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Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart B - Accounting Requirements › Section 480-120-359 - Companies not classified as competitive

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(1)
(a) For
				  accounting purposes, each company not classified as competitive must use the
Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) for Class A and Class B Telephone
				  Companies
published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and
				  designated as
				  Title
				  47, Code of Federal
				  Regulations, Part 32 ( 47 C.F.R. 32, or Part 32). The effective date for Part
				  32 is stated in WAC
				  480-120-999 (Adoption by
				  reference).
(b) Class B companies
				  may use Class A accounting, but Class A companies must not use Class B
				  accounting.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-365 - Issuing securities (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160, and
						81.04.160. 05-17-026 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-522), § 480-120-365, filed
						8/5/05, effective 9/5/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-369 - ITransferring cash or assuming obligations (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353 [used in WSR 05-06-051
						filing only]. 05-06-051 and 05-08-018 (Docket No. A-021178 and TO-030288,
						General Order No. R-518), § 480-120-369, filed 2/28/05 and 3/28/05,
						effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-375 - Affiliated interests - Contracts or arrangements (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-120-375, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-379 - Transfers of property

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Before selling, leasing, or assigning any of its property
					 or facilities which are necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to
					 the public, or before acquiring property or facilities of another public
					 utility, a telecommunications company subject to the provisions of chapter
					 80.12 RCW must obtain from the commission an order authorizing such transaction
					 in accordance with chapters 80.12 RCW (Transfers of property) and 480-143 WAC
					 (Commission general -- Transfers of property).
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-120-379, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-382 - Annual report for competitively classified telecommunications companies

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The commission will distribute an annual report form
					 including a regulatory fee form. A competitively classified company
					 must:
(1) Complete both forms, file
				  them with the commission, and pay its regulatory fee, no later than May 1st of
				  each year;
(2) Provide total number
				  of access lines as required on the annual report form;
(3) Provide income statement and balance
				  sheet for total company;
(4)
				  Provide revenues for Washington and Washington intrastate operations subject to
				  commission jurisdiction;
(5) Keep
				  accounts using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), or any other
				  accounting method acceptable to the commission. In addition, the accounts must
				  allow for the identification of revenues supporting subsection (4) of this
				  section; and
(6)
Regulatory
				  fees.
The telecommunications annual regulatory fee is set by statute at
				  one-tenth of one percent of the first $50,000 of gross intrastate operating
				  revenue plus four-tenths of one percent of any gross intrastate operating
				  revenue in excess of $50,000.
(a) The maximum
				  regulatory fee is assessed each year, unless the commission issues an order
				  establishing the regulatory fee at an amount less than the statutory
				  maximum.
(b) The minimum regulatory
				  fee that a company must pay is $150.
(c) The commission does not grant extensions
				  for payment of regulatory fees.
(d)
				  If a company does not pay its regulatory fee by May 1st, the commission will
				  assess an automatic late fee of two percent of the amount due, plus one percent
				  interest for each month the fee remains unpaid.
(e) The commission may take action to revoke
				  a company's registration certificate if it fails to pay its regulatory
				  fee.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-385 - Annual report for telecommunications companies not classified as competitive

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(1) Annual reports
				  for companies not classified as competitive. The commission will distribute an
				  annual report form, a regulatory fee form, and financial information templates.
				  A telecommunications company not classified as competitive must:
(a) Return the annual report and regulatory
				  fee forms and pay its regulatory fee, no later than May 1st of each
				  year;
(b) Provide total number of
				  access lines (as required on the annual report form referred to in (a) of this
				  subsection); and
(c) Complete the
				  financial information templates. The financial information templates include
				  income statement, balance sheet, and rate base items. The templates also
				  include sections on total company and results of operations for Washington and
				  Washington intrastate.
The commission will provide the templates each year and the
					 company must return the completed templates as follows:
(i) Class A companies must file the required
				  financial information templates no later than May 1st each year.
(ii) Class B companies must file the required
				  financial information templates no later than July 1st of each year.
(iii) Class B companies are not exempt from
				  these filing requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-389 - Securities report (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160, and
						81.04.160. 05-17-026 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-522), § 480-120-389, filed
						8/5/05, effective 9/5/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-395 - Affiliated interest and subsidiary transactions report (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-120-395, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VIII - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Financial Reporting Requirements › Section 480-120-399 - Access charge and universal service reporting (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160, 80.36.600, and
						80.36.610. 06-14-051 (Docket No.
						UT-053021, General Order No. R-534), § 480-120-399, filed 6/28/06,
						effective 7/29/06. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-120-399, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-401 - Network performance standards

