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South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:11 - Petition to commission by an incumbent local exchange carrier for exemption from developing company-specific cost-based switched access rates

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An incumbent local exchange carrier may petition the
				  commission to be exempted from the requirements of developing intrastate
				  switched access rates based on company-specific costs. The burden of proof is
				  on the company to show that it lacks the necessary financial, technical, or
				  managerial resources needed to determine company-specific cost-based intrastate
				  switched access rates or that the additional costs associated with developing
				  company-specific cost-based intrastate switched access rates outweigh any
				  benefit to the consumer or customer.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:12 - Determination of switched access rates for an incumbent local exchange carrier granted an exemption from developing company-specific cost-based switched access rates

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The intrastate switched access rates of an incumbent local
				  exchange carrier which is granted an exemption for exemption pursuant to §
									20:10:27:11 are based on the costs
				  of all the telecommunications companies with less than 100,000 access lines
				  that determine switched access costs pursuant to chapters 20:10:28 and
				  20:10:29. Switched access rates for incumbent local exchange carriers exempted
				  pursuant to §
									20:10:27:11 are calculated by
				  dividing the sum of switched access revenue requirements for cost companies
				  with less than 100,000 access lines for intraLATA and interLATA intrastate
				  switched access traffic by the sum of switched access minutes for those same
				  cost companies for intraLATA and interLATA intrastate switched access
				  traffic.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:13 - Determination of billing and collection costs for a company granted an exemption from developing company-specific cost-based switched access rates

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The billing and collection costs for a telecommunications
				  company whose switched access rates are determined pursuant to §
									20:10:27:12 are based on the
				  average of such costs for all telecommunications companies with less than
				  100,000 access lines that determine their switched access rates pursuant to
				  chapters 20:10:28 and 20:10:29. The billing and collection costs for all cost
				  companies with less than 100,000 access lines for intraLATA and interLATA
				  intrastate calls are removed from the revenue requirement reported for those
				  companies prior to the calculation of switched access rates for exempted
				  companies as described in §
									20:10:27:12.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:14 - Historical test year

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The commission shall adopt a recent test year for which
				  actual costs have been recorded and, if required, adjust the actual costs to
				  reflect changes that are known and measurable. No adjustments are permitted
				  unless they are based on changes in facilities, operations, or costs which are
				  known with reasonable certainty and measurable with reasonable accuracy at the
				  time of the filing. Such adjustments must become effective within 12 months of
				  the last month of the test period. Expected changes in revenue must also be
				  shown for the same period. Includable costs are limited to those which are
				  necessary for the provision of service at the test year level. The test period
				  shall consist of 12 months of actual experience ending no earlier than 6 months
				  before the date of filing initial switched access rates or for a change in
				  switched access rates. Test year costs shall be allocated to intrastate
				  switched access service pursuant to chapters 20:10:27 to 20:10:29,
				  inclusive.
A carrier's carrier may request and the commission may grant
				  an extension of the six month filing period.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:15 - Nonrecurring costs or revenues

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Subject to the commission's determination of fairness and
				  reasonableness, nonrecurring costs may be included in the cost of service and
				  amortized over a period of time. The amortization time period shall be
				  determined separately for each switched access rate filing. Nonrecurring, as
				  well as recurring, revenues may be used to cover costs.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:16 - Inclusion of telecommunications plant under construction or telecommunications plant held for future use in investment base

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Telecommunications plant under construction or property held
				  for future telecommunications use may be included in a telecommunications
				  company's investment base only if the commission determines that the inclusion
				  is in the public interest.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:17 - Contracts with deviations

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A telecommunications company may file a contract with
				  deviations with the commission whereby switched access rates which deviate from
				  the tariffed switched access rates as determined by chapters 20:10:27 to
				  20:10:29, inclusive, are set by contract between the telecommunications company
				  and a customer. The commission may approve such a contract, after
				  investigation, if it finds the rates are fair and reasonable.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-11,
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:18 - List of contracts with deviations to filed - Form

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A telecommunications company providing switched access
				  service to a customer under a contract with deviations shall maintain an
				  up-to-date summary list of all such contracts in its switched access tariff
				  schedule. The list shall be designated the list of contracts with deviations
				  and must show at least the following information regarding each
				  contract:
(1) The name and location of
				each customer;
(2) The type or
				class of service;
(3) The execution
				and expiration dates;
(4) The most
				comparable regular switched access tariff by schedule number and any contract
				differences.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-11,
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:19 - List of contracts with deviations to be filed within 30 days

