DOCKET UT-990041  Page 1

 BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

In the matter of the Requested Waiver of Required Notice in Connection with the 
Contract for CentraNet Service filed by GTE Northwest Incorporated
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		   DOCKET UT-990041
		
		   ORDER APPROVING     CONTRACT ON LESS THAN    REQUIRED NOTICE
		



 On January 13, 1999, GTE Northwest Incorporated 
(GTE-NW) filed with the Commission under its Contract No. 1128, a contract for 
Centranet Service.

 WAC 480-80-330 requires thirty days notice prior to the effective date.  The 
company requests, however, that such notice be waived and that the contract 
become effective January 28, 1999.

 The contract is for Centranet service for a sixty-month period.  GTE-NW 
requests waiver of the required notice date so that the targeted effective date 
of the contract of January 28, 1999, can be achieved.

 Since the contract filed herein is fair, just and reasonable, and waiver of 
required notice is not inconsistent with the public interest, it is deemed 
appropriate that the company be granted the waiver it is requesting with an 
effective date of January 28, 1999.


FINDINGS

 After careful examination of the contract filed herein by GTE Northwest 
Incorporated on January 13, 1999, and giving consideration to all relevant 
matters and for good cause shown, the Commission finds that the contract should 
become effective on January 28, 1999.


O R D E R

 THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the requested waiver of required notice 
in connection with the contract filed herein by GTE Northwest Incorporated on 
January 13, 1999, is hereby granted, and said contract shall become effective 
on January 28, 1999.





 DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 27th day of January, 1999.

 WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




   CAROLE J. WASHBURN
   Secretary