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(1)
				All companies must meet the applicable network performance standards set forth
				in this section. The standards applied to each service quality measurement are
				the minimum acceptable quality of service under normal operating conditions.
				All performance standards apply to each central office individually and must be
				measured at or below that level. The performance standards do not apply to
				abnormal conditions, including, but not limited to work stoppage directly
				affecting provision of service in the state of Washington, holidays, force
				majeure, or major outages caused by persons or entities other than the local
				exchange company (LEC) or its agents.
(2)
Switches.
End-office
				switches, in conjunction with remote switches where deployed, must meet the
				following standards:
(a)
Dial
				service.
For each switch, companies must meet the following minimum
				standards during the switch's average busy-hour of the average busy season:
(i) Dial tone must be provided within three
				seconds on at least ninety-eight percent of calls placed; and
(ii) Ninety-eight percent of calls placed
				must not encounter an intraswitch blocking condition within the central office,
				or blocking in host-remote, or interoffice local trunks.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-402 - Safety

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The plant and all facilities of utilities must be constructed
				  and installed in conformity with good engineering practice and comply with the
				  minimum standards as set out in the National Electric Safety Code. Information
				  about this standard regarding the version adopted and where to obtain it is set
				  forth in WAC
				  480-120-999 (Adoption by
				  reference). All instrumentalities and equipment must be installed and
				  maintained with due consideration to the safety of the customers, employees and
				  general public. Hazardous conditions endangering persons, property, or the
				  continuity of service when found, reported or known to exist, must be
				  expeditiously corrected.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 05-03-031 (Docket No.
					 UT 040015, General Order No. R-516), § 480-120-402, filed 1/10/05,
					 effective 2/10/05; 03-01-065 (Docket No. UT-990146, General Order No. R-507),
					 § 480-120-402, filed 12/12/02, effective
					 7/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-411 - Network maintenance

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(1) Each local
				exchange company (LEC) must:
(a) Provide
				adequate maintenance to ensure that all facilities are in safe and serviceable
				condition;
(b) Correct immediately
				hazardous conditions endangering persons, property, or the continuity of
				service when found, reported, or known to exist;
(c) Promptly repair or replace broken,
				damaged, or deteriorated equipment, when found to be no longer capable of
				providing adequate service; and
(d)
				Correct promptly transmission problems on any channel when located or
				identified, including noise induction, cross-talk, or other poor transmission
				characteristics.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-412 - Major outages

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(1) All companies
				must make reasonable provisions to minimize the effects of major outages,
				including those caused by force majeure, and inform and train pertinent
				employees to prevent or minimize interruption or impairment of
				service.
(2)
Notice to
				commission and public safety answering point (PSAP).
When a company
				receives notice of or detects a major outage, it must notify the commission and
				any PSAP serving the affected area as soon as possible.
(3)
Notice to county and state
				emergency agencies and coordination of efforts.
When a major outage
				affects any emergency response facility, a company must notify immediately the
				county E911 coordinator and the state emergency management authorities, and
				provide periodic updates on the status of the outage. The company must
				coordinate service restoration with the state emergency management authorities
				if it requests it, and, if requested to do so by the commission, report daily
				to it the progress of restoration efforts until the company achieves full
				network recovery.
(4)
Major
				outages repair priorities.
(a) Outages
				affecting PSAPs and emergency response agencies must receive attention first
				and be repaired as soon as possible.
(b) Companies must restore other services
				within twelve hours unless conditions beyond a company's reasonable ability to
				control prevent service restoration within twelve hours.
(c) Companies must restore outages to their
				facilities affecting intercompany trunk and toll trunk service within four
				hours after the problem is reported unless conditions beyond a company's
				reasonable ability to control prevent service restoration within four hours. If
				the problem is not corrected within four hours, the company must keep all other
				affected companies advised of the status of restoration efforts on a
				twice-daily basis.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-414 - Emergency operation

