New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Part 14 - IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S INQUIRY INTO THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO NON-FACILITIES BASED RESELLER › Section 17.11.14.15 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				Resellers desiring to change their approved rates and charges, to either
				increase such rates or decrease such rates, shall file with the commission an
				application for adjustment of rates and charges. The application shall contain
				New Mexico specific data indicating the then current earnings, investment and
				expenses of the company as a whole within the state.
B. The application shall be filed in the
				office of the chief clerk, who shall assign a docket number to such
				application.
C. The Commission,
				upon the filing of an application for adjustment of rates and charges, shall
				set the time and place for hearing thereon, and such further procedural dates
				and requirements as the commission shall deem proper. The commission will
				require the applicant to cause a notice of the application and other procedural
				and hearing dates to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
				geographic area where the reseller's public telecommunication services are
				offered.
D. The Commission may
				entertain intervention in a proceeding for an adjustment of rates and charges
				by interested persons.
E. All
				hearings pursuant to an application for adjustment of rates and charges shall
				be conducted pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Procedure, unless otherwise
				ordered by the commission.
F. In
				determining and fixing rates and charges of a reseller pursuant to application
				for adjustment of such rates and charges, the Commission shall consider rates
				to be just and reasonable where state specific revenues are sufficient to
				produce an operating ratio for the company within a range of 60% to
				90%.
G. On or before April 1, 1989,
				and on such date of each year thereafter, resellers shall file with the
				Commission annual reports of their New Mexico Intrastate operating results.
				Such reports shall be based upon Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
				(GAAP). Annual reports to be filed by resellers shall contain all pertinent
				financial data of their operations. Data to be contained in the annual reports
				shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)
				rate base if any;
(2) expenses,
				split into various categories such as access charge expenses, expenses for
				purchase of other services from LEC's or IXC's such as MTS, WATS and PL
				services, foreign exchange services and local services, billings and collection
				services, administrative expenses, commercial and marketing expenses,
				advertising expenses, depreciation expenses, ad valorem taxes, federal, state
				and local income taxes, franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes and other such
				expenses;
(3) revenues split into
				various services or service categories offered by resellers;
(4) number of customers in the state and
				traffic or call volume (number of messages and minutes of use) and quantities
				of other services such as number of circuits.