Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Every
pleading or other document submitted to the Commission in contested case or
declaratory ruling proceedings must be filed electronically with the Filing
Center on or before the date due. All filings must be labeled with the
applicable docket number, a description of the filing, and the date filed.
Electronic copies of non-confidential documents must not be password protected,
or have any PDF security features enabled.
(a) Documents may be electronically filed by
sending the filing as an attachment to an electronic mail message addressed to
the Filing Center or by personally delivering or mailing a portable data
storage device to the Filing Center. If a portable data storage device is
delivered or mailed to the Filing Center, it must be received on or before the
date due to be considered timely filed.
(b) Electronic copies of documents must be in
text-searchable format and provided in either Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,
or .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format, unless otherwise permitted by the
ALJ.
(c) An electronic mail message
to the Filing Center and its attachments must be less than 20 megabytes in
size. Filings larger than 20 megabytes may be divided into multiple electronic
mail messages. Each message must be numbered sequentially, and the subject line
of the message must include "E-mail x of y," where x equals the message number
and y equals the total number of messages. Filings larger than 20 megabytes may
also be provided to the Filing Center on a portable data storage
device.
(d) The subject line of
each electronic mail message to the Filing Center must include the docket
number (if one is assigned), the party name or identifier, and the title or
type of filing. For example, for a brief filed by the Citizens' Utility Board
of Oregon in UE XXX, the subject line is UE XXX CUB Brief; and for a new
application from NW Natural for financing authorization, the subject line is
NWN New UF Application.
(e) If a
document relates to multiple dockets that are officially consolidated, then the
filer should file the document in the lead docket only. If a document relates
to multiple dockets that are not officially consolidated, then the filer must
file the document in each docket, even if all dockets are following the same
procedural schedule.
(f) When
electronically filing a redacted version of a filing that contains confidential
information, the filer must file the confidential version so that it is
received by the Filing Center within 2 business days after the date the
redacted version was electronically filed.
(g) When filing a document that is entirely
confidential, the filer must electronically file a cover letter. The filer must
file the confidential version so that it is received by the Filing Center
within 2 business days after the date that the cover letter was electronically
filed.
(2) Parties must
supplement an electronic filing with physical copies of certain filings. For
general rate revisions filed under OAR 860-022-0019, integrated resource plans
filed under OAR 860-038-0080, the utility must provide 20 physical copies. For
filings of more than 100 pages, parties must coordinate with the Filing Center
to determine the number of physical copies to be filed.
