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Donald L. Howell, II
Deputy Attorney General
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID  83720-0074
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Attorney for the Commission Staff
Mary S. Hobson
ELAM & BURKE, P.A.
PO Box 1539
Boise, ID  83701
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Attorney for U S WEST Communications, Inc.
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IMPROVING OR REPLACING U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS’ REVENUE SHARING PLAN FOR SOUTHERN IDAHO.
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CASE NO. USW-S-95-4
JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF REGULATORY PLAN
COME now the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Staff) and U S WEST Communications, Inc. (U S WEST) by and through their attorneys of record and submit the attached proposal providing for an alternative form of regulation for U S WEST southern Idaho operations.  In Order No. 25923 entered March 15, 1995, the Commission instructed the Staff and U S WEST to suggest improvements to the Revenue Sharing Plan or to develop a replacement for that Plan.  Pursuant to this instruction, the Staff and the Company met over several months to discuss the issues which have been identified in this docket and, ultimately, reached the agreement reflected in the attached Regulatory Plan.
The Parties to this motion request that the Commission accept the Regulatory Plan and suggest the following procedural schedule for its consideration:
Prehearing Conference
Prefiled testimony of Staff and U S WEST
Prefiled Intervenor Testimony
Prefiled Rebuttal Testimony
Hearing
November 6, 1995
December 1, 1995
January 3, 1996
January 23, 1996
February 13-14, 1996
RESPECTFULLY submitted this day of October 1995.
Donald L. Howell, II
Deputy Attorney General
Attorney for Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
Dennis Lopach
U S WEST Communications, Inc.
1801 California St., #5100
Denver, CO  80202
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Mary S. Hobson
ELAM & BURKE
A Professional Association
Attorneys Representing
U S WEST Communications, Inc.
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