VII. Motion to Shorten Protest Period

On September 23, 2010, CTC filed a Motion for expedited treatment of A.10-09-014, stating that RUS requires that the executed loan/grant documents and supporting information, that includes this Commission's financing approval, be submitted by CTC to the RUS within 60 days from September 15, 2010.

Because of the Commission's set meeting schedule, the Commission could not accommodate CTC's request. By the time this proceeding is addressed by the Commission, the 30-day protest period would have ended. Therefore, CTC's motion for expedited treatment of this Application becomes moot.

On October 15, 2010, staff notified CTC that it would need to correspond with RUS to request for an extension of the 60-day RUS deadline. On

November 8, 2010, RUS extended the deadline to January 15, 2011.