BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

         

In the Matter of the Cancellation of the   )

Certificate of Service Authority and         )         File No. XD-2014-0074

Tariff of Covista Communications, Inc.   )

 

ORDER DIRECTING NOTICE

 

Issue Date: September 17, 2013                   Effective Date: September 17, 2013

 

On September 16, 2013, the Staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission filed a motion requesting Covista Communications, Inc. (“Covista”) certificate of service authority and accompanying tariff to provide interexchange telecommunication service in the State of Missouri be cancelled.  The Commission granted Covista a certificate of service authority to provide interexchange telecommunication service in the State of Missouri in File Number TO-2001-0319.   

The Commission need not hold a hearing, if, after proper notice and opportunity to intervene, no party requests such a hearing.[1]  Therefore, if no request for a hearing or objection to Staff’s motion is received, the Commission may cancel the certificate based on Staff’s motion.

          The Commission finds that proper persons shall be allowed 10 days from the issuance of this order to file a motion for hearing.

 

 

 

          THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:

          1.       Any party wishing to file an objection or request a hearing shall do so by filing a pleading no later than September 27, 2013, with:

                    Secretary

                    Missouri Public Service Commission

                    Post Office Box 360

                    Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

 

or via the Commission’s Electronic Information and Filing System (EFIS) at: www.psc.mo.gov.

 

          2.       This order shall become effective upon issuance.

 

                                                                      BY THE COMMISSION

 

 

 

                                                                      Morris L. Woodruff

                                                                      Secretary

 

 

Morris L. Woodruff, Chief Regulatory

Law Judge, by delegation of authority

pursuant to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.

 

Dated at Jefferson City, Missouri

on this 17th day of September, 2013.



[1] State ex reI. Rex Deffenderfer Enterprises, Inc. v. Public Service Commission, 776 S.W.2d 494 (Mo. App. W.D. 1989).