Summary: The company proposes to increase the base rate of its measured Residential One Party service from $15.50 to $17.80 and to decrease the per message rate from $.25 to $.09 resulting in an annual rate increase of approximately $3,200 affecting 250 customers. The current overall average rate for this service based on current message volume is $17.56 and the proposed average rate will be $18.54. This filing will put the company in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order FCC 11-161 requiring rate of return companies to raise the “urban rate floor” of their local rates to $18.00 per month beginning July 1, 2016. The rate change is effective December 7, 2015.
