North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-05 - Standards of Service - Telephone › Section 69-09-05-12.1 - Annual reporting requirements for designated eligible telecommunications carriers

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Eligible telecommunications carriers shall file with the
				  commission on or before August first of each year, beginning in 2007:
1. A report describing the amount of
				high-cost universal service support the eligible telecommunications carrier
				received in the prior calendar year and how that support was used for the
				provision, maintenance, or upgrading of the carrier's facilities and services.
				The report must also explain any changes from reports that have been previously
				provided to the commission. The report must include an estimate of the amount
				of federal high-cost universal service support the carrier anticipates
				receiving in the following calendar year and describe how that support is
				projected to be used for the provision, maintenance, or upgrading of the
				carrier's facilities and services pursuant to section 254 of the
				Telecommunications Act of 1996. The prior calendar year and following calendar
				year reports must identify specific construction or upgrade projects, describe
				how service will be improved by each project, and provide the start date and
				completion date for each improvement, the amount of investment for each
				improvement, the specific geographic area where each improvement will be made,
				and the estimated population that will be served by each improvement. For
				eligible telecommunications carriers that are classified as the incumbent local
				exchange carrier, the information required must be submitted at the study area
				level. For other eligible telecommunications carriers, the information must be
				submitted at the incumbent local exchange carrier study area level. If a study
				area or designated service area includes geographic areas in more than one
				state, the information must also be submitted at the North Dakota level.
2. Detailed information on any
				outage, as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. section 4.5, of at least thirty
				minutes in duration for each designated service area for any facilities it
				owns, operates, leases, or otherwise utilizes that potentially affect at least
				ten percent of the end users served in a designated service area, or a 911
				special facility, as defined in 47 C.F.R. section 4.5(e). Specifically, the
				eligible telecommunications carrier's annual report must include information
				detailing:
a. The date and time of onset of
				the outage;
b. A brief description
				of the outage and its resolution;
c. The particular services affected;
d. The geographic areas affected
				by the outage;
e. Steps taken to
				prevent a similar situation in the future; and
f. The number of customers affected.
Eligible telecommunications carriers may file a copy of
				  federal communications commission outage reports that include the information
				  required by this subsection to satisfy this requirement.