DOT/sid 7/23/2002

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Govern Open Access to Bottleneck Services and Establish A Framework for Network Architecture Development of Dominant Carrier Networks.	Rulemaking 93-04-003 (Filed April 7, 1993)
Investigation on the Commission's Own Motion into Open Access and Network Architecture Development of Dominant Carrier Networks.	Investigation 93-04-002 (Filed April 7, 1993) (Verizon UNE Phase)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE'S RULING

REVISING SCHEDULE FOR SETTING UNBUNDLED

NETWORK ELEMENT RATES

FOR VERIZON CALIFORNIA, GRANTING

INTERVENTION REQUEST, AND UPDATING SERVICE LIST

This ruling revises the schedule for the "Verizon Unbundled Network Element (UNE) Phase" of Rulemaking 93-04-003/Investigation 93-04-002 (OANAD proceeding), in which the Commission will set recurring and nonrecurring prices for Verizon California's (Verizon) UNEs, and price floors for Verizon's Category II services. As discussed at the prehearing conference held on June 28, 2002, the Verizon UNE phase will be divided into two parts, with the first stage addressing interim UNE rate proposals and the second stage reviewing updated cost studies for permanent UNE rates. This ruling also adopts criteria for cost filings and grants a pending intervention request. A newly revised service list for this proceeding is attached to this ruling.

Revised Schedule to Set Interim UNE Rates

At the June 28 prehearing conference, Commissioner Duque and I ruled that parties should file proposals by July 30, 2002 for interim UNE rates for Verizon. Commissioner Duque and I urged parties to stipulate to one methodology to set interim rates. Any proposals filed on that date should contain a comprehensive description of the methodology used to arrive at interim rates, all supporting cost studies or models, workpapers and supporting materials, sworn declarations in support of the filing, and electronic versions of any cost models. Any interim pricing proposals should also contain a listing of the UNEs for which interim prices are proposed and a justification of why those particular UNEs were chosen for interim pricing.

Comments on the proposals shall be filed and served on August 20, 2002, and reply comments shall be filed and served on September 6, 2002. A copy of all filings should be sent electronically to the service list and to ALJ Dorothy Duda at dot@cpuc.ca.gov.