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(U 1013 C) to Modify Intrastate Revenue Requirement and Rate Design and Adjust Selected Rates. | A.23-11-  |\n| GENERAL RATE CASE APPLICATION\u003Cbr>OF PINNACLES TELEPHONE CO. (U 1013 C)\u003Cbr>[PUBLIC VERSION]\u003Cbr>Sarah J. Banola\u003Cbr>Patrick M. Rosvall\u003Cbr>Sean P. Beatty\u003Cbr>BRB Law LLP\u003Cbr>436 14th Street, Suite 1205 Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (973) 903-0189\u003Cbr>Email: [sarah@brblawgroup.com](sarah@brblawgroup.com)\u003Cbr>Attorneys for\u003Cbr>Pinnacles Telephone Co.\u003Cbr>November 15, 2023 |  |\n\n1  \n2  \n3  \n4  \n5  \n6  \n7  \n8  \n9  \n10  \n11  \n12  \n13  \n14  \n15  \n16  \n17  \n18  \n19  \n20  \n21  \n22  \n23  \n24  \n25  \n26  \n27  \n28  \nI. INTRODUCTION.  \nPursuant to Rules 2 . 1, 2 .2, 2 .3, and 3.2 of the California Public Utilities Commission’s (“Commission”) Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules”),1 Applicant Pinnacles Telephone Co.(U 1013 C) (“Pinnacles”) submits this general rate case application (“Application”), seeking modifications to its revenue requirement and rate design, including updates to its annual costs of service, selected adjustments to its tariffed rates, and the establishment of California High Cost Fund A (“CHCF-A”) support in accordance with Public Utilities Code Section 275.6.2 This Application is timely submitted pursuant to the Executive Director’s September 27, 2023 letter granting Pinnacles’ Rule 16.6 request for a forty-five day extension on the deadline to file its general rate case application from October 1, 2023 to November 15, 2023 and it complies with Commission directives applicable to small, independent telephone corporations, the Commission’s 2015 rate case plan (“Rate Case Plan”), and all rules governing the CHCF-A program.3  \nThrough this Application, the associated Exhibits, and the supporting testimony, Pinnacles has presented a reasonable proposal that advances important California and federal public policy objectives, including helping to bridge the “digital divide” by enhancing broadband deployment in  \n1 Rules 2.1 (general application requirements), 2.2 (describing corporate formation and eligibility documents to be supplied with applications), 2.3 (outlining financial statements to be included with ratemaking applications), 3.2 (summarizing application requirements for ratemaking adjustments) .  \n2 See Pub. Util. Code § 275 .6(c)(4) (requiring the Commission to “[p]rovide universal service rate support from the CHCF-A . . . in an amount sufficient to supply the portion of the revenue requirement that cannot reasonably be provided by the customers . . . after receipt of federal universal service rate support.”) .  \n3 See Pub. Util. Code § 275.6 (outlining the ratemaking standards for “small independent telephone corporations” who receive CHCF-A support); D.15-06-048, Appendix A (establishing a Rate Case Plan for Pinnacles and other “small independent telephone corporations”); D.14-12-084 (enacting ratemaking adjustments following Phase 1 of CHCF-A rulemaking); D.21-04-005 (adopting “broadband imputation”for CHCF-A recipients); D.21-06-004 (enacting additional changes to ratemaking rules following Phase 2 of CHCF-A rulemaking); D.22-02-027.(modifying D.21-06-004 on rehearing and revising license and lease revenue reporting requirements) .  \n1  \n2  \n3  \n4  \n5  \n6  \n7  \n8  \n9  \n10  \n11  \n12  \n13  \n14  \n15  \n16  \n17  \n18  \n19  \n20  \n21  \n22  \n23  \n24  \n25  \n26  \n27  \n28  \nrural areas of California,4 keeping rates affordable in rural areas,5 and ensuring telecommunications network resiliency in areas that are prone to wildfires and other extreme conditions.6 Pinnacles’ revenue requirement and rate design were last examined in 2017-2018 with reference to a test year of 2019.7 Since that time, num","cbCaidMhXVdOE5bs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidMhXVdOE5bs","pdf",1566967,120,"English","# I. 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