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FCC 54.1308
Revised as of October 2, 2015
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2016
§ 54.1308 Study Area Total Unseparated Loop Cost.
(a) For the purpose of calculating the expense adjustment, the study area
total unseparated loop cost equals the sum of the following:
(1) Return component for net unseparated Exchange Line C&WF subcategory 1.3
investment and Exchange Line CO Circuit Equipment Category 4.13 investment.
This amount is calculated by deducting the accumulated depreciation and
noncurrent deferred Federal income taxes attributable to C&WF Subcategory
1.3 investment and Exchange Line Category 4.13 circuit investment reported
pursuant to § 54.1305(b) from the gross investment in Exchange Line C&WF
Subcategory 1.3 and CO Category 4.13 reported pursuant to § 54.1305(a) to
obtain the net unseparated C&WF Subcategory 1.3 investment, and CO Category
4.13 investment. The net unseparated C&WF Subcategory 1.3 investment and CO
Category 4.13 investment is multiplied by the study area's authorized
interstate rate of return.
(2) Depreciation expense attributable to C&WF Subcategory 1.3 investment,
and CO Category 4.13 investment as reported in § 54.1305(c).
(3) Maintenance expense attributable to C&WF Subcategory 1.3 investment, and
CO Category 4.13 investment as reported in § 54.1305(d).
(4) Corporate Operations Expenses, Operating Taxes and the benefits and rent
portions of operating expenses, as reported in § 54.1305(e) attributable to
investment in C&WF Category 1.3 and COE Category 4.13. This amount is
calculated by multiplying the total amount of these expenses and taxes by
the ratio of the unseparated gross exchange plant investment in C&WF
Category 1.3 and COE Category 4.13, as reported in § 54.1305(a), to the
unseparated gross telecommunications plant investment, as reported in
§ 54.1305(f). Total Corporate Operations Expense for purposes of calculating
high-cost loop support payments beginning January 1, 2012 shall be limited
to the lesser of § 54.1308(a)(4)(i) or (ii).
(i) The actual average monthly per-loop Corporate Operations Expense; or
(ii) A monthly per-loop amount computed according to paragraphs
(a)(4)(ii)(A), (a)(4)(ii)(B), (a)(4)(ii)(C), and (a)(4)(ii)(D) of this
section. To the extent that some carriers' corporate operations expenses are
disallowed pursuant to these limitations, the national average unseparated
cost per loop shall be adjusted accordingly.
(A) For study areas with 6,000 or fewer total working loops the amount
monthly per working loop shall be $42.337 − (.00328 × the number of total
working loops), or, $63,000/the number of total working loops, whichever is
greater;
(B) For study areas with more than 6,000 but fewer than 17,887 total working
loops, the monthly amount per working loop shall be $3.007 + (117,990/the
number of total working loops); and
(C) For study areas with 17,887 or more total working loops, the monthly
amount per working loop shall be $9.562.
(D) Beginning January 1, 2013, the monthly per-loop amount computed
according to paragraphs (a)(4)(ii)(A), (a)(4)(ii)(B), and (a)(4)(ii)(C) of
this section shall be adjusted each year to reflect the annual percentage
change in the United States Department of Commerce's Gross Domestic
Product-Chained Price Index (GDP-CPI).
(b) [Reserved]
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