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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of:                       )
                                   )
MARCUS CABLE ASSOCIATES, L. P.          )    File No. CSB-A-0595
                                   )
Appeal of Local Rate Order                   )
of the City of Middlebury, Connecticut, et al.         )


                              ORDER

   Adopted:  September 14, 1999                   Released:  September 17, 1999

By the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   Marcus Cable Associates, L. P. ("Marcus"), operator of cable television systems in
Middlebury, Plymouth, Prospect, Waterbury, and Wolcott, Connecticut, filed a Petition for Review of a
decision of the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control ("CDPUC") dated September 2, 1998, to
reopen Docket No. 97-02-17 in which the CDPUC reviewed certain cable service rate Forms 1205 and 1240
filed by Marcus.  The CDPUC reopened the docket for the purpose of considering facts brought to light in
another docket concerning local rate forms previously filed by Marcus.  The CDPUC filed an opposition to the
petition, and Marcus filed a reply.

     2.   Marcus stated that the instant petition was filed out of an abundance of caution and to preserve
its rights, and concedes that the petition may be premature because the CDPUC has not yet prescribed new
rates or imposed refund obligations in the course of the re-opened rate proceeding.  The CDPUC stated in
opposition that it would not consider a subsequent appeal from any new rate order in the re-opened proceeding
untimely, and that therefore an immediate ruling on the pending petition does not appear necessary. Marcus
stated in reply that it does not object to the current petition being dismissed without prejudice, provided that
it is entitled to raise all legal and substantive issues within 30 days of the final rate decision of the CDPUC in
the re-opened Docket No. 07-02-17.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.321
of the Commission's rules, that the Petition for Review of the decision of the Connecticut Department of Public
Utility Control dated September 2, 1998, to reopen Docket No. 97-02-17 filed by Marcus Cable Associates,
L.P. on October 2, 1998, IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              William H. Johnson, Deputy Chief
                              Cable Services Bureau