Public Utility Commission
Chapter 860
Division 32
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
860-032-0023
Price List Petitions
(1) When submitting a petition for price listing pursuant to ORS 759.195, the telecommunications utility shall submit a list of the services deemed to be essential and a list of the remaining services. The telecommunications utility shall provide the following information:
(a) A description of each price-listed service; and
(b) Any proposed maximum price to be charged for the price-listed service and the basis upon which this price has been established.
(2) The petition shall demonstrate that the following conditions have been met:
(a) Pricing flexibility is reasonably necessary to enable the telecommunications utility to respond to current and future competitive conditions for any or all telecommunications services;
(b) Pricing flexibility will maintain the appropriate balance between the need for price flexibility and the protection of customers and applicants;
(c) Pricing flexibility is likely to benefit the customers of fixed-rate services;
(d) Pricing flexibility is unlikely to cause any undue harm to any customer class; and
(e) The rate for the service is not lower than the long-run incremental cost of providing the service.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183, 756 & 759
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040, 759.030 & 759.190
History:
PUC 15-2001, f. & cert. ef. 6-21-01, Renumbered from 860-032-0210
PUC 4-2000, f. & cert. ef. 2-9-00
PUC 10-1998, f. & cert. ef. 4-28-98
PUC 18-1988, f. & cert. ef. 12-29-88 (Order No. 88-1522)