OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON

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1 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA Entered by the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, at the Capitol in the City of Charleston on the14thday of October, CASE NO T-42T THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA, a corporation. In the matter of increased rates and charges. OPDER ESTABLISHING A HEARING SCHEDULE AND REQUIRING BILL INSERTS On August 3, 1983, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of \Jest Virginia, a corporation, tendered for filing revised tariff sheets re- flecting increased rates and charges of approximately $94,068,784 or 41.2%, annually, for providing telephone service to approximately 561,663 sub- I scribers in West Virginia, to become effective September 3, The Commission, by order entered on August 4, 1983, made The Chesapeakt and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, a corporation, respondent to this proceeding, and, pending investigation, hearing and decision there- on, the aforesaid revised tariff sheets were suspended and the use of the rates and charges stated therein deferred until 12:Ol a.m., June 1, 1984, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, to enable the Commission to examine and investigate the supporting data filed with said revised tariff sheets and to provide time for the Commission's Staff to make reports con- cerning the matters involved herein. Such order further provided that persons or corporations interested in participating in this proceeding should file a petition to intervene with the Executive Secretary of the Commission, State Capitol Building, Charleston, Vest Virginia 25305, on or before November 30,1983. Copies of the petition to intervene are also to be It D D m

2 forwarded to The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, David B. Frost, Esquire, 1500 KacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West Virginia, The Commission's August 4, 1983 order also further stated that persons or corporations who file petitions to intervene will be advised of all prehearing conferences, etc., which may be scheduled to resolve procedural matters and uncontested issues which may arise during the processing of thii case. The Company was required to give notice of the aforesaid deadline fo~ filing of petitions to intervene by posting a copy of the notice attached thereto in a conspicuous place where bills for telephone service are paid for a period of at least thirty (30) days prior to November 30, 1983, and by publishing a copy of the notice attached once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication to be made not more than thirty (30) days prio: to November 30, 1983, and the second publication to be made not less than fourteen (14) days prior to November 30, 1983, in newspapers, duly qualifiec by the Secretary of State, published and of general circulation in each of the Cities of Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Beckley, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Martinsburg and Elkins, and in newspapers, duly quali fied by the Secretary of State, published and of general circulation in eaci of the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoi, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, DJicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pheasants, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Vebster, Wetzel, TJirt, 'Wood and Tdyoming, making due return to the Commission on or before November 30, 1983 The Commission is of the opinion that the following hearing schedule PUBLIC SER MMlSSlON 2

3 I Ishould be, and it therefore, hereby is ordered to be followed in this pro- 1, ceeding: I 1. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia I 'shall file an original and ten (10) copies of its direct testimony and 'exhibits in this case on or before January 23, 1984, at 5:OO p.m., EST. 2. This matter is hereby set for satellite hearing to be held in the Council Chambers, City Building, 224 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia on February 7, 1984, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. 3. This matter is hereby set for further satellite hearing to be held in the Courtroom, Independence Hall, 1528 Market Street, Wheeling, Wes Virginia, on February 9, 1984, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. 4. This matter is hereby set for further satellite hearing to be held in Division I1 Court Room, Marion County Court House, Fairmont, West Virgina, on February 14, 1984, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. I 5. This matter is hereby set for further satellite hearing to be I I held in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Building, Avery and Second Streets, Parkersburg, West Virginia, on February 15, 1984, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. 6. This matter is hereby set for further satellite hearing to be held in the County Commissioners' Court Room, First Floor, Raleigh County Court House, Beckley, West Virginia, February 16, 1984, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m EST. 7. Commission Staff and any intervenors shall file ten (10) copies of their direct testimony and exhibits in this case on or before February 24, 1984, at 5 :OO p.m., EST, and all rebuttal testimony shall be filed on or before March 9, 198k, at 5:OO p.m., EST. 8. This matter is hereby set for main hearing to be held beginning March 12, 1984 and to continue each successive weekday thereafter until con PUBLIC S OMMISSION rn 3

4 eluded, in the Commission's Hearing Room at the Capitol in the City of Charleston, at 9:30 a.m., EST. 9. On or before April 15, 1984, at 5 :OO p.m., EST, all parties shall file simultaneous initial briefs on the issues in this case and on or before April 27, 1984, at 5:OO p.m., EST, all parties shall file simultaneous replj briefs. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in lieu of the notice requirements containec in the Commission's August 4, 1983 order, The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Company of West Virginia, a corporation, shall give notice of the deadline for the filing of petitions to intervene and of the time and place of hearings hereon, by posting a copy of the notice attached hereto as Appendix A, in conspicuous places where bills for telephone service are paid for a period of at least thirty (30) days prior to November 30, 1983, and by publishing a copy of the notice attached hereto as Appendix A, once between the date hereof and November 30, 1983 and a second time between the date of November 30, 1983 and December 30, 1983, in newspapers, duly quaii- fied by the Secretary of State, published and of general circulation in eacl of the Cities of Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Beckley, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Martinsburg and Elkins, and in newspapers, duly quali- fied by the Secretary of State, published and of general circulation in eacl of the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoi Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming, making due return to the Commission on or before the date of hearing.

