Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 168 - Telecommunications Resellers And Resale › Section PSC 168.07 - Continuation of certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A certificate
			 issued under this chapter is subject to automatic expiration if the reseller
			 fails to file the annual report required by s. PSC 168.12, and the fee required
			 under sub. (2) if the certificated reseller is not subject to assessment under
			 s. PSC 168.09(2). The expiration of a certificate shall be effective June 1 of
			 the year in which the required report, or any fee required by this section, was
			 not filed by April 1, or such later date as may be ordered by the
			 commission.
(2) A reseller not
			 subject to assessment under s. PSC 168.09(2) shall pay a fixed fee with the
			 filing of the annual report. The commission by order may determine the amount
			 of the fee and the permissible form or forms of payment. An annual report
			 received by the commission that is not accompanied by a required fee in the
			 proper amount or form of payment will not be considered a substantially
			 complete annual report filing for purposes of s. PSC 168.13(1) (a) and may be
			 returned.
Note
The current fee is $100, payable in any check
				form or by money order. Cash is not acceptable.
(3) A reseller issued its initial certificate
			 under s.
			 PSC
			 168.06 afterJanuary 1 and on or before April 1 shall
			 comply with this section commencing in the succeeding calendar year.
(4) Commencing upon December, 31, 1997,
			 existing certificates of authority that are held by any type of alternative
			 telecommunications utility and that authorize the holder to engage in any type
			 of resale of intrastate telecommunications services, shall be treated as
			 follows:
(a) Any alternative
			 telecommunications utility reseller holding an interim or final certificate of
			 authority from the commission remains authorized to conduct its
			 telecommunications business in this state under that certificate. Any interim
			 certificate, however, shall be deemed permanent and modified to authorize
			 resale of intrastate telecommunications services in compliance with this
			 chapter, including the provision for expiration of certification for failure to
			 comply with this section. This paragraph does not apply to make permanent any
			 certification that was originally granted on an interim basis on account of the
			 petitioner's fitness and does not modify or rescind any terms and conditions
			 imposed by the commission upon certifying under this chapter an alternative
			 telecommunications utility reseller that is affiliated with a
			 telecommunications utility authorized under s.
			 196.50(2),
			 Stats.
Note
Under this paragraph resellers having interim
				authorization to provide alternative operator services under commission docket
				05-TI-116 now have permanent certification to provide those services in
				accordance with this chapter. Any reseller that had interim certification
				because of a fitness question still has interim certification, but is obliged
				to comply with this chapter. Except for fitness limitations, all existing
				alternative telecommunications utility (ATU) reseller certificates are deemed
				modified to make the resale operations of such resellers uniformly subject to
				this chapter, except where the certificate contains unique terms and conditions
				on account of the ATU reseller's affiliation with a telecommunications utility.
				This provision does not make permanent those interim terms and conditions
				imposed on a certificate on account of a reseller's affiliation with a
				telecommunications utility. Those interim terms and conditions are subject to
				further investigation in docket 05-TI-138 or any related dockets dealing with
				affiliate relationships.
(b) Any alternative telecommunications
			 utility other than a reseller certified under s.
			 196.01(1d)
			 (c), Stats., retains interim or permanent
			 certification as provided in its certificate. Any authorization in the
			 certificate to resell intrastate telecommunications services shall be deemed
			 modified to incorporate by reference the duty to comply with this chapter,
			 except as modified or supplemented by the express terms of the certificate or
			 the provisions of any applicable commission order.