PSC 160.13(4)(a)2.2. Any information necessary for the commission to certify that the ETC has this year, and will next year, use its high cost assistance monies for the purposes allowed under 47 USC 254 (e) and 47 CFR 54.313 (a) and 54.314 (a).

PSC 160.13(4)(b)(b) For all full and low-income ETCs, all of the following:

PSC 160.13(4)(c)(c) For all ETCs, all of the following within 14 days of the occurrence:

PSC 160.13 NoteNote: Some of the information required under this section can be provided to the commission by submitting copies of filings with the FCC.

PSC 160.13(5)(a)(a) The area in which a provider shall be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier shall be one of the following:

PSC 160.13(5)(a)1.1. If requesting ETC designation for an area that is served by an incumbent local exchange provider that is not a rural telephone company, one of the following:

PSC 160.13(5)(a)1.a.a. For a full ETC applicant, one or more of the incumbent local exchange service provider’s wire centers.

PSC 160.13(5)(a)1.b.b. For a low-income ETC applicant, the area designated by the applicant and approved by the commission.

PSC 160.13(5)(a)2.2. If requesting ETC designation for an area that is served by an incumbent local exchange service provider that is a rural telephone company, one of the following:

PSC 160.13(5)(a)2.a.a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., the incumbent local exchange service provider’s entire service territory.

PSC 160.13(5)(a)2.b.b. If the federal communications commission has granted a provider forbearance from the requirement that its designated area match the boundaries of a rural incumbent local exchange carrier’s service territory, the area designated by the applicant and approved by the commission.

PSC 160.13(5)(b)(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this subsection, unless approved by the commission and, if necessary, the federal communications commission, no ETC designation area may include only a portion of a wire center.

PSC 160.13(6)(a)(a) The commission may only designate an additional eligible telecommunications carrier in an area where one has already been designated after finding that doing so is in the public interest. For an area served by an incumbent local exchange service provider that is not a rural telephone company, the commission may perform a less detailed public interest analysis than if the area is served by an incumbent local exchange service provider that is a rural telephone company.

PSC 160.13(6)(b)(b) In its public interest analysis under par. (a), the commission shall include consideration of all of the following:

PSC 160.13(7)(7) List of ETCs. The commission shall maintain a list of the eligible telecommunications carriers for all areas of the state.

PSC 160.13(8)(a)(a) An eligible telecommunications carrier may relinquish that designation for an area by notifying the commission and the administrators of both the state and federal universal service funds, in writing, of its intention.

PSC 160.13(8)(b)(b) If at least one other ETC is designated for that area, the relinquishing ETC shall be relieved of ETC status for that area, without commission action, on the later of 14 days after commission receipt of the notification or the effective date proposed by the provider.

PSC 160.13(8)(c)(c) If no other ETC is designated for that area, the relinquishing ETC shall remain as the ETC for that area until the commission designates an alternative ETC. In that case, the commission shall notify the relinquishing, ETC and the administrators of the state and federal funds, that ETC status is still in effect. The commission may use an auction or other reasonable process to designate a new ETC for an area for which the only existing ETC is seeking to relinquish that status. The commission may authorize compensation from the universal service fund as part of this process.