Okla. Admin. Code § 165:55-5-20

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 165:55-5-20 - Requirements as to size, form and identification of tariffs

(a) Except as provided for in OAC 165:55-5-1, when applying for, or after receiving, a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for authority to operate as a telecommunications service provider or IXC in the State of Oklahoma, the telecommunications service provider or IXC shall file with the Commission's Court Clerk its tariff containing schedules of all its rates, tolls, charges, rules, and regulations pertaining to all of its telecommunications services. It shall also file with the Commission's Court Clerk, or submit each subsequent revisionto the PUD Director, in accordance with OAC 165:55-5-1. Each revision shall be accompanied by a cover page which contains a list of the pages being revised, a statement describing each change, its effect, if any, and a statement as to the impact on rates of the change by customer class, if any. The telecommunications service provider shall also file a copy of the current tariff page with changes superimposed thereon. If a proposed tariff revision constitutes an increase in existing rates of a particular customer class or classes, the Commission shall require that notice be given to the affected customer class.

(b) All tariffs shall be provided electronically to the PUD in 10 point or larger type. The front page of the tariff shall contain the name of the telecommunications service provider, including all trade names under which the telecommunications service provider is providing telecommunications service in the State of Oklahoma, and the location of its principal office. Incumbent LEC local exchange tariff map sheets reflecting the physical bounds of the exchange may be on larger sheets, when required for the purposes of clarity and legibility.

(c) Each rate tariff must clearly state the territory, city, county, or exchange wherein said tariff is applicable.

(d) Tariff sheets are to be numbered consecutively per schedule. Each sheet shall show the Case Number wherein the tariff was approved by the Commission and, where applicable, the Order Number for such approval. Each sheet shall show an effective date, a revision number, section number or title, sheet number, name of the telecommunications service provider, along with all trade names used in the State of Oklahoma, and the name of the tariff, each in a consistent manner. Sheets issued under new numbers are to be designated as original sheets. Sheets being revised should show the number of the revision, and the sheet numbers shall be the same.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:55-5-20

Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2437, eff 7-1-96; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3054, eff 7-15-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2261, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1549, eff 7-12-12

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 23, August 17, 2015, eff. 8/27/2015

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 24, September 1, 2023, eff. 10/1/2023