20030602Reconsideration Order No 29251.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 2, 2003
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IDAHO TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION,
CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CASE NO. QWE-O2-
COMPANY OF IDAHO, CENTURYTEL OF
IDAHO, CENTURYTEL OF THE GEM
STATE, POTLATCH TELEPHONE
COMPANY AND ILLUMINET, INC.
COMPLAINANTS,
VS.
QWEST CORPORATION, INC.,ORDER NO. 29251
RESPONDENT.
The Commission issued its final Order No. 29219 in this complaint case on April 15
2003. The Complainants, Idaho Telephone Association, Citizens Telecommunications of Idaho
Electric Lightwave, Inc, and Illuminet, filed the case challenging Qwest's implementation of
new message charges in its Southern Idaho Access Service Catalog. The Commission concluded
in Order No. 29219 that application of new Signaling System Seven (SS7) message charges by
Qwest "to local/EAS traffic, to joint access traffic subject to meet-point-bill arrangements, and to
intraLA T A toll traffic originated by a Qwest customer, was improper and in violation of existing
rates or inter-carrier arrangements." Order No. 29219 p. 22.
On May 5 , 2003, Qwest filed a Motion for Stay of Order No. 29219, pending
resolution of its Petition for Reconsideration and, if filed, an appeal, and on May 6 the Company
filed a Petition for Reconsideration.The Complainants also filed a timely Petition for
Reconsideration and Clarification addressing two discrete points in the Commission s Order.
The Complainants and Qwest all filed responsive pleadings to the Petitions for Reconsideration.
COMMISSION DECISION
Pursuant to Idaho Code ~ 61-626 "within twenty-eight days after the filing of a
petition for reconsideration the Commission shall determine whether or not it will grant such
1 Qwest's response to the Complainants reconsideration petition was styled as an "Answer. . . and Cross Petition for
Reconsideration. "
ORDER NO. 29251
reconsideration, and make and enter its order accordingly. If reconsideration be granted, said
order shall specify how the matter will be reconsidered(.
The Commission has determined that the complexity of issues surrounding the
parties' Petitions for Reconsideration , Answers, and Cross Petition for Reconsideration requires
us to thoroughly review the record in this matter in order to render our decision. To preserve the
status quo, the Commission will grant Qwest's Motion for a Stay pending issuance of the
Commission s Order on the Petitions for Reconsideration. Accordingly, the Commission will
grant the Petitions for Reconsideration for the limited purpose of determining whether based on
the record we should modify Order No. 29219 or conduct a supplemental hearing as requested by
Qwest.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties ' Petitions for Reconsideration are
granted. The Commission will review the record in this matter in order to determine whether it
should modify Order No. 29212 or convene a supplemental hearing.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the effect of Order No. 29219 is stayed pending
issuance ofthe Commission s Order on Reconsideration.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this JOfI-
day of May 2003.
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SHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:~tDJe D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
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ORDER NO. 29251