PSC 168.12(1)(1)Each reseller shall file with the commission by April 1 of each year responses to an annual commission questionnaire that provide details concerning the following:
PSC 168.12(1)(a) (a) All changes in information filed with the reseller's petition requesting certification as an alternative telecommunications utility reseller.
PSC 168.12(1)(b) (b) Adoption of other marketing, trade, or “doing business as" names.
PSC 168.12(1)(c) (c) Acquisition of transmission facilities resulting in the telecommunications reseller owning, operating, managing or controlling transmission facilities whose cost basis exceeds the maximum specified in s. PSC 168.05 (1) (d).
PSC 168.12(1)(d) (d) Total gross operating revenues generated by the provision of intrastate Wisconsin telecommunications services, apportioned between wholesale and retail revenues. “Retail revenues" means only those revenues derived from services sold directly to retail end-user customers. “Wholesale revenues" means only those revenues from telecommunications services sold to other telecommunications providers.
PSC 168.12(1)(e) (e) Intrastate minutes of use of telecommunications services provided by the reseller, number of Wisconsin wholesale customers and number of Wisconsin retail customers served by the reseller.
PSC 168.12(2) (2)Each reseller shall respond to any other requests from the commission for information. The form designated by the commission for a request for confidential treatment of information shall accompany any confidential information filed.
PSC 168.12 Note Note: Copies of the annual report form to be filed by telecommunications resellers and Form PSC-RM 7000 to request confidential treatment may be obtained from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 7854, Madison, WI 53707‐7854.
PSC 168.12 History History: Cr. Register, November, 1997, No. 503, eff. 12-1-97; CR 13-025: am. (1) (intro.), r. (1) (f) Register January 2014 No. 697, eff. 2-1-14.
PSC 168.13 PSC 168.13Revocation of certification.
PSC 168.13(1)(1)Certification of a reseller may be revoked under the procedure in sub. (2) for any of the following reasons:
PSC 168.13(1)(a) (a) Failure to file substantially complete responses to the commission's annual questionnaire required by s. PSC 168.12.
PSC 168.13(1)(b) (b) Failure to comply with any applicable provision of this chapter or of ch. 196, Stats.
PSC 168.13(1)(c) (c) Failure to provide Wisconsin intrastate telecommunications service consistent with the provisions of s. 196.03 (6) or 196.203 (3), Stats., applicable provisions of 47 USC 151 to 613, or applicable rules and orders of the federal communications commission, including those relating to unauthorized changes of presubscribed providers, also known as “slamming."
PSC 168.13(1)(d) (d) Failure to file reports or responses to requests for information, as may be required by the commission.
PSC 168.13(1)(e) (e) Failure to comply with any other order or rule of the commission that is applicable to the reseller.
PSC 168.13(2)(a)(a) If the commission has determined that grounds for revocation exist, the commission may commence a revocation proceeding by mailing to the affected reseller, at its last known address on file with the commission, a written notice of the reasons for the proposed revocation of certification under this section.
PSC 168.13(2)(b) (b) Within 30 days of the mailing date of the notice under par. (a), a reseller may file a written response that may contain one or more of the following:
PSC 168.13(2)(b)1. 1. A showing that one or more of the commission's reasons for revocation have been resolved or cured.
PSC 168.13(2)(b)2. 2. A showing that one or more of the commission's reasons may be resolved in a remedial compliance plan for which the reseller requests commission acceptance and deferral of certificate revocation.
PSC 168.13(2)(b)3. 3. An objection to the commission's reasons for revocation and a request for hearing.
PSC 168.13(2)(c) (c) Depending upon the information received in the reseller's response, the commission may determine that the grounds for revocation have been remedied, proceed to revoke the reseller's certificate, or take other action as may be appropriate in the circumstances. Failure of a reseller to respond under this subsection shall result in revocation of certification without hearing.
PSC 168.13(3) (3)If the commission revokes the certificate of an alternative telecommunications utility reseller, the commission may direct in the revocation order that telecommunications utilities providing service to the reseller terminate all connections used to furnish service to the reseller. The commission may also allocate to other providers of similar services those customers of the affected reseller who fail to select a replacement provider or providers, as appropriate.
PSC 168.13(4) (4)With respect to a revocation proceeding under this section, the commission, upon its own motion or petition by any interested person, may at any time enter an emergency or other order that, under the circumstances, it deems necessary to protect the reseller's customers or the public interest.
PSC 168.13 History History: Cr. Register, November, 1997, No. 503, eff. 12-1-97; CR 10-143: am. (2) Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11; CR 13-025: am. (1) (a) Register January 2014 No. 697, eff. 2-1-14; correction in (1) (c) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2014 No. 697.
PSC 168.14 PSC 168.14Voluntary surrender of certification.
PSC 168.14(1)(1)A reseller may file at any time a notice of voluntary surrender of certification to be effective 20 days after the filing. A notice will be deemed effective unless the commission acts to stay the surrender notice's effective date within 20 days of filing. Once a notice of voluntary surrender is effective, the reseller must cease providing resold intrastate telecommunications services within Wisconsin. Unless other provisions are made by commission order, voluntary surrender of certification does not terminate a reseller's obligation to comply with any outstanding commission order, requests for information, and required reports, or to comply with any other requirements accruing because of its certificated operations in Wisconsin prior to the effective date of surrender of certification.
PSC 168.14(2) (2)A reseller that has surrendered its certification obtained under this chapter may petition again for certification at any time. The petition will be processed as a petition for initial certification and will be subject to the same fee as an initial petition.
PSC 168.14(3) (3)With respect to the voluntary surrender of certification under this section, the commission, upon its own motion or petition by any interested person, may at any time enter any emergency or other order that, under the circumstances, it deems necessary for the protection of the reseller's customers or the public interest.
PSC 168.14 History History: Cr. Register, November, 1997, No. 503, eff. 12-1-97.
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