Section 759.235 – Mandatory measured service rate; prohibition.
(1) The Public Utility Commission shall be prohibited from requiring any call aggregator, telephone customer or class of customers to pay for local exchange telephone service, or any portion thereof, on a mandatory measured service basis. (2) As used in this section: (a) “Call aggregator” has the meaning given that term in ORS 759.680. (b) […]
Section 759.240 – Measuring quality of service; standards; rules.
(1) The Public Utility Commission shall ascertain and prescribe for each kind of telecommunications utility suitable and convenient standard commercial units of service. These shall be lawful units for the purposes of this chapter. (2) The commission shall ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quality, pressure, initial voltage or other […]
Section 759.245 – Examination and testing of measuring appliances; rules; fees.
(1) The Public Utility Commission may provide for the examination and testing of any and all appliances used for the measuring of any service of a telecommunications utility and may provide by rule that no such appliance shall be installed and used for the measuring of any service of any telecommunications utility until it has […]
Section 759.250 – Contracts for special services; procedure for filing and approval; subsequent review and investigation.
(1) A telecommunications utility may enter into a contract with any customer for the provision of a telecommunications service that the Public Utility Commission determines is a new service with limited availability, is designed to respond to a unique customer requirement or is subject to competition. Contracts shall be for a stated time period, not […]
Section 759.255 – Setting prices without regard to return on utility investment; petition; findings; conditions; application of statutes to approved plan.
(1) In addition to powers vested in the Public Utility Commission under ORS 759.195, and subject to the limitations contained in subsections (2) to (4) of this section, upon petition of a telecommunications utility that provides local exchange service directly, or is affiliated with a utility that provides local exchange service, the commission, after notice […]
Section 759.257 – Extended area service: Portland to Scappoose.
(1) Two-way, flat rate or measured extended area service shall be provided by each telecommunications utility providing service between the Portland EAS Region and the Scappoose Exchange, as described by EAS and exchange maps filed with and approved by the Public Utility Commission. (2) The service provided for in subsection (1) of this section may […]
Section 759.259 – Extended area service: Portland to Molalla.
(1) Two-way, flat rate or measured extended area service shall be provided by each telecommunications utility providing service between the Portland EAS Region and the Molalla Exchange, as described by EAS and exchange maps filed with and approved by the Public Utility Commission. (2) The service provided for in subsection (1) of this section may […]
Section 759.215 – Public access to schedules.
(1) A copy of so much of all schedules, including schedules of joint rates and charges, as the Public Utility Commission deems necessary for the use of the public, shall be made available to the public. (2) Except as provided in ORS 759.410 (8), copies of all new schedules shall be made readily accessible to […]
Section 759.218 – Revenues and expenses of unregulated activities.
(1) A telecommunications utility may not use revenues earned from, or allocate expenses to, that portion of the utility’s business that is regulated under this chapter in order to subsidize activities that are not regulated by this chapter. (2) The Public Utility Commission may not require revenues or expenses from an activity that is not […]
Section 759.219 – Certain taxes as operating expense; charge pro rata to users; condition.
The privilege tax authorized by ORS 221.515, or other similar exactions imposed by any municipality in this state upon telecommunications utilities for use and occupancy of streets, alleys or highways, or all of them, shall be allowed as an operating expense of the affected telecommunications utilities operating in the municipality for rate-making purposes by the […]