20200626Final_Order_No_34710.pdf

ORDER NO. 34710 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 26, 2020
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF RURAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY’S PETITION FOR APPROVAL
OF LONG-DISTANCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
PRICE LIST
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CASE NO. RUR-T-20-01

ORDER NO. 34710

On April 30, 2020, Rural Telephone Company dba RTI (“Company”) petitioned the
Commission for an order approving its long-distance price list. The Company requested that its
Petition be processed under Modified Procedure and have an effective date of June 1, 2020.
Commission Staff subsequently asked the Company if the Company would consent to
extending the proposed effective date beyond June 1, 2020. The Company agreed to Staff’s
request. See May 7, 2020 Decision Memorandum.
On May 15, 2020, the Commission provided Notice of Petition, Notice of Suspension
of Proposed Effective Date, and Notice of Modified Procedure setting deadlines for public and
Company reply comments. Staff filed comments supporting the Company’s Petition. No other
comments were filed.
Having reviewed the record, we now approve the Company’s Petition as described
below.
THE PETITION
In its Petition, the Company requested authority to begin offering its customers resold
intrastate and other long-distance services pursuant to the long-distance price list submitted with
its Petition.
STAFF COMMENTS
Staff recommended Commission approval of the Company’s Petition and
accompanying price list for resold intrastate and other long-distance services. Staff reviewed the
Petition and the Affidavit of Mr. Mark Martell certifying “RTI will account for all revenues,
expenses, and net revenues attributable to its long-distance services to separate accounts apart from
revenues and expenses attributable to its regulated services per the Uniform System of Accounts
for Telecommunications Companies, 47CFR Part 32.7990.” Staff recommended the Company be
required to continue maintaining separate non-regulated accounts.

ORDER NO. 34710 2
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company and the matters in the Petition
under Title 61 of Idaho Code, specifically Idaho Code §§ 61-502, and 61-503. The Commission
is empowered to investigate rates, charges, rules, regulations, practices, and contracts of public
utilities and to determine if they are just, reasonable, preferential, discriminatory, or in violation
of any provisions of law, and to fix the same by order. Idaho Code §§ 61-502 and 61-503. The
Commission has reviewed the Company’s Petition and Staff’s comments in this case. Based on
our review of the record, the Commission approves the Company’s Petition and issues this Order
approving the Company’s proposed long-distance price list.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Petition to sell customers resold
intrastate and other long-distance services and the accompanying long-distance price list is
approved.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order 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. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code §§ 61-
626 and 62-619.
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ORDER NO. 34710 3

DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 26th
day of June 2020.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

KRISTINE RAPER, COMMISSIONER

ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Diane M. Hanian
Commission Secretary

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