DT 07-011 Verizon Transfer of Assets and Sale to FairPoint

On January 16, 2007, Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it will spin off its fixed-line business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and merge it with rural telecommunications provider FairPoint Communications Inc. of North Carolina. The companies have said the deal is expected to be completed within the next 12 months.

Also see Docketbook DT 07-011

• Public Statement Hearings
• Service List
• Secretarial Letters
• Response to Secretarial Letters
• Company Information
• Commission Orders and Orders of Notice
• NHPUC Filings
  • Testimonies
  • Briefs
  • Staff Settlement Agreement
• Other Filings
• Transcripts
• FairPoint Monitoring Monthly Reports

• How to Comment on the Verizon FairPoint Transaction

Public Statement Hearings

• Secretarial Letter - 4/23/07

Public statement hearings will be conducted by the public utilities commission to receive comment from the public. Comments will be recorded by a stenographer but will not be entered into evidence. The hearings will begin with a brief overview of the proposal from the petitioners.  After the overview, members of the public, who are not intervenors, will have an opportunity to make a statement before the commission.  Statements may also be submitted in writing to the commission’s executive director in Docket No. DT 07-011.

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Service List

• E-mailing List
• View Service List for a Selected Docket Number

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Secretarial Letters

• Public Statement Hearings - 4/23/07
• Verizon Fairpoint Procedural Schedule - 7/6/07
• Revised Procedural Schedule - 8/7/07
• Revised Procedural Schedule - 9/20/07
• Hearing Schedule - 10/17/07
• Secretarial Letter Scheduling Hearings - 1/24/08
• Secretarial Letter Scheduling Hearing - 03/28/08
• Letter Requesting Rescheduling of Hearing - 03/28/08
• Secretarial Letter Rescheduling Hearing to March 30th, 3 PM - 03/28/08
• Secretarial Letter Scheduling Technical Session - 07/28/08 at 10 AM
• Secretarial Letter, Format for the Technical Session ( 7/24/09)

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Response to Secretarial Letters

• Verizon's Response to Secretarial Letter of 3/28/08 Scheduling a Hearing 03/30/08

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Company Information

• Verizon press release issued 1/16/07
• FairPoint press release issued 1/16/07
• FairPoint/Verizon JOINT press release issued 1/16/07
• FairPoint home page

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Commission Orders and Orders of Notice

• Order of Notice, DT 07-011, Verizon Transfer of Assets to FairPoint, schedules a prehearing conference on February 27, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. (2/7/07)
• Procedural Order No. 24,733, DT 07-011, Verizon New England, Inc., Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., Nynex Long Distance Co., Verizon Select Services, Inc., and Fairpoint Communications, Inc. - Transfer of Assets to Fair Point Communications, Inc.
• Order No. 24,823, Petition for Authority to Transfer Assets and Franchise - Order Approving Settlement Agreement with Conditions (2/25/08)
• Order No. 24,947 in DT 07-011 Verizon New England, Inc., et al and Fairpoint Communications, Inc. Transfer of Assets - Order Scheduilng a Technical Session, Hearing and Status Conference (3/13/09)

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NHPUC Filings

• Fairpoint Verizon Joint Application - 1/31/07

• Settlement Agreement Between Joint Petitioners and Staff of the Public Utilities Commission (1/24/08)

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Testimonies

• Verizon’s Direct Testimony of Stephen E. Smith and Attachments (3/23/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Direct Testimony of Stephen E. Smith
  • Merger Agreement Exhibits SES-1
  • Distribution Agreement Exhibit SES-2
  • Employee Matters Agreement SES-3
  • Transition Services Agreement SES-4

• FairPoint Communications Testimony (3/23/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Testimony of Walter E. Leach Jr.
  • Testimony of Michael J Balhoff
  • Direct Testimony of Michael L. Harrington
  • Direct Testimony of Peter G. Nixon
  • Direct Testimony of Michael Haga

• Testimony filed on behalf of OCA by David Brevitz and Susan M Baldwin (8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • David Brevitz Testimony
  • Exhibits to Brevitz Testimony
  • Susan M. Baldwin Testimony
  • Exhibits to Baldwin Testimony

