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PUBLIC UTILITIES AD HOC COMMISSION MEETING

Thursday, June 6, 1996; 2:00 P.M.
State Capitol, Room 412
Pierre, South Dakota

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Telecommunications

1. TC96-028 IN THE MATTER OF THE FILING BY U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS TO INCREASE THE CARRIER COMMON LINE ACCESS CHARGE AND RESTRUCTURE MTS RATES. (Staff Analyst: Harlan Best. Staff Attorney: Karen Cremer.)

On February 13, 1996, the Commission received an application from U S West Communications (U S West) requesting Commission approval to increase its Carrier Common Line Access Charge (CCAC) and to restructure Message Telecommunications Services (MTS) rates. U S West proposed an effective date of March 14, 1996. An intervention deadline of March 1, 1996 was established by the Commission. The Commission received Petitions to Intervene in this matter from Express Communications, Dakota Cooperative Telecommunications, Inc., MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Sprint Communications Company L.P., AT&T Communications of the Midwest, and Telecommunications Action Group. A ad hoc meeting of March 6, 1996, the Commission granted intervention to all petitioners and assessed a filing fee not to exceed $100,000. The Commission conducted a hearing on this matter on March 26, 1996, and recessed the hearing to allow time for further discovery by the parties. The hearing was reconvened on May 7, 1996. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Commission directed the parties to file post hearing briefs and set a briefing schedule. A ad hoc meeting of May 31, 1996, the Commission reviewed U S West's filing and, pursuant to Administrative Rules of South Dakota 20:10:01:27.01, on its own motion, reopened the record in this matter for further hearing. On June 3, 1996, the Commission issued its order reopening the hearing and establishing a procedural schedule. On June 4, 1996, U S WEST filed a Petition to Withdraw Filing in this docket.

TODAY, shall the Commission approve U S WEST's petition to withdraw this filing thereby closing this docket?

William Bullard Jr.
Executive Director
Wednesday, June 5, 1996