Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-130 - Reporting requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Wireline communications provider reports.
A wireline
			 communications provider that receives program support must submit the following
			 information and reports to the commission on or before July 1st of the year
			 following each calendar year in which the provider receives that support unless
			 a different date is specified below:
(a) The
			 number of residential and business access lines and broadband connections
			 served within the state of Washington for which the provider used program
			 support during the preceding calendar year in the provision of basic
			 telecommunications and broadband service (broken down to reflect beginning and
			 end of year quantities);
(b)
			 Detailed information on how the provider used program support during the
			 preceding year to maintain, provide, or enhance telecommunications
			 services;
(c) Detailed information
			 on how the provider used program support during the preceding year to meet the
			 provider's broadband buildout requirement. Information must include location
			 information in the same format that broadband specific location data is filed
			 with the Federal Communications Commission or the Universal Service
			 Administrative Company. If the data format or reporting data fields change, the
			 providers and commission staff will work together to revise the requirements
			 and format;
(d) A list with
			 detailed information of all consumer requests for new basic telecommunications
			 service in the area for which the provider received program support during the
			 preceding year that the provider denied or did not fulfill for any
			 reason;
(e) An unsworn statement
			 from a company officer of the provider certifying that, during the preceding
			 year, the provider materially complied with all commission rules in chapter
			 480-120 WAC that are applicable to the provider and its provision of service
			 within the area for which the provider received program support;
(f) An unsworn statement by a company officer
			 certifying that during the preceding year, the provider met the requirements of
			 WAC 480-123-120(5);
(g) Broadband availability data as required
			 by the commission;
(h) A report on
			 operational efficiencies and business plan modifications for the area for which
			 the provider receives program support during the preceding year that the
			 provider has undertaken to transition or expand from primary provision of
			 legacy voice telephone service to broadband service or otherwise reduce its
			 reliance on support from the program, and whether and how disbursements from
			 the program were used to accomplish such outcomes;
(i) The provider's Form 477 Subscription Data
			 at the census tract level on a Washington state basis that provides data in the
			 same format and within 14 calendar days of the dates the data is provided to
			 the Federal Communications Commission;
(j) Detailed information on any other efforts
			 the provider made to use program support to advance universal service and the
			 public interest in Washington; and
(k) Any other information or reports the
			 commission requires including, but not limited to, information the commission
			 needs to provide a report to the legislature concerning the program.