California Verizon Surcharge
The work performed by Vantage Consulting, Inc. and Smith, Turner & Reeves and summarized in this report has been conducted in accordance with the work description included in the RFP issued by the California High Cost Fund-B (CHCF-B) Administrative Committee and the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF) Administrative Committee to conduct an investigation of GTE California, Inc. (GTE-C) and Contel of California, Inc. (Contel-C). The purpose of the investigation is to verify whether GTE-C and Contel-C assessed the CHCF-B surcharge and the CTF surcharge, and reported the surcharge revenues to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the period February, 1997 through December 31, 1999 in accordance with the directions of the CPUC.
