Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 759.182 - Rate schedules for service promotions; rules(1) A telecommunications utility may file rate schedules for service promotions that are offered by the utility for the purpose of: (a) Increasing the use of the utility's services by present or future customers;(b) Preventing a decrease in the use of the utility's services by present or future customers; or(c) Inducing any person to use the utility's services instead of a competing provider's services.(2) The rates charged under a service promotion by a telecommunications utility must be adequate to ensure that: (a) The utility will recover an amount equal to the sum of the total service long run incremental cost of providing the nonessential functions of the service and the price that is charged to other telecommunications carriers for the essential functions; and(b) The utility will recover the amount under paragraph (a) of this subsection during the average time that customers use the service.(3) Notwithstanding ORS 759.190, service promotion rate schedules become effective upon filing with the Public Utility Commission.(4) The commission shall adopt rules governing service promotion rate schedules filed under this section.759.182 was added to and made a part of 759.180 to 759.190 by legislative action but was not added to any other series. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.