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Confidential Treatment Request for Corn Belt Telephone Company's Annual Reporting Requirements

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The Iowa Public Utilities Commission issued a document from Corn Belt Telephone Company, requesting the Iowa Utilities Board to treat certain information as confidential and/or proprietary. The company, led by General Manager Lee Wuebker, submitted a confidential version of its Annual Reporting Requirements for Section 54.304 Report 2021, citing competitively sensitive business information and financial data as the reasons for the request. This document was filed on June 3, 2021, with the Iowa Utilities Board, and Corn Belt Telephone Company is seeking to have the confidential supporting data for 2021 treated as confidential information, not part of the public record.

Key Takeaways:

  • Corn Belt Telephone Company, a telecommunications provider, submitted a request to the Iowa Utilities Board to treat certain information as confidential, citing competitively sensitive business information and financial data.
  • The company is seeking to have the confidential supporting data for 2021 treated as confidential information, not part of the public record.
  • The company claims that disclosing this information would harm its business operations.
  • The company has filed both a confidential and public version of its Annual Reporting Requirements for Section 54.304 Report 2021.
  • The company's General Manager, Lee Wuebker, has sworn to the accuracy of the request for confidential treatment.

Statistics:

  • The document was filed on June 3, 2021, with the Iowa Utilities Board, M-0340.
  • The company is seeking confidential treatment for the CAF ICC supporting data for 2021.
  • The company claims that the financial information contained in the confidential supporting data would disclose information regarding the operations of the company.

Sources:

  • Iowa Public Utilities Commission, STATE OF IOWA BEFORE THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD In the Matter of Corn Belt Telephone Company, Annual Reporting Requirements for Section 54.304 Report 2021, REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF INFORMATION (June 3, 2021, M-0340).
  • Iowa Public Utilities Commission, VERIFICATION (June 1, 2021, M-0340).

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