NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Docket No. 2025-240-C - Application of Zayo Network Services, LLC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Resold and Facilities-Based Local Exchange and Interexchange (Including Exchange Access) Telecommunications Services in the State of South Carolina and for Alternative and Flexible Regulation, and Joint Application of Zayo Group, LLC and Zayo Network Services, LLC for Approval of Transfer of Assets
Why is this Notice Important?
Zayo Network Services, LLC ("Zayo Network Services" or "Company") filed an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide resold and facilities-based local exchange and interexchange (including exchange access) telecommunications services in South Carolina and for Approval of Transfer of Assets with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (the "Commission").
Zayo Network Services and Zayo Group, LLC ("Zayo Group") (together the "Parties") have requested that the Commission approve the transfer of assets, including customer contracts and related telecommunications network infrastructure, from Zayo Group to Zayo Network Services (the "Pro Forma Asset Transfer").
What are the Parties asking the Commission to approve?
The Parties request the Commission issue an Order:
Granting Zayo Network Services a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide resold and facilities-based local exchange and interexchange (including exchange access) telecommunications services.
Authorizing Zayo Network Services to use flexible regulation procedures for local exchange telecommunications services as outlined in Order No. 98-165 in Docket No. 97-467-C.
Authorizing Zayo Network Services to use procedures established for alternative regulation for interexchange telecommunications services as outlined in Order Nos. 95-1734 and 96-55 in Docket No. 95-661-C and as modified by Commission Order No. 2001-997 in Docket No. 2000-407-C.
Waiving the application of certain Commission rules pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-601(3).
Approving the transfer of assets from Zayo Group to Zayo Network Services as described in the Application. The case was filed according to S.C. Code Ann. Sections 58-9-280, 58-9-585, and 58-9-310, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; and this hearing has been scheduled according to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280(B) and S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-817.
PLEASE BE ADVISED pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280, as amended, the Commission will invoke the 120-day period allowed for consideration of this matter.
For the entire Case visit: https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Web/Dockets/Detail/119463
A public hearing has been scheduled in this case to begin on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Public Service Commission, Hearing Room, 101 Executive Center Drive, Columbia, SC 29210.
Intervention deadline: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Manner of filing Intervention: Email a Petition to Intervene to contact@psc.sc.gov or mail a Petition to Intervene to 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, SC 29210. Please include your email address. You must give a copy of your Petition to Intervene to all Parties in this case.
Manner to file Letters of Protest: File Public Comments or Letters of Protest by emailing contact@psc.sc.gov or mail Public Comments or Letters of Protest to 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, SC 29210.
For questions regarding this filing, contact the Office of Regulatory Staff at 1-800-922-1531, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-922-1594, Zayo Network Services, LLC/Zayo Group, LLC at 303-381-3239, or for public information, on this filing contact the Commission at 1-803-896-5100.
IPL0263986
Aug 22 2025