20100826procedural_order_no_32054.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 26, 2010
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
QWEST CORPORATION REQUESTING
AUTHORIZATION TO WITHDRAW ITS
STATEMENT OF GENERALLY
A V AILABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
CASE NO. QWE-08-
PROCEDURAL
ORDER NO. 32054
On July 30 2010, Qwest Corporation filed an Amended Petition that "supersedes the
pending portion of Qwest's Petition filed herein on May 2, 2008 , in which Qwest sought
permission to withdraw its Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions (SGAT).
Amended Petition, p. 2. In Order No. 30750, issued March 17, 2009, the Commission granted
Qwest's request to withdraw the SGAT , but left open consideration of Qwest's proposal to also
withdraw its Performance Assurance Plan (QP AP) and associated performance indicator
definitions (Pills) that were part of the SGAT. The QPAP, normally part of interconnection
agreements between Qwest and other telecommunication providers, gives assurance that Qwest
will provide fair and reliable access to its network.
In its Amended Petition, Qwest proposes a new Performance Assurance Plan (QP
II) that Qwest states will provide economic incentive to Qwest to provide non-discriminatory
service to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) as required under the federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996. According to Qwest's Amended Petition QPAP II
streamlines the measurements used to determine service levels, removes measurements that are
currently in the Pills but are not in the current QPAP, and moves some measurements into
categories that continue to track the information for possible future reinstatement of the
measurements. The proposed QP AP II also streamlines product categories by combining the
reporting for similar products or processes into one product category and removing products that
have very low activity levels. Amended Petition, pp. 11-12.
At the Commission s Decision Meeting on August 23 2010, the active parties in the
case presented a schedule for the initial processing of Qwest's Amended Petition , as follows:
September 20 2010 Discovery questions due from intervenors and
Staff
October 20, 20 I 0 Qwest responses to discovery due
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November 19 2010 Second round discovery requests due
December 10 2010 Qwest responses to discovery
In addition, the parties will hold a conference call on November 18, 2010, to determine the
remaining procedure to complete the record on Qwest's Amended Petition.
The Commission approves the proposed schedule and issues this Procedural Order
adopting the schedule to begin the process for Qwest's Amended Petition. The parties are
directed to notify the Commission after their November 18 conference call of the proposed
schedule and process to complete the record in this case.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties are directed to complete their discovery
requests and responses according to the schedule set forth above.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this to +f-.
day of August 2010.
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