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(1) Each
				company must maintain, revise, and provide to the commission the following:
(a) The titles and telephone numbers of the
				company's disaster services coordinator and alternates; and
(b) Upon request of the commission, the
				company's current plans for emergency operation, including current plans for
				recovery of service to governmental disaster recovery response agencies within
				the state of Washington.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-436 - Responsibility for drop facilities and support structure

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(1)
Initial provision of service to a
				premise with no existing drop facilities.
Companies are responsible for
				designating the route of the drop facility and the type of support structure.
(a) Provision of drop facilities. The company
				is responsible for all work and materials associated with drop
				facilities.
(b) Provision of
				support structure. The company may require the applicant to provide a support
				structure that meets company standards. Once the company provides service, the
				company is responsible for maintenance and repair of the existing drop
				facilities and support structure as provided for in WAC
				480-120-437.
(c) Nothing in this rule prohibits the
				company from offering the applicant an alternative to pay the company a
				tariffed rate or rate pursuant to competitive classification for provision of
				the support structure.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-437 - Responsibility for maintenance and repair of facilities and support structures

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(1)
(a) Companies are responsible for all work,
				materials, and costs associated with reinforcing existing distribution plant,
				and repairing and maintaining existing distribution and drop facilities and
				support structures up to and including the standard network interface
				(SNI).
(b) The customer is
				responsible for maintaining facilities on the customer's side of the
				SNI.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-438 - Trouble report standard

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Trouble reports by central office must not exceed four
				  trouble reports per one hundred access lines per month for two consecutive
				  months, or per month for four months in any one twelve-month period. This
				  standard does not apply to trouble reports related to customer premise
				  equipment, inside wiring, force majeure, or outages of service caused by
				  persons or entities other than the local exchange company.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 03-01-065 (Docket No.
					 UT-990146, General Order No. R-507), § 480-120-438, filed 12/12/02,
					 effective 7/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-439 - Service quality performance reports

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(1) All companies must retain, for at least
				three years from the date they are created, all records that would be relevant,
				in the event of a complaint or investigation, to a determination of the
				company's compliance with the service quality standards established by WAC
				480-120-133 (Response time for
				calls to business office or repair center during regular business hours),
				480-120-401 (Network performance standards), 480-120-411 (Network maintenance),
				and 480-120-440 (Repair standards for service interruptions and impairments,
				excluding major outages).
(2)
Major outages report.
Notwithstanding sub-section (1) of this
				section, any company experiencing a major outage that lasts more than
				forty-eight hours must provide a major outage report to the commission within
				ten business days of the major outage. The major outages report must include a
				description of each major outage and a statement that includes the time, the
				cause, the location and number of affected access lines, and the duration of
				the interruption or impairment. When applicable, the report must include a
				description of preventive actions to be taken to avoid future outages. This
				reporting requirement does not include company-initiated major outages that are
				in accordance with the contract provisions between the company and its
				customers or other planned interruptions that are part of the normal
				operational and maintenance requirements of the company.
The commission staff may request oral reports from companies
				  concerning major outages at any time and companies must provide the requested
				  information.
(3) The
				commission may choose to investigate matters to protect the public interest,
				and may request further information from companies that details geographic area
				and type of service, and such other information as the commission
				requests.
(4) If consistent with
				the purposes of this section, the commission may, by order, approve for a
				company an alternative measurement or reporting format for any of the reports
				required by this section, based on evidence that:
(a) The company cannot reasonably provide the
				measurement or reports as required;
(b) The alternative measurement or reporting
				format will provide a reasonably accurate measurement of the company's
				performance relative to the substantive performance standard; and
(c) The ability of the commission and other
				parties to enforce compliance with substantive performance standard will not be
				significantly impaired by the use of the alternative measurement or reporting
				format.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-440 - Repair standards for service interruptions and impairments, excluding major outages (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 03-01-065 (Docket No.
					 UT-990146, General Order No. R-507), § 480-120-440, filed 12/12/02,
					 effective 7/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-445 - Damage reporting requirements

