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K • ask the Commission to reconsider its decision and permit polling Of CENTEL and Mebane Home Customers - more than 2,000 customers have signed petitions supporting Orange County EAS • ask the Commission to re- evaluate Mebane Home's claim of "severe financial distress" • the Commission directed splitting of the Mebane exchange during the 1988 Triangle J rate study - it is inappropriate to criticize the orange County EAS proposal for following this direction * Orange County continues to support the 50% toll discount plan between orange and wake Counties * the Orange County EAS proposal could reasonably proceed simultaneously with the intercounty experimental plan The County can also appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, seeking reversal of the Utility Commission decision. The County Attorney has been researching the County's requirements in the appeal process and will report further on them at this Board meeting. The County's third option lies in seeking legislative reform. This could be pursued either through statewide legislation or a local act in the General Assembly. A principal objective would be creation of a guaranteed process to permit telephone customers the right to be polled on EAS. The Public Staff may also choose to pursue the first two options on behalf of the using and consuming public. If it does so, the County may choose to join the Public Staff in this effort. The Board of Commissioners may also want to consider holding a public hearing within the next month or two to demonstrate to the Utility Commission the broad -based support for Orange County EAS. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends: that the Board authorize the Chair to file a request for reconsideration, to give notice of appeal, and to join with the Utility Commission Public Staff, should it elect to pursue reconsideration or appeal of the Utility Commission decision; and that the request for reconsideration or appeal incorporate the points listed above, subject to final review by the County Attorney.