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  708117 Telephone Tariff (TT) 00-5, in the matter of Verizon Washington, DC Inc's Public Occupancy Surcharge General Regulations Tariff, PSC-DC No. 201  

  • PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     

     

    NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

     

     

    TT00-5, IN THE MATTER OF VERIZON WASHINGTON, DC INC.’S PUBLIC OCCUPANCY SURCHARGE GENERAL REGULATIONS TARIFF, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 201

     

    1.         The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) pursuant to its authority under  D.C. Official Code § 34-802 and in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 2-505,[1] hereby gives notice of its final rulemaking action taken in the above-captioned proceeding.  On February 2, 2011, the Commission released Order No. 16191, approving the Application of Verizon Washington, DC Inc. (“Verizon” or “Verizon DC”)[2] for an updated Rights-of-Way (ROW) Surcharge.

     

    2.          On July 20, 2010, pursuant to D.C. Official Code Section 10-1141.06,[3] Verizon DC filed with the Commission an updated Rights-of-Way (ROW) Surcharge Rider.  However, according to Verizon DC, the July 20, 2010, surcharge filing inadvertently omitted certain supporting documentation.  Therefore, on October 8, 2010, Verizon DC filed a revised ROW Surcharge Rider and withdrew the July 20, 2010, surcharge filing.[4]  The Application describes the process for recovering from its customers the D.C. Public ROW fees paid by Verizon DC to the District Columbia Government in accordance with the following tariff page:

     

    GENERAL REGULATIONS TARIFF, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 201

    Section 1A

                Original Page 2

     

    3.         In accordance with the tariff filing, Verizon DC’s updated surcharge took effect on August 1, 2010.[5]  A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) regarding Verizon’s Tariff Application was published in the D.C. Register on November 12, 2010.[6]  In the NOPR, the Commission stated that it would not bar Verizon from collecting the surcharge but notified Verizon that any inaccuracies would be subject to reconciliation.  No comments were filed in response to the NOPR and the Commission is satisfied that the surcharge proposed by Verizon complies with D.C. Official Code Section 10-1141.06.  Subsequently, the Commission approved Verizon’s Surcharge Filing by Order No. 16191. 

     

     

     


    [1]               D.C. Official Code § 2-505 (2010 Supp.).

     

    [3]               D.C. Code, § 10-1141.06 (2001 Ed.), states that “Each public utility company regulated by the Public Service Commission shall recover from its utility customers all lease payments which it pays to the District of Columbia pursuant to this title through a surcharge mechanism applied to each unit of sale and the surcharge amount shall be separately stated on each customer's monthly billing statement.”

     

    [4]               TT00-5, Application at 1. 

     

    [5]               Id. 

     

    [6]               57 D.C. Reg. 10621-10622 (November 12, 2010).

     

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