ALJ/DOT/sid Mailed 10/17/2003

Decision 03-10-038 October 16, 2003

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)

OPINION MODIFYING DECISION 03-03-033 REGARDING NONRECURRING PRICES AND CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION OF PRICE FLOOR CHANGES

I. Summary

This decision resolves two outstanding petitions for modification of Decision (D.) 03-03-033. First, the Commission denies Verizon California Inc.'s (Verizon) request for an extension until March 2004 to implement the nonrecurring prices adopted in D.03-03-033. Instead, Verizon may defer billing for nonrecurring charges, with interest, until its billing system changes are complete. Second, the Commission agrees with Verizon that customer notification of potential price floor changes is duplicative of existing General Order (GO) 96-A requirements that contracts must inform customers of the potential for contract modifications by the Commission. Although the additional notice requirement is removed, the intent of D.03-03-033 is left intact that contract prices based on interim price floors are subject to adjustment once final price floors are adopted in a later phase of this proceeding.