Deadlines Announced For Annual ILEC Access Tariff Filings

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The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has set an effective date of July 1, 2017 for the 2017 annual access charge tariff filings on 15 days’ notice, and a modified effective date of July 3, 2017 for filings on 7 days’ notice, that must be made by price cap and rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs).  Accordingly, ILECs filing tariffs on 15 days’ notice must make their annual tariff filings on June 16, 2017, and ILECs filing tariffs on 7 days’ notice must make their annual tariff filings on June 26, 2017.  The Bureau’s order also (1) establishes procedures for filing all tariff-related documents; (2) establishes May 17, 2017 as the date that price cap ILECs must file short form Tariff Review Plans; (3) establishes the dates for filing petitions to suspend or reject an ILEC tariff filing and replies to such petitions; and (4) addresses service of petitions and replies.

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