Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Public Service Commission
Title R746 - Administration
Rule R746-1 - Public Service Commission Administrative Procedures Act Rule
Section R746-1-601 - Identification of Information Claimed to Be Confidential or Highly Confidential in Commission Proceedings

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 746-1-601

Current through Bulletin 2025-06, March 15, 2025

(1) A party to a docket may request that information provided to another party or included in the record be treated as confidential by:

(a) placing the information on a document with yellow background;

(b) highlighting the information with shading, text boxes, borders, asterisks, or other conspicuous formatting; and

(c) including the following designation, as applicable, on each page containing confidential information:
(i) "CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RULES R746-1-602 and 603"; or

(ii) "CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".

(2)

(a) A person that files or is requested to provide information that the person considers to be highly confidential shall promptly:
(i) negotiate with the other parties mutually agreeable protections; or

(ii) petition the Commission for an order granting additional protective measures.

(b) The petitioning party shall set forth:
(i) the particular basis for the claim;

(ii) the specific, additional protective measures requested, which may include restricting or prohibiting specific individuals from accessing information; and

(iii) the reasonableness of the requested, additional protection.

(c) Any other party may oppose the petition or propose alternative protective measures.

(d) If the Commission grants a petition for additional protective measures, the party providing the highly confidential information shall:
(i) place the information on a document with a pink background;

(ii) highlight the information with shading, text boxes, borders, asterisks, or other conspicuous formatting; and

(iii) include the following designation, as applicable, on each page containing highly confidential information:
(A) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RULES R746-1-602 and 603"; or

(B) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".

(3) A person that files with the Commission a document containing confidential or highly confidential information shall:

(a) file a redacted version for public access; and

(b) ensure that the line numbering and formatting in the redacted version match, as closely as practicable, that appearing in the unredacted version.

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