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(1)
				Facility operators and excavators, as defined in
				RCW
				19.122.020(10) and (11), who
				observe or cause damage to an underground facility must report the damage event
				to the commission using either the commission's web-based damage reporting tool
				or its successor, or the damage reporting form located on the commission's web
				site.
(a) Each report must include the
				subject matter set forth in
				RCW
				19.122.053(3)(a) through
				(n).
(b) If the facility operator believes that
				the excavation was started before a facilities locate was completed, the
				facility operator must also report the name, address, and phone number of the
				person or entity that the facility operator has reason to believe may have
				caused the damage. The facility operator must include this information in the
				comment section of the web-based damage reporting tool form or send it to the
				commission separately. If the facility operator chooses to send the information
				separately, it must include sufficient information to allow the commission to
				link the name of the party believed to have caused the damage with the damage
				event reported through the damage reporting tool.
(c) Each facility operator must retain for a
				period of two years all damage claim records it creates related to damage
				events, including photographs and documentation supporting any conclusion under
				(b) of this subsection that a facilities locate was not timely completed, and
				it must make those records available to the commission upon request.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-450 - Enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) obligations of local exchange companies

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"Private branch exchange (PBX)" means customer premises
				  equipment installed on the customer's premises that functions as a switch,
				  permitting the customer to receive incoming calls, to dial any other telephone
				  on the premises, to access a tie trunk leading to another PBX or to access an
				  outside trunk to the public switched telephone network.
"Data base management system (DBMS)" means a data base used
				  by local exchange companies (LECs) to provide automatic location information
				  (ALI) to public safety answering points (PSAPs).
"Emergency location identification number (ELIN)" means a
				  telephone number that is used to route the call to a PSAP and is used to
				  retrieve the automatic location information (ALI) for a PSAP.
"Emergency response location (ERL)" means a location to which
				  a 911 emergency response team may be dispatched.
(1) Local exchange companies (LECs) must
				provide enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) services including:
(a) For single line service, the ability for
				customers to dial 911 with the call and caller's ELIN transmitted to the E911
				selective router serving the location associated with the ERL for that
				line;
(b) For multiline customers,
				the ability for customers to dial 911 with common signal protocols available
				which permit the call and caller's ELIN to be transmitted to the E911 selective
				router serving the location associated with the ERL for that line;
(c) For pay phones served by pay phone access
				lines (PALs) the ability for customers to dial 911 with the call and the ELIN
				transmitted to the E911 selective router serving the location of the ERL for
				that line. The ELIN must be that of the pay phone.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-451 - Local exchange carrier contact number for use by public safety answering points (PSAPs)

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All local exchange carriers (LECs) must provide a telephone
				  number, which may include a number for a paging device, that public safety
				  answering points (PSAPs) may use to reach a company representative with
				  questions related to the accuracy of station location records. LECs must accept
				  calls to the provided number at all times. LECs that provide a number for the
				  paging device must respond within three minutes of the page.
All LECs must provide an E911 data base maintenance contact
				  who is available during business day hours to the county E911 data base
				  coordinators in those counties in which they provide service.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 03-01-065 (Docket No.
					 UT-990146, General Order No. R-507), § 480-120-451, filed 12/12/02,
					 effective 7/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-452 - Reverse search by enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) public safety answering point (PSAP) of ALI/DMS data base - When permitted

