Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 22 - Service Supplied by Telephone Utilities › Rule 199-22.2 - Tariffs

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Tariffs
				to be filed with the commission.
Telecommunications service providers
				which are required to file tariffs with the commission, such as alternative
				operator service companies and telecommunications service providers offering
				intrastate access, shall maintain tariffs in a current status. A copy of the
				tariffs shall be available upon request. The tariffs shall be classified,
				designated, arranged, and submitted so as to conform to the requirements of
				this chapter or commission order. Provisions in the tariffs shall be definite
				and stated so as to minimize ambiguity or the possibility of misinterpretation.
				The form, identification, and content of tariffs shall be in accordance with
				these rules unless otherwise provided.
(2)
Form and identification.
All tariffs shall conform to the following requirements:
a. The tariff shall be printed so as to
				result in a clear and permanent record. The sheets of the tariff should be
				ruled or spaced to set off a border on the left side. In the case of
				telecommunications service providers subject to regulation by any federal
				agency, the format of the sheets of the tariff filed with the commission may be
				the same format as is required by the federal agency, provided that the
				requirements of the commission as to title page; identity of superseding,
				replacing or revising sheets; identity of amending sheets; identity of the
				filing telecommunications service provider, issuing official, date of issue and
				effective date; and the words "Filed with the commission" shall be applied to
				modify the federal agency format for the purposes of filing with this
				commission.
b. The title page of
				every tariff and supplement shall show the following in the order set forth
				below:
(1) The first page shall be the title
				page, which shall show:
Name of Telecommunications Service Provider
Telecommunications Tariff
Filed with Iowa Utilities Commission
Date
(2)
				When a tariff is to be superseded or replaced in its entirety, the replacing
				tariff shall show on its title page that it is a revision of a tariff on
				file.
(3) When a revision or
				amendment is made to a filed tariff, the revision or amendment shall show on
				each sheet the designation of the original tariff or the number of the
				immediately preceding revision or amendment which it replaces.
(4) When a new part of a tariff eliminates an
				existing part of a tariff, it shall so state and clearly identify the part
				eliminated.
c. Any tariff
				modifications as described above shall be marked in the right-hand margin of
				the replacing tariff sheet with symbols as here described to indicate the
				place, nature and extent of the change in text. The marked version shall show
				all additions and deletions, with all new language marked by underlined text
				and all deleted language indicated by strike-through. The following symbols are
				to be used in identifying changes to tariffs.
Symbol
Meaning
(C)
A change in regulation.
(D)
A discontinued rate, treatment or
							 regulation.
(I)
An increased rate.
(N)
A new rate, treatment or regulation.
(R)
A reduced rate or new treatment resulting in a
							 reduced rate.
(T)
A change in the text that does not include a change
							 in rate, treatment, or regulation.
d.
				All sheets except the title page shall have, in addition to the information
				required above, the following further information:
(1) The name of the telecommunications
				service provider, which shall be set forth above the words "Telecommunications
				Service Provider Tariff" under which shall be set forth the words "Filed with
				commission." If the telecommunications service provider is not a corporation
				and a trade name is used, the name of the individual or partners must precede
				the trade name.
(2) The issue date
				and the name of the issuing official.
(3) The effective date.