Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure
Article 1 - Practice Before the Commission
3 AAC 48.151 - Order of hearing
Current through February 27, 2024
As the first order of business at a hearing, the presiding officer shall call the docket by reading the docket number and caption and shall state on the record when and how notice was given as to the time, place, and nature of the hearing. The presiding officer may also make a concise statement of the scope and purpose of the hearing and the issues involved. After that, all parties, either on their own behalf or through their attorneys or other authorized representatives, shall enter their appearances by giving their names and addresses to the reporter, together with the party on whose behalf they are appearing. The procedure in a hearing may be determined by stipulation in a prehearing conference, or by the presiding officer, subject, in either case, to approval, rejection, or modification by the commission. Otherwise, the matters considered at a hearing, after all appearances have been entered, will ordinarily be disposed of in substantially the following order:
(1) pending motions;
(2) stipulations of the parties;
(3) opening statements;
(4) presentation of cases as follows, unless otherwise ordered by the commission:
(5) statements by participants, protestants, or any other interested members of the public will be scheduled at the discretion of the presiding officer at any convenient point during the hearing.
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.06.140