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(1) A public safety answering point (PSAP)
				may make a reverse search of information in the automatic location
				identification (ALI/DMS) data base when, in the judgment of the PSAP
				representative, an immediate response to the location of the caller or to the
				location of another telephone number reported by the caller is necessary
				because of an apparent emergency.
(2) Absent a judicial order, reverse search
				must not be used for criminal or legal investigations or other nonemergency
				purposes.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 03-01-065 (Docket No.
					 UT-990146, General Order No. R-507), § 480-120-452, filed 12/12/02,
					 effective 7/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-540 - Terminating access charges (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.36.010,
					 80.36.110,
					 80.36.320,
					 80.36.330,
					 80.36.333,
					 80.36.338,
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 07-08-027 (Docket
					 UT-060676, General Order R-540), § 480-120-540, filed 3/27/07, effective
					 4/27/07. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 05-03-031 (Docket No.
					 UT 040015, General Order No. R-516), § 480-120-540, filed 1/10/05,
					 effective 2/10/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.160 and
					 80.36.140. 98-19-147 (Order R-450,
					 Docket No. UT-970325), § 480-120-540, filed 9/23/98, effective
					 12/21/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part IX - SAFETY AND STANDARDS RULES › Section 480-120-560 - Collocation (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.36.010,
					 80.36.110,
					 80.36.320,
					 80.36.330,
					 80.36.333,
					 80.36.338,
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 07-08-027 (Docket
					 UT-060676, General Order R-540), § 480-120-560, filed 3/27/07, effective
					 4/27/07. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
					 Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-120-560, filed 11/24/03,
					 effective 1/1/04; 00-24-047 (Order R-475, Docket No. UT-990582), §
					 480-120-560, filed 11/30/00, effective
					 12/31/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part X - ADOPTION BY REFERENCE › Section 480-120-999 - Adoption by reference

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In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or
				  portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for
				  inspection at the commission library. The publications, effective dates,
				  references within this chapter, and availability of the resources are as
				  follows:
(1)
American National
				Standards for Telecommunications
- "
Network Performance
				Parameters for Dedicated Digital Services for Rates Up To and Including DS3 -
				Specifications
" (ATIS 0100510) is published by the American National
				Standards Institute (ANSI).
(a) The
				commission adopts the version in effect on December 29, 1999, and reaffirmed
				2013.
(b) This publication is
				referenced in WAC
				480-120-401 (Network performance
				standards).
(c) The American
				National Standards for Telecommunications "
Network Performance
				Parameters for Dedicated Digital Services for Rates Up To and Including DS3 -
				Specifications
" is a copyrighted document. Copies are available from
				ANSI in Washington, D.C. and from various third-party vendors.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part X - ADOPTION BY REFERENCE › Section 480-120-999 - Adoption by reference

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In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or
				  portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for
				  inspection at the commission library. The publications, effective dates,
				  references within this chapter, and availability of the resources are as
				  follows:
(1)
American National
				Standards for Telecommunications
- "
Network Performance
				Parameters for Dedicated Digital Services for Rates Up To and Including DS3 -
				Specifications
" (ATIS 0100510) is published by the American National
				Standards Institute (ANSI).
(a) The commission
				adopts the version in effect on December 29, 1999, and reaffirmed
				2018.
(b) This publication is
				referenced in WAC 480-120-401 (Network performance standards).
(c) The American National Standards for
				Telecommunications "
Network Performance Parameters for Dedicated
				Digital Services for Rates Up To and Including DS3 - Specifications
"
				is a copyrighted document. Copies are available from ANSI in Washington, D.C.
				and from various third-party vendors.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-011 - Application of rules (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.36.010,
				  80.36.110,
				  80.36.320,
				  80.36.330,
				  80.36.333,
				  80.36.338,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 07-08-027 (Docket
				  UT-060676, General Order R-540), § 480-121-011, filed 3/27/07, effective
				  4/27/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
				  Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-121-011, filed 11/24/03,
				  effective 1/1/04; 02-11-080 (General Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922),
				  § 480-121-011, filed 5/14/02, effective
				  6/17/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-015 - Exemptions from rules in chapter 480-121 WAC (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
				  Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-121-015, filed 11/24/03,
				  effective 1/1/04; 02-11-080 (General Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922),
				  § 480-121-015, filed 5/14/02, effective 6/17/02. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 99-13-097 (Order R-464, Docket No.
				  UT-980083), § 480-121-015, filed 6/15/99, effective
				  7/16/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-016 - Additional requirements (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-11-080 (General
				  Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922), § 480-121-016, filed 5/14/02,
				  effective 6/17/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-017 - Severability (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-11-080 (General
				  Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922), § 480-121-017, filed 5/14/02,
				  effective 6/17/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-018 - Delivery of a filing (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.36.010,
				  80.36.110,
				  80.36.320,
				  80.36.330,
				  80.36.333,
				  80.36.338,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 07-08-027 (Docket
				  UT-060676, General Order R-540), § 480-121-018, filed 3/27/07, effective
				  4/27/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-11-080 (General
				  Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922), § 480-121-018, filed 5/14/02,
				  effective 6/17/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-020 - Requirements for applications for registration and petitions for competitive classification

