South Dakota Administrative Code

20:10:26:06. Notice requirements if no hearing is requested. If the applicant has not requested a hearing, the commission must serve notice on the affected utility company and all parties within fifteen days after receipt in the commission's offices of a variance application that…

Rule 20:10:26:07 Commission action upon a request for hearing. 20:10:26:07. Commission action upon a request for hearing. If the applicant or any party requests a hearing, the commission shall serve notice of the hearing on the affected utility company and all parties and may est…

Rule 20:10:26:08 Commission decision on variance application. 20:10:26:08. Commission decision on variance application. Unless good cause is shown for extending the time to rule on the variance application, the commission shall make a final decision on the application within 60 d…

Rule 20:10:27:01 Definitions. 20:10:27:01. Definitions. Terms defined in SDCL 49-31-1 have the same meaning when used in this chapter. In addition, terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Association," a voluntary telecommunications company association formed by individual telecomm…

Rule 20:10:27:02 Determination of intrastate switched access charges for incumbent local exchange carriers -- Waiver of suspension of rule. 20:10:27:02. Determination of intrastate switched access charges for incumbent local exchange carriers -- Waiver or suspension of rule. Chap…

Rule 20:10:27:02.01 Determination of intrastate switched access charges for competitive local exchange carriers. 20:10:27:02.01. Determination of intrastate switched access charges for competitive local exchange carriers. A competitive local exchange carrier shall charge intrasta…

Rule 20:10:27:02.02 Exception for determination of switched access rates of competitive local exchange carriers. 20:10:27:02.02. Exception for determination of switched access rates of competitive local exchange carriers. If a competitive local exchange carrier believes that a hi…

Rule 20:10:27:03 Costs subject to commission's ratemaking determinations. 20:10:27:03. Costs subject to commission's ratemaking determinations. The costs used to compute switched access charges are subject to the accounting and ratemaking determinations of the commission. The sep…

Rule 20:10:27:04 Uniform system of accounts used for classification -- Petition to use generally accepted accounting principles. 20:10:27:04. Uniform system of accounts used for classification -- Petition to use generally accepted accounting principles. Each carrier's carrier sha…

Rule 20:10:27:05 Separation of switched access costs -- Imputation. 20:10:27:05. Separation of switched access costs -- Imputation. Those telecommunications companies that provide both intrastate switched access and intrastate message toll services shall remove those costs which …

Rule 20:10:27:06 Intrastate switched access service tariff -- Recovery of costs -- Return on investment. 20:10:27:06. Intrastate switched access service tariff -- Recovery of costs -- Return on investment. Each carrier's carrier or association shall file a tariff that is designed…

Rule 20:10:27:07 Filing of intrastate switched access service tariff. 20:10:27:07. Filing of intrastate switched access service tariff. Each carrier's carrier or association shall file an initial tariff for switched access service with the commission. Each carrier's carrier or as…

Rule 20:10:27:08 Filing of an association switched access service tariff. 20:10:27:08. Filing of an association switched access service tariff. An association may file a switched access service tariff as an agent for all telecommunications companies that voluntarily participate i…

Rule 20:10:27:09 Merger or acquisition of association switched access service tariff participant. 20:10:27:09. Merger or acquisition of association switched access service tariff participant. An association switched access service tariff participant that is a party to a merger or…

Rule 20:10:27:10 Use of computer program -- Petition to use company-specific computer program -- Certification. 20:10:27:10. Use of computer program -- Petition to use company-specific computer program -- Certification.Each telecommunications company that files initial switched a…

Rule 20:10:27:11 Petition to commission by an incumbent local exchange carrier for exemption from developing company-specific cost-based switched access rates. 20:10:27:11. Petition to commission by an incumbent local exchange carrier for exemption from developing company-specifi…

Rule 20:10:27:12 Determination of switched access rates for an incumbant local exchange carrier granted an exemption from developing company-specific cost-based switched access rates. 20:10:27:12. Determination of switched access rates for an incumbent local exchange carrier gran…

Rule 20:10:27:13 Determination of billing and collection costs for a company granted an exemption from developing company-specific cost-based switched access rates. 20:10:27:13. Determination of billing and collection costs for a company granted an exemption from developing compa…

Rule 20:10:27:14 Historical test year. 20:10:27:14. Historical test year. The commission shall adopt a recent test year for which actual costs have been recorded and, if required, adjust the actual costs to reflect changes that are known and measurable. No adjustments are permitt…

Rule 20:10:27:15 Nonrecurring costs or revenues. 20:10:27:15. Nonrecurring costs or revenues. Subject to the commission's determination of fairness and reasonableness, nonrecurring costs may be included in the cost of service and amortized over a period of time. The amortization …

Rule 20:10:27:16 Inclusion of telecommunications plant under construction or telecommunications plant held for future use in investment base. 20:10:27:16. Inclusion of telecommunications plant under construction or telecommunications plant held for future use in investment base. …

Rule 20:10:27:17 Contracts with deviations. 20:10:27:17. Contracts with deviations. A telecommunications company may file a contract with deviations with the commission whereby switched access rates which deviate from the tariffed switched access rates as determined by chapters 2…

Rule 20:10:27:18 List of contracts with deviations to filed -- Form. 20:10:27:18. List of contracts with deviations to be filed -- Form. A telecommunications company providing switched access service to a customer under a contract with deviations shall maintain an up-to-date summ…

Rule 20:10:27:19 List of contracts with deviations to be filed within 30 days. 20:10:27:19. List of contracts with deviations to be filed within 30 days. Two copies of the list of contracts with deviations shall be filed within 30 days after commission approval of a deviation or …

