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Gpsc Form 900-1 - Application For Certificate Of Authority To Provide Competitive Local Exchange Service Page 13

NOTICE

CONSUMERS' UTILITY COUNSEL

AND ADDRESS FOR THE OFFICE OF CONSUMERS'

UTILITY COUNSEL

Pursuant to the 1975 Act establishing the Consumers' Utility Counsel, the Commission required that

a copy of all applications and complaints be served on the Consumers' Utility Counsel pursuant to that Act.

All items to be served on the Consumers' Utility Counsel should be addressed as listed below:

Consumers' Utility Counsel Division

Governor’s office of Consumer Affairs

Suite 414-H

47 Trinity Avenue, SW,

Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Tel. No.: (404) 656-3982

FAX No.: (404) 651-9394

The new Act required that "... a copy of any application, correspondence, complaint, pleading,

paper or notice to or issued by the Georgia Public Service Commission shall also be served on the

Consumers' Utility Counsel.

All tariff filings and all requests for rate or service adjustments are considered applications and a

copy must be furnished to the Consumers' Utility Counsel. Thus, any applications, complaints, pleadings,

etc., directed to this Commission must be accompanied by a Certificate of Service certifying that a copy

of such has been served on the Consumers' Utility Counsel.

It should be pointed out that notification to the Consumers' Utility Counsel is necessary

before the Commission can act upon such applications or complaints , furthermore, the Act

provides that "The commission shall not proceed to hear or determine any petition, complaint, or proceeding

in which the Consumers' Utility Counsel is entitled to appear unless it shall affirmatively appear written

notice thereof, unless such notice is affirmatively waived in writing or the Consumers' Utility Counsel

appears and specifically waives such notices."

In the light of today's delays in the mail, the Commission adopted a rule effective January 1, 1976

that all such Certificates of Service certifying that service has been made by mail must be so dated that

there will be fourteen (14) days between the date of mailing and the date of action by the Commission - thus

providing a prima facie assumption that the ten days' notice requirement has been met. This rule will

continue in effect.

Normally, the Commission holds its Administrative Session (at which decisions are made on

applications or complaints) on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Any application or complaint

upon which the Commission is expected to act at those meetings and which are served by mail on the

Consumers' Utility Counsel must be accompanied by a Certificate of Service dated at least fourteen (14)

calendar days ahead of such meetings.

Executive Secretary

ELECTRONIC VERSION

Gpsc Form 900-1 - Application For Certificate Of Authority To Provide Competitive Local Exchange Service Page 13