Report No. DC 95-60                                                   ACTION IN DOCKET CASE               April 26, 1995
     
               COMMISSION STREAMLINES RATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
                  FOR SMALL OPERATORS AND"LOW PRICED" SYSTEMS
                               (MM DOCKET 92-266)
     
         The Commission has eliminated the requirement that systems owned by small
     operators and low price systems calculate their "full reduction rates" for submission
     on applicable rate forms.  This deregulatory action will reduce the burden of
     calculating and reporting rate adjustments.  The Form 1210 will be modified to
     implement this change.  In the future, small operators and low priced systems will
     only be required to report adjustments to their "transition" rates.
     
         Small systems and low price systems eligible for transition rate relief had
     previously been required to calculate both transition and full reduction rates because
     inflation adjustments only applied to full reduction rates.  However, the Ninth Order
     on Reconsideration (February 6, 1995) allows these systems to adjust their transition
     rates for inflation.  These systems include systems owned by small operators (those
     having a total subscriber base of 15,000 or fewer and not affiliated with a larger
     operator), and "low price" systems (those having March 31, 1994 rates at or below
     the revised benchmark and those having March 31, 1994 rates above the benchmark
     but having full reduction rates below the benchmark). 
     
         Action by the Commission April 7, 1995, by Order on Reconsideration (95-
     150).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.
     
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