Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68056 - Procedure for disbursement from fund; report of Fund Administrator regarding assessment for fund; deviation from or waiver of deadlines for filings

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A small-scale provider of last resort that
				receives federal universal service support through the Connect America Cost
				Model, as governed by
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				C.F.R. §
										54.311, must receive the annual
				amount of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service
				for rural, insular and high-cost areas pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC
				704.68043 that is approved and
				determined by the Commission upon receiving a request pursuant to section 2 of
				this regulation, or the amount of such money indicated in the disbursement
				application of the small-scale provider of last resort approved by the
				Commission for calendar year 2018 funding, whichever is most current, for 5
				years pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC
				704.68048. To confirm its intent
				to receive the annual amount of money approved and determined by the
				Commission, a small-scale provider of last resort must submit a letter to the
				Fund Administrator and the staff of the Commission not later than June 1 of the
				year immediately preceding the year for which it is eligible to receive the
				annual amount of money approved and determined by the Commission confirming the
				intent of the small-scale provider of last resort to receive such money and
				referring to the order of the Commission approving and determining the amount
				of money and the length of time such amount of money is to be paid.
2. To receive money from the fund to maintain
				the availability of telephone service for rural, insular and high-cost areas
				pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC
				704.68043, a small-scale provider
				of last resort that receives federal universal service support through High
				Cost Loop Support, as governed by
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				C.F.R. §§
										54.1301 to
				54.1310,
				inclusive, must:
(a) Submit a request for
				money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service with the
				Fund Administrator and the staff of the Commission not later than June 1 of the
				year before the calendar year for which money from the fund to maintain the
				availability of telephone service is requested to be disbursed to the
				small-scale provider of last resort. Such a request must include the initial
				estimate, as determined by the small-scale provider of last resort, of the
				amount of money it will request for the upcoming calendar year. The small-scale
				provider of last resort must calculate this initial request by considering:
(1) The estimated amount of federal universal
				service support through High Cost Loop Support that the small-scale provider of
				last resort expects to receive for the upcoming calendar year for rural,
				insular and high-cost areas; and
(2) Financial data that supports the revenue
				requirement approved by the Commission in the most recent general rate case or
				in the disbursement application of the small-scale provider of last resort
				approved by the Commission for calendar year 2016 funding, whichever is most
				current.