OAR 860-032-0023: Price List Petitions

(1) When submitting a petition for price listing pursuant to ORS 759.195, the telecommunications utility shall submit a list of the services deemed to be essential and a list of the remaining services. The telecommunications utility shall provide the following information: (a) A description of each price-listed service; and (b) Any proposed maximum price to be charged for the price-listed service and the basis upon which this price has been established. (2) The petition shall demonstrate that the following conditions have been met: (a) Pricing flexibility is reasonably necessary to enable the telecommunications utility to respond to current and future competitive conditions for any or all telecommunications services; (b) Pricing flexibility will maintain the appropriate balance between the need for price flexibility and the protection of customers and applicants; (c) Pricing flexibility is likely to benefit the customers of fixed-rate services; (d) Pricing flexibility is unlikely to cause any undue harm to any customer class; and (e) The rate for the service is not lower than the long-run incremental cost of providing the service.