20081007Legislative Services Memo.pdf

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Jeff Youtz
Director
Legislative Services Offce
Idaho State LegislatDeRECE\VEO
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MEMORANDUM RUL-u-08-o(
TO: Rules Review Subcommittee of the Senate State Affairs Commttee and the
House State Affairs Committee
FROM: Research & Legislation Staff - Eric Milstead £~
DATE: October 3,2008
SUBJECT: Public Utilties Commission - IDAPA 31.01.01 (Docket No. 31-0101-0801)
The Public Utilties Commission has submitted notice of proposed ruemakg at IDAP A
3 i.o 1.0 1 - Rules of Procedure of the Idaho Public Utilties Commission. The proposed rules
provide revisions relating to the Commission's rules of procedure, including those sumarzedbelow.
Among the more prominent revisions, the proposed rue:
.Increases the use of electronic filing relating to discovery-related documents and to
documents that require the Commission's immediate action. (See Proposed Rule, Section
061)
.Revises provisions relating to information, including financial information, required in
applications for new competitive local exchange cares. (See Proposed Rule, Section
114)
.Re-orders two customer notice rules previously found elsewhere in rule. These include
rues governng notices to customers of proposed rate changes and rules requirig a utilty
to provide to the public a sumar of its positions and testimony fied in cases under
consideration. (See Proposed Rule, Sections 125 and 260)
.Provides that an applicant may fie reply comments in modified procedure. (See Proposed
Rule, Sections 202 and 204)
Mike Nugent, Manager
Research & Legislation Cathy Holland-8mith, Manager
Budget & Policy Analsis Don H. Berg, Manager
Leglative Audits
Glenn Harr, Manager
Information Technolog
Statehouse, P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0054 Tel: [phone]
wwJegilature.idaho.gov
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· Other changes include a reduction in the time to answer discovery requests, from twenty-
eight to twenty-one days. (See Proposed Rule Section 228)
· Specifically describes tWo tyes of fOrmal hearings conducted by the
Commission-techncal hearngs and customer hearings. (See Proposed Rule, Section
241.04)
Other changes in the proposed rue are largely techncal and housekeeping in natue, e.g.,
corrcting citations, cross-references, etc.
The Commission's proposed rue appear to be authorized pursuat to Sections 61-601,
61-205,61-401, and 61-404, Idaho Code.
cc: Idaho Public Utilties Commission
Jea D. Jewell, Commission Secreta