MATTER OF DEREGULATION OF INSIDE WIRING

No. CO-87-1768.

420 N.W.2d 650 (1988)

In the Matter of the DEREGULATION OF the INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INSIDE WIRING, based on the Second Report and Order in FCC February 24, 1986. In the Matter of the Petition of the RESIDENTIAL UTILITIES DIVISION OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE Requesting an Investigation of Rates Charged by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied May 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Refsell, Gen. Atty., Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Minneapolis, Allan L. Grauer, Gen. Counsel, Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Omaha, Neb., for relator Northwestern Bell Telephone.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Karl W. Sonneman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Comn.

Michael J. Bradley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent Residential Utilities Div., Office of Atty. Gen.

Christopher K. Sandberg, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent Minnesota Dept. of Public Service.

Heard, considered and decided by WOZNIAK, C.J., and FOLEY and NORTON, JJ.


OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

This appeal involves the costs associated with the installation and maintenance of telephone wires located within the buildings of telephone customers ("inside wiring"). Following deregulation of inside wiring by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in February 1986, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") began proceedings to investigate the reasonableness of rates...

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