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Two copies of the list of contracts with deviations shall be
				  filed within 30 days after commission approval of a deviation or of the
				  expiration or cancellation of any currently listed contract deviation. If there
				  are no contracts with deviations, "none" shall be shown on the
				  list.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-11,
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:20 - Phase-in of switched access rates

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Switched access rates for a telecommunications company may be
				  phased-in over a period of time if the commission finds the implementation of
				  switched access rates as determined by the rules in chapters 20:10:27 to
				  20:10:29, inclusive, will result in a significant change in switched access
				  rates or revenues and that a phase-in of rates is in the public interest. The
				  length of any phase-in period shall be determined by the
				  commission.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:21 - Feature group A and B discounts

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Feature group A and Feature group B discounts shall continue
				  to be offered at the level of current discounts in all local exchanges which do
				  not offer Feature group D. When Feature group D is offered in a local exchange,
				  Feature group A and Feature group B discounts may no longer be offered in that
				  exchange.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:22 - Exemption for high capacity special access services

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Local exchange companies subject to SDCL
				  49-31-5.1 which provide high
				  capacity special access services to educational or medical entities for either
				  distance learning or telemedicine applications may exempt certain investment
				  and expense for such services from the cost separation procedures established
				  by chapters 20:10:27 to 20:10:29, inclusive. The percentage of exempt working
				  circuits to the total working circuits and unused capacity determines the
				  amount of exempt investment and expense excluded from the switched access
				  revenue requirement determined pursuant to chapters 20:10:28 and 20:10:29. Each
				  working circuit used in providing the exempt services is counted as one
				  circuit. High capacity special access services for purposes of this section
				  include all channels with transmission speeds greater than 64 kilobytes per
				  second (kbps).
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Note:
A Digital Services 0 (DS0), a Digital
					 Services 1 (DS1), or a Digital Services 3 (DS3) is counted as one circuit. The
					 chart in Appendix A at the end of this chapter shows an example of a transport
					 facility allocation using a 150 megabyte fiber
					 system.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:27 - Telecommunications switched access filing rules › Section 20:10:27:23 - Other special access services

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Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 20:10:27 to
				  20:10:29, inclusive, local exchange companies subject to SDCL
				  49-31-5.1 may assign investment
				  and expense to all other special access services not qualifying for exemption
				  under §
									20:10:27:22 by converting each
				  circuit used to provide special access services other than in §
									20:10:27:22 to
				  voice-grade-equivalent circuits and using the percentage of special access
				  circuits to the total working circuits and unused capacity to determine the
				  amount of investment and expense excluded from the switched access revenue
				  requirement determined pursuant to chapters 20:10:28 and 20:10:29. This section
				  does not allow the local exchange company to exempt investment and expense if a
				  special access customer resells or leases the services subject to the exemption
				  in this section.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-1-11,
					 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Note:
The chart in Appendix B at the end of
					 this chapter shows an example of a transport facility allocation using a 150
					 megabyte fiber system.
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:02 - Allocation procedures - General

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This chapter establishes rules for the allocation of property
				  costs, revenues, expenses, taxes, and reserves between intrastate toll and all
				  other. Total intrastate allocations are determined as the residual after 47
				  C.F.R. Part 36 rules have been applied to determine interstate
				  allocations.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-31-18.
Note:
The fundamental basis on which
					 separations are made is the use of telecommunications plant in each of the
					 operations. The first step is the assignment of the cost of the plant to
					 categories. The basis for making this assignment is the identification of the
					 plant assignable to each category and the determination of the cost of the
					 plant so identified. The second step is the apportionment of the cost of the
					 plant in each category among the operations by direct assignment where
					 possible. All remaining costs are assigned by the application of allocation
					 factors. For example, in the assignment of property costs to categories and in
					 the apportionment of such costs among the operations, each amount assigned and
					 apportioned is identified as to the account classification in which the
					 property is included. The separated results are identified by property accounts
					 and apportionment bases are provided for those expenses which are separated on
					 the basis of the apportionment of property costs. Similarly, amounts of
					 revenues and expenses assigned to each of the operations are identified as to
					 account classification.
General,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.1(a)(c)(g)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:03 - Assignment of book costs - General

