69-3-903. Notice of rate increase or decrease. (1) At least 60 days before the effective date of any rate increase or decrease proposed by a small telecommunications provider, the small telecommunications provider shall mail notice of the proposed rate increase or decrease to each affected subscriber, the commission, and the Montana consumer counsel.
(2) Notice to the commission and consumer counsel must include:
(a) a summary of the justification for the proposed rate increase;
(b) a list of the number of affected subscribers in each category of rates proposed to be increased or decreased; and
(c) if requested by the commission, a list of the names of the affected subscribers.
(3) The notice to affected subscribers may be included with regular subscriber billings and must include:
(a) a schedule of the proposed rates;
(b) the effective date of the proposed rates; and
(c) a description of the petition procedure in 69-3-906 for seeking commission review and determination of the proposed rates. If the small telecommunications provider publishes the petition procedure in a telephone directory, a reference to the location of the procedure in the directory is adequate notice.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 254, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 154, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 3. Regulation of Utilities
Part 9. Rate Regulation of Small Telecommunications Providers
69-3-902. Rate regulation of small telecommunications provider
69-3-903. Notice of rate increase or decrease
69-3-904. Commission review and determination of rate increases or decreases
69-3-905. Investigations by commission
69-3-906. Petition for review of proposed rate increase or decrease
69-3-907. Proposed increase or decrease effective unless requisite petitions received by commission
69-3-908. and 69-3-909 reserved
69-3-910. Regulatory flexibility upon petition by small telecommunications provider