WPC' 2MB<RK Z3|jTimes New RomanTimes New Roman BoldTimes New Roman Italic"i~'^:DPddDDDdp4D48dddddddddd88pppX|pDL|pp||D8D\dDXdXdXDdd88d8ddddDL8ddddX`(`lD4l\DDD4DDDDDDDDd8XXXXXX|X|X|X|XD8D8D8D8ddddddddddXdbdddpdXXXXXlX~|X|X|X|XdddldldD8DdDDDdplld|8|P|D|D|8dvddddDDDpLpLpLpl|T|8|\ddddddl|X|X|Xd|DdpL|Dd~4ddC$CWxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNHxxH\dDXddddd8@d<@d<DDXXdDDxddzHxxHvppDXd<"dxtldpxxdHP4M (PCL); Rm. 505; LPT2tional)HL4MPCAD.PRSXj\  P6G;\U xXP2  %K3|jTimes New RomanTimes New Roman BoldTimes New Roman Italic"i~'^:DpddȨDDDdp4D48ddddddddddDDpppd|Ld|pȐD8DtdDdpXpXDdp8Dp8pdppXLDpdddXP,PhD4htDDD4DDDDDDdDp8dddddȐXXXXXJ8J8J8J8pddddppppddpddddzpdddXXhXXXXXdddhdptL8LpLDLpphhp8ZDP8pppddƐXXXpLpLpLphfDtppppppȐhXXXpDppLDd4ddC6CWxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNHxxHjdDdddddd  #Xj\  P6G;9XP#X01Í ÍX01Í Í DA 96 385 ĐX(#P  X -In the Matter of hh@)  X - x` `  hh@)  X -Scripps Howard Cable Company dba@)hCUID No. FL0350 (Eustis)  X -Lake County Cablevisionhh@)hpp x` `  hh@)  X-Benchmark Filing to Support hh@)hpp  Xy-Cable Programming Service Pricehh@)  X4-  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ă  X-x` ` Adopted: March 19, 1996 @hppReleased: April 3, 1996 By the Deputy Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:  X- I. A. 1. a.(1)(a) i) a) I. 1. 1. a.(1)(a) i) a)x1. Here we consider a complaint about the rates the abovecaptioned operator ("Operator") was charging for its cable programming service ("CPS") tier in the community referenced above. Operator's response includes benchmark justifications on FCC Form 1200 and multiple FCC Form 1210s, the last one filed for the period ending in the fourth quarter of 1994. This Order addresses the reasonableness of Operator's rates only after May 14, 1994.  X7- We have already issued a separate order addressing the reasonableness of Operator's rate prior  X -to that date.  X-ԍ See Scripps Howard Cable Company, dba Lake County Cablevison, DA 95924, 10 FCC Rcd 10491 (1995).  X-x2. Under the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992,d X$-ԍ Pub. L. No. 102385, 106 Stat. 1460 (1992) ("1992 Cable Act"); Communications Act,  X$- 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 rates 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*!"  X-its CPS rates.@9 Xy-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.956.@ Under the Commission's Rules, an operator may attempt to justify its rates  X-through either a benchmark showing or a costofservice showing.Cy9 X-ԍ 47 C.F.R.  76.956(b).C In either case, the  X-operator has the burden of demonstrating that its CPS rates are not unreasonable.3*9 X-ԍ Id.3  X-x3. The Commission's original rate regulations took effect on September 1, 1993.9 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` 9 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 rates were in compliance with the Commission's initial rules from the time the complaint was filed through May 14, 1994, and that their rates were in  X1-compliance with the revised rules from May 15, 1994 forward.1 9 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 (1994)  X-("Second Order on Reconsideration"). Operators attempting to justify their rates for the period prior to May 15, 1994 through a benchmark showing must  X -complete and file FCC Form 393.3  9 XJ-ԍ Id.3 To justify their rates for the period beginning May 15,  X -1994 through a benchmark showing, operators must use the FCC Form 1200 series.  I9 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 9 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. b9 X&-ԍ See 47 C.F.R.  76.960; Second Order on Reconsideration, 9 FCC Rcd at 4190. "KI 0*(("Ԍx4. Operator asserts that its monthly CPS tier rates are justified because the rates 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 rates 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` `  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  JoAnn Lucanik, Chief x` `  Financial Analysis and Compliance Division x` `  Cable Services Bureau x` `  hh@