Re:	Rules Adopted in Public Utilities Commission Rulemaking Docket No. 05R-537T

RULES REGULATING TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS, SERVICES, AND PRODUCTS, 4 CCR 723-2; amending rule 723-2-2187(f), concerning Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation.

BASIS AND PURPOSE
•	To implement annual reporting requirements for designated Eligible Telecommunications Carriers in Colorado pursuant to the guidelines set forth in 47 CFR §§ 54.313 and 54.314.
•	To bring more accountability to the use and receipt of Federal Universal Service Fund dollars.  The Commission is charged with ensuring that federal support is spent for the intended purpose of provisioning, upgrading and maintaining basic local exchange service in Colorado.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
§§ 40-2-108, 40-4-101, 40-15-108, 40-15-208, 40-15-502, and 40-15-503, C.R.S.

Federal Authority
47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, provides state commissions with the primary responsibility for performing ETC designations. 

Annual reporting requirements for designated Eligible Telecommunications Carriers, 47 CFR §§ 54.313 and 54.314

Our rules are intended in part to adopt the modifications to reporting requirements set forth by FCC Order 05-46 in FCC Docket 96-45 issued March 17, 2005