DOCKET NO. UT-960310      PAGE 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



In the Matter of the Petition for Arbitration      )  DOCKET NO. UT-960310
of an Interconnection Agreement Between     )  
         ) 
MCImetro ACCESS SERVICES, INC.,  )  AMENDMENT TO COMMISSION
and       )  ORDER APPROVING
US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.  )  INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT       )
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 252  )
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MEMORANDUM
 
  Procedural history.  This matter comes before the Washington Utilities and 
Transportation Commission (“Commission”) upon the joint request of MCImetro 
Access Services, Inc., (“MCImetro”) and U S WEST Communications, Inc., (“USWC”) 
that the Commission amend its prior Order Approving Interconnection Agreement 
(“Order”) in this docket.  The Commission’s Order was filed on August 18, 
1997.  

  The parties filed their Joint Request to Amend Order on August 21, 1997.  The 
parties stated that ongoing negotiations resulted in an agreement regarding 
performance measurement and reporting subsequent to the Commission hearing to 
consider approval of the interconnection agreement, which was conducted on 
August 11, 1997.  The terms and conditions relating to performance measurement 
and reporting which the parties negotiated and agreed to differ from relevant 
terms and conditions which were stated in the Commission Order at Section 
III.D. on page 10.

  On August 21, 1997, the parties also jointly requested and were granted an 
extension of time to file an interconnection agreement which conformed with the 
Commission Order.  The Commission considered the Joint Request to Amend Order 
at an open public meeting held on August 27, 1997.


FINDINGS OF FACT

  1. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is an agency of the 
state of Washington, vested by statute with authority to regulate in the public 
interest the rates, services, facilities, and practices of telecommunications 
companies in the state.


  2.  The Commission made substantial findings of fact in its Order dated 
August 18, 1997, which are incorporated herein by reference.

  3.  On August 21, 1997, MCImetro and USWC jointly filed with the Commission a 
Request to Amend Order Approving Interconnection Agreement on the basis that 
the parties negotiated and subsequently agreed to terms and conditions relating 
to performance measurement and reporting which differ from the Commission’s 
Order in Section III.D. on page 10.

  4.  The terms and conditions which were negotiated and agreed to by the 
parties subsequent to the Commission’s Order do not discriminate against any 
other telecommunications carrier, and they are otherwise consistent with the 
public interest, convenience, and necessity.


CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

  1.  The Commission has jurisdiction over the subject matter of and all 
parties to this proceeding.

  2.  The terms and conditions which were negotiated and agreed to by the 
parties subsequent to the Commission’s Order do not discriminate against any 
other telecommunications carrier, and they are otherwise consistent with the 
public interest, convenience, and necessity.

  



O R D E R

 The Commission ORDERS:

  1.  The Joint Request to Amend Order is granted.

  2.  Section III.D. of the Commission Order Approving Interconnection 
Agreement , dated August 18, 1997, shall be considered deleted.

  3.  The additional agreed language which was filed by the parties as 
Attachment A to the Joint Request to Amend Order shall be inserted into and 
implemented together with the main body of the interconnection agreement as 
approved by the Commission.

  4.  The parties shall file an interconnection agreement conforming with the 
Commission’s Order Approving Interconnection Agreement, dated August 18, 1997, 
and this Amendment to Commission Order Approving Interconnection Agreement, on 
or before September 3, 1997.

  5.  The Commission’s Order Approving Interconnection Agreement, dated August 
18, 1997, remains otherwise unchanged and shall be given full force and effect 
unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, including the effective date of 
August 20, 1997.


  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this        th day of 
August 1997.

WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



       RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner



       WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner