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PSC-50-12-00004-A Schedule and Conditions for Considering Revisions to the TAF and Rates for Intrastate Telephone Switched Access Services
7/3/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-50-12-00004-A
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 27
July 03, 2013
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
I.D No. PSC-50-12-00004-A
Filing Date. Jun. 14, 2013
Effective Date. Jun. 14, 2013
Schedule and Conditions for Considering Revisions to the TAF and Rates for Intrastate Telephone Switched Access Services
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On 6/13/13, the PSC adopted an order regarding further consideration of originating access charges and the Targeted Accessibility Fund.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4, 5, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96 and 97
Subject:
Schedule and conditions for considering revisions to the TAF and rates for intrastate telephone switched access services.
Purpose:
Timing for reforms to the TAF or access charges to ensure availability of telco services at just and reasonable rates.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on June 13, 2013, adopted an order in which it 1) rejected the terms of a Joint Proposal presented to it in Phase III of this case; 2) determined to take further action to establish originating access charge reform to commence on or shortly after July 1, 2014, except that no changes in intrastate switched access rates in New York, other than actions taken to implement the FCC’s Transformation Order and subsequent orders clarifying or reconsidering provisions of that order, shall be implemented until the FCC issues an order addressing the switched access issues identified in its November 18, 2011 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket 10-90 et al. or until July 1, 2014, whichever occurs first; and 3) determined that no change would be made to the Targeted Accessibility Fund at this time, but rather that a review of the structure, purpose, and necessity of the TAF will be conducted as part of the Commission’s review of the State Universal Service Fund in 2016; all as subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
Substantial revisions were made in all parts.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, (518) 486-2659, email: deborah.swatling@dps.ny.gov An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.
Revised Regulatory Impact Statement
A revised regulatory impact statement is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
Revised Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
A revised regulatory flexibility analysis is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
Revised Rural Area Flexibility Analysis
A revised rural area flexibility analysis is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
Revised Job Impact Statement
A revised job impact statement is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
Assessment of Public Comment
An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
