Opinion ID: 421797
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Suspension Order

Text: 34 The Extension Order left open for determination the MOUs and Separations Amount variables necessary to compute the monthly charge per ENFIA line under the ENFIA Agreement. AT & T immediately filed tariff revisions addressing these variables on behalf of the Bell Operating Companies. These revisions proposed to increase the Separations Amount from $.0595 to $.0658 per minute and the MOUs from 3000 to 5823; the combined rate for Elements 2 and 3 under the proposal would have risen from $122.20 to $258.21 per month. Suspension Order, 90 F.C.C.2d at 205. The OCCs challenged both AT & T's estimation of their MOUs and its determination of the Separations Amount. 35 On April 30, 1982, the FCC issued an order suspending the tariff revisions for five months and setting for investigation the proper level of MOUs and the correct Separations Amount. To avoid any disruption of service and to protect the parties' rights during the investigation, the Commission exercised its authority under section 4(i) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i) (1976), to impose an interim billing and collection rate based on 4000 MOUs and the Separations Amount proposed by AT & T. This rate, $178.46 per line per month, was made subject to adjustment at the termination of the FCC's investigation.