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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Regulated telecommunications companies
Company Location
Albion Telephone Corp. Albion
Cambridge Telephone Co. Cambridge
CenturyLink* Boise
CenturyTel of Idaho, Inc.* Salt Lake City, UT
CenturyTel of the Gem State* Salt Lake City, UT
Citizens Telecommunications Company of
Idaho* Beaverton, OR
Columbine, dba Silver Star Communications
Direct Communications Rockland, Inc.
Fremont Telecom, Inc.
Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc.*
Inland Telephone Co.
Midvale Telephone Company
Oregon-Idaho Utilities, Inc.
Pine Telephone System, Inc.
Potlach Telephone Company*
Rural Telephone Company
* These companies are no longer rate regulated; however, they are still regulated for customer service.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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THE FOLLOWING ARE PRESS RELEASES FROM THE COMMISSION FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2022
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CASES
Broadband Tax Credit
In January 2022 The Idaho Public Utilities Commission issued a new order that provide further clarifications
regarding what information a taxpayer must include when applying to the Commission for an order that its
installed equipment meets the statutory definition of “qualified broadband equipment”. This new order took
effect in January 21,2022 as it superseded the previous order that was issued in 2001.
For more information on the Commission’s decision, please visit:
Case Details - IPUC (idaho.gov)
35297.pdf (idaho.gov)
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has accepted the 2021 annual report and the 2022 budget for the Idaho
Telecommunications Relay Service.
The relay service, established by the Idaho Legislature in 1992, allows hearing- or speech impaired residents to
use phone communications “in a manner that is functionally equivalent to individuals without hearing or speech
impairments.” A relay center is used, which converts or relays verbal conversations to text-type and vice versa.
The relay center also provides speech-to-speech, Spanish-to-Spanish, video, and Internet relay services.
The Commission approved the 2021 annual report and 2022 budget on April 22. The 2022 operating budget is
projected at $142,350. This budget includes the anticipated administrative costs as contracted, the
travel/conference costs, the Hamilton TRS payments, and NASRA membership dues.
Hamilton Telecommunications operated the relay center and submitted the report and budget to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission. The relay service is funded by assessments on local residential and business telephone
service access lines and on billed intrastate long-distance minutes. In-state relay traffic and captioned telephone
services are reimbursed by the fund, while the firm of Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates, LLC reimburses Hamilton
for interstate calls.
For more information on the Commission’s decision, please visit:
https://puc.idaho.gov/Fileroom/PublicFiles/telecom/35378.pdf
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION