Indiana Administrative Code
Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 1.5 - Ex Parte Contacts
Section 1.5-3 - Violations

Universal Citation: 170 IN Admin Code 1.5-3

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 8-1-1-3

Affected: IC 8-1

Sec. 3.

(a) Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters specifically authorized by statute, rule, or order of the commission, members of the commission, an attorney assigned to a particular proceeding as an administrative law judge, and a technical employee assigned to advise the commission in a particular proceeding may not communicate, directly or indirectly, regarding an issue in a proceeding while the proceeding is pending with:

(1) a party;

(2) a party's employee, attorney, or representative;

(3) an entity known to act on behalf of a party;

(4) a person who has:
(A) a direct interest in the outcome of the proceeding; or

(B) served as an investigator or advocate in the proceeding or in its preadjudicative stage;

(5) an attorney assigned counsel to a member of commission staff designated as testimonial staff in a particular proceeding; or

(6) a technical employee directed to file a report in the proceeding; without notice and opportunity for all parties to participate in the communication.

(b) Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters specifically authorized by statute, rule, or order of the commission, a person described in subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) may not communicate, directly or indirectly, regarding an issue in a proceeding while the proceeding is pending with:

(1) a member of the commission;

(2) an attorney assigned to a particular proceeding as an administrative law judge; or

(3) a technical employee assigned to advise the commission in a particular proceeding; without notice and opportunity for all parties to participate in the communication.

(c) For the purposes of this rule, the director and staff of the commission's consumer affairs division are not parties in docketed proceedings and may be communicated with at any time, including after a consumer affairs division decision or referral is docketed before the commission, by members and employees of the commission and by those listed in subsection (a).

(d) This section does not prohibit a person from communicating ex parte with a member or employee of the commission with respect to undisputed administrative or procedural matters in connection with a proceeding.

(e) Only to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with this rule, a person may make educational or informational communications that are not intended to persuade or advocate a position on an issue in a particular proceeding while the proceeding is pending.

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