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(1)
			 Applications for registration and petitions for competitive classification must
			 be in the form prescribed by the commission.
(2) Applications for registration:
(a) Must be filed with a petition for
			 competitive classification unless applicant will not be subject to effective
			 competition;
(b) Must comply with
			 the rules set forth in chapters 480-80 and 480-120 WAC;
(c) Must be filed at the office of the
			 commission in Olympia, Washington; and
(d) Will be assigned a docket number. All
			 documents subsequently filed in the matter must bear that docket
			 number.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-026 - Rejecting a filing (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-11-080 (General
				  Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922), § 480-121-026, filed 5/14/02,
				  effective 6/17/02. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 99-13-097 (Order R-464, Docket No.
				  UT-980083), § 480-121-026, filed 6/15/99, effective
				  7/16/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-040 - Granting or denying applications for registration

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(1) The commission secretary may grant an
			 application for registration without hearing when the application is on a form
			 prescribed by the commission and contains the following:
(a) The name and address of the
			 company;
(b) The name and address
			 of its registered agent, if any;
(c) Name, address, and title of each officer
			 or director;
(d) The most current
			 balance sheet;
(e) The latest
			 annual report, if any; and
(f) A
			 description of the telecommunications services it offers or intends to
			 offer.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-060 - Revoking a registration

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(1) The
			 commission may revoke a registration, after notice and opportunity for a
			 hearing, for good cause. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, failure
			 to:
(a) File an annual report;
(b) Pay regulatory fees;
(c) Provide adequate service;
(d) Maintain the telecommunications company's
			 current address and telephone number; or
(e) Comply with all applicable federal,
			 state, and local telecommunications business and technical
			 regulations.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-061 - General requirements to classify a telecommunications company as competitive or to classify a service provided by a telecommunications company as competitive

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(1) Initiation
			 of classification proceedings. A telecommunications company requesting
			 competitive classification must file a petition with the commission. The
			 petition must state the effective date of the requested classification, which
			 must be at least thirty days after the filing date. The commission may initiate
			 a competitive classification proceeding on its own motion by order instituting
			 investigation.
(2) Intervention.
			 Any person desiring to participate in a competitive classification proceeding
			 may petition to intervene as provided in WAC
			 480-07-355.
(3) Additional parties. In any competitive
			 classification proceeding the commission may require all regulated
			 telecommunications companies potentially affected by the proceeding to appear
			 as parties to determine the proper classification of the affected
			 companies.
(4) Burden of proof. In
			 any competitive classification proceeding, the telecommunications company has
			 the burden of demonstrating that the company or specific service(s) is subject
			 to effective competition.
(5)
			 Effective competition. Effective competition means that customers of the
			 service(s) have reasonably available alternatives and that the company does not
			 have a significant captive customer base for the service(s). The commission
			 will consider the factors outlined in
			 RCW
			 80.36.320(1)(a) through (d)
			 when determining whether a company is competitive.
(6) The competitive classification becomes
			 effective on the stated effective date unless the commission suspends the
			 proposed classification. If the commission suspends a proposed classification,
			 it will enter a final order within six months from the date the petition was
			 filed.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
				  Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-121-061, filed 11/24/03,
				  effective 1/1/04; 02-11-080 (General Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922),
				  § 480-121-061, filed 5/14/02, effective 6/17/02; 01-09-002 (Docket No.
				  U-991301, General Order No. R-481), § 480-121-061, filed 4/4/01, effective
				  5/5/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-062 - Requirements for filing a petition for competitive classification of a telecommunications service

