Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. v. Kentucky Public Service Commission

OPINION

COMBS, Chief Judge.

Three telecommunications companies, Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co., Kentucky Alltel, Inc., and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., appeal an order of the Franklin Circuit Court that had affirmed an order of the Kentucky Public Service Commission (the PSC or the Commission). At issue is the validity of a refund ordered by the PSC. The telecommunication companies had collected sums of money from independent payphone service providers pursuant to a rate established in prior PSC proceedings. The PSC order before us has required a refund of a portion of those funds from…