1998 Minnesota Statutes

     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.