023-4 Wyo. Code R. §§ 4-16 - Notices and Applications

(a) When required, an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall include, if applicable:

(i) The name and address of the applicant;

(ii) The type of plant, property or facility proposed to be constructed or acquired;

(iii) A description of the facilities proposed to be constructed or acquired, including preliminary engineering specifications in sufficient detail to properly describe the principal systems and components, and final and complete engineering specifications when they become available;

(iv) The rates, if any, proposed to be charged for the telecommunications service that will be rendered because of the proposed construction or acquisition;

(v) The estimated total cost of the proposed construction or acquisition;

(vi) The manner by which the proposed construction or acquisition will be financed;

(vii) Documentation of the financial condition of the applicant;

(viii) The estimated annual operating revenues and expenses that are expected to accrue from the proposed construction or acquisition, including a comparison of the overall effect on the applicant's revenues and expenses; and

(ix) The estimated start and completion dates of the proposed construction or date of acquisition.

(b) A Company providing non-competitive essential local exchange telecommunications services shall file an application prior to discontinuing, abandoning or otherwise disposing of any utility facility or telecommunications service currently offered to the public. The application shall provide all studies of past, present and prospective customer use of the utility facility or telecommunications service.

(i) An application shall not be required:

(A) To remove individual facilities where a customer has requested telecommunications service discontinuance; or

(B) For de minimis sales and dispositions of utility plant or facilities that do not affect a Company's ability to provide safe, adequate and reliable telecommunications service. De minimis sales and disposition do not include the sale or disposition of distribution facilities, major utility facilities or facilities valued at more than 1% of a utility's Wyoming gross plant in service; or

(C) For easements and rights-of-way and leases or sale of real property that do not affect a Company's ability to provide safe, adequate and reliable telecommunications service, provided that such transactions shall be reported to the Commission on the 15^th day of January and July each year. The reports shall include an itemized list of all transactions, their value and a description of the disposition of all funds received.

(c) Applications for price schedule changes:

(i) The proposed price schedules shall be posted on the Company's website and in offices and places of business in the territory affected when the proposed change is filed with the Commission. Approved tariff sheets shall be similarly posted for 30 days after their effective date;

(ii) Proposed price schedules shall be filed in clean and legislative formats. Legislative format shall indicate deleted material in strikeout and added material in underline. The version in legislative format shall not be part of the Company's price schedule.

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023-4 Wyo. Code R. §§ 4-16

Adopted, Eff. 3/21/2016. Amended, Eff. 4/16/2018. Amended, Eff. 8/24/2020.