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BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND  )
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, )
      )
   Complainant, ) DOCKET UT-950525
      )
  vs.    )
      )
GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED, ) ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT       ) AND ORDER 
SUSPENDING
   Respondent. ) TARIFF REVISION AND
      ) GRANTING TARIFF REVISION
      ) AT HIGHER LEVEL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )


  On May 4, 1995, GTE Northwest Incorporated, filed with the Commission a 
revision to its currently effective Tariff
WN U-11, designated as Seventh Revised Sheet No. 378.

  The Commission, on June 28, 1995, entered a Complaint and Order Suspending 
Tariff Revision pending an investigation concerning the changes and the 
reasonableness and justness thereof. 

  The reason for lifting suspension is that the investigation has been 
completed and the rate which should be mirrored has been raised to $0.00152 by 
the Commission by approval of the revised filing of the Washington Exchange 
Carrier Association in Docket UT-951091.

FINDINGS

  1. GTE Northwest Incorporated is a Telecommunications company and as such is 
a public service company subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

  2. The revision presently under suspension herein has been revised to 
$0.00152 and is not considered to be unreasonable. 

  3. It is not contrary to public interest that the Complaint and Order 
Suspending Tariff Revision in this docket be dismissed and that the revised 
revision to the respondent's Tariff WN U-11, become effective October 1, 1995.



O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the Complaint and Order Suspending 
Tariff Revision in this docket, dated June 28, 1995, be and the same is hereby 
dismissed, and that the revision filed herein as revised to $0.00152, be and 
the same shall become effective October 1, 1995.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 27th day of September, 1995.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




      SHARON L. NELSON, Chairman




      RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner




      WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner