NAC704.759945. Determination of wholesale discount factors.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, an incumbent local exchange carrier shall determine wholesale discount factors on the basis of an avoided cost study that meets the requirements of NAC 704.759955 and 704.75996.

     2. An incumbent local exchange carrier shall determine separate wholesale discount factors:

     (a) For operator and directory assistance services; and

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for all other services as a group.

     3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection 2, an incumbent local exchange carrier:

     (a) Shall determine service-specific wholesale discount factors if such service-specific wholesale discount factors are required pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 252(b), (c) or (d).

     (b) May elect voluntarily to determine service-specific wholesale discount factors in addition to the wholesale discount factors that the incumbent local exchange carrier is required to determine pursuant to subsection 2.

     4. An incumbent local exchange carrier and a requesting telecommunications carrier may negotiate voluntarily and enter into a binding agreement for wholesale discount factors without regard to the provisions of NAC 704.759955 and 704.75996.

     5. As used in this section, “requesting telecommunications carrier” means a telecommunications carrier, as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153(44), which requests to purchase at wholesale rates services offered by an incumbent local exchange carrier.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R010-98, eff. 6-26-98)