Procedural History

GVN filed this application on February 15, 2005. In Resolution
ALJ 176-3148, dated February 24, 2005, we preliminarily categorized this proceeding as ratesetting and preliminarily determined that a hearing is not necessary.

ORA filed a protest on March 28, 2005. ORA's protest stated that the terms of this transaction might violate certain conditions that the Commission attached to the acquisition of Evans Telephone Company (Evans Telephone), subsequently renamed as GVN, to Country Road and Evans Telephone Holdings, Inc. (Evans Holdings) in D.01-06-084, and that the application lacked sufficient information regarding the impact of the sale and the relocation of GVN's offices to Patterson on ratepayers. GVN filed a reply to the protest on April 4, 2005.

At a prehearing conference held on May 19, 2005, the parties concurred that there was no need for a hearing in this matter and agreed to file a stipulation or settlement agreement to address the issues raised in ORA's protest by June 20, 2005.

On June 20, 2005, the parties filed a proposed settlement agreement and a joint motion to accept the settlement agreement.