                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF THE COMMISSION (§ 56-54.5)

A. The Commission may ensure competitive telephone companies provide reasonably
adequate retail voice service, including rendering timely and accurate bills for
service, by receiving customer complaints and requiring the competitive
telephone company to reasonably address bona fide complaints as promptly as is
reasonably possible under the circumstances.

B. The Commission shall continue to have jurisdiction and authority to ensure
the reasonably adequate provision by competitive telephone companies of the
telecommunications portions of emergency 911 services provided to PSAPs, as that
term is defined in &#xA7; 56-484.12.

C. The Commission shall continue to have jurisdiction and authority over
Lifeline telephone service such as the Virginia Universal Service Plan, but
shall not impose Lifeline telephone service obligations on competitive telephone
companies that do not seek designation as eligible telecommunications carriers
or impose Lifeline telephone service obligations over and above that imposed by
the default Lifeline plan imposed by the Federal Communications Commission.

D. The Commission shall continue to have jurisdiction and authority to permit
existing and new retail tariffs to be filed by competitive telephone companies;
however, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a competitive
telephone company to file tariffs concerning retail services.

E. Existing extended local service calling plans ordered by the Commission
pursuant to Article 4 (&#xA7; 56-484.1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 that are
applicable to competitive telephone companies shall remain in effect, but shall
not be expanded by the Commission. The Commission shall continue to have
jurisdiction and authority to enforce these extended local service calling
plans, but shall not create any new plans.

F. The Commission shall continue to have jurisdiction and authority to grant,
amend, reissue, and cancel certificates of public convenience and necessity of
competitive telephone companies.

G. The Commission may promulgate such rules, including the revision and repeal
of current rules, as may be necessary to implement the specific authority
granted in this chapter.

H. The Commission shall continue to enforce the Utility Transfers Act (&#xA7;
56-88 et seq.) regarding competitive telephone companies.

HISTORY: 2014, cc. 340, 376.