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Fortnightly Magazine - June 15 1995

Columbia Gas FIles Bankruptcy Plans

The Columbia Gas System, Inc., and its principal pipeline subsidiary, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. (CGT) have filed separate reorganization plans with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The parent company's plan proposes total distributions of about $3.6 billion to creditors, including $2.3 billion to pay prepetition debt, with $1.1 billion in interest.

Byline: 
Lori A. Burkhart
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Washington Resolves Pay Phone Price Squeeze

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has ordered

U S West Communications, Inc., a local exchange carrier (LEC) to reduce the price of "essential monopoly" services it provides its payphone competitors to cure a price squeeze in the public payphone services market. Using an "imputation test," the UTC found that the cost of a local telephone call was greater than the LEC's current levy of $0.25 at its public pay stations.

Byline: 
Phillip S. Cross
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