Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission) Rules, the Commission hereby gives notice of the Petition of CenturyTel of Wyoming, Inc. d/b/a/ CenturyLink and United Telephone Company of the West d/b/a CenturyLink of the West (CenturyLink or the Company) for a determination that residential and business telecommunications services provided throughout the Company’s service area are subject to effective competition and therefore exempt from price regulation by the Commission pursuant to W.S. § 37-15-202, as described more fully below.
1. CenturyLink is a telecommunications company as defined by W.S. § 37-15-103(a)(xi). The Company currently provides essential telecommunications services in 9 Wire centers located in Guernsey, La Grange, Lingle, Torrington, and West Lyman, Wyoming. Those essential services have not been determined to be subject to effective competition and are therefore currently subject to price regulation by the Commission under W.S. § 37-15-203.
2. On March 3, 2026, CenturyLink filed its Petition requesting a determination that its basic residential and business services provided throughout its service areas in Wyoming are subject to effective competition and therefore exempt from any regulation by the Commission pursuant to W.S. § 37-15-202. CenturyLink states that it continues to experience loss of retail access lines and customers throughout Wyoming and faces substantial and increasing competition from other telecommunications service providers using a variety of technologies throughout its service territory in Wyoming.
3. This is not a complete description of the Petition. You may review the Petition at the Commission’s office in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during business hours or online at: https://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx (enter Record No. 18079).
4. Anyone desiring to file a statement, intervention petition, protest or request for a public hearing in this matter must do so in writing filed with the Commission on or before May 15, 2026. Any intervention request filed with the Commission shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding. Please be sure to mention Docket No. 70009-521-TA-26 in all correspondence with the Commission.
5. If you wish to participate in this matter and require reasonable accommodation for a disability, call the Commission at (307) 777-7427 or write to the Commission, 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements. Communications-impaired persons may contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711.
Dated: April 15, 2026
Public Notice No. 9616 published in The Torrington Telegram on April 22 and 29, 2026.
