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2018 Georgia Code 46-5-169 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 46-5-169 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 46-5-169

TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Section 5. Telephone Service, 46-5-1 through 46-5-252.

ARTICLE 4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPETITION DEVELOPMENT

46-5-169. Company obligations associated with alternative regulation.

A company electing alternative regulation:

  1. Shall comply with orders issued and rules adopted by the commission to implement the express provisions of this article as a condition of obtaining or retaining a certificate of authority under this article;
  2. Shall not refuse any reasonable application for basic local exchange service;
  3. Shall not give any unreasonable preference or advantage to any customer when providing telecommunications services;
  4. Shall not, either directly or through affiliated companies, engage in any anticompetitive act or practice including but not limited to price squeezing, price discrimination, predatory pricing, or tying arrangements, as such terms are commonly applied in antitrust law;
  5. Shall not cross-subsidize nonregulated or alternatively regulated services with revenue created by regulated services;
  6. Shall not give any preference to affiliated companies;
  7. Shall allow the resale of its services. Nothing in this Code section shall restrict a customer from authorizing an agent to order such services on its behalf; and
  8. Shall not be required to seek regulatory approval of its depreciation rates or schedules.

(Code 1981, §46-5-169, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 886, § 2.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 46-5-169

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Alltel Georgia Commc'ns v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 505 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 1998).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 5, 1998 | 270 Ga. 105, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3321

...uiring compliance with the rate adjustment provisions of the Act, OCGA § 46-5-168(6); and preventing companies from engaging in any anticompetitive act, including price squeezing, price discrimination, predatory pricing, or tying arrangements. OCGA § 46-5-169(4)....