§ 49-21-01.3 — Certain price changes from surcharges - Essential telecommunications services

North Dakota § 49-21-01.3

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 49: Public Utilities
• Ch. 49-21: Telecommunications Companies

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services.
1. This section does not prohibit the lowering of a price of an essential service based on
reasonable business practices in a competitive environment except a price change
may not be anticompetitive or otherwise in violation of antitrust or unfair trade practice
laws.
2. Whenever a price change provided for in this section is less than three percent of the
existing price, notwithstanding any time limitations in this section, a
telecommunications company may accumulate such changes in price subject to the
following conditions:
a. Price increases may be accumulated up to a percentage total of five percent.
b. Price decreases may be accumulated only to the extent that there is an offsetting
accumulated price increase of an equal or greater percentage. Accumulated price
decreases may never exceed accumulated price increases.
c. Price decreases may be accumulated only for two years beginning January first
of the year in which the change is allowed.
d. Accumulated price increases may be implemented at the discretion of the
telecommunications company.
e. The effective date of implementation of an accumulated price change may be
prospective only, and in accordance with the filing requirements of section