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MI0003 (Ely)  X -x` `  hh@)hpp MI0006 (Marquette)  X-x` `  hh@)hpp MI0007 (Ishpeming)  X-x` `  hh@)hpp MI0022 (Bessemer)  X-x` `  hh@)hpp MI0024 (Escanaba)  X-x` `  hh@)hpp MI0028 (Ironwood)  X-x ` `  hh@)  X-Benchmark Filing to Support hh@)hpp  Xi-Cable Programming Service Pricehh@)  X$-  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ă  X-x` ` Adopted: March 11, 1996@hppReleased: March 19, 1996 By the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:  X- I. A. 1. a.(1)(a) i) a) I. 1. 1. a.(1)(a) i) a)x1. Here we consider complaints about the prices the abovecaptioned operator ("Operator") was charging for its cable programming service ("CPS") tiers in the communities referenced above. Operator's responses to these complaints include benchmark justifications on FCC Form 1200 and multiple FCC Form 1210s, the last ones ending in the first quarter of 1995. This Order addresses the reasonableness of Operator's prices only after May 14, 1994.  X'!- We have already issued a separate order addressing the reasonableness of the price prior to  X"-that date.~"' X$-ԍ See Bresnan Communications Company, DA 95283, 10 FCC Rcd 3428, (1995).~ ""{0*0*0*t""Ԍ X-x2. Under the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992,' Xy-ԍ Pub. L. No. 102385, 106 Stat. 1460 (1992) ("1992 Cable Act"); Communications Act,  Xb- 623(c), as amended, 47 U.S.C.  543(c) (1993). and our rules implementing it, 47 C.F.R. Part 76, Subpart N, the Commission must review CPS prices upon the filing of a complete and timely complaint. The filing of a complete and timely complaint triggers an   obligation on behalf of the cable operator to file a justification of"#0*0*0*F#"  X-its CPS prices.@# Xy-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.956.@ Under our rules, an operator may attempt to justify its prices through either a  X-benchmark showing or a costofservice showing.Cy# X-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.956(b).C In either case, the operator has the burden  X-of demonstrating that its CPS prices are not unreasonable.3*# X-ԍ Id.3  X-x3. The Commission's original rate regulations took effect on September 1, 1993.# X2 -ԍ Order in MM Docket No. 92266, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, FCC 93372, 58 Fed. Reg. 41042 (Aug. 2, 1993).  X-The Commission subsequently revised its rate regulations effective May 15, 1994.C` # X-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.922(b).C Operators with complete and timely CPS complaints filed against them prior to May 15, 1994 must demonstrate that their CPS prices were in compliance with the Commission's initial rules from the time the complaint was filed through May 14, 1994, and that their prices were in  X1-compliance with the revised rules from May 15, 1994 forward.1 # X-ԍ Second Order on Reconsideration, Fourth Report and Order, and Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket No. 92266, FCC 9438, 9 FCC Rcd 4119, 4190, paras.  X-150152 (1994) ("Second Order on Reconsideration"). Operators attempting to justify their prices for the period prior to May 15, 1994 through a benchmark showing must  X -complete and file FCC Form 393.3  # XJ-ԍ Id.3 To justify their prices for the period beginning May 15,  X -1994 through a benchmark showing, operators must use the FCC Form 1200 series.  I# X-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.922(b)(6); see also Second Order on Reconsideration, 9 FCC Rcd at 4189 n.195. Operators may also justify rate increases based on the addition and deletion of channels, the  X -changes in certain external costs, and inflation by filing FCC Form 1210.C # XT!-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.922(d).C Form 1210 must be filed at least 30 days before new rates are scheduled to go into effect where the Commission has found the cable programming service tier rate to be unreasonable less than one year prior to the filing, or where there is a pending complaint against the cable  Xb-programming service tier rate. b# X&-ԍ See 47 C.F.R.  76.960; Second Order on Reconsideration, 9 FCC Rcd at 4190, para. 152."b2 0*(("Ԍx4. Operator asserts that its monthly CPS tier prices are justified because the prices are equal to or lower than the maximum permitted charges. Upon review of Operator's FCC Form 1200 series filings, we agree. We found no apparent errors in Operator's calculation of its maximum permitted CPS rates. Therefore, Operator's FCC Form 1200 series rates for the period under review are justified. x5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the complaint referenced herein against the cable programming service price charged by Operator in the franchise area referenced in the caption during the period following May 14, 1994 IS DENIED TO THE EXTENT INDICATED HEREIN. x` ` x` ` x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhJoAnn Lucanik x` `  hhChief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division x` `  hhCable Services Bureau x` `  hh@