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PUC APPI.IGAT I(M A notice of Pacific Bell's Amended Application (No. 83-06-65)
on access charges was presented for Council perusal.
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NOTICE OF PACIFIC BELLX&E &M REiMC.hE
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AMENDED APPLICATION ON ACCESS q CLERK�;;
In 1983 the California Public Utilities Commission
("Commission") approved Pacific Bell's ("Pacific's")
Application' for access charges and decided that they should
be paid to Pacific by long distance companies using Pacific's
facilit'3s when providing service between Service Areas in
California.
Through advancements in technology and competition, long
distance companies now have alternatives to using Pacific's
facilities for handling long distance calls between Service
Areas. Because these companies make a significant contribution
to Pacific's revenue requirements through the payment of
intrastate access charges, it is important that such charges be
set at levels that encourage continued use of our facilities.
In August 1984, Pacific filed with the Commission an mended
Application which addresses these concerns.
'Application No. 83-06-65
The Amended Application asks that access charge revenues paid
by the long distance companies be reduced by $232 :pillion.
To recover this revenue, Pacific's Amended Application also
requests a temporary 13.77% surcharge on certain monthly
recurring rates for residence and business telephone services
within Service Areas in California. The surcharge would not be
applied to certain services including services for the
handicapped, local telephone calls, coin telephone calls, Wide
Area Telephone Service ('WAIS") or long distance services
within a Service area that is provided by Pacific Beil. Our
Amended Application does not request an increase in corporate
revenues or profits.
The rate reductions applicable to long distance companies are
contained in Pacific's Amended Application. For other services
provided by Pacific, it is estimated that the proposed 13.773
surcharge will have the following effect:
Current with
Qhar_ s Surcharge"
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
• Flat Rate 3 8.25 S 9.39
• Measured Rate S 4.45 $ 5.06
• Foreign Exchange
(Individual Line -Flat) $15.00 $17.07
• Foreign Exchange
(Individual Line -Measured) S 8.50 3 9.67
'Reflects revision of existing negative surcharge (credit).
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BUSINESS SERVICE
• Flat Rate
•
Measured Rate
•
Flat Business 7 unk
• Measured Business Trunk
• Foreign Exchange Lines
and r unit s
Current With
Charge Surcharge
517.15 $19.51
5 8.25 5 9.39
$25.65 $29.18
5 8.25 5 9.39
$19.50 $22.19
Sr"MI-PUBLIC COIN $20.00 $22.75
Private Line rates and rates for certain other services will
also be affected.
The estimated revenue impact of specific rate changes (in
dollar and percentage terms) are listed below:
Estimated
Amount of Change
(Millions)
Estimated Average
Percent Change
In Revenues
INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES ($232.0)*
(18.10
(Paid by Interexchange
Carriers)
HAS I C EXCHANGE SERV I CES
Residence Lines
S
82.4
13.77%
Business Lines
5
32.3
13.77%
Semi -Public Coin
$
2.2
13.77%
PRIVATE LINE
3
22.4
13.77%
CMTrREX
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE
$
4.1
13.77%
0-. 9ER AP P L I CABLE
RECURRING CHARGES
$88.6
13.77%
*( ) Indicates reduced
revenues.
** Surcharge applied
consistent
with Decision Nos.
84-04-016
and 84-06-111.
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All of the amounts shown above are estimates. All final rate
determinations applicable to intrastate access charges will be
made by the Commission after hearings are held. The Commission
may grant rates different from those requested, and the rate
changes authorized may be in different classes of service
and/or higher for those classes of service listed.
:hearings have been scheduled for analyzing the need for the
requested rate change and ways of allocating any approved
change. The Commission will receive the testimony of Pacific
Bell, and the testimony of other interested parties and the
Commission staff. The Commission staff consists of engineers,
accountants, ecoL;omists and attorneys who independently
evaluate the proposals of utilities for rate increases and
present their analyses and recommendations to the Commission.
A copy of Pacific's Amended Application and related exhibits
will be furnished by Pacific upon written request directed to:
M. J. Miller
Pacific Bell
140 New Montgomery Street, 17th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone No. (415) 542-1266
Requests for further information, including notice of the date,
time and place of hearings, may be directed to Pacific at the
address listed above or to the Commission offices at:
350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
or
107 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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