THE PLAIN DEALER. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1982. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Application of General Telephone Company of Ohio for Increases and Adjustments in Rates and Charges Pursuant to the requirements of Section 4909.19 of the Ohio Revised Code, General Telephone Company of Ohio hereby gives notice that on October 1, 1982, it filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio an application (PUCO Docket No. 82-886-TP-AIR) for authority to increase and adjust its rates and charges for telecommunications service and to change its regulations and practices affecting the same. This notice contains the substance and prayer of the application.
However, any interested party desiring complete detailed information with respect to all affected rates, charges, regulations and practices should inspect a copy of the application and all attached schedules at the office of the Commission, 375 South High Street, Columbus, copy of the application may be inspected by any interested party at the office of the General Telephone Company of Ohio located at 100 Executive Drive, Marion, Ohio. A copy of the application and the proposed tariff sheets are also available for inspection during normal business hours at any public business office or Phone Mart of General Telephone Company of Ohio. In addition, the proposed tariffs were mailed to the mayors and legislative authorities of all municipalities served by the company on June 29. 1982, as part of the company's notification of its intent to file. This application affects rates and charges for telecommunications services to all customers of General Telephone Company of Ohio, provided pursuant to its Exchange Rate Tariff, P.U.C.O.
No. 6, and General Exchange Tariff, P.U.C.O. No. 7. Any person, firm, corporation or association may file, pursuant to Section 4909.19 of the Ohio Revised Code, objections to the proposed increases and adjustments in rates and charges, and to the proposed changes in regulations and practices affecting the same.
The objections may allege that such application contains proposals that are unjust and discriminatory or unreasonable. Recommendations which differ from the application may be made by the staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or by intervening parties and may be adopted by the Commission. Local Exchange Service Specific rates depend on the rate band' applicable to a specific location. The company is proposing base rate and zone rate area expansions in.selected exchanges. The average percentage changes in monthly rates for residence one-party, two-party, or fourparty exchange service and for one-party business exchange service in the company's 244 exchanges, are shown below by schedule.
to in the proposed tariff sheets as rate schedules. Exchange Schedule Exchange Schedule Adena IV Felicity IX Albany IV Flushing Amanda Forest Amesville IV Fort Recovery Amsterdam Freeport 111 Antwerp Galion Ill Arlington IV Garrettsville IV Ashland IV Genoa VIlI IV Georgetown Ill Ashville Ill Gibsonburg Athens IV Grafton Attica I Grand Rapids Baltic IV Gratis Baltimore, Green Camp Barlow IV Greenfield Beach City Ill Greenwich Beaver a Guysville Bellevue 11 Hammersville Ill Hanoverton HI Harlem Springs Berlin Heights IV Harpster Bettesville HaskinsBeverly Tontogany IV Blanchester 111 Hayesville IV Bloomville IV Helena Bolivar VII Hicksville Bowerstown Higginsport Bowling Green IV Homerville Bremen IV Huron Brewster Idaho 111 Brilliant Jackson 111 Brookville IV Jenera IV Brunswick Jewett Bryan Kelleys Island Burbank Kilbourne IV Cadiz: Lakeville Byesville Knoxville Caldwell LaRue Cambridge Laura 11 Laurelville Carrollton Leesburg Catawba Letart Falls Celina Lewisburg Chatham Liberty Chesapeake Lodi Cheshire Center Logan Circleville Loudonville Clarksville Lowell Clyde Lower Salem Coldwater Lynchburg Congress Malvern Convoy Manchester Cooperdale Marblehead Crestline Maria Stein Creston IV Marion Curtice-Oregon VIII Martinsville Decatur McArthur Delaware IV McComb IV Dellroy I Mechanicsburg Dexter City 11 Mechanicstown Dillonvale- Medina IV Mt. Pleas. IV Mendon East Rochester Milan 111 Edgerton. ill Millersport Edon- Mineral City IV Elmore VIlI Minerva VI Englewood VIlI Minster Evansport IV Monroeville Farmersville 111 Montpelier Ill Montrose VIlI Exchange Schedule Morning Sun 111 Morral IV Mowrystown Mt.
Blanchard Mt. Orab Ill Nevada 111 New Bremen New Burlington New Concord 111 New Lebanon IV New London New Marshfield 111 New Philadelphia New Vienna .111 New Washington Ney 111 North Baltimore 11 North Eaton North Oak Oak North Ohio Oberlin Norwalk Georgetown Hill City Harbor Star Ostrander Oxford Paris Payne Peebles Pemberville Perrysville Phillipsburg Piketon Pioneer Plain City Pleasantville Plymouth Polk Pomeroy Port Clinton Portland Portsmouth Port William Prospect Put-In-Bay Radnor Rathbone Rawson Red Haw Republic Resaca Usage Sensitive Service Schedule Current 9.95 Proposed 12.50 Increase 2.55 Percent Increase 25.6 Schedule I Current $10.30 Proposed 13.05 Increase 2.75 Percent Increase 26.7 Schedule Ill Current $10.65 Proposed 13.35 Increase 2.70 Percent Increase 25.4 Schedule IV Current $11.15 Proposed 14.05 Increase 2.90• Percent Increase 26.0 Schedule $11.65 Proposed 14.70 Exchange Schedule equipment or the charge for a Company provided telephone. R-1 Residence Individual Line Residence Four-Party Line Richmond 2. R-2 Residence Two-Party Line B-1 Business Individual Line Richwood Russellville Suburban Service Zone Rates Sabina Sardinia Suburban Service Zone Rates also apply to customers outside the base rate area. Savannah 111 Scio R-2 R-4 Scott Zone A Seaman Current Rate 3.25 2.75 1.35 Seville IV Proposed Rate 4.10 3.40 1.75 Shade Increase .85 .65 .40 Sharon Center IV Percent Increase 26.2 23.6 29.6 Sinking Springs Zone Smithfield Current Rate 6.45 5.40 2.70 Spencer IV Proposed Rate 8.20 6.90 3.45 Spencerville Increase 1.75 1.50 .75 St.
