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(text box: 1)BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR AN INTERCONNECTION COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM

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CASE NO. USW-T-97-2
ORDER NO.  26797
Electric Lightwave, Inc. petitioned to intervene in this case on January 30, 1997, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-75.
FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed this Petition to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case, intervention by this party would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.
O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by Electric Lightwave, Inc. is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record.  This Intervenor is represented by the following for purposes of service:
Barton L. KlineEllen Deutsch, Esq.
EVANS KEANE LLPElectric Lightwave, Inc.
1101 W. River Street8100 NE Parkway Dr., Suite 150
PO Box 959Vancouver, WA 98662
Boise, ID 83701-0959
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this         day of  February  1997.
                                                                                RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT
                                                                                MARSHA H. SMITH,  COMMISSIONER
                                                                                DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY
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