§  36.374   Telephone operator services.

   (a) Expenses in this classification include costs incurred for
   operators in call completion service and number services. This includes
   intercept, quoting rates, directory information, time charges, and all
   other operator functions performed in the central office, private
   branch exchange, teletypewriter exchange, and at public telephone
   stations.

   (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas
   subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of this chapter,
   shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the Telephone
   operator expense classification based on the relative percentage
   assignment of the balance of Account 6620 to this classification during
   the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.

   (c) Expenses in this classification are apportioned among the
   operations on the basis of the relative number of weighted standard
   work seconds as determined by analysis and study for a representative
   period.

   (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study areas
   shall apportion Telephone operator expenses among the jurisdictions
   using the relative number of weighted standard work seconds, as
   specified in paragraph (c) of this section, during the twelve-month
   period ending December 31, 2000.

   [ 52 FR 17229 , May 6, 1987, as amended at  66 FR 33207 , June 21, 2001;  75 FR 30301 , June 1, 2010;  76 FR 30841 , May 27, 2011;  79 FR 36238 , June
   26, 2014]