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In assigning book costs to categories, the costs used for
				  certain plant classes are average unit costs which equate to all book costs of
				  a particular account or subaccount; for other plant classes, the costs used are
				  those which either directly approximate book cost levels or which are equated
				  to match total book costs at a given location.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Instructions for telecommunications plant accounts,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												32.2000(f); General,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.1(d)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:04 - Separations procedures - General

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Separations apportion costs among categories by actual use or
				  by direct assignment. Separations are made based on actual use, which gives
				  consideration to relative occupancy and relative time measurements.
In the development of actual use measurements, measurements
				  of use are first determined for telecommunications plant or for work performed
				  by operating forces on a unit basis, such as conversation-minute-mile per
				  message or weighted standard work seconds per call, in studies of traffic
				  handled or work performed during a representative period for all traffic.
				  Measurements of use are then applied to overall traffic volumes, such as
				  24-hour rather than busy-hour volumes.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Fundamental principles underlying procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.2(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:05 - Classification of telecommunications plant - General

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Telecommunications plant, in general, is segregated into two
				  broad classifications as follows:
(1)
				Interexchange, which is plant used primarily to furnish toll service, includes
				the following plant types:
(a) Operator
				systems;
(b) Switching
				plant;
(c) Trunk transmission
				equipment;
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:06 - Apportionment of telecommunications plant - General

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In general, the bases for apportioning telecommunications
				  plant used jointly for toll and other services are as follows:
(1) Operator work time expressed in weighted
				standard work seconds is the basis for measuring the use of operator
				systems;
(2) Holding-time-minutes
				is the basis for measuring the use of switching plant;
(3) Conversation-minute miles or
				conservation-minutes is the basis for measuring the use of interexchange
				circuit plant and holding-time minutes is the basis for measuring the use of
				exchange trunk plant. While the use of holding-time-minute-miles is the basic
				fundamental allocation factor for interexchange circuit plant and exchange
				trunk plant, the use of conversation-minute-miles or conversation-minutes for
				the allocation of interexchange circuit plant and holding-time minutes for the
				allocation of exchange trunk plant are considered practical approximations for
				separations between toll and other services when related to the broad types of
				plant classifications used in this chapter;
(4) A subscriber plant factor is the basis of
				apportioning the cost of message telecommunications subscriber plant and local
				switching plant between intrastate and interstate operations. The subscriber
				plant factor is developed and used according to the procedures set forth in
				§
									20:10:28:61.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-31-18.
Note:
On a completed call, holding time
					 includes conversation time as well as other time in use. At local dial offices,
					 any measured minutes which result from other than customer attempts to place
					 calls, as evidenced by the dialing of at least one digit, are not treated as
					 holding time.
Fundamental principles underlying procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.2(b)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:07 - Classification of property rented to or from affiliates

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If property rented to affiliates is not material in amount,
				  the property is included as used property of the owning company with the
				  associated revenues and expenses treated consistently. If property rented from
				  affiliates is not material in amount, the property is not included with the
				  used property of the company making the separations; the rent paid is included
				  in its expenses.
If property rented to affiliates is material in amount, the
				  property, related expenses, and the rent revenues are excluded from the
				  telecommunications operations of the owning company. If property rented from
				  affiliates is material in amount, the property and related expenses are
				  included with, and the rent expenses are excluded from, the telecommunications
				  operations of the company making the separations.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Fundamental principles underlying procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.2(c)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:08 - Classification of property rented to or from nonaffiliates

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Property rented to or from nonaffiliates is included as used
				  property of the owning company with the associated revenues and expenses
				  treated consistently. However, if the amount is material, the property involved
				  and the associated revenues and expenses may be excluded from or included in
				  the telecommunications operations of the company consistent with the public
				  interest.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Fundamental principles underlying procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.2(d)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:09 - Costs billed to another company

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Costs associated with services or plant billed to another
				  company which have once been separated under procedures consistent with general
				  principles in this chapter, and are thus identifiable as entirely either toll
				  or other services in nature, are directly assigned to the applicable
				  operation.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Fundamental principles underlying procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.2(e)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:10 - Telecommunications property - Procedures for assignment of property and allocation of costs

