BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Application    )
for an Order Approving an           )    DOCKET  UT-941638
Agreement with GTE TELECOM          )    
INCORPORATED for a National         )    FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
Transport Network (NTN)             )          ORDER     
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     )


          The Commission entered its original order in this proceeding on 
February 8, 1995, under the provisions of chapter 80.16 RCW approving an 
agreement between GTE Northwest Incorporated (GTE-NW) and GTE Telecom 
Incorporated (GTE Telecom). GTE-NW and GTE Telecom are affiliated interests 
under RCW 80.16.010.
  
  GTE-NW filed a supplemental application in this proceeding on June 12, 1997, 
requesting the effective date of the agreement be extended from December 31, 
1996, to February 29, 2000.

FINDINGS
 
  The Commission finds that the supplemental application should be approved and 
the effective date of the agreement extended to February 29, 2000.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS That the supplemental application filed herein by GTE 
Northwest Incorporated to extend the effective date of the agreement to 
February 2, 2000, is hereby granted.

  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.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 
30th day of December, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




        CAROLE J. WASHBURN
                                        Secretary