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Minutes of the Regular Open Meeting

March 2, 2004

Attendance:

Chairman Hurless 
Deputy Chair Furtney 
Commissioner Lee

Walter Eggers, Attorney for WIEC 
Roger Fransen, Attorney for PacifiCorp
Five Office of Consumer Advocate Members
Eleven Commission Staff Members

1. Docket Nos. 70000-TK-04-955 and 70100-TK-04-4 (Record No. 8861) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Qwest Corporation and Houlton Enterprises requesting authority to amend their existing interconnection agreement. Contact Mike Korber or Dave Lucero.

2. Docket No. 70084-TT-04-33 (Record No. 8924) The Commission authorized an Order granting the request of Z-Tel Communications to withdraw its previously filed tariff application which sought to remove provisions relating to the Telephone Assistance Program. Contact Luy Luong or Dave Lucero.

3. Docket No. 20000-ER-03-198 (Record No. 8310) The Commission accepted the compliance tariff filing made by PacifiCorp with regard to its above docketed application for a general rate increase of $41.8 million. Contact Dave Mosier or Steve Oxley.

1. Docket No. 70000-TT-04-959 (Record No. 8877) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Qwest Corporation requesting authority to expand the Base Rate Area for its Casper exchange, effective immediately. Contact Mike Korber or Ivan Williams.

2. Docket Nos. 70000-TK-03-951 and 70106-TK-03-2 (Record No. 8805) The Commission authorized an Order approving the application of Qwest Corporation and IDT America, Corp., requesting authority to enter into an interconnect agreement, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Ivan Williams.

3. Docket No. 70009-TK-04-198 (Record No. 8853) The Commission authorized an Order approving the application of United Telephone Company of the West d/b/a Sprint requesting authority to enter into an interconnection agreement with dpiTeleconect, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Dave Lucero.

1. Docket No. 74008-TA-04-12 (Record No. 8937) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of T-NETIX Telecommunications Services requesting authority to transfer control of its parent corporation to TZ Holdings, Inc., effective immediately. Contact Luy Luong or Ivan Williams.

2. Docket No. 30011-GS-04-40 (Record No. 8946) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Energy West, Inc., requesting authority to enter into a credit facilities agreement with LaSalle Bank, N.A., effective immediately. Contact Luy Luong or Ivan Williams.

3. Docket No. 70110-TA-04-1 (Record No. 8916) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., requesting a Concurrent Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide local exchange telecommunications services in those areas currently served by Qwest Corporation in Wyoming, effectively immediately. Contact Luy Luong or Dave Lucero.

4. Docket No. 80007-WT-03-18 (Record No. 8322) The Commission accepted the compliance tariff filing submitted by Vista West Water Company with regard to its above docketed general rate application, effective February 1, 2004. Contact Darrell Zlomke or Dave Lucero.

5. Docket No. 10014-CA-03-64 (Record No. 8449) The Commission authorized an order granting the Motion to Shorten Time for Discovery Responses by Kennecott which was filed by PacifiCorp with regard to the above docketed application of Powder River Energy Corporation and Kennecott Energy Company requesting authority for Powder River Energy Corporation to serve the Antelope coal mine. Contact Steve Oxley.

6. Docket No. 20000-ET-03-205 (Record No. 8581) The Commission authorized an Order granting the Motions of the Wyoming Industrial Energy Consumers for the admission pro hac vice of Robert Pomeroy, Thor Nelson and Rick D. Bailey as counsel with regard to the application of PacifiCorp requesting authority to implement a power cost adjustment mechanism, effective immediately. Contact Steve Oxley.

7. Docket No. 20000-ET-03-205 (Record No. 8581) The Commission authorized the issuance of a special order allowing one commissioner or a hearing officer to conduct and preside over the public hearing scheduled with regard to the above docketed application of PacifiCorp requesting authority to implement a power cost adjustment mechanism. Contact Steve Oxley.

8. Undocketed The Commission authorized the issuance of a letter stating that Powder River Energy Corporation may proceed with the upgrading of its Recluse substation without the need for formal certification proceedings before the Commission. Contact Jon Jacquot or Steve Oxley.

9. Docket No. 70057-TT-04-8 (Record No. 8929) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Comm South Companies, Inc., requesting authority to implement its original access service tariff, effective immediately. Contact Jess Bottom or Dave Lucero.

10. Docket No. 74600-TA-04-4 (Record No. 8928) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Motion Telecom for authority to transfer ownership and 100% of its outstanding capital stock to Wireless Channels, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Ivan Williams.

11. Docket No. 74236-TA-04-7 (Record No. 8908) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Electric Lightwave, Inc., requesting a waiver of the Commission rules relating to service quality reporting requirements, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Ivan Williams.

12. Docket Nos. 74440-TA-04-44, 74198-TA-04-54 and 74091-TA-04-201 (Record No. 8919) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., requesting a waiver, for its Verizon companies, of the Commission rules relating to service quality reporting requirements, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Dave Lucero.

