ALJ/SCR/gd2 Date of Issuance 6/30/2011

Decision 11-06-031 June 23, 2011

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Application of Plumas Sierra Telecommunications for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Full Facilities Based Competitive Local Exchange Access and Interexchange Services within California.

Application 11-02-014 (Filed February 18, 2011)

DECISION GRANTING PLUMAS SIERRA TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE FULL FACILITIES-BASED COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE ACCESS AND INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE WITHIN CALIFORNIA AND ADOPTING A FINAL MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CEQA

1. Summary

Plumas Sierra Telecommunications filed an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for authority to provide full facilities-based competitive local exchange, access, and interexchange services in the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California and Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, Inc., d/b/a Frontier Communications Company of California Inc., specifically, within the counties of Plumas, Sierra, and Lassen. Plumas seeks to provide interexchange service throughout the state of California.

By this decision, we grant Plumas Sierra Telecommunications a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide full facilities-based competitive local exchange, access, and interexchange services, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Ordering Paragraphs.