237.76 Purpose.
A telephone company may petition the commission for approval of an alternative regulation plan under sections 237.76 to 237.774. The purpose of an alternative regulation plan is to provide a telephone company's customers with service of a quality consistent with commission rules at affordable rates, to facilitate the development of telecommunication alternatives for customers, and to provide, where appropriate, a regulatory environment with greater flexibility than is available under traditional rate-of-return regulation as reflected in other provisions of this chapter.
HIST: 1995 c 156 s 7
* NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 1995, chapter 156, *section 7, expires January 1, 2006. Laws 1995, chapter 156, *section 25.
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