19970529Intervention Order No 26955.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED TO DETERMINE AND FIX PROPER AND ADEQUATE RATES OF DEPRECIATION FOR SEVERAL CLASSES OF ITS DEPRECIABLE PROPERTY.

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CASE NO. GTET975

ORDER NO. 26955
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho (CTC-Idaho) petitioned to intervene in this case on May 14, 1997, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-75.

FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed this Petition to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case, intervention by this party would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.

O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by CTC-Idaho is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record. This Intervenor is represented by the following for purposes of service:
Barbara L. Snider Aloa J. Stevens
Associate General Counsel Director State Regulatory
Jacqueline R. Kinney CTC-Idaho
Staff Attorney No. 4 Triad Center, Suite 200
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho Salt Lake City, UT 84180
8920 Emerald Park Drive, Suite G
Elk Grove, CA 95624

DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this day of May 1997.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

RALPH NELSON, COMMISSIONER

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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Service Date
May 29, 1997