Section 759.190 – Notice of schedule change.
No change shall be made in any schedule, including schedules of joint rates, except upon 30 days’ notice to the Public Utility Commission. All changes shall be plainly indicated upon existing schedules, or by filing new schedules in lieu thereof 30 days prior to the time they are to take effect. However, the commission, for […]
Section 759.195 – Price listing of services; conditions; maximum rates; essential services; justification by utility of rates for price-listed services; rules.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (6) 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, and after notice and hearing, the Public Utility Commission may authorize the utility to set rates for toll and other telecommunications services […]
Section 759.200 – Inclusion of amortizations in rates; deferral of certain expenses or revenues; limitation on amounts; prohibited uses.
(1) In addition to powers otherwise vested in the Public Utility Commission, and subject to the limitations contained in subsection (5) of this section, under amortization schedules set by the commission, a rate or rate schedule may reflect the following: (a) Amounts lawfully imposed retroactively by order of another governmental agency; or (b) Amounts deferred […]
Section 759.205 – Conformance of rates charged with schedule.
No telecommunications utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less compensation for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in printed rate schedules as may at the time be in force, or demand, collect or receive any rate not specified in […]
Section 759.210 – Classification of service and rates; considerations; rules.
(1) The Public Utility Commission shall provide for a comprehensive classification of service for each telecommunications utility. The classification may take into account the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose for which used, the existence of price competition or a service alternative, the services being provided, the conditions of service and any other […]
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 […]
Section 759.220 – Joint rates and classifications; procedure; considerations.
(1) A telecommunications utility may establish reasonable through service and joint rates and classifications with other telecommunications utilities. Telecommunications utilities establishing joint rates shall establish just and reasonable regulations and practices in connection therewith and just, reasonable and equitable divisions thereof, as between the public utilities participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice […]
Section 759.225 – Application of ORS 759.220 to unincorporated associations and cooperative corporations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ORS 759.220 applies to any unincorporated association or cooperative corporation providing intrastate telecommunications service. The application of ORS 759.220 to unincorporated associations and cooperative corporations: (1) Does not allow the Public Utility Commission to establish terms, conditions, classifications or rates for services rendered to members of unincorporated associations or […]