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On January 10, 1997, the Public Utilities Commission released a Notice of Inquiry on the subject of the calculation of Avoided Cost for determining the amount of discount from retail rates that Verizon New England, Inc. (doing business as Verizon Rhode Island (Verizon), the incumbent local exchange carrier, must grant its competitors in the local exchange market under the terms of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("Act"), P.L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, codified as 47 U.S.C. § 151 -760, particularly §251(b)(1) and §251(c)(4) . Following a public hearing on November 18, 1997, the Commission adopted guidelines or the development of wholesale discounts from retail rates. These regulations reflect the Commission's decision in Order No. 15511 (issued January 29, 1998).
810 R.I. Code R. 810-RICR-20-00-2.1