§ 61.49   Supporting information to be submitted with letters of transmittal for
tariffs of carriers subject to price cap regulation.

   (a) Each price cap tariff filing must be accompanied by supporting materials
   sufficient to calculate required adjustments to each PCI, API, and SBI
   pursuant to the methodologies provided in § § 61.45, 61.46, and 61.47, as
   applicable.

   (b)  Each  price cap tariff filing that proposes rates that are within
   applicable bands established pursuant to § 61.47, and that results in an API
   value  that is equal to or less than the applicable PCI value, must be
   accompanied by supporting materials sufficient to establish compliance with
   the applicable bands, and to calculate the necessary adjustment to the
   affected APIs and SBIs pursuant to § § 61.46 and 61.47, respectively.

   (c) Each price cap tariff filing that proposes rates above the applicable
   band limits established in § § 61.47 (e) must be accompanied by supporting
   materials establishing substantial cause for the proposed rates.

   (d) Each price cap tariff filing that proposes rates that will result in an
   API value that exceeds the applicable PCI value must be accompanied by:

   (1) An explanation of the manner in which all costs have been allocated
   among baskets; and

   (2) Within the affected basket, a cost assignment slowing down to the lowest
   possible level of disaggregation, including a detailed explanation of the
   reasons for the prices of all rate elements to which costs are not assigned.

   (e) Each price cap tariff filing that proposes restructuring of existing
   rates must be accompanied by supporting materials sufficient to make the
   adjustments  to  each  affected API and SBI required by § § 61.46(c) and
   61.47(d), respectively.

   (f)(1) [Reserved]

   (2) Each tariff filing submitted by a price cap local exchange carrier that
   introduces  a  new loop-based service, as defined in § 61.3(pp) of this
   part—including a restructured unbundled basic service element (BSE), as
   defined in § 69.2(mm) of this chapter, that constitutes a new loop-based
   service—that is or will later be included in a basket, must be accompanied
   by cost data sufficient to establish that the new loop-based service or
   unbundled BSE will not recover more than a just and reasonable portion of
   the carrier's overhead costs.

   (3) A price cap local exchange carrier may submit without cost data any
   tariff filings that introduce new services, other than loop-based services.

   (4) A price cap local exchange carrier that has removed its corridor or
   interstate ntraLATA toll services from its interexchange basket pursuant to
   § 61.42(d)(4)(ii), may submit its tariff filings for corridor or interstate
   intraLATA toll services without cost data.

   (g) Each tariff filing submitted by a price cap local exchange carrier that
   introduces  a new loop-based service or a restructured unbundled basic
   service element (BSE), as defined in § 69.2(mm) of this chapter, that is or
   will later be included in a basket, or that introduces or changes the rates
   for connection charge subelements for expanded interconnection, as defined
   in § 69.121 of this chapter, must also be accompanied by:

   (1) The following, including complete explanations of the bases for the
   estimates.

   (i) A study containing a projection of costs for a representative 12 month
   period; and

   (ii) Estimates of the effect of the new tariff on the traffic and revenues
   from  the service to which the new tariff applies, the carrier's other
   service classifications, and the carrier's overall traffic and revenues.
   These  estimates must include the projected effects on the traffic and
   revenues for the same representative 12 month period used in paragraph
   (g)(1)(i) of this section.

   (2) Working papers and statistical data. (i) Concurrently with the filing of
   any tariff change or tariff filing for a service not previously offered, the
   issuing carriers must file the working papers containing the information
   underlying  the  data supplied in response to paragraph (h)(1) of this
   section, and a clear explanation of how the working papers relate to that
   information.

   (ii) All statistical studies must be submitted and supported in the form
   prescribed in § 1.363 of the Commission's rules.

   (h) Each tariff filing submitted by a price cap local exchange carrier that
   introduces  or changes the rates for connection charge subelements for
   expanded interconnection, as defined in § 69.121 of this chapter, must be
   accompanied by cost data sufficient to establish that such charges will not
   recover more than a just and reasonable portion of the carrier's overhead
   costs.

   (i) [Reserved]

   (j) For a tariff that introduces a system of density pricing zones, as
   described in § 69.123 of this chapter, the carrier must, before filing its
   tariff,  submit  a  density  pricing  zone plan including, inter alia,
   documentation sufficient to establish that the system of zones reasonably
   reflects  cost-related  characteristics,  such as the density of total
   interstate traffic in central offices located in the respective zones, and
   receive approval of its proposed plan.

   (k) In accordance with § § 61.41 through 61.49, price cap local exchange
   carriers that elect to file their annual access tariff pursuant to section
   204(a)(3) of the Communications Act shall submit supporting material for
   their interstate annual access tariffs, absent rate information, 90 days
   prior to July 1 of each year.

   (l)  On  each page of cost support material submitted pursuant to this
   section, the issuing carrier shall indicate the transmittal number under
   which that page was submitted.

   [ 54 FR 19843 , May 8, 1989]

   Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting § 61.49, see the
   List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of
   the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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