20040610Final Order No 29525.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 10 2004
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
QWEST CORPORATION TO MODIFY
RATE CONSOLIDATION ORDER NO. 28943
CASE NO. QWE-O4-
ORDER NO. 29525
On May 26, 2004 Qwest Corporation filed a Petition asking the Commission to
modify Order No. 28943 issued February 1 2002, in Case No. USW-99-21. Order No. 28943
was a final Order approving consolidation of Qwest wire centers as a method of conserving
telephone number (NXX) prefixes. In that case, US WEST (now Qwest) recommended
different groupings for rate centers, and Qwest's Group No.6 included Idaho Falls, Rexburg,
Rigby, Ririe, Roberts, and Shelley. Staff filed written comments recommending that Rigby and
Roberts be removed from Group No.6 and that the two exchanges be consolidated in their own
group. In its Petition to Modify Order No. 28943, Qwest requests that Rigby and Roberts now
be included in the Idaho Falls consolidated group.
In its Petition to Modify, Qwest states that Staff s recommendation to exclude Rigby
and Roberts from Group No.6 was based on a concern that consolidating rate centers might
impact the Commission s ability to implement EAS in the future. Qwest asserts that since Order
No. 28943 was entered
, "
there has been no EAS activity relating to Rigby and Roberts, nor does
it appear that such activity is pending or expected." Qwest states in its Petition that customers in
those exchanges have requested certain advanced services from Qwest that it cannot provide
with the existing switches. If the Rigby and Roberts exchanges are included in the Idaho Falls
rate center group, Qwest will be able to offer advanced services to the Rigby and Roberts
customers by using the Idaho Falls switch, while preserving the customers' existing telephone
numbers.
Finally, Qwest asserts that its Petition does not present an issue that requires industry
review, does not present a contentious issue, and does not justify opening a docket prior to a
decision.Accordingly, Qwest requests that the Commission determine without further
proceeding to modify Order No. 28943 to include the Roberts and Rigby exchanges in the Idaho
Falls rate center consolidated group.
ORDER NO. 29525
The Commission has determined to approve the Petition of Qwest for modification of
Order No. 28943 to include Rigby and Roberts exchanges in the consolidated group that is
comprised of the Rexburg, Ririe, Shelley, and Idaho Falls exchanges. Idaho Code 9 61-624
provides that the Commission "may at any time, upon notice to the public utility affected, and
after opportunity to be heard as provided in the case of complaints, rescind, alter or amend any
order or decision made by it." Because the Commission is responding to Qwest's Petition to
Modify Order No. 28943, it is not necessary to provide an additional notice and opportunity for
hearing to Qwest. It has been more than two years since Order No. 28943 was issued and no
EAS requests have materialized in that time to justify excluding Rigby and Roberts from the
Idaho Falls rate center group.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Order No. 28943 issued February 1 , 2002, in Case
No. USW-99-21 is modified to include the Rigby and Roberts exchanges in the Idaho Falls
rate center group. As modified by this Order, the Idaho Falls rate center group is comprised of
the Rexburg, Ririe, Shelley, Rigby, Roberts and Idaho Falls wire centers.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order (or in issues finally
decided by this Order) or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. QWE- T -04-
11 may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order
with regard to any matter decided in this Order or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in
this Case No. QWE- T -04-11.Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code 9 61-
626.
ORDER NO. 29525
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this /0
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day of June 2004.
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MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
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