Docket UT-980756 Page 1



BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Application  )  DOCKET  UT-980756
of ICG Telecom Group, Inc.,              )  
for an Order Granting    )  ORDER GRANTING 
Amendment to Registration     )  AMENDMENT TO  
to Provide Local Exchange       )  REGISTRATION APPLICATION  
Services and Authorizing    )  AND AUTHORIZING THE   
Provision of Intraexchange    )  PROVISION OF SWITCHED 
Telecommunications                           )  INTRAEXCHANGE 
Services     )  TELECOMMUNICATIONS
........................................................................)  
SERVICES



  On June 1, 1998, ICG Telecom Group, Inc., (ICG) filed an application to amend 
the company’s registration authority to provide local exchange service in 
Washington.

    ICG is a Colorado corporation, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado and is 
wholly owned by ICG Holdings, Inc.  ICG is currently authorized to offer 
intrastate long distance service within Washington in Docket UT-980756.  ICG 
plans to offer Washington customers both local service and switched access 
services, and these services may be equipped with various features and 
functions.  ICG will provide customers access to 911 emergency services, 
directory assistance, operator assisted services, relay services, lifeline 
service and will also provide vertical features such as call waiting, call 
forwarding and Caller I.D.  

  Initially, ICG will purchase wholesale basic local exchange services from 
incumbent local exchange companies, ICG may in the future provide 
telecommunication services through its own facilities, the purchase of 
unbundled network elements, or through a combination of all three.  

  ICG has filed a proposed tariff which is satisfactory and will mirror 
incumbent local exchange company (LEC) calling.  ICG has provided the 
information necessary to demonstrate ICG possesses adequate financial resources 
and technical competence to provide the proposed services.  ICG 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.  ICG proposes to collect 
advanced payments or deposits from customers.  ICG has submitted a satisfactory 
bond in Docket UT-980756, application for registration as a long distance 
service provider.   




FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

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

  2. ICG Telecom Group, 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 amend 
the application for registration to provide intraexchange switched 
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 ICG Telecom Group, Inc., filed with the Commission 
requesting authority to amend the application for registration to provide 
intraexchange 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 as a 
local exchange carrier or provision of resold services of incumbent and other 
local exchange carriers, ICG Telecom Group, Inc., shall file and receive 
permission and approval for an initial tariff with the Commission. The tariff 
shall bear an effective date not less than 30 days subsequent to the date of 
receipt by the Commission. Failure to file an initial tariff within 30 days 
from the effective date of this Order and prior to supplying service to the 
public may result in the Commission taking action to cancel ICG Telecom Group, 
Inc.’s registration as a telecommunications company in the state of Washington. 




  4.  ICG Telecom Group, Inc., shall collect advanced payments or deposits and 
protect customer monies as stated in WAC 480-121-040.


  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 26th day of August, 1998.


  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION





       CAROLE J. WASHBURN, Secretary