Sec. 88.7. (a) As used in this section, "financial assistance" means:
(1) a loan or loan guarantee; or
(2) a lien accommodation provided to secure a loan made by another lender;
that is made by the Rural Electrification Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture (REA) or by the Rural Telephone Bank.
(b) As used in this section, "REA borrower" means a telephone company subject to this chapter that is the recipient of financial assistance.
(c) An REA borrower shall charge rates sufficient to enable the REA borrower to:
(1) satisfy its reasonable expenses and obligations; and
(2) earn a rate of return on the property sufficient to cover the REA borrower's cost of capital, including any financial assistance and the interest thereon.
(d) So long as there remains any unpaid portion of any financial assistance associated with the property of an REA borrower, the rates of the REA borrower shall be set at a level sufficient to repay the financial assistance regardless of any change in the status of the property, including the full or partial retirement of the property or any other change in the status of the property.
As added by P.L.74-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.27-2006, SEC.5.
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