Docket UT-971688                                            Page 1 


BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In The Matter of the Application   )
of U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS,  ) DOCKET UT-971688
INC., for an Order Granting Authority  )
to Transfer Assets to U S WEST   ) ORDER GRANTING
WIRELESS, LLC.     )   APPLICATION
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  On November 26, 1997, U S WEST Communications, Inc. (USWC), filed an 
application with the Commission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 80.12 RCW 
for an order authorizing transfer of assets from USWC to U S WEST Wireless, LLC 
(USWW).

  The property to be transferred consists of tools described in Exhibit “B” of 
the application herein.  The net book value of the property was $248,069 as of 
October, 1997. The tools will be transferred at net book value, which is 
greater than or equal to their market value.

  The transfer is necessitated by the Federal Communications Commission’s 
recent order requiring USWC to offer wireless personal communications services 
to consumers in the state of Washington through a separate subsidiary.

FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS: 

  1. U S WEST Communications, Inc., a Colorado corporation, is a public service 
company subject to regulation by this Commission under the provisions of 
chapter 
80.12 RCW.

  2. As to form, the application filed herein meets the requirements of 
chapters 80.12 RCW and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
 
  3. It appears, upon investigation, that the transfer of certain property 
described herein, is reasonable and consistent with the public interest and 
should, therefore, be approved.






O R D E R 

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:

  1. Subject to the conditions of this order, U S West Communications, Inc., is 
hereby authorized to transfer assets described in Exhibit “B” of the 
application herein to 
U S WEST Wireless, LLC. 

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

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 31st day of 
December, 1997.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



                                 PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary