OAR 860-032-0200
Essential Services
(1)
For purposes of ORS 759.195 (Price listing of services), a local exchange service is essential if customers require it to efficiently establish, sustain, or discontinue a telecommunications service by means of the public network. The public network is comprised of a system of interconnected telecommunications channels held out by a local exchange carrier for use by the general public.(2)
A local exchange service is essential if the service is essential for one or more local customer classes.(3)
If essential and potentially price-listed services are packaged together, the entire package is eligible to be considered for price listing if each essential service in the package is readily available to customers on a separate basis and the package price is equal to or greater than the tariffed rate(s) for the essential service(s) plus the long-run incremental cost(s) of the price-listed service(s).(4)
Any new service is presumed to be potentially price listed until the Commission determines otherwise. A service is not new if it merely repackages or renames an existing service.(5)
A service can only be discontinued pursuant to OAR 860-032-0020 (Abandonment of Service), whether the service is essential or potentially price listed.(6)
The following are essential services:(a)
Residential Flat;(b)
Residential Measured;(c)
Residential Multiparty;(d)
Suburban;(e)
Farmer Line;(f)
Business Simple;(g)
Business Complex;(h)
Public Access Line;(i)
Tone Dialing (Touch Tone);(j)
Hunting;(k)
Direct Inward Dialing;(l)
Conditioning;(m)
Intercept Announcement and Referral;(n)
Directory Listing (White and Yellow Pages);(o)
Privacy Listing;(p)
Directory Assistance;(q)
Emergency (9-1-1);(r)
Switched Access Service; and(s)
Toll Restriction.
Source:
Rule 860-032-0200 — Essential Services, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=860-032-0200.