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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF QWEST’S TARIFF ADVICE NO. 00-02-N AND TRANSMITTAL NO. 00-07-PL ADJUSTING THE EQUAL ACCESS RECOVERY CHARGE FOR NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN IDAHO

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CASE NO. QWE-T-00-4

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE OF RIGHT
TO INTERVENE

ORDER NO. 28495

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that in response to Federal Communications Commission Order No. FCC-99-54, U S WEST Communications, Inc. (now Qwest Corporation) filed its Application for approval of an intrastate, intraLATA toll dialing parity plan with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission on April 22, 1999. Qwest’s plan was approved on June 22, 1999, by Order No. 28072 and the Company was given 30 days to implement intraLATA toll dialing parity.
Order No. 28072 also approved Qwest’s Equal Access and Network Reconfiguration Charge (EANRC) implemented in July 1999. The EANRC is designed to recover the costs associated with implementing intraLATA toll dialing parity and is charged per minute-of-use to all providers of intraLATA long distance service. Order No. 28072 also required Qwest to report all implementation costs within one year of implementation, and stated that “a cost recovery docket will be opened to review specific costs and allow for a true-up of the EANRC in the event that recovery by [Qwest] is too high or too low.”
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that on August 1, 2000, Qwest filed revisions to its Northern Idaho Access Service Tariff and its Access Service Catalog for southern Idaho. In its filing, the Company proposes to reduce the EANRC from $0.001861 to $0.001338 per minute in northern Idaho and increase the EANRC from $0.001861 to $0.003560 per minute in southern Idaho, effective September 1, 2000. The Commission has determined to open this docket to allow for an examination and a hearing on Qwest’s proposal to adjust the EARNC.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter for the purpose of presenting evidence or cross-examining witnesses at hearing must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission pursuant to this Commission's Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073. Persons intending to participate at the hearing must file a Petition to Intervene on or before September 15, 2000. Persons desiring to present their views without parties' rights of participation and cross-examination are not required to intervene and may present their comments without prior notification to the Commission or the parties.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all hearings will be conducted pursuant to the Rules of Procedure adopted by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission finds that the Application is of sufficient importance and complexity to require the Commission’s investigation into the reasonableness of the proposed changes in rates. Because of the complexity of the issues presented and because of previously scheduled demands upon the Commission’s time, the Commission will be unable to consider the Application before September 1, 2000. Accordingly, the Commission finds that it is reasonable to suspend the proposed effective date for a period of thirty (30) days plus five (5) months from September 1, 2000.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this docket is opened to examine Qwest’s proposed adjustments to its Equal Access and Network Reconfiguration charge.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the effective date for the EARNC adjustments proposed by Qwest is suspended for a period of thirty (30) days plus five (5) months from September 1, 2000, or until such time as the Commission issues an order approving, modifying, or rejecting the proposed EARNC adjustments.

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:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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Service Date
August 30, 2000