Section 757.210  UTSAP Recovery

Costs incurred as a result of providing local exchange service under Section 757.200 shall be recovered in the following manner:

a)         The LECs shall deduct the local exchange service charge waivers provided to participants for local exchange service obligations and any additional local exchange service charge waivers of the initial local exchange service installation charge as specified in Section 757.200 from the voluntary UTSAP contributions.  Each LEC shall forward to the UTSAP Administrator voluntary UTSAP contributions net of installation local exchange service charge waivers and Lifeline local exchange service charge waivers provided pursuant to Section 757.200(c).

b)         The LECs shall be allowed to recover their administrative costs associated with the UTSAP from the voluntary UTSAP contributions.  If seeking recovery, administrative costs shall be reported by LECs annually to the Commission and the UTSAP Administrator through reports in the form of Exhibit B.

c)         Each LEC with more than 35,000 access lines shall report in the form of Exhibit C and remit monthly to the UTSAP Administrator, and shall report quarterly in the form of Exhibit A to the Commission and the UTSAP Administrator.  Each LEC with 35,000 or fewer access lines shall report quarterly in the form of Exhibits A and C to the Commission and the UTSAP Administrator, and shall remit quarterly to the UTSAP Administrator.

d)         The monthly LEC reports to the UTSAP Administrator required of LECs with more than 35,000 access lines shall be in the form of Exhibit C and shall include:

1)         the total UTSAP contributions billed, less adjustments for previous months UTSAP contributions billed but not collected;

2)         the total amount of local exchange service obligations waived;

3)         the amount of the additional local exchange service charge waivers of the initial local exchange service installation charges as specified in Section 757.200; and

4)         any allowable administrative expenses incurred as specified in subsection (b).

e)         Costs of the UTSAP Administrator and its functions will be recovered from the UTSAP contributions before any other payments are made under the plan.

f)         Subject to its jurisdiction, the Commission may examine at any time the reasonableness of the LEC's costs incurred solely because of participation in UTSAP.  If the Commission determines, after notice and hearing, that those expenditures are not reasonable, the LEC shall remit the amounts determined not to be reasonable to the UTSAP Administrator.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 16417, effective August 15, 2018)