Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart A - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS
Subchapter B - HEARINGS
GENERAL
Section 5.203 - Hearing in rate proceedings

Universal Citation: 52 PA Code ยง 5.203

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) Hearing dates in rate proceedings will be fixed by the presiding officer.

(b) The presiding officer will be guided by the requirement of section 315 of the act (relating to burden of proof) that rate cases are to be given preference over all other proceedings, and are to be decided as speedily as possible.

(c) The presiding officer may continue a scheduled hearing upon his own motion or upon the request of a party for good cause shown. Mere convenience or other engagements of counsel will not ordinarily constitute grounds for continuance.

(d) Subsections (a)-(c) supersede 1 Pa. Code § §35.121 and 35.123 (relating to initiation of hearings; and conduct of hearings).

The provisions of this §5.203 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 504-506, 1301 and 1501.

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