Section 745.200  Filing Requirements for Competitive Tariffs

a)         In addition to the requirements imposed by Subpart A of this Part, telecommunications carriers shall, with respect to tariffs filed pursuant to Section 13-502 of the Act under which competitive telecommunications services are to be offered or provided, comply with the requirements imposed on public utilities by 83 Ill. Adm. Code 255.30 (except subsections (i) and (j)) and with the remainder of this Section.

b)         All tariffs classifying a service as competitive shall clearly state that they are being filed pursuant to Section 13-502(b) of the Act.

c)         All such tariffs shall be accompanied by a verified statement (see 83 Ill. Adm. Code 200.130) that:

1)         specifically alleges that, for some identifiable class or group of customers in an exchange, group of exchanges, or some other clearly defined geographical area, such service, or its functional equivalent, or a substitute service, is reasonably available from more than one provider, whether or not any such provider is a telecommunications carrier subject to regulation under the Act;

2)         specifically identifies, through the use of descriptions, maps, or equivalent means, the identifiable class or group of customers in an exchange, group of exchanges or other clearly defined geographical area for which the classification is made;

3)         specifically describes the service, its functional equivalent, or the substitute service for which classification is being made; and

4)         specifies:

A)        one or more entities that provide the same service, its functional equivalent, or a substitute service, and

B)        the identifiable class or group of customers in an exchange, group of exchanges or other clearly defined geographical area to whom such service is offered by such entity or entities.

d)         If a telecommunications carrier which files a tariff classifying a service as competitive or reclassifying a previously noncompetitive telecommunications service as competitive  also offers or provides noncompetitive telecommunications service, it shall file a study of the long-run service incremental cost for the service being classified as competitive at the time the tariff is filed (Section 13-502 of the Act).

e)         Tariffs filed pursuant to Section 13-502(b) of the Act take effect immediately upon filing.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 1597, effective February 1, 1999)