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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
WEEKLY FILINGS
For the Period of February 12, 2004 through February 18, 2004
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ELECTRIC
EL04-005 In the Matter of the Filing by Otter Tail Power Company for Approval of Tariff Revisions.
Application by Otter Tail Power Company (Otter Tail) for approval to revise its tariffed Summary List of Contracts with Deviations. The existing contract with the City of Milbank will expire on March 14, 2004. Otter Tail states the new agreement does not contain any deviations from Otter Tail's currently filed tariff and therefore requests that reference to a contract with the City of Milbank be removed from the Summary List of Contracts with Deviations.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Karen Cremer
Date Filed: 02/13/04
Intervention Deadline: 03/05/04
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
On February 12, 2004, Kennebec Telephone Company (Kennebec) filed a petition seeking suspension or modification of its requirement to implement local number portability (LNP) pursuant to Section 251(b)(2) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. According to Kennebec, it has received requests to deploy LNP from Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless and from Western Wireless Corporation d/b/a CellularOne. Kennebec states that it is a small telephone company that serves less than two percent of the nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate nationwide, therefore under Section 251(f)(2) Kennebec may petition the Commission for suspension or modification of its obligation to implement LNP within six months of a request to deploy LNP. Kennebec "requests the Commission to (1) issue an interim order that suspends any obligation that may exist for Kennebec to provide LNP until six months after entry of a final order herein; (2) issue a final order that grants a permanent suspension for Kennebec's obligation to implement LNP until conditions are met as described herein; and (3) grant Kennebec such other and further relief that may be proper."
Staff Analyst: Harlan Best
Staff Attorney: Karen Cremer
Date Filed: 02/12/04
Intervention Deadline: 03/05/04
On February 17, 2004, the Commission received a Filing for Approval of an Amendment to an Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation and 1-800-RECONEX, Inc. According to the parties, the Amendment is made in order to add UNE-P PAL language to the Agreement as outlined in the Amendment. The original Agreement was approved by the Commission in Docket TC01-069 on July 27, 2001. 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 March 8, 2004. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/17/04
Initial Comments Due: 03/08/04
On February 17, 2004, the Commission received a Filing for Approval of a Reciprocal Interconnection, Transport and Termination Agreement between WWC License, LLC and Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Company. According to the parties, the Agreement is a negotiated agreement between the parties for the purpose of putting in place an arrangement for the mutual exchange and reciprocal compensation of telecommunications traffic in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 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 March 8, 2004. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/17/04
Initial Comments Due: 03/08/04
On February 17, 2004, the Commission received a Filing for Approval of a Reciprocal Interconnection, Transport and Termination Agreement between WWC License, LLC and Western Telephone Company. According to the parties, the Agreement is a negotiated agreement between the parties for the purpose of putting in place an arrangement for the mutual exchange and reciprocal compensation of telecommunications traffic in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 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 March 8, 2004. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/17/04
Initial Comments Due: 03/08/04
On February 18, 2004, Southwestern Bell Communications Services Inc. d/b/a SBC Long Distance filed an application for a Certificate of Authority to provide Telecommunications Services in South Dakota. Southwestern Bell Communications Services intends to provide resold and facilities-based local exchange and exchange access services throughout the area in the State of South Dakota currently served by Qwest Corporation. The applicant's services, include, but are not limited to basic local exchange service, custom calling features, CLASS services and data services. The applicant also proposes to provide exchange access services to interconnecting carriers.
Staff Analyst: Michele Farris
Staff Attorney: Karen Cremer
Date Filed: 02/18/04
Intervention Deadline: 03/05/04
On February 18, 2004, Qwest Corporation filed an Updated Exhibit B, the Performance Indicator Definitions (PIDs) to the Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions (SGAT). Qwest modified Exhibit B for administrative changes, corrected PO-16, Timely Release Notifications, and updated certain subparts to GA-1, Gateway Availability -- IMA-GUI. Qwest requests that the Commission permit the amended Exhibit B to go into effect no longer than 60 days after submission in accordance with 47 U.S.C. Section 252(f)(3). Qwest further requests that the Commission deem this revised Exhibit B to modify the SGAT and existing interconnection agreements that currently contain the PIDs as an exhibit.
Staff Analyst: Harlan Best
Staff Attorney: Karen E. Cremer
Date Filed: 02/18/04
Intervention Deadline: 03/05/04
On February 18, 2004, the Commission received a Filing for Approval of a Reciprocal Interconnection, Transport and Termination Agreement between WWC License, LLC (Western Wireless) and West River Telecommunications Cooperative. According to the parties, the Agreement is a negotiated agreement between the parties for the purpose of putting in place an arrangement for the mutual exchange and reciprocal compensation of telecommunications traffic in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 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 March 9, 2004. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/18/04
Initial Comments Due: 03/09/04
On February 18, 2004, the Commission received a Filing for Approval of a Reciprocal Interconnection, Transport and Termination Agreement between WWC License, LLC and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority. According to the parties, the Agreement is a negotiated agreement between the parties for the purpose of putting in place an arrangement for the mutual exchange and reciprocal compensation of telecommunications traffic in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 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 March 9, 2004. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/18/04
Initial Comments Due: 03/09/04
On February 18, 2004, the Commission received a Filing for Approval of a Reciprocal Interconnection, Transport and Termination Agreement between WWC License, LLC and Venture Communications Cooperative. According to the parties, the Agreement is a negotiated agreement between the parties for the purpose of putting in place an arrangement for the mutual exchange and reciprocal compensation of telecommunications traffic in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 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 March 9, 2004. Parties to the agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of the initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/18/04
Initial Comments Due: 03/09/04
On February 18, 2004, the Commission received a request from staff for a confidentiality determination in accordance with ARSD 20:10:01:42. According to the request, staff is attempting to make claims on the bond proceeds of S&S Communications (S&S). In order to make these claims, staff must provide information to the bonding companies which has been filed as confidential. S&S refuses to permit the release of information filed as confidential to any bonding company that does not sign a confidentiality agreement. The companies have provided staff with Indemnity Agreements signed by S&S which they claim gives them a right to see the information. Neither company has signed the confidentiality agreement. Staff has requested that the Commission make a determination that the information should not be treated as confidential on the basis that the information was not filed in compliance with the provisions of ARSD 20:10:01:41, S&S cannot meet the burden established in ARSD 20:10:01:43 and that the Indemnity Agreements that S&S signed with the bonding companies constitute a waiver of confidentiality as to those companies.
Staff Attorney: Kelly Frazier
Date Filed: 02/18/04
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