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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
WEEKLY FILINGS
For the Period of November 2, 2000 through November 8, 2000
If you need a complete copy of a filing faxed, overnight expressed, or mailed to you, please contact Delaine Kolbo within five business days of this filing.
Phone: 605-773-3705 Fax: 605-773-3809
ELECTRIC
Application by Otter Tail Power Company to renew street lighting contract with the city of Gary due to expiration of existing contract.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 11/6/00
Intervention Deadline: NA
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Application by NewSouth Communications Corp. for a certificate of authority to provide intrastate interexchange telecommunications services in South Dakota including message toll service, Travel Card and operator assisted services by reselling the services of underlying carriers.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 11/2/00
Intervention Deadline: 11/24/00
USA Digital Communications, Inc. is seeking a Certificate of Authority to provide resold interexchange telecommunication services in South Dakota. The applicant intends to offer switched and dedicated 1+ services to business and residential customers.
Staff Analyst: Keith Senger
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 11/06/00
Intervention Deadline: 11/24/00
Qwest Corporation has filed with the Public Utilities Commission a revision to its Pierre-Fort Pierre Locality Special Rate Area Map. The territory being removed from the Qwest Pierre-Fort Pierre exchange will now be in the Golden West exchange territory and Golden West will serve the customers in that area.
Staff Analyst: Michele Farris
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 11/8/00
Intervention Date: 11/24/00
On November 8, 2000, the Commission received an application from Telephone Associates, Inc. for a Certificate of Authority to provide interexchange telecommunication services in South Dakota. They intend to offer direct dial outbound and inbound telecommunication services, and travel card service to residential and business customers, utilizing switched and dedicated access facilities.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 11/8/00
Intervention Deadline: 11/24/00
An Amendment No. 4 to the Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation (Qwest) and McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. (McLeod) was filed with the Commission for approval. The agreement is a negotiated agreement with the parties adopting the negotiated interconnection agreement between McLeod and Qwest f/k/a U S WEST which was approved by the Commission effective July 23, 1999 in Docket No. TC99-057*. Three amendments have since been filed and approved. The first and second amendments were approved on September 29, 2000 in Docket No. TC00-107 and the third amendment was approved on September 29, 2000 in Docket No. TC00-119. Amendment No. 4 addresses the terms and conditions of line sharing. Any party wishing to comment on the agreement may do so by filing written comments with the Commission and the parties to the agreement no later than November 29, 2000. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
* The application indicates that TC99-057 was an "arbitrated interconnection agreement" but records indicate it too was a negotiated agreement.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 11/08/00
Initial Comments Due: 11/29/00
An Amendment No. 1 to the Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation (Qwest) and Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (Sprint) was filed with the Commission for approval. The agreement is a negotiated agreement with the parties adopting the negotiated interconnection agreement between Sprint and Qwest f/k/a U S WEST which was approved by the Commission effective November 21, 1997 in Docket No. TC97-149*. Amendment No. 1 addresses the terms and conditions for Line Sharing. Any party wishing to comment on the agreement may do so by filing written comments with the Commission and the parties to the agreement no later than November 29, 2000. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
* The application indicates that TC97-149 was an "arbitrated interconnection agreement" but records indicate it too was a negotiated agreement.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 11/08/00
Initial Comments Due: 11/29/00
An Amendment No. 1 to the Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation (Qwest) and New Edge Network, Inc. d/b/a New Edge Networks (New Edge) was filed with the Commission for approval. The agreement is a negotiated agreement with the parties adopting the negotiated interconnection agreement between New Edge and Qwest f/k/a U S WEST which was approved by the Commission effective January 12, 2000 in Docket No. TC99-109*. Amendment No. 1 replaces an interim line sharing agreement. Any party wishing to comment on the agreement may do so by filing written comments with the Commission and the parties to the agreement no later than November 29, 2000. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
* The application indicates that TC99-109 was an "arbitrated interconnection agreement" but records indicate it too was a negotiated agreement.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Docketed: 11/08/00
Initial Comments Due: 11/29/00
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