---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 69.154"
title: "47"
number: "69.154"
heading: "Per-minute carrier common line charge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/69.154"
---

# §69.154. Per-minute carrier common line charge.

- (a) Local exchange carriers may recover a per-minute carrier common line charge from interexchange carriers, collected on originating access minutes and calculated using the weighting method set forth in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section. The maximum such charge shall be the lower of:
  - (1) The per-minute rate using base period demand that would recover the maximum allowable carrier common line revenue as defined in [§ 61.46(d)](/cfr/47/61.46.md?p=d) of this chapter; or
  - (2) The sum of the local switching, carrier common line and interconnection charge charges assessed on originating minutes on December 31, 1997, minus the local switching charges assessed on originating minutes.
- (b) To the extent that [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section does not recover from interexchange carriers all permitted carrier common line revenue, the excess may be collected through a per-minute charge on terminating access calculated using the weighting method set forth in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) For each Carrier Common Line access element tariff, the premium originating Carrier Common Line charge shall be set at a level that recovers revenues allowed under paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section. The non-premium charges shall be equal to .45 multiplied by the premium charges.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 31935, June 11, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 38703, June 21, 2000]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 31935, June 11, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, 220, 254, 403.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 10358, Mar. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 31935, June 11, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 38703, June 21, 2000]