Rule 20:10:27:20 Phase-in of switched access rates. 20:10:27:20. Phase-in of switched access rates. Switched access rates for a telecommunications company may be phased-in over a period of time if the commission finds the implementation of switched access rates as determined by t…

Rule 20:10:27:21 Feature group A and B discounts. 20:10:27:21. Feature group A and B discounts. Feature group A and Feature group B discounts shall continue to be offered at the level of current discounts in all local exchanges which do not offer Feature group D. When Feature gro…

Rule 20:10:27:22 Exemption for high capacity special access services. 20:10:27:22. Exemption for high capacity special access services. Local exchange companies subject to SDCL 49-31-5.1 which provide high capacity special access services to educational or medical entities for ei…

Rule 20:10:27:23 Other special access services. 20:10:27:23. Other special access services. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 20:10:27 to 20:10:29, inclusive, local exchange companies subject to SDCL 49-31-5.1 may assign investment and expense to all other special access…

20:10:28:01. Definitions. Terms defined in SDCL 49-31-1 have the same meaning when used in this chapter. In addition, terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Access line," a communications facility extending from a customer's premises to a serving central office comprising a subscr…

20:10:28:02. Allocation procedures -- General. This chapter establishes rules for the allocation of property costs, revenues, expenses, taxes, and reserves between intrastate toll and all other. Total intrastate allocations are determined as the residual after 47 C.F.R. Part 36 r…

20:10:28:03. Assignment of book costs -- General. In assigning book costs to categories, the costs used for certain plant classes are average unit costs which equate to all book costs of a particular account or subaccount; for other plant classes, the costs used are those which e…

20:10:28:04. Separations procedures -- General. Separations apportion costs among categories by actual use or by direct assignment. Separations are made based on actual use, which gives consideration to relative occupancy and relative time measurements. In the development of actu…

20:10:28:05. Classification of telecommunications plant -- General. Telecommunications plant, in general, is segregated into two broad classifications as follows: (1) Interexchange, which is plant used primarily to furnish toll service, includes the following plant types: (a) Ope…

20:10:28:06. Apportionment of telecommunications plant -- General. In general, the bases for apportioning telecommunications plant used jointly for toll and other services are as follows: (1) Operator work time expressed in weighted standard work seconds is the basis for measurin…

20:10:28:07. Classification of property rented to or from affiliates. If property rented to affiliates is not material in amount, the property is included as used property of the owning company with the associated revenues and expenses treated consistently. If property rented fro…

20:10:28:08. Classification of property rented to or from nonaffiliates. Property rented to or from nonaffiliates is included as used property of the owning company with the associated revenues and expenses treated consistently. However, if the amount is material, the property in…

20:10:28:09. Costs billed to another company. Costs associated with services or plant billed to another company which have once been separated under procedures consistent with general principles in this chapter, and are thus identifiable as entirely either toll or other services …

20:10:28:10. Telecommunications property -- Procedures for assignment of property and allocation of costs. Sections 20:10:28:11 to 20:10:28:72, inclusive, contain the procedures used in the assignment of telecommunications property to categories and the apportionment of the costs…

20:10:28:100. Access expenses, account 6540 -- Included expenses -- Assignment of expenses. Account 6540, access expenses, includes access charges paid to exchange carriers for exchange access service. Intrastate expenses in this account are directly assigned to toll. Source: 19 …

20:10:28:101. Depreciation and amortization expenses, account 6560 -- Included expenses -- Separation of expenses. Account 6560, depreciation and amortization expenses, includes the depreciation expense for telecommunications plant in service and for property held for future tele…

20:10:28:102. Customer operations expenses -- Accounts. Customer operations expenses are included in marketing, account 6610, and services, account 6620. Source: 19 SDR 111, effective January 31, 1993. General Authority: SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5, 49-31-18. Law Implemented: SDCL 49-3…

20:10:28:103. Apportionment of marketing expenses, account 6610. Marketing expenses, account 6610, are apportioned among the operations based on an analysis of current billing for a representative period, excluding current billing on behalf of others and billing in connection wit…

20:10:28:104. Classification of services expenses, account 6620 -- Apportionment of expenses. For apportionment purposes, services expenses, account 6620, are first segregated based on an analysis of job functions into the following classifications: telephone operator services, p…

20:10:28:105. Telephone operator services -- Included expenses -- Apportionment of expenses. Telephone operator services expenses include costs incurred for operators in call completion services and number services. This includes intercept, quoting rates, directory information, t…

20:10:28:106. Published directory listing -- Included expenses -- Assignment of expenses. Published directory listing expenses include expenses for preparing or purchasing, compiling, and disseminating directory listings. Published directory expenses are assigned as follows: (1) …

20:10:28:107. All other -- Categories. For apportionment purposes, the expenses in the all other classification are divided into three categories: (1) Category 1, local business office expense; (2) Category 2, customer services expense; (3) Category 3, all other customer services…

20:10:28:108. All other, category 1 -- Local business office expense -- Subcategories. The intrastate expenses in all other, category 1, local business office expenses, except coin collection and administration, are segregated into the following subcategories based on an analysis…

20:10:28:109. End user service order processing -- Included expenses -- Subcategories -- Assignment of subcategories. End user service order processing includes expenses related to the receipt and processing of end users' orders for service and inquiries concerning service. This …

20:10:28:11. Treatment of rental plant. The treatment of rental plant is outlined in §§ 20:10:28:07 to 20:10:28:09, inclusive. If the amount of plant is material, the cost may be determined by using the general procedures for the assignment of the various kinds of property to cat…

20:10:28:110. End user payment and collection -- Included expenses -- Subcategories -- Assignment of subcategories. End user payment and collection includes expenses incurred in relation to the payment and collection of amounts billed to end users. It also includes commissions pa…