Mary's Percent Increase 27.1 27.8 27.8 Strasburg Zone Sugarcreek IV Current Rate 9.75 8.10 4.00 Summerfield Proposed Rate 12.35 10.30 5.20 Sylvania VIlI ncrease 2.60 2.20 1.20 The Plains. IV Percent Increase 26.7 27.2 30.0 Tiltonsville Tipp City Usage Sensitive Service Trotwood VIlI The company is proposing a limited introduction of Troy nonoptional Usage Sensitive Service in Huron, Ohio. Usage Valley City Sensitive Service is a billing system that lets the customers VanBuren IV pay for what they use. Under the plan, the customer would Wadsworth VIII pay a substantially lower monthly service or "access" Wakeman charge for the local telephone service. Additional charges Waldo IV will be based upon the type and number of local calls made, Warsaw he hour, day of the week and duration of each call, as well' Watertown IV as the distance to the called party.
Waverly Wayne-Bradner Paystation Telephone Service Wellington The company proposes to increase the paystation rate from Wellston $.20 to $.25. The concept of a flat rate for semi-public West Alexandria Il! paystation service will not change. The existing credit West Field against the flat rate for coin-in-box revenues generated will Center be discontinued. West Milton Late Payment Charge Weston West Salem The company proposes a late payment charge of 1.25% on West Union the unpaid balance to be applied on the customer's bill. West Unity Private Mileage Wharton The company is proposing to increase its private lineWilkesville mileage charges.
Willard Williamsport Centrex Service Willshire-Wren Wilmington The company proposes to increase its rates for Centrex Wilmot Services. Winona IV Touch Call Line Charges Woodstock Yorkshire The touch call line charges will remain the same, however, the company is proposing a monthly instrument charge of Note $.75. Personal Signaling Service R-2 R-4 B-1 The company is proposing increases on personal signaling services. Repair Visit Charge 9.50 8.60 $20.00 11.90 10.90 27.50 The company is proposing to partially remove the premise 2.40 2.30 7.50 visit cost of maintenance from its local service rates. The 25.3 26.7 37.5 charge established will recognize the cost of a repairman making a premise visit in connection with a maintenance call associated with single line telephones.
9.90 8.90 $21.20 12.40 11.25 28.65 Extended Area Service 2.50 2.35 7.45 25.3 26.4 35.1 Supplemental Rates The company is proposing an extended area service rate $10.30 9.30 $22.25 additive applicable only to exchanges filing for new 12.75 11.65 29.40 extended area service after the effective date of the tariff. 2.45 2.35 7.15 23.8 25.3 32.1 Miscellaneous Products and Services Increases in rates and charges are proposed for several of $10.65 9.70 $23.45 the miscellaneous products and services including: 13.25 12.15 30.75 increases for special billing number; 2.60 2.45 7.30 enterprise service; 24.4 25.3 31.1 maintenance of service charges: non-published and emergency non-published service $11.10 $10.10 $24.80 and; 13.90 12.75 32.15 time announcement service. R-1 Increase 3.05 2.80 2.65 7.35 Percent Increase 26.2 25.2 26.2 29.6 Schedule VI Current $12.05 $11.60 $10.60 $26.10 Proposed .15.10 14.40 13.15 33.25 Increase 3.05 2.80 2.55 7.15 Percent Increase 25.3 24.1 24.1 27.4 Schedule VII Current $12.55 $12.05 $11.00 $27.40 Proposed 15.75 15.00 13.75 34.65 Increase 3.20 2.95 2.75 7.25 Percent Increase 25.5 24.5 25.0 26.5 Schedule VIlI Current $13.05 $12.60 $11.40 $28.85 Proposed 16.45 15.50 14.25 36.00 Increase 3.40 2.90 2.85 7.15 Percent Increase 26.1 23.0 25.0 .0 24.8 Schedule IX Current $13.45 $13.20 $11.90 $30.45 Proposed 16.90 16.00 14.65 37.15 Increase 3.45 2.80 2.75 6.70 Percent Increase 25.7 21.2 23.1 22.0 Schedule Current $14.00 $13.65 $12.25 $32.00 Proposed 17.55 16.65 15.25 38.50 Increase 3.55 3.00 3.00 6.50 Percent Increase 25.4 22.0 24.5 20.3 These rates are for base rate area customers only and do not include zone charges or charges for supplemental Key Telephone and Private Branch Exchange Systems and Equipment The company proposes increases in trunk rates for key telephone and private branch exchange systems. Proposed rates and charges may be found in the Company's proposed tariff sheets. The prayer of the application requests the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to do the following: (a) Find that the company's present rates and charges and the regulations and practices affecting the same are unjust, unreasonable and insufficient to yield reasonable compensation for the services rendered: (b) Find that the rates and charges and regulations and practices proposed are just and reasonable and will provide not more than a fair and reasonable rate of return on the value of the company's property actually used and useful for the convenience of the public: (c) Approve the filing of the proposed schedule sheets contained in Schedule E-1 of the application, modified to reflect such revisions thereof as may become effective.
pursuant to orders of the Commission, during the interim between the filing of the application and the date upon which the schedule sheets become effective; (d) Order that the proposed schedule sheets become effective forthwith; (e) Approve the withdrawal of the present schedule sheets contained in Schedule E-2 of the application; (f) Grant such other and further relief as the company is reasonably entitled to in the premises. The form of this notice has been approved by The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. p.d.,nov.29,dec.6,13,1982 DRD018026 1,.
