Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart A - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS
Subchapter H - EXCEPTIONS, APPEALS AND ORAL ARGUMENT
Section 5.538 - Oral argument before the Commission
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) In a case brought to the Commission by the filing of an appeal, a request for oral argument before the Commission shall be filed in writing together with the appeal.
(b) In a case where exceptions are filed under § 5.533(b) (relating to procedure to except to initial, tentative and recommended decisions) a request for oral argument before the Commission shall be filed in writing together with exceptions to the tentative, recommended or initial decision.
(c) In a case where no tentative, recommended or initial decision will be issued, a request for oral argument before the Commission shall be filed in writing together with the initial or responding brief.
(d) If oral argument is ordered, it shall be limited, unless otherwise specified, to matters properly raised by the briefs.
(e) Subsections (a)-(d) supersede 1 Pa. Code § §35.214 and 35.221 (relating to oral argument on exceptions; and briefs and oral argument in absence of proposed report).