Idaho Admin. Code r. 31.46.01.303

Current through September 2, 2024

Section 31.46.01.303 - THE ADMINISTRATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

01.The Administrator's Compliance Report. The administrator shall report to the Commission on or before June 15 whether all telephone corporations receiving the forms have complied with the reporting requirements of this Rule 303 and Rules 202, 203, and 204, specifically identifying telephone corporations that have failed to report altogether, those that have incompletely reported, those that have reported late, and those that have failed to remit the monthly surcharges required by Rule 201. The report shall include a summary of the actions taken against the telephone corporations not complying with the USF rules.

02.Report of Existing Conditions. On or before July 15 of each year the administrator shall submit a report to the Commission providing the following information:

a. Calculations of weighted statewide average rates required by Rule 302, providing workpapers showing each telephone corporation's contributions to the totals and averages contained in the administrator's calculation in Rule 302.

b. Calculations of the USF's expected revenues under the status quo for the twelve (12) months beginning July 1 made by:

i. Multiplying the existing local surcharge for residence service by the statewide total residence lines as of May 1;

ii. Multiplying the existing local surcharge for business service by the statewide total business lines as of May 1;

iii. Multiplying the total MTS/WATS access minutes for the previous calendar year by the existing MTS/WATS surcharge per access minute; and

iv. Summing the three (3) products.

c. Calculations of the expected revenue requirement of the USF under the status quo for the twelve (12) months beginning July 1 made by listing and summing the annualized rate of disbursement for every telephone corporation for which the Commission has ordered and authorized disbursements from the USF together with the administrator's annual budget for administration of the USF.

d. Calculations of the expected revenue requirement of the USF as described in Rule 303.02.c. assuming that companies revise their rates pursuant to Rule 106.02 to maintain funding eligibility and that their USF funding is adjusted pursuant to Rule 106.04.

e. Actual USF balances at the end of the quarters ending in June, September and December of the preceding year and of the quarters ending in March and June of the year of the report (or the estimated USF balance for the quarter ending June 30 if actual balances are not yet available).

03.Recommendation. The administrator shall report the USF's expected surplus or deficit for the twelve (12) months beginning July 1 based upon the assumption that the USF surcharges will not be changed. The administrator shall also report whether this surplus or deficit will alter the expected fund balance during the twelve (12) months beginning July 1 following the report significantly enough to recommend that USF surcharges be raised or lowered. If the administrator believes that the USF surcharges should be raised or lowered, the administrator shall recommend a target balance for the USF for the end of the twelve months beginning July 1 following this report and the amount by which USF collections would be increased or decreased beginning October 1 to meet this target.

04.Review by Commission Staff. On or before August 15 the Commission Staff shall review the calculations and recommendations of the administrator and call any errors or omissions to the attention of the administrator and the Commission.

05.Report a Public Record--Workpapers Exempted Trade Secrets. The report of the administrator showing statewide aggregate totals of local service and MTS/WATS revenues, inventories of services, and other information not identifying any telephone corporation or customer is a public record available for inspection, examination and copying under Section 74-102, Idaho Code. The workpapers accompanying the report showing individual telephone corporations' data for Title 62 services and individual telephone corporation's reports to the administrator showing data for Title 62 services, together with any data for Title 61 services protected from disclosure under applicable trade secret law, are trade secrets exempt from disclosure under Section 74-107(1), Idaho Code.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 31.46.01.303

Effective March 31, 2022