Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Competitive Suppliers › Section 704.741 - Application by small-scale provider of last resort to be regulated as competitive supplier

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Pursuant to
				NRS
				704.68869, a small-scale provider of last
				resort may file with the Commission an application to be regulated as a
				competitive supplier.
2. The
				application must include, without limitation:
(a) A map of the service area of the
				small-scale provider of last resort which identifies all exchanges in the
				service area;
(b) For each type of
				retail service currently provided in the service area by the small-scale
				provider of last resort:
(1) The price of the
				service;
(2) The type of network
				used in providing the service; and
(3) For any service that has had its rate
				changed pursuant to
				NRS
				704.110 within 3 years before the filing of
				the application, the docket number of the proceeding which changed the
				rate;
(c) For switched
				and special access service, the number of units for the service in each
				exchange provided by the small-scale provider of last resort to the alternative
				providers that provide a service in the service area of the small-scale
				provider of last resort;
(d) For
				each alternative provider that provides a service in the service area of the
				small-scale provider of last resort:
(1) If
				known to the small-scale provider of last resort or accessible from a
				reasonably available public source:
(I) The
				name of the alternative provider;
(II) The type of technology used by the
				alternative provider;
(III) The
				type and price of each service provided by the alternative provider;
(IV) The approximate percentage of households
				and businesses in each exchange that have services available from the
				alternative provider; and
(V) Data
				comparing the alternative provider and the small-scale provider of last resort
				as regards total resources of the company, including, without limitation, total
				financial resources, managerial and employee resources, number of customers in
				the United States and areas in the United States where services are
				provided;
(2) For any
				information described in subparagraph (1) which is not known to the small-scale
				provider of last resort or accessible from a reasonably available public
				source, an explanation of why that information is not included in the
				application; and
(3) A list of the
				number of units of any service, equipment or facility leased or purchased by
				the alternative provider from the small-scale provider of last resort,
				including, without limitation, any:
(I)
				Unbundled network element;
(II)
				Resold service;
(III) Special
				access service; and
(IV)
				Operational service;
(e) A copy of each FCC Form 477 provided to
				the Federal Communications Commission within the 3 years preceding the filing
				of the application;
(f) Evidence of
				the number of customers lost to an alternative provider by the small-scale
				provider of last resort in the service area of the small-scale provider of last
				resort, including, without limitation, a general statement or trend analysis
				regarding:
(1) The market share held by an
				alternative provider, if available, or an explanation of why such information
				is not available; and
(2) The
				number of customer telephone numbers that have been ported to an alternative
				provider;
(g) Evidence
				that the service area of the small-scale provider of last resort will remain
				open to competition for alternative providers, including, without limitation:
(1) Evidence of any legal or physical
				barriers to entry in the service area;
(2) If applicable, information demonstrating
				that the small-scale provider of last resort has satisfied the duties and
				obligations imposed by
				47 U.S.C. §
												251;
(3) If applicable, a written plan providing
				how, if the application is granted, alternative providers will be able to
				receive, on a nondiscriminatory basis, the services required to be made
				available pursuant to
				47 U.S.C. §
												251 or such other service as listed in
				subparagraph (3) of paragraph (d); and
(4) Information regarding any complaint or
				other legal action made against the small-scale provider of last resort, within
				3 years before the filing of the application, in regards to unlawful
				discrimination or an anticompetitive act or practice; and
(h) Any other evidence that the small-scale
				provider of last resort believes will demonstrate that substantial competition
				exists in its service area.