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Sections 20:10:28:11 to 20:10:28:72, inclusive, contain the
				  procedures used in the assignment of telecommunications property to categories
				  and the apportionment of the costs assigned to each category among the
				  operations.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Telecommunications property, general,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.102(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:11 - Treatment of rental plant

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The treatment of rental plant is outlined in §§
									20:10:28:07 to
				  20:10:28:09, inclusive. If the
				  amount of plant is material, the cost may be determined by using the general
				  procedures for the assignment of the various kinds of property to
				  categories.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Telecommunications property, general,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.102(b)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:12 - Apportionment of depreciation deductible from book cost

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The amount of depreciation deductible from the book cost or
				  value is apportioned among the operations in proportion to the separation of
				  the cost of the related plant accounts.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Telecommunications property, general,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.102(c)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:13 - General support facilities - Account 2110 - Included assets

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The costs of the general support facilities are contained in
				  account 2110, land and support assets. This account contains land, buildings,
				  motor vehicles, aircraft, special purpose vehicles, garage work equipment,
				  other work equipment, furniture, office equipment, and general purpose
				  computers.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Land and support assets,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												32.2110 (1991); General support facilities,
					 general, 47 C.F.R. §
												36.111(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:14 - Accounts for the big three expenses - Plant-specific expenses, plant-nonspecific expenses, and customer operations expenses

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The costs of the general support facilities of class A
				  companies are apportioned among their operations based on the separation of the
				  costs of the combined big three expenses which include the following
				  accounts:
(1) Plant-specific expenses:
(a) Central office switching expenses,
				account 6210;
(b) Operator systems
				expenses, account 6220;
(c) Central
				office transmission expenses, account 6230;
(d) Information origination/termination
				expenses, account 6310;
(e) Cable
				and wire facilities expenses, account 6410;
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:15 - Apportionment of cost of general support facilities for class B companies

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The costs of the general support facilities for class B
				  companies are apportioned among their operations based on the separation of the
				  combined costs of central office equipment, information origination/termination
				  equipment, and cable and wire facilities.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Apportionment procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.112(b)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:16 - Central office equipment accounts

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The costs of central office equipment are carried in the
				  following accounts:
(1) Central office
				switching, account 2210:
(a) Analog electronic
				switching, account 2211;
(b)
				Digital electronic switching, account 2212;
(c) Electro-mechanical switching, account
				2215;
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:17 - Assignment of central office equipment to categories

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In the separation of the cost of central office equipment
				  among the operations, central office equipment is first assigned to categories.
				  The basic method of making this assignment is the identification of the
				  equipment assignable to each category and the determination of the cost of the
				  identified equipment by an analysis of accounting, engineering, and other
				  records.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Central office equipment, general,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.121(c)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:18 - Distribution of cost of common equipment not assigned to a specific category - Weighting factor

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The cost of common equipment not assigned to a specific
				  category is distributed among the categories in proportion to the cost of
				  equipment directly assigned to categories. Power equipment not dependent upon
				  common power equipment is excluded.
The cost of power equipment used by one category is assigned
				  directly to that category. The cost of emergency power equipment protecting
				  only power equipment used by one category is also assigned directly to that
				  category.
A weighting factor may be applied to the cost of circuit
				  equipment in distributing the power plant costs not directly assigned in order
				  to reflect the generally greater power use per dollar of cost of this
				  equipment.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-31-18.
Note:
An example of common equipment is common
					 power equipment, which includes emergency power equipment, aisle lighting, and
					 framework, including distributing frames. An example of assigning the cost of
					 power equipment to a category is assigning a 130-volt power supply provided for
					 circuit equipment to circuit equipment, account
					 2232.
Central office equipment, general,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.121(c)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:19 - Apportionment of cost of central office equipment - General

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After assignment of the central office equipment to
				  categories, the cost of the equipment in each category is then apportioned
				  among the operations through the application of applicable use factors or by
				  direct assignment.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Central office equipment, general,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.121(d)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:20 - Categories and apportionment procedures of central office equipment

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Following are the categories of central office
				  equipment:
(1) Operator systems
				equipment, category 1;
(2) Tandem
				switching equipment, category 2;
(3) Local switching equipment, category
				3;
(4) Circuit equipment, category
				4.
Apportionment procedures for these categories are in
				  §§
										20:10:28:21 to
				  20:10:28:44,
				  inclusive.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Categories and apportionment procedures,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.122(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:21 - Operator systems equipment - Category 1 - Account 2220 - Included equipment

