§269-16.95  Emergency telephone service;capital costs; ratemaking.  (a)  A public utility providing local exchangetelecommunications services may recover the capital cost and associatedoperating expenses of providing a statewide enhanced 911 emergency telephoneservice in the public switched telephone network, through:

(1)  A telephone line surcharge; or

(2)  Its rate case.

(b)  Notwithstanding the commission's rules onratemaking, the commission shall expedite and give highest priority to anynecessary ratemaking procedures related to providing a statewide enhanced 911emergency telephone service; provided that the commission may set forthconditions and requirements as the commission determines are in the publicinterest.

(c)  The commission shall require every publicutility providing statewide enhanced 911 emergency telephone service tomaintain a separate accounting of the costs of providing an enhanced 911emergency service and the revenues received from related surcharges until thenext general rate case.  The commission shall further require that every publicutility imposing a surcharge shall identify such as a separate line item on allcustomer billing statements.

(d)  This section shall not preclude thecommission from changing any rate, established pursuant to this section, eitherspecifically or pursuant to any general restructuring of all telephone rates,charges, and classifications. [L 1993, c 223, §2; am L 1997, c 94, §1]

 

Cross References

 

  Enhanced 911 services for mobile phones, see chapter 138.