Northwest Public Communications Council v. Public Utility Commission

*96EDMONDS, P. J.

Appellant Northwest Public Communications Council is an organization of businesses that provide pay telephone service to the public. The businesses use the telephone lines and other services of regulated local exchange carriers (LECs) to carry out their activities.1 Appellant appeals a decision of the trial court that affirmed an order of respondent Oregon Public Utilities Commission (PUC) setting the rates that respondent Qwest Corporation (Qwest), a regulated LEC, charges appellant’s members for payphone services2 in Oregon. We reverse and remand.

Appellant challenges the PUC’s…