19971215.docx

THIS IS THE IPUC’S AGENDA FOR ITS NEXT DECISION MEETING, to be held on MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1997  at 1:30 p.m.   Meetings are usually scheduled the first of each month and the agenda is published forty-eight (48) hours in advance of each meeting.   Meetings areheld  in the Commission's Hearing Room at their offices at  472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho. The time and the agenda are subject to change.   Please check with Myrna Walters, Commission Secretary, at 334-0338, if you have any questions.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
1.Minutes of November 24, 1997 Decision Meeting. (Minutes have previously been reviewed by the
Commissioners.)
CONSENT AGENDA
2.Bill Eastlake’s November 25, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: USW Tariff Advice No. 97-14-S.
3. Weldon Stutzman’s December 5, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. TLI-T-97-2 Approval of an Interconnection Agreement Between U S West and Tel-Link, LLC.
4. Weldon Stutzman’s December 5, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Application of Quintelco Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.
5. Weldon Stutzman’s December 12, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. TLI-T-97-2 Application of U S West for Approval of an Interconnection Agreement with Tel-Link.
6. Terri Carlock’s December 6, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Annual Determination of the Interest Rates on Deposits Collected from Customers for the Calendar Year 1998.
7. Bill Eastlake’s December 12, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: TDS Telecom Tariff Advice.
MATTERS IN PROGRESS
8. Weldon Stutzman’s December 12, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. GTE-T-97-1 Joint Application of GTE Macro Communications and GTE Northwest for Approval of Interconnection Agreement.
9.  Brad Purdy’s December 1, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: MCIMETRO Access Transmission Service Inc. Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and For Authority to Provide Local Exchange Service As a Competitive Local Carrier, Case No. MCM-T-97-1.
10. Brad Purdy’s December 1, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. IPC-E-96-26; Idaho Power Public Purposes Case: Application of the Rate Fairness Group for Intervenor Funding.
11. Brad Purdy‘s December 2, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. GNR-E-97-1 Electric Unbundling: Procedure for Handling Small, Non-Regulated Electric Providers.
12. Cheri C. Copsey’s December 9, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of Idaho Telephone Association’s Request on behalf of its Members to be Designated as Eligible Telecommunication Carriers - Case No. GNR-T-97-17.
13. Cheri C. Copsey’s December 9, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of Century Telephone of Idaho, Inc., Potlatch Telephone Company and Troy Telephone Company’s (dba TDS Telecom) Case Nos. CEN-T-97-1, POT-T-97-1, TRO-T-97-1.
14. Cheri C. Copsey’s December 9, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Joint Application of U S West, Albion Telephone Company and Westel, Inc. for an Original and an Amended Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Respectively. - Case Nos. USW-T-97-17/WTL-T-97-1.
15. Cheri C. Copsey’s December 9, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Joint Application of U S West and Fremont Telcom Company for an Original and an Amended Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Respectively. Case Nos. USW-T-97-17/FRE-T-97-1.
16. Scott Woodbury’s December 10, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. WWP-G-97-2 Gas Tracker.
17. Scott Woodbury’s December 12, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. WWP-#-97-1 MOPS II PILOT.
18. Birdelle Brown’s December 12, 1997 Decision Memorandum re: Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund Emergency Request for Increased Rates.
RULEMAKING
NONE.
FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS
NONE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS
NONE.