176654 FORMAL CASE NO. 988, IN THE MATTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE STANDARDS AND THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE TRUST FUND FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
FORMAL CASE NO. 988, IN THE MATTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE STANDARDS AND THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE TRUST FUND FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (“Commission”) hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 2-505 of the District of Columbia Code,[1] of its final rulemaking action taken on February 23, 2010, in Order No. 15703, granting the application[2] of Verizon Washington DC, Inc. (“Verizon DC”) requesting authority to amend the following tariff pages:
GENERAL REGULATIONS TARIFF P.S.C.-D.C.-NO. 201
Section 1A, 3rd Revised Page 3
2. Verizon DC identified the proposed tariff amendment as an update to its Universal Service Trust Fund surcharge, which is required by Chapter 28 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. The surcharge is being updated to true-up the 2008 payments with the amounts actually billed to customers, and to adjust the surcharge for the 2009 assessment. With the approval of this Application, the monthly per line surcharge is $0.39 per non-Centrex line and $0.05 per Centrex line. Verizon DC represented that this Application would increase the surcharge $0.13 for non-Centrex lines and $0.02 for Centrex lines.[3] In Order No. 15703, the Commission approved Verizon DC’s Application.
[1] D.C. Code, § 2-505 (2001 Ed.).
[2] Formal Case No. 988, In the Matter of the Development of Universal Service Standards and the Universal Service Trust Fund for the District of Columbia, District of Columbia Universal Service Trust Fund Surcharge Compliance Filing for August 2009 (“Verizon DC Application’), filed August 11, 2009.
[3] Application at 1.