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Operator systems equipment, category 1, is contained in
				  account 2220. It includes all types of manual telephone switchboards except
				  tandem switchboards and those used solely for recording of calling telephone
				  numbers in connection with customer-dialed charge traffic. It includes all face
				  equipment, terminating relay circuits of trunk and toll line circuits, cord
				  circuits, cable turning sections, subscriber line equipment, associated toll
				  connecting trunk equipment, number checking facilities, ticket distributing
				  systems, calculagraphs, chief operator and other desks, operator chairs, and
				  other such equipment.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Operator systems,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												32.2220 (1991); Operator systems equipment -
					 category 1, 47 C.F.R. §
												36.123(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:22 - Classification of operator systems equipment

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Operator systems equipment is generally classified according
				  to operating arrangements of which the following are typical:
(1) Separate toll boards;
(2) Separate local manual boards;
(3) Combined local manual and toll
				boards;
(4) Service observing
				boards;
(5) Auxiliary service
				boards; and
(6) Traffic service
				positions.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Operator systems equipment - category 1,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.123(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:23 - Key pulsing switchboards - Included equipment

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If switchboards, as set forth in §
									20:10:28:21, are of the key
				  pulsing type, the cost of the key pulsing senders, link, and trunk finder
				  equipment is included with the switchboards.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Operator systems equipment - category 1,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.123(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:24 - Traffic service position systems - Included equipment

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Traffic service position systems include the common control
				  and trunk equipment in addition to the associated groups of positions wherever
				  located.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Operator systems equipment - category 1,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.123(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:25 - Apportionment of cost of operator systems equipment

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The cost of the following operator systems equipment is
				  apportioned among the operations on the basis of the relative number of
				  weighted standard work seconds handled at the switchboards under consideration.
				  Operator systems equipment is apportioned either individually or by groups as
				  follows:
(1) The following types of
				switchboards at toll centers are generally apportioned individually:
(a) Separate toll boards which usually
				include outward, through and inward positions in separate lines and associated
				inward toll switchboard positions in line;
(b) Switchboards handling both local and
				toll, either combined or having segregated local and toll positions in the same
				line;
(c) Traffic service
				positions, including separately located groups of these positions when
				associated with a common basic control unit;
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:26 - Apportionment of cost of auxiliary service boards

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Auxiliary service boards generally handle rate and route,
				  information, and intercept service at individual or joint positions. The cost
				  of these boards is apportioned as follows:
(1) The cost of separate directory assistance
				boards is apportioned among the operations on the basis of the relative number
				of weighted standard work seconds handled at the boards under consideration.
				Directory assistance weighted standard work seconds are apportioned among the
				operations on the basis of the classification of these weighted standard work
				seconds as follows:
(a) Director assistance
				weighted standard work seconds first are classified between calls received over
				toll directory assistance trunks from operators or customers and all other
				directory assistance calls;
(b) The
				directory assistance weighted standard work seconds of each type further are
				classified separately among the operations based on an analysis of a
				representative sample of directory assistance calls of each type with reference
				to the locations of the calling and called stations for each call;
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:27 - Apportionment of cost of service observing boards

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The cost of joint exchange and toll service observing boards
				  is first apportioned between toll and other use based on the relative number of
				  toll and other service observing units at these boards. The cost of separate
				  toll service observing boards and the toll portion of joint service observing
				  boards is directly assigned to toll.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Operator systems equipment - category 1,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.123(d)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:28 - Apportionment of traffic service position system investments

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Traffic service position system (TSPS) investments are
				  apportioned as follows:
(1) Operator
				position investments are apportioned based on the relative weighted standard
				work seconds for the entire TSPS complex;
(2) Remote trunk arrangement investments are
				apportioned based on the relative processor real time, actual seconds, required
				to process TSPS traffic originating from the end offices served by each remote
				trunk arrangement;
(3) The
				remaining investments at the central control location, such as the stored
				program control and memory, are apportioned based on the relative processor
				real time, actual seconds, for the entire TSPS complex.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Operator systems equipment - category 1,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.123(e)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:29 - Tandem switching equipment - Category 2 - Accounts 2210, 2211, 2212, and 2215 - Included equipment

