DOCKET UT-980470 Page 1



BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Petition   )  DOCKET  UT-980470
of WWP FIBER, Inc.,    )  
for an Order Granting    )  ORDER GRANTING 
Registration       )  REGISTRATION  
to Provide Telecommunications     )  AND AUTHORIZING 
Services and Authorizing    )  THE PROVISION OF  
Provision of Intrastate   )  INTRASTATE
Telecommunications    )  TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
Services     )  SERVICES
.....................................................................)  



  On March 25, 1998, Washington Water Power Fiber, Inc., (WWP Fiber), filed an 
application request for registration to operate as a provider of intrastate 
telecommunications services.  WWP Fiber proposes to offer telecommunications 
services through active fiber applications.  The transport is through conduit 
and cable facilities in metropolitan Spokane and other areas of eastern 
Washington.  WWP Fiber plans to accommodate requirements of the business 
community for transport of telecommunications.

  WWP Fiber primarily provides DS-1 service which supports voice, video, and 
data requirements and DS-3 service which supports voice, video, and data with 
multiplexing options at one or both ends to allow users to derive 1.544 Mbps 
DS-1 circuits.  WWP Fiber also intends to provide telecommunications services 
between interexchange carriers’ points of presence and to connect end users to 
those points of presence, as well as provisioning of discrete networks.  WWP 
Fiber may also offer services with greater capacity, higher speed transmission, 
protected service, and inactive (dark) fiber on an individual case basis.

  WWP Fiber is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corporation and is 
headquartered in Spokane, Washington.  Avista is a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Washington Water Power Company.  WWP Fiber is a Washington corporation, 
incorporated on 
November 26, 1996, with a perpetual duration.  The registered agent is TL 
Symms, Vice President and Corporate Secretary based in Spokane, Washington.  
Directors of the company are Chairman of the Board Lester Bryan, Vice President 
Jon Eliassen and Vice President Robert Fukai.  WWP Fiber financial statements 
are reported on a consolidated basis with the financial statements of the 
Washington Water Power Company.

  WWP Fiber proposed tariff as amended is satisfactory.  WWP Fiber has provided 
the information necessary to demonstrate that WWP Fiber possesses adequate 
financial resources and technical competence to provide the proposed services.  

  WWP Fiber has voluntarily committed to collect and remit to appropriate 
administrative agencies relevant excise taxes in support of various social 
programs, including enhanced 911, telecommunications relay services, and 
lifeline.  WWP Fiber does not propose to collect advanced payments or deposits 
from customers.  


FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. WWP Fiber, Inc., is a public service company subject to the jurisdiction 
of this Commission under the provisions of chapter 80.36 RCW.

  2.  WWP Fiber, Inc., has provided sufficient information to show that it is 
financially and technically capable to provide the services proposed.  

  3.  It appears, upon investigation, that the request for authority to 
register as a telecommunications company and provide telecommunications 
services should be approved.

  4.  In this proceeding, the Commission in no way endorses the financial 
viability of applicant nor the investment quality of any securities it may 
issue.


O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:

  1.  After the effective date of this order and subject to the conditions 
hereof, the application of WWP Fiber, Inc., filed with the Commission 
requesting an order authorizing registration to provide telecommunications 
services is hereby granted. 

  2.  This order shall in no way affect the authority of this Commission over 
rates, service, accounts, valuations, estimates or determination of costs, or 
any matters whatsoever that may come before it, nor shall anything herein be 
construed as an acquiescence in any estimate or determination of costs, or any 
valuation of property claimed or asserted.

  3.  The proposed tariff as filed and amended in Exhibit G, attached to the 
application, is satisfactory.  Prior to supplying service to the public, WWP 
Fiber, Inc., shall file and receive permission and approval for an initial 
tariff identical to amended Exhibit G with the Commission. The tariff shall 
bear an effective date not less than 30 days subsequent to the date of receipt 
by the Commission. 
 

  4.  Registration of WWP Fiber, Inc., as a telecommunications company shall 
not be construed as an endorsement of financial viability nor of the investment 
quality of any securities it may issue.

  5.  WWP Fiber, Inc., shall not collect advanced payments or deposits without 
first showing that it has a satisfactory arrangement to protect customer monies 
as stated in WAC 480-121-040.


  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 8th day of April, 1998.


  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




       PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary