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<br />PEi17I0c~ OF SO~TNnESTER'~ BALL PUBLIC UTILITY C01"~ISSTO!~
<br />TELEf'NO!rE CO!~~FF.!;Y Fay AJTi:ORiTY
<br />TU CIIA!;uE RhTES STn?E-,'IGE OF TEXAS
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<br />NOTICE OF PREHEARIN~ CONFERENCE
<br />Cn June ?C, 19%9, Sa:.~thwestern Bell Telephone Company (pe'.l; filed an ap~l i;,c` ion
<br />roGuesting autr,or ity to cL~cr,gF certain of its rates statewide. ,',ccerding to 5_•11's
<br />S:atEm~^t of :ntE-.t inc ;Uut;J therein, increases are prop;,sr:d r. loc:,l exci~ance charges,
<br />:.E'1' tCl~~hOr~e Ct~~rOfS, FEY, CFiarges, Centrer. charges, m1SCE~iane~..~ E'aUi~.~.~r,t CF,"''" ~
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<br />,~ ! ~~~~ f~i3rC~~ for va-io;;s other services. Al l customers znd classes of custo~-~_rs ~::u ;~ be
<br />a`rcc~rd Ly the chances, if zop-'eved. The proposed charges "cold, accord;^~ tc, CE1?'s
<br />~;ro;c.tions, generate additional intrastate revenues, including the effect c~: i^de-re~•~,en~
<br />cor~;,any settlements, of 145.2 zillion znnually, or a percEn:ene increase cr F.:;? ~.~rcEnt
<br />over present adjusted revenue levels. r
<br />The Co.~ission has jurisdiction over this matter under Sections 1E, 18, and ',~-47 of
<br />the Public Utility Regulatory Act, TEX.P,E4'.CIV.STAT.Atr'P;. art. 1445c (Sup;. 1979).
<br />Pursuant to Commission Procedural Rules 052.01.00.024(b) and 052.01.00.052, a prehearing
<br />conference will be held at the Commission offices, 7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Austin,
<br />Texas, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, July 13, 1979. The scope of the conference shall
<br />include consideration of motions to intervene, the alignment and grouping of parties,
<br />consideration of whether to suspend the effective date of the proposed rate changes, the
<br />• determination of a procedural timetable to govern the proceedings herein durino the
<br />pendency of this docket, and such other procedural matters as the Examiner shall in his
<br />discretion decide to consider. Motions to intervene shall be filed with the Commission on
<br />•or before Monday, July 9, 1979, and protests to Bell's rate application should be filed by
<br />Monday, August 13, 1919. Any-motion to intervene filed after said July 9 deadline should
<br />contain an allegation stating good cause for such late filing.
<br />Pursuant to Section 43(c) of the above-cited statute, and under the terms of
<br />Commission Procedural Rule 052.01.00.043(a)(2)(B), Bell is hereby directed to provide a
<br />copy of this notice to the Commissioners Court of each county in which any proposed rate
<br />changes would take effect, as well as to each affected municipality.
<br />ENTERED AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, this ~ da of June 1979.
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<br />PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
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<br />HEARINGS EXAMINER AND
<br />DIRECTOR OF HEARINGS
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