2815.1 A LEC may recover no more than the amount of its contributions to the DC USTF from its non lifeline retail customers.

2815.2 Prior to recovering its DC USTF contributions from its customers, a LEC shall have a tariff specifying the charge to be assessed, in accordance with the rules and Orders of the Commission.

2815.3 The LEC shall ensure that any recovery from its retail customers shall be in a fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory manner.

2815.4 The LEC shall also ensure that no over-recovery of contributions occurs. Any over-recovery of Fund contributions for the preceding year shall be carried forward to the ensuing year and shall be included as a reduction in the calculation of the retail end-user recovery amount for the ensuing 12-month period of the carrier's contributions or refunded in the event its reimbursements for that year are insufficient to offset such over-recovery. Any under-recovery of contributions for the preceding year, may at the option of the carrier, be recovered from the end-users within the following twelve months.

2815.5 In the event a local exchange carrier elects to recover its DC USTF contributions from its customers, the amount of the recovery shall be explicitly stated as a line item on its customers' bills.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 8198 (October 3, 2003).