates costs and revenues between Oregon and
Idaho based on relative access lines served in each state. At year-end 2011, OIU served
75 customer access lines in Idaho, which represented 14% of OIU's total access lines.
Accordingly, 14% of OIU's 2011 Universal Service Fund revenues should be allocated to
Idaho. This amount is $147,280 in universal service revenues.
OIU currently provides single party telephone service within our South Mountain
Idaho Exchange. We use digital electronic equipment working with both copper and
fiber optic cables. We provide single party service, call waiting, call forwarding, and
three-way calling to our Idaho customers. DSL is available where technically possible.
New applicants for service are evaluated and services are provided where technically
feasible. New and emerging technologies are evaluated and may be deployed as
necessary to provide service improvements to our customers.
As an incumbent ILEC, OJU receives high cost support based on network
facilities that have already been placed in service and the actual costs of providing service
over those facilities. Accordingly, in "accounting for" the use of universal service
• revenues, OIU states that all of the universal service revenues it receives are
reimbursement for the capital costs of network improvements which have already been
made and the actual operating costs of providing service over those facilities. OIU has
fully built out its network facilities and is currently able to provide service to all residence
and business customers located within areas where service is feasible. OIU's universal
service funding is calculated and paid to the Company based on investments and
• improvements that are already in service.
If additional information is required, please contact the undersigned.
Sincerely,
OREGON-IDAHO UTILITIES, INC.
Alison R. Beck
Manager - Regulatory and External Affairs
Attachments

State of (& CERTIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER
ss OF COMPLIANCE WITH SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER

County of J( ) - PROTECTION, ABILITY TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL IN EMERGENCIES,
AND USE OF FEDERAL HIGH-COST SUPPORT.
AFFIDAVIT OF BUSINESS OR CORPORATE OFFICER
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission Order No. 29841 requires that Eligible Telecommunications Carriers certify
that it is compliant with applicable service quality standards and consumer protection rules; and ETCs must
demonstrate the ability to remain functional in emergencies. In addition, the Commission must file an annual
certification with the USAC and the FCC that all federal high-cost support provided to ETCs within the State of
Idaho will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the
support is intended. Accordingly, the undersigned states and verifies under oath the following:
1.I am an officer of Oregon-Idaho Utilities , an eligible telecommunications carrier for receiving federal
universal service support under section 214(e) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the state of
Idaho.
2.I am familiar with the Company's day-to-day operations in the state of Idaho and with the State's service
quality standards and consumer protection rules as set forth in Commission Order No. 29841.
3.Oregon-Idaho Utilities is complying with applicable service quality standards and consumer
protection rules of the Federal Communications Commission and the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
4.I certify to the Commission that the Company is able to remain functional in emergencies as set forth in
Commission Order No. 29841 and in 47 C.F.R. § 54.201(a)(2).
5.I also certify that all federal universal service support funds received by Oregon-Idaho Utilities during
the current calendar year will be used in a manner consistent with section 254(e); that is, for the
provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. The

company will continue to comply for the period of January 1, 2013 , through December 31,

2013 , to be eligible for federal universal service fund support.
6.This verification and affidavit is provided to be the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to enable the IPUC
to certify.to the FCC that federal universal service support received by the eligible carriers in the-state will
be used in a manner consistent with Section 254(e) of the Telecommunications Act.
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