4. Revocation of LAE's CPCN

In the response to the ALJ ruling, Ursus and LAE recommend that neither a resolution nor a decision revoking LAE's CPCN should issue. If the Commission does not approve the proposed transfer, Ursus and LAE request that they be permitted to "(a) file a Notice of Withdrawal of their Joint Application and (b) cancel LAE's unused California certificate."

We will treat the request of Ursus and LAE that they be allowed to withdraw the application and to cancel the CPCN, as a request to revoke LAE's CPCN that was granted in D.97-09-133. Although the applicants request that LAE's CPCN be cancelled, we have routinely revoked the CPCNs of telecommunication carriers and canceled the company's corporate identification number. (See Resolutions T-16426, 16431, 16488 and 16489.) We see no reason to depart from that practice.

The Telecommunications Division's Public Programs Branch has determined that LAE has never reported or remitted any telecommunications-related surcharges to the Commission.

In Resolution T-16657, the Commission adopted the Telecommunications Division's recommendation to revoke the CPCNs of 28 telephone companies and to cancel their Utility Identification Numbers. The revocation included the CPCN of LAE. We affirm the revocation of LAE's CPCN, and cancellation of LAE's Utility Identification Number, U-5878-C.