37-15-203(f)(ii) and (j) to the extent those changes are not

37-15-203(f)(ii) and (j) to the extent those changes are not reflected in the rates.

(e) If the price for stand alone basic residential local exchange service is restricted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the commission may, upon application and after notice and opportunity for hearing, authorize an increase in the price for the service if the applicant demonstrates that the maximum price allowed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section would not allow the applicant a reasonable opportunity to recover its prudently incurred costs related to the proportion of the property used in providing the essential telecommunications service.

(f) If a company is required to continue to offer stand alone basic residential local exchange service pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, it may apply to the commission for permission to stop offering the service. The commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing approve the application if:

(i) A successor agrees to continue the obligation; or

(ii) The company establishes to the satisfaction of the commission that the service has become obsolete due to a lack of customers subscribing to the service.

(g) The commission may, on its own motion or upon application by the office of consumer advocate or by any interested party, find retail telecommunications services are not competitive in any area where it has previously found them to be competitive pursuant to subsection (d) of this section if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it finds that:

(i) Due to merger, acquisition, predatory pricing or marketing practices or withdrawal of offerings, the degree of competition required by subsection (d) of this section no longer exists; or  (ii) The local exchange telecommunications provider has not complied with the conditions it agreed to pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

(h) Nothing in this section affects or modifies:

(i) Any applicable wholesale tariff or any commission authority to implement or enforce any rights, duties or obligations of any party related to wholesale services;

(ii) Any entity's obligations or rights or commission authority under the Federal Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252;

(iii) Any commission jurisdiction over intrastate switched access rates, terms and conditions, including the implementation of federal law with respect to intercarrier compensation;

(iv) Any commission jurisdiction or authority pursuant to W.S. 37-15-401(a)(vii), including commission jurisdiction or authority to address federal high cost fund or federal universal service fund issues.

(j) Services found to be competitive under subsection (a), (c) or (d) of this section shall be subject to the following:

(i) Any required assessments under W.S. 37-15-501 and