PSC 168.06(4)(4) A fee for processing shall accompany a petition. A petition without the accompanying fee will not be accepted for filing and will be returned. The commission may determine by order the amount of the fee and the permissible form or forms of fee payment, which may include use of certified check, cashier’s check or money order and shall be made payable to the public service commission of Wisconsin. The amount of the fee will not be returned to the petitioner if the petition is ultimately rejected by the commission.

PSC 168.06(5)(a)(a) On receipt of a reseller’s completed petition for certification and fee, the commission shall review the petition and conduct such additional investigation, including hearing, as may be appropriate. Upon concluding its investigation, the commission may certify the petitioner, with or without conditions, as an alternative telecommunications utility reseller, unless the commission determines that grant of the petition is not in the public interest.

PSC 168.06 NoteNote: The current fee is $250, payable in any type of check or by money order. Cash is not acceptable.

PSC 168.06(5)(b)(b) If a reseller is seeking recertification after a prior certification under this chapter expired or was revoked by the commission and it had operated in Wisconsin without certification, the commission may consider the following factors in determining any repayment, refund, or credit respecting the reseller’s void arrangements, contracts, and billings under sub. (1):

PSC 168.06(6)(6) If, upon petition by an interested person, the commission finds that a term or condition imposed in an alternative telecommunications utility certificate issued pursuant to this chapter is unnecessary for the protection of the public interest or is not competitively neutral in its effect, the commission shall modify or rescind the term or condition.

PSC 168.07(1)(1) A certificate issued under this chapter is subject to automatic expiration if the reseller fails to file the annual report required by s. PSC 168.12, and the fee required under sub. (2) if the certificated reseller is not subject to assessment under s. PSC 168.09 (2). The expiration of a certificate shall be effective June 1 of the year in which the required report, or any fee required by this section, was not filed by April 1, or such later date as may be ordered by the commission.

PSC 168.07(2)(2) A reseller not subject to assessment under s. PSC 168.09 (2) shall pay a fixed fee with the filing of the annual report. The commission by order may determine the amount of the fee and the permissible form or forms of payment. An annual report received by the commission that is not accompanied by a required fee in the proper amount or form of payment will not be considered a substantially complete annual report filing for purposes of s. PSC 168.13 (1) (a) and may be returned.

PSC 168.07 NoteNote: The current fee is $100, payable in any check form or by money order. Cash is not acceptable.

PSC 168.07(4)(4) Commencing upon December, 31, 1997, existing certificates of authority that are held by any type of alternative telecommunications utility and that authorize the holder to engage in any type of resale of intrastate telecommunications services, shall be treated as follows:

PSC 168.07(4)(a)(a) Any alternative telecommunications utility reseller holding an interim or final certificate of authority from the commission remains authorized to conduct its telecommunications business in this state under that certificate. Any interim certificate, however, shall be deemed permanent and modified to authorize resale of intrastate telecommunications services in compliance with this chapter, including the provision for expiration of certification for failure to comply with this section. This paragraph does not apply to make permanent any certification that was originally granted on an interim basis on account of the petitioner’s fitness and does not modify or rescind any terms and conditions imposed by the commission upon certifying under this chapter an alternative telecommunications utility reseller that is affiliated with a telecommunications utility authorized under s. 196.50 (2), Stats.

PSC 168.07 NoteNote: Under this paragraph resellers having interim authorization to provide alternative operator services under commission docket 05-TI-116 now have permanent certification to provide those services in accordance with this chapter. Any reseller that had interim certification because of a fitness question still has interim certification, but is obliged to comply with this chapter. Except for fitness limitations, all existing alternative telecommunications utility (ATU) reseller certificates are deemed modified to make the resale operations of such resellers uniformly subject to this chapter, except where the certificate contains unique terms and conditions on account of the ATU reseller’s affiliation with a telecommunications utility. This provision does not make permanent those interim terms and conditions imposed on a certificate on account of a reseller’s affiliation with a telecommunications utility. Those interim terms and conditions are subject to further investigation in docket 05-TI-138 or any related dockets dealing with affiliate relationships.

PSC 168.07(4)(b)(b) Any alternative telecommunications utility other than a reseller certified under s. 196.01 (1d) (c), Stats., retains interim or permanent certification as provided in its certificate. Any authorization in the certificate to resell intrastate telecommunications services shall be deemed modified to incorporate by reference the duty to comply with this chapter, except as modified or supplemented by the express terms of the certificate or the provisions of any applicable commission order.

PSC 168.07 NoteNote: Under this paragraph, radio common carriers authorized to engage in resale must comply with this recreated ch. PSC 168. Competitive local exchange carriers authorized to engage in resale comply with this chapter to the extent provided by their certificates and any commission order specifying differing obligations respecting resale in local exchange markets, as provided in docket 05-TI-138.

PSC 168.09(1)(1) All alternative telecommunications utility resellers shall comply with the following sections of ch. 196, Stats.: ss. 196.02, 196.03 (6), 196.12, 196.14, 196.203, 196.207 (6), 196.208, 196.218, Stats., s. 196.219, Stats., excepting s. 196.219 (3) (b), (em), (f), (g), and (j), Stats., ss. 196.25, 196.26, 196.28, 196.37, 196.39, 196.395, 196.40, 196.41, 196.43, 196.44, 196.65 and 196.66, Stats.

PSC 168.09 NoteNote: The imposition of s. 196.203, Stats., reserves the jurisdiction of the commission to impose, as needed, additional provisions of ch. 196, Stats., not listed above. The imposition of s. 196.37, Stats., also effectively reserves the jurisdiction of the commission to take corrective action with respect to rates and services, if and when necessary.

PSC 168.09(2)(2) Alternative telecommunications utility resellers having gross operating revenues derived from Wisconsin intrastate operations of $200,000 or more in a calendar year shall comply with and be subject to assessment as provided in ss. 196.85, 196.858, and 196.859, Stats.