GTE Arkansas, Inc. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission

Margaret Meads, Judge.

This appeal is brought by GTE Arkansas, Inc., and eighteen other local exchange carriers from Order No. 15 that was entered by the Arkansas Public Service Commission in Docket No. 95-034-TF. In Order No. 15, the Commission revoked a surcharge that it had previously imposed on local exchange ratepayers to fund the costs of implementing telecommunications relay service. Appellants contend that the Commission’s decision to eliminate the surcharge is unlawful and ask this court to set aside Order No. 15 and remand the case to the Commission for further proceedings. Because…