Okla. Admin. Code § 165:55-17-25

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 165:55-17-25 - Costing standards

(a) To facilitate the Commission's ability to arbitrate agreements between telecommunications service providers when negotiations have resulted in a party requesting the Commission to arbitrate, the telecommunications service provider owning facilities that are the subject of arbitration shall provide to the Commission the following cost studies, for those services in dispute, no later than one hundred sixty (160) days after the receipt of a request for negotiation:

(1) Long-run incremental cost ("LRIC") studies and studies identifying a contribution to common costs for interconnection of facilities and network elements; or,

(2) Marketing, billing, collection and other costs that will be avoided by the telecommunications service provider for any resold services.

(b) To facilitate the Commission's ability to review and approve negotiated agreements between telecommunications service providers, both parties shall provide to the Commission Staff, within ten (10) days following the request, any information, including LRIC studies, necessary to demonstrate that the negotiated agreement does not discriminate against a telecommunications service provider which is not a party to the agreement.

(c) Nothing in this Section precludes a party from requesting production of cost studies during the negotiation process provided for under federal law, nor precludes a party from objecting to such request. Disputes related to such requests or objections may be submitted by either party to the Commission for mediation pursuant to OAC 165:55-17-7.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:55-17-25

Added at 13 Ok Reg 2437, eff 7-1-96

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 23, August 17, 2015, eff. 8/27/2015