69.415—Reallocation of certain transport expenses.
(a)
Beginning January 1, 2002, non-price cap local exchange carriers shall reallocate a portion of the costs otherwise assigned to the transport category to the common line, local switching, information, and special access elements.
(b)
The amount to be reallocated is limited to the total revenues recovered through the interconnection charge assessed pursuant to § 69.124 for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2001.
(c)
The reallocation of the amount in paragraph (b) of this section shall be based on each access element's projected revenue requirement divided by the total revenue requirement of all the access elements, provided that:
(1)
Local switching support shall not be included in the local switching category's projected revenue requirement, or in the total projected revenue requirement;
(2)
A non-price cap local exchange carrier's universal service contribution shall not be included in the numerator or the denominator of the allocation formula;
(3)
The amount determined in paragraph (b) of this section shall be excluded from the transport revenue requirement and from the total projected revenue requirement for purposes of the allocation calculations; and
(4)
The common line revenue requirement shall include long term support as provided in § 54.303 of this chapter and, beginning July 1, 2002, shall include Interstate Common Line Support as provided in § 54.901 of this chapter.
[66 FR 59733, Nov. 30, 2001]