5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in addition to the notice requirements hereinabove designated, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, a corporation, shall give notice of the hearings scheduled in this proceeding by inserting in each subscriber's telephone bill in the billing cycle which ends with the January 15, 1984 billing date, a notice which is attached hereto as Appendix B, on a card 7-1/4" x 4" (suitable for return mailing) with the other side of the card containing the Company's address and a place for the subscriber's address and postage as shown on Appendix C, attached hereto. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Executive Secretary of the Commission is hereby directed to serve a copy of this Order upon Commission Staff and by hand delivery and upon all other parties of record by United States Certified Mail, return receipt requested. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. PUBLIC SE NIMISSION WSS/ds 5

6 APPENDIX A PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA Case No T-42T THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY.OF WEST VIRGINIA, a corporation. In the matter of increased rates and charges. NOTICE OF HEARINGS AND OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE On August 3, 1983, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Wes Virginia, a corporation, filed revised tariff sheets with the Commission proposing increased rates and charges of approximately $94,068,784, or 41.2 annually, for providing telephone service to approximately 561,663 sub- scribers in West Virginia, to become effective September 3, By order entered August 4, 1983, the use of the requested rates and charges was suspended until 12:01 a.m., June 1, 1984, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. Persons or corporations wishing to participate in this proceeding, for the purpose other than filing a protest to the requested rate increase, mus file a written petition to intervene with the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission, State Capitol Building, Charleston, West Virgini 25305, on or before November 30, Copies of the petition to intervene should also be forwarded to The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, David B. Frost, Esquire, 1500 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West Virginia This matter is set for satellite hearings to be held in the Council Chambers, City Building, 224 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, on February 7, 1984, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. A second satellite hearing will be held in the Courtroom, Independence Hall, 1528 Market StreE im

7 .. Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9, 1984, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. A third satellite hearing will be held in the Division I1 Court Room, Marion County Court House, Fairmont, West Virginia, on February 14, 1954, a 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EST. A fourth satellite hearing will be held in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Building, Avery and Second Streets, Parkersburg, West Virginia, on February 15, 1984, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m EST. A fifth satellite hearing will be held in the County Commissioners' Court Room, First Floor, Raleigh County Court House, Beckley, West Virginia on February 16, 1984, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p., EST. The main hearing on this case will be held beginning March 12, 1984, and continue each successive weekday thereafter until concluded, in the Commission's Hearing Room at the Capitol in the City of Charleston, at 9:30 a.m., EST. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA Howard M. Cunningham, Executive Secretary PUBLIC s OMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA

8 .. APPENDIX B Page 1 of 2 PUBLIC RATE CASE HEARINGS HAVE BEEN SET The Public Service camnission of West Virginia has scheduled hearings at several locations tkoughout the State for the purpose of receiving public testirrmny (comnents, suggestions, complaints, etc.) regarding c6;p Telephone Cmpany's application (PSC Case No T-42T) for an additional $94.1 million in anriual revenues (a 41.2% increase) which was filed with the camnission on August 3, This filing is for rate increases in addition to the $2.00 per mth per residential line and $6.00 per mth per businesrline access charges which the Federal Cammications camnission has orderedmst be charged, along with present rates, beginning on January 1, It is possible that these access charges may be modified if changes in the FCC decision are made by the Congress or the Courts. If the requested rate changes are granted, the monthly local service charges for both residential and business subscribers will increase: residential charges will increase an average of 86.9%, while business charges will increase an average of 16.2%. Same of the business and residential rates which will increase are: flat-rate service, measured-rate service, rnessage rate service and coin telephone service (frm 1Od per call to 256 per call). W Telephone Company also has proposed reducing the nuniber of Rate Classes frm five to two and redesigning rates in such a m e r that, in general, the exchanges which have relatively large toll-free calling areas will have lower rates than the exchanges which have relatively small toll-free calling areas. c&p has requested that certain service charges be increased and they have proposed a dishonored check charge of $10.60 per check, per return. No increases have been proposed for Message-Rate or Measured-Rate service usage, Circle Calling Service or Directory Assistance. The only increase proposed for intrastate toll calling is an increase from 506 to 60d for using a credit card to make a station-tostation operator-serviced long-distance call. This sumnary of the rate change request does not fully nor completely describe the changes proposed by C&P Telephone Ccanpany. Therefore, if you would like mre information about the c&p rate change filing, details concerning the specific rate proposals for various services are available by printing your return address on the other side of this card and mailing it to W. Questions about the proposed rate increase my also be directed to the Public Service comnission by calling (toll-free): Public hearings concerning the pending c69 Telephone Company request for increased revenues will be held as follows: WTINSBmG: Council chambers, City Building, S I J " G : Courtroam, Independence 224 \Jest King Street, at 2:OO Hall, 1528 Market Street, p.m. and 7:30 p.m., on February at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m 7, on February 9, FATRMONT: Division I1 Court Room, Marion PARKERSBURG: Council Chambers, County Court House, at 2:OO p.m. 2nd Floor, City Building, and 7:30 p.m., on February 14, Avery and Second Streets, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m on February 15, PUBLIC SE OMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA

9 c APPENDIX B Page 2 of 2 BE= : County Comnissionas' Court Room First Floor Raleigh CounEy Court Hause, at 2:OO p.m. and 7:30 p.m., an February 16, PUBLIC 8ER MMISSIQN INIA

10 APPENDrx c NMU Pon Offia mil not deiiw d l without.. RATE INFORMATION C&P TELEPHONE 1500 MacCorkte Avenue, S E Chartenon. WV 25314