Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 53 - TARIFFS FOR NONCOMMON CARRIERS › TARIFF FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR A LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY AND A COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER › Section 53.57 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this section
						and §§
											53.58-53.60, have the following
						meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Bundled service package-
(i) A package, which includes noncompetitive
					 or protected and competitive services, including services of an affiliate, in
					 combinations and at a single rate or charge that is offered and billed on one
					 bill by a competitive telecommunications carrier or a local exchange
					 telecommunications company.
(ii)
					 The term does not include a local exchange telecommunications company or
					 competitive telecommunications carrier tariff filing that involves simultaneous
					 changes in rates and charges for noncompetitive services in a revenue neutral
					 manner.
CLEC-Competitive local exchange
						carrier
-A telecommunications company that has been certificated by the
						Commission as a CLEC under the Commission's procedures implementing the
						Telecommunications Act of 1996, the act of February 8, 1996 (Pub.L. No.
						104-104, 110 Stat. 56), or under the relevant
						provisions of
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3009(a) (relating to
						additional powers and duties).
CTC-Competitive telecommunications
						carrier
-An entity that provides telecommunications services subject to
						the jurisdiction of the Commission and in competition with a local exchange
						telecommunications company.
Competitive service
-As defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3012
						(relating to definitions).
Competitive wire center
-A wire center or
						other geographic area that is defined and served by a local exchange
						telecommunications company where all of its protected, retail nonprotected and
						retail noncompetitive telecommunications services have been declared or
						determined to be competitive by the Commission under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3016
						(relating to competitive services).
Enterprise and large business customer
-A
						legal entity including, but not limited to, corporations, partnerships, limited
						liability companies, hospitals, schools, government agencies and correctional
						institutions with an annual total billed revenue equal to or greater than
						$80,000 for telecommunications services.
ILEC-Incumbent local exchange carrier
-A
						telecommunications company deemed to be an ILEC under section 101(a)(h) of the
						Telecommunications Act of 1996 (
						47 U.S.C.A. §
												251(h).
Joint or bundled service
						packages
-
(i) Service
					 packages composed of one or more distinct categories of noncompetitive and
					 competitive services and service options or features, inclusive of toll
					 services, when the service packages are offered by CLECs and ILECs under a
					 single rate or charge and a unified set of terms and conditions for service as
					 defined in a tariff approved by the Commission.
(ii) The term does not include ILEC or CLEC
					 tariff filings that involve simultaneous changes in rates and charges for
					 noncompetitive services in a revenue neutral manner.
LETC-Local exchange telecommunications
						company
-A telecommunications service provider as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3012
						(relating to definitions).
Lifeline plan
-A tariffed service
						offering, approved by the Commission, which provides telecommunications
						services to qualified low-income end-user consumers at reduced rates and
						charges in accordance with applicable State or Federal law or
						regulations.
New service
-A service or business
						activity that is not substantially the same or functionally equivalent with
						existing competitive or noncompetitive services.
Noncompetitive service
-As defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3012.
Noncompetitive wire center
-A wire center
						or other geographic area that is defined and served by a local exchange
						telecommunications company where the jurisdictional telecommunications public
						utility offers protected, retail nonprotected and retail noncompetitive
						telecommunications services as defined by
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3012.
Nonprotected service
-As defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3012.
Price list
-A document that shall contain
						the prices or rates of retail competitive services or products. The price list
						may be set forth in the product guide or similar document of the local exchange
						telecommunications company or competitive telecommunications carrier.
Product guide
-A document that shall
						contain the description, terms, conditions and prices of retail competitive
						services or products.
Promotional service offerings
-A service
						or business activity offered by a competitive telecommunications carrier or
						local exchange telecommunications company at rates, terms and conditions that
						are designed to promote usage and available for a duration of no longer than 6
						months in any rolling 12-month period.
Protected service
-As defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												3012.
The provisions of this §
													53.57 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501 and
						  1501; and section 612 of
						  The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
														232); amended under
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														3019(b)(2) and
						  (3).
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													53.58 (relating to offering of
						  competitive services).