Pacific Bell made a formal request in...
Pacific Bell made a formal request in San Francisco for the $1.362-billion rate increase that it announced last fall and said the average increase for its 8.2 million telephone customers would be 29.86% if the entire request were granted. The state Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to begin hearings in April on the rate request sought for the start of 1986.
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