T16955 Draft resolution for comments California High Cost Fund-B budget for year 2006-07
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

August 23, 2005

Draft Resolution T-16956: 17 Small LECs, the CHCF-A Administrative Committee, parties of record in R.01-08-002 and A.99-09-044

Draft Resolution T-16955:  CHCF-B Claimants, CHCF-B Administrative Committee, and parties that informed TD to continue to be on the service list of R.95-01-020/I.95-01-021

Draft Resolution T-16953: Parties on service list of R.04-12-001 and members of the ULTS Administrative Committee

Draft Resolution T-16896: Parties of record to Investigation 87-11-031, Rulemaking (R.) 00-05-001, R.03-03-014, The Telecommunications Access for the Deaf and Disabled Administrative Committee members, California Relay Service Advisory Committee members and the Equipment Program Advisory Committee members

The following draft Resolutions propose the approval of fiscal year 2006-07 program budgets and will be on the agenda of the Commission's September 22, 2005 meeting:

o Resolution T-16956, if adopted, will approve a budget of $44.528 million for the California High Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund;

o Resolution T-16955, if adopted, will approve a budget of $434.583 million for the California High Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund; and

o Resolution T-16953, if adopted, will approve a budget of $289.884 million for the Universal Lifeline Service Telephone Trust Administrative Committee Fund.

o Resolution T-16896, if adopted, will approve a budget of $69,030,000 for the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Fund.

The above draft resolutions are available at the Commission's web-site at www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/proceedings/resolutions/index.htm.  This Notice also informs you of the availability of the conformed resolutions, when adopted by the Commission, at the same website.  

Pursuant to Public Utilities (PU) Code 311 (g), these draft resolutions are available for public comments.  Comments should be focused on factual, legal, and/or technical errors in the draft resolution.  Comments must be limited to five pages in length and shall include a subject index listing the recommendations to the draft resolution, a table of authorities, and an appendix setting forth the proposed revised findings and ordering paragraphs.

Draft Resolutions T-16956, T-16955, T-16953, and T- 16896 will be on the agenda of the Commission's September 22, 2005 meeting, which is to be held 30 days from the above mailing date.  The Commission may vote on the resolution, or it may postpone a vote until later.  When the Commission votes on a draft resolution, it may adopt all or part of it as written, amend, or modify it, or set it aside and prepare a different resolution.  Only when the Commission acts does a resolution become binding on the parties.

If you wish to be served by parties filing opening and reply comments, please inform the Telecommunications Division, Public Program Branch, of the California Public Utilities Commission by August 30 2005 of your request by e-mail to mhm@cpuc.ca.gov.  Otherwise, comments on Draft Resolutions T-16956, T-16955, T-16953, and T-16896 will be addressed only to the Telecommunications Division as stated below. 

The date of submission is the date the comments are received by the Telecommunications Division.  Parties must serve a copy of their comments to each requesting party, if any, as set forth on the Commission web-site on the same date that the comments are submitted to the Telecommunications Division.  The requesting party list, if any, will be available on the Commission web-site at http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/public+programs/index.htm on September 2, 2005.

Comments must be received no later than September 7, 2005 (which is 15 days from the date of this mailing).  Reply comments may be submitted on or before September 12, 2005 (5 days after opening comments are submitted) and shall be limited to identifying misrepresentations of law, fact, or condition of the record contained in the comments of other parties.  Replies shall not exceed three pages in length and shall be submitted and served in the same manner as opening comments. 

Late-filed opening comments and/or reply comments will ordinarily be rejected.  However, in extraordinary circumstances, a request for leave to submit comments or replies late may be filed together with proposed comments/replies.  An accompanying declaration under penalty of perjury shall be submitted setting forth all the reasons for the late submission.

Opening comments and reply comments on Draft Resolutions T-16956, T-16955,

T-16593, and/or T-16896 should be addressed to:

Sincerely,

/s/ Jack Leutza

Jack Leutza, Director

Telecommunications Division

NOTICE

Parties should notify the Telecommunications Division, Third Floor,

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