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A petition for competitive classification of a
				telecommunications service must, at a minimum, include:
(1) The name and address of the petitioning
			 company;
(2) The name and telephone
			 number of regulatory contact;
(3) A
			 description of the services it offers;
(4) The names and addresses of any entities
			 that would be classified as "affiliated interests" of the petitioner as defined
			 in RCW
			 80.16.010; and
(5) A description of the service the
			 petitioner proposes to classify as competitive. With respect to each service,
			 the petitioner must provide the following information:
(a) A description of all functionally
			 equivalent or substitute services in the relevant market;
(b) The names and addresses of all providers
			 of the services known or reasonably knowable to the petitioner;
(c) The prices, terms, and conditions under
			 which the services are offered by competitors to the extent known or reasonably
			 knowable to the petitioner;
(d) A
			 geographical description of the relevant market;
(e) An estimate of the petitioner's market
			 share;
(f) A description of ease of
			 entry into the market; and
(g) A
			 statement of whether the petitioner has a significant captive customer base and
			 the basis for any contention that it does not.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-063 - Regulatory requirements that may be waived for competitively classified telecommunications companies

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(1) The
			 following regulatory requirements are waived for competitively classified
			 companies:
(a)RCW
			 80.04.300 (Budgets to be filed by companies
			 -- Supplementary budgets);
(b)RCW
			 80.04.310 (Commission's control over
			 expenditures);
(c)RCW
			 80.04.320 (Budget rules);
(d)RCW
			 80.04.330 (Effect of unauthorized expenditure
			 -- Emergencies);
(e)RCW
			 80.04.360 (Earnings in excess of reasonable
			 rate -- Consideration in fixing rates);
(f)RCW
			 80.04.460 (Investigation of
			 accidents);
(g)RCW
			 80.04.520 (Approval of lease of utility
			 facilities);
(h)RCW
			 80.36.100 (Tariff schedules to be filed and
			 open to public);
(i)RCW
			 80.36.110 (Tariff changes -- Statutory notice
			 -- Exception);
(j)Chapter 80.08 RCW
			 (Securities) (except
			 RCW
			 80.08.140, State not obligated);
(k)Chapter 80.12 RCW (Transfers of
			 property);
(l)Chapter 80.16 RCW
			 (Affiliated interests);
(m) WAC
			 480-80-101 Tariff requirements
			 through WAC
			 480-80-143 Special contracts for
			 gas, electric, and water companies;
(n)Chapter 480-140 WAC (Commission general --
			 Budgets);
(o)Chapter 480-143 WAC
			 (Commission general -- Transfers of property);
(p) WAC
			 480-120-102 (Service
			 offered);
(q) WAC
			 480-120-339 (Streamlined filing
			 requirements for Class B telecommunications company rate increases);
(r) WAC
			 480-120-399 (Access charge and
			 universal service reporting);
(s)
			 WAC 480-120-344 (Expenditures for
			 political or legislative activities);
(t) WAC
			 480-120-352 (Washington Exchange
			 Carrier Association (WECA));
(u)
			 WAC 480-120-369 (Transferring cash or
			 assuming obligation);
(v) WAC
			 480-120-375 (Affiliated interests
			 -- Contracts or arrangements);
(w)
			 WAC 480-120-389 (Securities report);
			 and
(x) WAC
			 480-120-395 (Affiliated interest
			 and subsidiary transactions report).
This rule supersedes all waivers of regulatory requirements for
				competitively classified companies granted by the commission at the time of a
				company's competitive classification. However, subsequent to the adoption of
				this rule, the commission may revoke the waiver of any regulatory requirement
				set forth in (a) through (x) of this subsection or may waive any regulatory
				requirement not included in (a) through (x) of this subsection.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-064 - Reclassifying a competitive telecommunications company or service

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After notice and hearing, the commission may reclassify any
				competitive telecommunications company or service if it determines that
				reclassification would protect the public interest. The telecommunications
				company must demonstrate that the existing competitive classification is proper
				and consistent with the public interest.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-11-080 (General
				  Order No. R-499, Docket No. UT-991922), § 480-121-064, filed 5/14/02,
				  effective 6/17/02; 01-09-002 (Docket No. U-991301, General Order No. R-481),
				  § 480-121-064, filed 4/4/01, effective
				  5/5/01.