20221128Application.pdf

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October L7,2022 I t.-aL-l\,i,{ll)i-iici;
Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
11331W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg. 8, Ste. 201-4
Boise, ldaho 837L4
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Dear Ms. Noriyuki,
Pursuant to Commission Order No. 35297, GNR-T-21-10 please find enclosed Qwest Corporation's application for the
ldaho Broadband Tax Credit for the year 2O2L. This application is being submitted for Commission determination that
the broadband equipment installed for 2O2L meets the definition of qualified broadband equipment as found in
ldaho code 63-30291.
1. Name address of the applicant:
Qwest Corporation
10O CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, LA 71203
Contact Person:
Amanda Brown, Director - Tax Accounting
Phone: [phone]
Qwest Corporation is a Telecommunications Carrier
2. ldentify the area or location where the equipment is installed in tdaho.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 (Qwest Corporation) for equipment installed in the year 2021. See Exhibit 2
for retirements.
Broadband investment and retirements for 2021are as follows:
YEAR INVESTMENT RETIREMENTS NET INVESTMENT
2021 s26,999,185 (s118,82s)s26,880,360
3. Type of Broadband service offered to the public in tdaho.
Qwest Corporation uses terrestrial wireline technology. Various forms of DSl-based equipment are used (ADSL &
VDSL in various vintages). Transport is a mix of fiber optic and metallic cable, which typically is also supporting
traditionaltelephony services. Equipment terminals are located in Central Office buildings, remote buildings and in
cabinets on concrete pads each serving a neighborhood.
lncome Tax Departnent
PO Box 9070
Monroe,lA712'l.1
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4. Provide the lowest transmission rate offered to customers, in blts per sccond, that subscriberc to the rclerant
broadband network can receive and send (download and uploadl:
The lowest transmission rate offered to customers is 500,000 bits per second for downloads and 250,000 bits per
second for uploads.
5. Provide a specific list of equlpment types that the application is requesting the Commlssion to determine is
"qualllled broadband cquipmenf as defined ln ldaho Code Section 63-it0291.
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 202L.
6. lnstalletion dates:
Please refer to Exhibit 1 for the year 2021.
7. Percentege and number of potcntiel subscribcrs:
Please refer to Exhibit 3 for the year 2021.
8. Ccrtiftcd statemcnt from applicant:
Please See Exhibit 4.
lf you have any questions concerning this filing please contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Amanda Brown
Senior Director- Tax
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EXHIBIT 1
Equipment Installed In ldaho
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EXHIBIT 2
Equipment Retirements
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EXHIBIT 3
Idaho
Broadband
Subscribers
202L
QWESTCORPORANON
IDAHO BROADBANDCREDT
PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF POTENTIAT SUBSCRIBERIT
NOTE:Where LU means Living Unit. A Living Unit is a street address where CenturyLink
might send a bill and where wireline plant is not far away. A working Living Unit is an
address where CenturyLink now sends a bill for some type of service, not necessarily internet
access service and not necessarily telephony service. A qualified LU is an address where
DSL-based service could be provisioned in a short interval of time.
!D LUs TOTAL LU'S TOTALQUAUFIED [U'S ,.WKG qUAUFIED LU.S
EOY 2013 621,638 568,444 93%
EOY 2014 637,696 s83,905 94%
EOY 2015 ils,237 591,510 95%
EOY 2015 553,163 599,758 95%
EOY 2017 661,135 610,094 9696
EOY 2018 679,7y 629,788 96'6
EOY 2019 695,181 ils,407 979{
EOY 2020 706,37L 638,fi)6 97x
EOY 2021 711,453 il7,270 91r
EXHIBIT 4
!daho
Broadband
Certification
202L
IDAHO BROADBAND CERTIFICATION
EXHIB]T 4
2021
I hereby, certfi that Representatives of Qwest Corporation (the applicant) have read
the application statutes for the broadband lnvestment income tax credlt and the applicant
believes that the subject broadband equipment qualifies for the tax credit under ldaho
Code Section 63-30291.
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Douglas A" Richads
SVP GlobalTax