• NECTA Testimony of Michael D. Pelcovits (8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Michael D. Pelcovits Testimony
  • Attachments of Pelcovits 1-51
    • 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31- 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41- 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51
• Freedom Ring d/b/a Bayring, segTel and Otel Testimony of Benjamin P. Thayer and Gary J. Ball
  • Cover Letter
  • Benjamin P. Thayer Testimony
  • Gary J. Ball Testimony

• segTel Testimony of Jeremy Katz (8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Jeremy Katz Testimony

• Granite State Electric d/b/a NGrid Testimony of Cheryl A. Warren (8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Cheryl A. Warren Testimony

• Staff Testimony of John Antonuk, Randall E. Vickroy, Robert V. Falcone and Charles H. King (8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • John Antonuk Testimony
  • Exhibit to John Antonuk
  • Randall E. Vickroy Testimony
  • Robert V. Falcone and Charles H. King Panel Testimony

• Unitil Testimony of Thomas P. Meissner (8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Thomas P. Meissner Testimony
  • Exhibit to Thomas P. Meissner
    • TPM-1 Part 1, TPM-1 Part 2, TPM-1 Part 3, TPM-1 Part 4, TPM-2, TPM-3
• PSNH Testimony of Robert T. Hybsch(8/1/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Robert T. Hybsch Testimony
  • Exhibits to Robert Hybsch

• DSCI and Covad Testimony (8/2/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Sean Dandley and Michael Clancy Testimony

• Prefiled Direct Testimony of Irene Schmitt (8/2/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Irene Schmitt Testimony

• City of Portsmouth Testimony (8/2/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • John Gregg Testimony
  • Steve Parkinson Testimony

• Labor Intervenors Testimony (8/2/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Kenneth Peres Testimony
  • Randy Barber Testimony

• Ltr On behalf of Staff Supplemental Testimony of John Antonuk (9/10/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Supplemental Testimony of John Antonuk with Exhibit A

• Rebuttal Testimony of Stephen E. Smith and John F. Nestor III (9/10/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Rebuttal Testimony of Stephen E. Smith
  • Exhibit SES-6
  • Exhibit SES-7
  • Exhibits SES-8
  • Rebuttal Testimony of John F. Nestor III (Public Version )
  • Exhibit JFN-11
  • Exhibit JFN-111
  • Exhibit JFN- IV
  • Exhibit JFN- V

• Joint Rebuttal Testimony of Michael Haga and Arthur Kurtze on Behalf of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (9/10/07)
  • Rebuttal Testimony
  • Exhibit H/K 1 –H/K 15

• Joint Rebuttal Testimony of Michael Brown Michael Harrington and John Smee on behalf of FairPoint Communications. (9/10/07)
  • Rebuttal Testimony

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Briefs

• Main Brief of Labor Intervenors (11/20/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Main Brief
• Fairpoint Post Hearing Brief (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Staff Post Hearing Brief (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• One Communications Post Hearing Brief (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Brief of Seven Interventing Municipalities (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• OCA’s Public Post Hearing Brief (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Brief of Union Telephone (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Brief of Freedom Ring d/b/a Bay Ring, segTEL and Otel Telekom (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Brief of Verizon NH (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Initial Brief of NECTA and Comcast of NH (11/21/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief
• Brief for the City of Portsmouth(11/26/07)
  • Cover Letter
  • Brief

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Other Filings

• Verizon filing with Securities and Exchange Commission - 1/16/07

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Transcripts

• Transcript of hearing held on February 27, 2007
• Transcript of hearing held in Merrimack on May 2 2007
• Transcript of hearing held in Plymouth on May 8, 2007
• Transcript of hearing held in Exeter on May 15, 2007
• Transcript of hearing held in Newport on May 22, 2007
• Transcript of hearing held in Littleton on May 24 2007
• Transcript of hearing held on Sept 6, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 19, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 22, 2007
• Transcript of hearing held on October 23, 2007
• Transcript of hearing held on October 24, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 25, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 26, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 29, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 30, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on October 31, 2007
• Transcript of Hearing held on November 1, 2007

• Commission Meeting, December 17, 2007, Preliminary Deliberations in DT 07-011, Verizon Transfer of Assets and Sale to Fairpoint.

• Transcript of hearing held on February 4 2008
• Transcript of Hearing held on February 5 2008
• Transcript of hearing held on March 30 2008
• Transcript of hearing held on November 25, 2008

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