1. Docket Nos. 70000-TK-04-953 and 70084-TK-04-32 (Record No. 8843) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Qwest Corporation requesting authority to amend its existing interconnection agreement to include terms, conditions and rates for UNE-P Line Splitting with Z -Tel Communications, effective immediately. Contact Mike Korber or Ivan Williams.

2. Docket Nos. 70000-TK-04-962 and 70108-TK-04-2 (Record No. 8899) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Qwest Corporation requesting authority to enter into an interconnection agreement with Granite Telecommunications, effective immediately. Contact Mike Korber or Dave Lucero.

1. Undocketed: Representatives of PacifiCorp made an informational presentation to the Commission and its staff regarding matters of electric utility industry interest. Contact Steve Oxley.

2. Docket No. 50050-PC-02-2 (Record No. 7373) The Commission authorized an Amended Order, consistent with the provisions of the Stipulation and Agreement entered into by Rocky Mountain Pipeline System and Sinclair Oil Corporation with regard to the above docketed complaint matter. The Commission also approved the proposed tariff associated with the Amended Order, effective April 1, 2004. Contact Ivan Williams.

1. Docket No. 70000-TA-04-970 (Record No. 8971) The Commission authorized an Order approving the request of Qwest Corporation for a two month extension of time in which to file TSLRIC inputs and schedule a technical conference. The Commission also approved similar extensions of the TSLRIC study filing deadline and approval deadline. Contact Mike Korber or Ivan Williams.

2. Docket No. 30007-GP-04-67 (Record No. 8959) At the request of its staff, the Commission declined to take formal action on the above docketed application of Frannie-Deaver Utilities requesting authority to pass on a net wholesale gas cost decrease of $0.2174 per MCF. Contact Jess Bottom, Jon Jacquot or Dave Lucero.

3. Docket No. 10014-CA-03-64 (Record No. 8449) The Commission authorized an Order approving the Amended Stipulation to Shorten Time for Discovery Responses which was filed with regard to the above docketed application of Powder River Energy for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide service to that portion of Kennecott Energy's Antelope Coal Mine located in Converse County. Contact Steve Oxley.

4. Docket No. 20003-EA-04-75 (Record No. 8984) and Docket No. 30005-GA-04-97 (Record No. 8985) The Commission authorized an Order approving the Joint Petition for Confidential Treatment of Documents with regard to the above docketed joint application relating to the sale of Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company to Black Hills Corporation. Contact Steve Oxley.

5. Docket Nos. 70000-TK-04-963 and 70033-TK-04-16 (Record No. 8905) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of Qwest Corporation requesting authority to amend its existing interconnection agreement with 1-800 Reconex to include terms, conditions and rates for Unbundled Network Element-Platform (UNE-P) Public Access Lines, effective immediately. Contact Mike Korber or Dave Lucero.

6. Docket No. 30013-GP-04-148 (Record No. 8967) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Montana-Dakota Utilities Company requesting authority to pass on a net wholesale gas cost decrease of $0.380 per decatherm, effective for service rendered on and after April 1, 2004. Contact Darrell Zlomke or Ivan Williams.

7. Docket No. 70000-TT-04-969 (Record No. 8956) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Qwest Corporation requesting authority to offer its Business Line Volume Purchasing Plan, effective April 5, 2004. Contact Luy Luong or Ivan Williams.

8. Docket No. 20000-ET-04-208 (Record No. 8958) The Commission approved the above docketed application of PacifiCorp requesting authority to file its Dark Sky Tariff which was inadvertently omitted from the company's recent compliance filing in Docket No. 20000-ER-03-198. Contact Don Biedermann or Ivan Williams.

9. Docket Nos. 70009-TK-04-196 and 70107-TK-04-4 (Record No. 8846) The Commission authorized an Order approving the above docketed application of United Telephone Company of the West d/b/a Sprint requesting authority to enter into an interconnect agreement with XO Network Services, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Ivan Williams.

10. Docket No. 20000-EA-04-207 (Record No. 8904) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Pacificorp requesting authority to sell its interest in the Skookumchuck Dam and Hydroelectric Plant located near Centralia, Washington, effective immediately. Contact Art Schmidt or Ivan Williams.

1. Undocketed - The Commission granted the Wyoming Universal Service Fund Manager an extension of time in which to file the state-wide average local exchange telecommunications service rate and recommended assessment level for the 2004-2005 fiscal year of the fund. The extension was granted until no later than May 10, 2004. No other fund related deadlines are affected by this action. Contact Mike Korber or Ivan Williams.

2. Docket No. 80007-WP-04-21 (Record No. 8972) The Commission authorized a Notice and Order approving the above docketed application of Vista West Water Company requesting authority to pass on a net wholesale water cost increase, including line loss, of $0.12 per 1,000 gallons, effective for service rendered on and after April 1, 2004. Contact Luy Luong or Dave Lucero.

1. Docket No. 70005-TA-03-19 (Record No. 8674) The Commission conducted deliberations regarding the above docketed application of Chugwater Telephone Company for designation as a competitive service provider pursuant to the provisions of W.S. § 37-15-202. The Commission declined to make a final decision and re-opened the record of the proceeding to receive additional evidence. Contact Art Schmidt or Ivan Williams.