IV. Additional Information Needed
This ruling directs Verizon to furnish the following additional detail about its application in its PHC statement.
A. Verizon shall provide an estimate of the total value of the assets, personnel and equipment to be transferred.
B. It appears Verizon anticipates transferring personnel as well as equipment to VAD: "Verizon California seeks authority to lease to VAD certain office and associated space used by Verizon California employees who will become VAD employees."5 It should explain how these transfers will occur, how the loss of personnel will affect Verizon's customer service, and how, if at all, ratepayers will be compensated for the transfer of these employees from the regulated entity to an unregulated affiliate.
C. Verizon shall clarify the deadline for state approval of the transfer, and indicate whether it plans to seek an FCC waiver of the deadline in accordance with the provision quoted in Section II above.
D. If it has not already done so in reply to ORA's protest, Verizon shall state its position on ORA's assertion that the advanced services should be valued as a going concern.
E. If it has not already done so in reply to ORA's protest, Verizon shall state its position on ORA's assertions about collocation. ORA is concerned that Verizon will transfer space to VAD that could be used to satisfy the requests of competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) to collocate their facilities on Verizon's premises.
F. If it has not already done so in reply to ORA's protest, Verizon shall state its position on ORA's assertion about the effects of the transfer on customer service for the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service.
