Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 601 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Subchapter 3 - AGENCY HEARING PROCEDURES
Section 16-601-29 - Ex parte communications

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-601-29

Current through February, 2024

(a) No person, whether or not a party to or participant in an agency hearing, shall consult or communicate with any commissioner or hearings officer or any member of the commission staff on any issue of fact in a contested case proceeding before the commission, except as otherwise authorized in this section or by law.

(b) All written and oral ex parte communications received by any commissioner or hearings officer, containing facts or contentions in a contested case proceeding, which may affect the decision in the proceeding and which are known or believed to be unauthorized at the time of receipt, shall be immediately sent to all interested parties to the proceeding and made an official part of the record.

(c) The following classes of ex parte communications are authorized:

(1) Communication between the commission and commission staff;

(2) Communication that relates solely to matters which a commissioner or hearings officer is authorized to dispose of on an ex parte basis,-

(3) Communication with counsel or staff for the commission relating solely to matters of practice and procedure; and

(4) Communication had after adequate notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.

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