Section 5-1 - Authority, Scope and Definitions (a) These Rules are promulgated by authority of Wyoming Statutes §§ 37-15-501 et seq.;
(b) All telecommunications companies which provide telecommunications services, and providers of VoIP and internet protocol enabled services as defined by Wyoming Statute § 37-15-105, (Companies) are subject to this Chapter.
(c) All definitions contained within Wyoming Statute §§ 37-15-103 through 105, and Chapter 4 of these Rules apply to Chapter 5. In addition: - (i) Contributions from the Federal Universal Service Fund (FUSF Contributions): funds received from the FUSF as reported to the Commission for high cost support mechanisms that will assist customers located in areas with relatively high rates for noncompetitive essential local exchange service;
- (ii) Embedded Support Price: the Commission-approved price paid for telecommunications service that includes a FUSF credit without explicitly stating the amount of the credit on the customer's bill;
- (iii) Essential local exchange service line: a line providing essential local exchange services as defined by Wyoming Statute § 37-15-103(a)(iv);
- (iv) Essential local exchange service price: those prices charged for the provision of essential local exchange services as defined by Wyoming Statute § 37-15-103(a)(iv), including when bundled with unregulated services;
- (v) Fund: Wyoming Universal Service Fund;
- (vi) Incremental Federal High Cost Support Adjustment: the difference between the amounts of Federal High Cost Support received in the most recent calendar year and the amount of Federal High Cost Support in the Embedded Support Price;
- (vii) Most recent annual filing of unseparated loop costs filed with USAC: those costs found in a company's annual October 1 submittal made by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) pursuant to 47 CFR § 54.1307;
- (viii) Most recent annual FUSF receipts: the total of all high cost receipts disbursed to a company during the last completed calendar year, including all high cost support mechanisms except intercarrier compensation (ICC);
- (ix) Most recent annual local revenues: local revenues as calculated using the statutory $30 imputed price benchmark and all subscriber line charge revenue; and
- (x) Non-Embedded Support Price: the Commission-approved price paid for telecommunications service that includes a FUSF credit that is explicitly stated on the customer's bill.