Indiana Administrative Code
Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 1.5 - Ex Parte Contacts
Section 1.5-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 170 IN Admin Code 1.5-1

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 8-1-1-3

Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-32.5; IC 8-1-34

Sec. 1.

(a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.

(b) "Commission" refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission.

(c) "File a report" means written testimony filed by or oral testimony presented by, or both, a technical employee in a pending proceeding.

(d) "Formal public hearing" means a hearing contemplated by IC 8-1-2-61.5.

(e) "Proceeding" means a formally docketed proceeding before the commission. The term does not include nondocketed matters, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) A rulemaking.

(2) A thirty (30) day filing under IC 8-1-2-42(a).

(3) A filing under IC 8-1-2-61.5(a), even if a public field hearing occurs.

(4) A document related to integrated resource planning submitted pursuant to 170 IAC 4-7.

(5) An informal investigation including, but not limited to, investigations permitted by the following until a time the matter may become a proceeding:
(A) Information and answers submitted under IC 8-1-2 -52.

(B) Examination of records under IC 8-1-2-53.

(C) Complaints against a public utility under IC 8-1-2-54.

(D) Investigations of public utilities under IC 8-1-2-58.

(6) An investigation and disposition by the consumer affairs division of the commission under IC 8-1-2-34.5.

(7) An application or notice of change form filed under IC 8-1-32.5.

(8) An application or notice of change form filed under IC 8-1-34.

(f) "Public field hearing" means a hearing conducted in a county in which the utility provides service for the purpose of allowing the utility's customers and others with a substantial interest in the matter who are not parties to offer comments. It is not a formal public hearing contemplated by IC 8-1-2-61.5.

(g) "Technical employee" means an employee within one (1) of the commission's technical divisions.

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