New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Part 21 - EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR INTRASTATE LONG DISTANCE PROVIDERS › Section 17.11.21.17 - TARIFF CHANGES, PROMOTIONS, AND NEW SERVICES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Tariffs not to be misleading. No proposed
				tariff change concerning a new service, promotion, or change in the rates,
				terms or conditions of a tariff shall contain misleading, potentially
				misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent names, rates, terms or
				conditions.
B. Intrastate long
				distance providers. Whenever an intrastate long distance provider proposes to
				change its tariff to include a new service or promotion, or to change any of
				the rates, charges, terms and conditions in its tariff, it shall file with the
				Commission an original and five (5) copies of the proposed tariff changes at
				least ten (10) business days prior to their implementation. The intrastate long
				distance provider shall include in its filing a sequentially numbered
				Transmittal Letter, (e.g., 2000-1, 2000-2, etc.) containing a description of
				the proposed tariff changes. The proposed tariff change shall comply with all
				applicable Commission rules. The tariff changes may go into effect after ten
				(10) business days unless staff notifies the intrastate long distance within
				ten (10) business days of its concerns regarding the proposed tariff changes.
				If staff and the intrastate long distance provider are able to resolve staff's
				concerns, the proposed tariff changes may go into effect and no public hearing
				shall be required.
C. ILECs with
				50,000 or more access lines. Whenever an ILEC with 50,000 or more access lines
				proposes to change its tariff to include a new long distance service or long
				distance promotion, or to change any of the long distance rates, charges, terms
				and conditions in its tariff, it shall file with the Commission an original and
				five (5) copies of the proposed tariff changes at least ten (10) business days
				prior to their implementation. The ILEC shall include in its filing a
				sequentially numbered Transmittal Letter, (e.g., 2000-1, 2000-2, etc.)
				containing a description of the proposed tariff changes. The ILEC shall also
				include in its filing an affidavit stating it has met any imputation
				requirements required by the Commission. The proposed tariff change shall
				comply with all applicable Commission rules. The tariff changes may go into
				effect after ten (10) business days unless staff notifies the ILEC within ten
				(10) business days of its concerns regarding the proposed tariff changes. If
				staff and the intrastate long distance provider are able to resolve staff's
				concerns, the proposed tariff changes may go into effect and no public hearing
				shall be required.
D. Staff
				protests. If staff and the company are unable to resolve staff's concerns,
				staff shall file a protest with the Records Management Bureau of the
				Administrative Services Division, and the proposed tariff change shall not go
				into effect. The Records Management Bureau shall assign a docket number to
				staff's protest. Staff's protest shall include a case caption and a heading
				that states "Staff Protest." The protest shall include as an attachment the
				proposed tariff changes filed by the company and any additional information
				furnished to staff by the company. The applicant shall have the burden of
				showing, after notice and hearing, why the proposed new service, promotion, or
				tariff change is in the public interest.
E. Filing requirements. On the same day it
				files paper copies of the proposed tariff changes with the Commission, the
				intrastate long distance provider shall also submit an electronic copy of the
				Transmittal Letter containing the identity of the telecommunications company, a
				summary of the proposed new service, promotion or tariff change, and its
				effective date. The Commission may prescribe additional form, content, manner
				of filing, or other requirements.
F. Notice to customers. The IXC shall provide
				notice of a rate change to affected customers in the first bill mailed to the
				customer following the effective date of the change.