20170609final_order_no_33767.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 9,2017
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
TANAGER TELECOMMUNICATIONS,LLC FOR )CASE NO.TTL-T-09-O1
CANCELLATION OF ITS CERTIFICATE OF )
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO.488)ORDER NO.33767
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On April 25,2017,Tanager Telecommunications,LLC (the Company)asked the
Commission to cancel the Company’s Certificate ofPublic Convenience and Necessity (CPCN)No.
488,along with the Company’s associated certificates,pricelists and tariffs.In support of its request,
the Company stated that it does not currently operate in Idaho,and has no Idaho customers.The
Company also indicated it “would be appreciated”if its $50 check for the Company’s 2017
regulatory assessment fee were returned.
Commission Staff reviewed the Company’s CPCN cancellation request.Staff
recommended that the Commission grant the request,and stated that no customers will be impacted
by canceling the CPCN.To the extent the Company intended to object to its regulatory fee,Staff
recommended that the fee not be returned.This Commission now grants the Company’s request to
cancel CPCN No.488.However,the Company has not articulated a basis upon which we should
refund the Company’s statutorily-required fee.
COMMISSION FINDINGS
As to the request to cancel CPCN No.488,we find that the Company has no Idaho
customers and does not operate in Idaho,thus canceling the CPCN would not harm Idaho customers.
Accordingly,we find it reasonable and appropriate to cancel the CPCN.along with the Companys
pricelists and tariffs on file with the Commission,and grant the requested cancellation.We deny the
Company’s request for a refund of its regulatory fee.Idaho Code §61-1007 provides for an
objection to regulatory assessment fees if a company asserts that the assessment is erroneous,
excessive,unlawful or invalid.Tanager made no such assertion.In fact,Tanager paid the fee when
it received its assessment.Consequently,we are aware of no basis to grant reimbursement.
Accordingly.the Company’s request for reimbursement is denied.
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ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s request for cancellation of its CPCN No,
488 is granted.The Company’s CPCN No.488,price lists,and tariffs are canceled and no longer in
effect,and the Company is no longer authorized to provide telecommunications services in Idaho.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Company’s request for reimbursement of its 2017
special regulatory fee is denied.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER.Any person interested in this Order or in interlocutory
Orders previously issued in this case 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.Within seven (7)days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration,any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration.See Idaho Code §§62-619
and 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this
day of June 2017.
ATTEST:
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
bls/O:TTL-T-09-Olsc Cancel
ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
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