Indiana Administrative Code
Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 1.5 - Ex Parte Contacts
Section 1.5-4 - Communication within the commission
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 4.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), members of the commission, its attorneys, and technical employees may communicate with one another regarding a particular proceeding pending before the commission.
(b) An attorney assigned as counsel to a member of commission staff who is designated as testimonial staff, a technical employee directed to file a report in a particular proceeding, or a member of commission staff who is designated as testimonial staff may not communicate regarding the particular proceeding with members of the commission, attorneys not assigned as counsel to a member of commission staff who is designated as testimonial staff, or technical employees not assigned to file a report in that particular proceeding, or designated as testimonial staff. Members of the consumer affairs division as defined by 170 IAC 16-1-2 are not testimonial or technical staff.