FCC Releases Tariff Review Plans for ILEC Interstate Access Service Rate Changes
The FCC made tariff review plans available for ILECs updating interstate access service tariffs. A Wireline Bureau order in Thursday's Daily Digest included a link to the TRPs, which support rate revisions by both price-cap and rate-of-return telcos in their…
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tariffs. "The completion of the TRPs appended to this document will provide the supporting documentation to partially fulfill the requirements established" in various sections of the Commission’s rules, the order said. Rate-of-return telcos on July 1 must adjust their tariffs to reflect an 11 percent authorized rate of return under a six-year phasedown from 11.25 percent to 9.75 percent adopted in the FCC's rural USF overhaul order in March (see 1603300065). Both rate-of-return and price-cap telcos must incorporate other tariff modifications that were detailed in the order.