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Tandem switching equipment is contained in accounts 2210,
				  2211, 2212, and 2215. It includes all switching equipment in a tandem central
				  office, including any associated tandem switchboard positions and any intertoll
				  switching equipment. Intertoll switching equipment includes switching equipment
				  used for the interconnection of message toll telephone circuits with each other
				  or with local or tandem telephone central office trunks, intertoll dial
				  selector equipment, or intertoll trunk equipment in electronic offices.
				  Equipment, including switchboards used for recording of calling telephone
				  numbers and other billing information in connection with customer-dialed charge
				  traffic, is included with the local switching equipment, category
				  3.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-31-18.
Note:
If qualified by a modifying expression,
					 or other explanation, the term tandem office may be applied to an office
					 employed for both the interconnection of local central offices within the
					 tandem area and for the interconnection of these local offices with other
					 central offices such as long haul tandem
					 office.
Central office-switching,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												32.2210 (1991).
Analog electronic switching,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												32.2211 (1991).
Digital electronic switching,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												32.2212 (1991).
Electro-mechanical switching, 47 C.F.R. § 32.2215
					 (1991).
Tandem switching equipment - category 2,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.124(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:30 - Tandem switching equipment at toll center toll offices - Included equipment

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At toll center toll offices, tandem intertoll switching
				  equipment, category 2, includes equipment in the toll office used in the
				  interconnection of toll center to toll center circuits, toll center to
				  tributary circuits, tributary to tributary circuits, or toll center to tandem
				  circuits or in the interconnection of these types of circuits with trunks to
				  local offices in the toll center city, such as interconnection with toll
				  switching trunks, operator trunks, information trunks, and testing trunks.
				  Equipment associated with the local office end of such trunks is included with
				  local switching equipment or switchboard categories as
				  applicable.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-31-18.
Note:
The toll center normally handles the
					 inward toll traffic for its tributary exchanges and, in general, either handles
					 the outward traffic originating at its tributaries or serves as the outlet to
					 interexchange circuits for outward traffic ticketed and timed at its
					 tributaries.
Categories, §
											20:10:28:20; Tandem switching
					 equipment - category 2, 47
					 C.F.R. §
												36.124(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:31 - Tandem switching equipment at tributary offices - Included equipment

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At tributary offices, tandem switching equipment, category 2,
				  includes intertoll switching equipment similar to that at toll center toll
				  offices if it is used in the interconnection of tributary to tributary
				  circuits, tributary to subtributary circuits, subtributary to subtributary
				  circuits, or toll center to subtributary circuits or if it is used jointly in
				  the interconnection of any of these types of circuits and in the
				  interconnection of such toll circuits with trunk circuits for the handling of
				  traffic terminating in the tributary office. If comparable equipment has no
				  joint use but is used only for the handling of traffic terminating in the
				  tributary office, it is included in the local switching equipment
				  category.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 49-31-18.
Note:
The toll center handles all outward
					 traffic not ticketed and timed at the tributary office and normally switches
					 all inward toll traffic from outside the tributary's toll center to the
					 tributary office.
Tandem switching equipment - category 2,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.124(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:32 - Tandem switching equipment at all switching entities - Included equipment

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
At all switching entities, tandem switching equipment,
				  category 2, includes intertoll switching equipment similar to that at toll
				  center toll offices if it is used in the interconnection of switched private
				  line trunks when these functions are in addition to the message telephone
				  switching function. Switching entities wholly dedicated to switching of special
				  services are assigned to local switching equipment, category
				  3.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Categories, §
											20:10:28:20; Tandem switching
					 equipment - category 2, 47
					 C.F.R. §
												36.124(a)
					 (1991).
South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:28 - Telecommunications separations procedures › Section 20:10:28:33 - Assignment of cost of tandem switching equipment

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The cost of central office equipment items assigned to tandem
				  switching equipment, category 2, is directly assigned when possible. When
				  direct assignment is not possible the cost is apportioned among the operations
				  based on the relative number of intrastate minutes of use of this
				  equipment.
General Authority:
SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5,
					 49-31-18.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-18.
Tandem switching equipment - category 2,
					 47 C.F.R. §
												36.124(b)
					 (1991).