Section 63.301. Statement of purpose and policy

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to:

(1) Provide for an orderly process when a NSP intends to terminate service to a LSP.

(2) Provide for an orderly process when a LSP seeks to stop the provision of existing service to residential and business customers under any of the following circumstances:

(i) A NSP that provides part or all of the services necessary to provide local service is intending to terminate a LSP’s interconnection agreement.

(ii) The Commission has issued an order to revoke a LSP’s certificate of public convenience.

(iii) A LSP has filed an application to abandon a certificate of public convenience for the provision of local service.

(3) Ensure that customers are provided ample notice and the opportunity to select a new LSP of their choice and thereby not lose local service when the LSP exits their market.

(4) Coordinate information flow and activities through a project management team.

(5) Ensure that an abandoning LSP provides sufficient network information so that customers are able to be migrated seamlessly.

(6) Ensure that an abandoning LSP coordinates with 9-1-1 service providers and the North American Numbering Plan Administrator.

(b) Application.

(1) This subchapter applies to a LSP that provides local service to residential or business customers.

(2) This subchapter applies to a NSP that provides wholesale local service to a LSP and intends to terminate the LSP’s service for breach of an interconnection agreement.