X. Assignment of Proceeding
Susan P. Kennedy is the Assigned Commissioner and Jeffrey P. O'Donnell is the assigned Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding.
1. A notice of the filing of the application appeared in the Daily Calendar on January 5, 2004.
2. There were no protests to this application.
3. A hearing is not required.
4. In prior decisions, the Commission authorized competition in providing local exchange telecommunications services within the service territories of Pacific, Verizon, SureWest, and CTC.
5. Applicant has a minimum of $100,000 of cash or cash equivalent that is reasonably liquid and readily available to meet its start-up expenses.
6. Applicant has sufficient additional cash or cash equivalent to cover any deposits that may be required by other telecommunications carriers in order to provide the proposed service.
7. Applicant's management possesses sufficient experience and knowledge to provide local exchange services to the public.
8. As part of its application, Applicant submitted a draft of its initial tariff that contained the deficiencies identified in Attachment A to this decision. Except for these deficiencies, Applicant's draft tariffs complied with the Commission's requirements.
9. Applicant will not construct any facilities, except for equipment to be installed in existing buildings or structures, in order to provide the proposed service.
1. Applicant has the financial ability to provide the proposed service.
2. Applicant has made a reasonable showing of technical expertise in, or related to, telecommunications.
3. Public convenience and necessity require the competitive local exchange services to be offered by Applicant, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
4. The application should be granted to the extent set forth below.
5. Applicant, once granted a CPCN, should be subject to the applicable Commission rules, decisions, General Orders, and statutes that pertain to California public utilities.
6. Applicant's initial tariff filing should correct the deficiencies noted in its draft tariffs as indicated in Attachment A to this decision.
7. Since Applicant will not construct any facilities, except for equipment to be installed in existing buildings or structures, it can be seen with certainty that granting it authority to provide local exchange services will not have a significant adverse effect upon the environment.
8. Because of the public interest in competitive local exchange services, the following order should be effective immediately.
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. A certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) is granted to Think 12 Corporation d/b/a Hello Depot (Applicant) to provide limited facilities-based and resold local exchange services in the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Verizon California Inc., SureWest Telephone, and Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, Inc., subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.
2. Applicant is authorized to file tariff schedules for the provision of competitive local exchange services. Applicant may not offer competitive local exchange services until tariffs are on file. Applicant's initial filing shall be made in accordance with General Order (GO) 96-A, excluding Sections IV, V, and VI, and shall correct the deficiencies noted in Attachment A. The tariff shall be effective not less than one day after approval by the Commission's Telecommunications Division. Applicant shall comply with its tariffs.
3. The certificate granted and the authority to render service under the rates, charges, and rules authorized herein will expire if not exercised within 12 months after the effective date of this order.
4. The corporate identification number assigned to Applicant, U-6784-C, shall be included in the caption of all original filings with this Commission, and in the titles of other pleadings filed in existing cases.
5. Applicant shall comply with all applicable rules adopted in the Local Exchange Competition proceeding (Rulemaking 95-04-043/ Investigation 95-04-044), as well as all other applicable Commission rules, decisions, GOs and statutes that pertain to California public utilities, subject to the exemptions granted in this decision.
6. Applicant shall comply with the requirements applicable to competitive local exchange carriers included in Attachment B to this decision.
7. Applicant is not authorized to construct facilities, except for equipment to be installed in existing buildings or structures.
8. This proceeding is closed.
This order is effective today.
Dated , at San Francisco, California.
ATTACHMENT A
List of deficiencies in tariffs filed by Think 12 Corporation in A.03-12-041 to be corrected in its tariff compliance filing.
1. Title Sheet: The title sheet language should be replaced to read as:
