California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 1 - Public Utilities Commission › Chapter 1 - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1.10 - (Rule 1.10) Electronic Mail Service

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) By providing an electronic mail (e-mail)
				  address for the official service list in a proceeding, a person consents to
				  e-mail service of documents in the proceeding, and may use e-mail to serve
				  documents on persons who have provided an e-mail address for the official
				  service list in the proceeding.
(b)
				  Documents served by e-mail need not be otherwise served on persons who appear
				  in the "Information Only" category of the official service list and have not
				  provided an e-mail address for the official service list. Nothing in this rule
				  excuses persons from serving copies of documents on persons who appear in the
				  "Parties" and "State Service" categories of the official service list and have
				  not provided an e-mail address for the official service list.
(c) E-mail service shall be made by sending
				  the document, a link to the filed version of the document, or the Notice of
				  Availability (see Rule 1.9(c)), as an attachment to an e-mail message to all
				  e-mail addresses shown on the official service list on the date of service.
				  Documents must be in readable, downloadable, printable, and searchable formats,
				  unless use of such formats is infeasible. The subject line of the e-mail
				  message must include in the following order (1) the docket number of the
				  proceeding, (2) a brief name of the proceeding, and (3) a brief identification
				  of the document to be served, including the name of the serving person. The
				  text of the e-mail message must identify the electronic format of the document
				  (
e.g.,
PDF, Excel), whether the e-mail message is one of
				  multiple e-mail messages transmitting the document or documents to be served
				  and, if so, how many e-mails, and the name, telephone number, e-mail address,
				  and facsimile transmission number of the person to whom problems with receipt
				  of the document to be served should be directed. The total size of a single
				  e-mail message and all documents attached to it may not exceed 3.5
				  megabytes.
(d) In addition to any
				  other requirements of this rule, the serving person must provide a paper copy
				  of all documents served by e-mail service to the assigned Administrative Law
				  Judge (or, if none is yet assigned, to the Chief Administrative Law Judge),
				  unless the Administrative Law Judge orders otherwise.
(e) The Commission may serve any document in
				  a proceeding by e-mail service, and/or by making it available at a particular
				  URL, unless doing so would be contrary to state or federal law.
(f) Nothing in this rule alters any of the
				  rules governing filing of documents with the Commission.
(g) The assigned Commissioner or
				  Administrative Law Judge may issue any order consistent with these rules to
				  govern e-mail service in a particular proceeding.
1.
					 Renumbering of former section
					 2.3.1 to new section
					 1.10, including amendment of
					 section heading and section filed 9-13-2006; operative 9-13-2006 pursuant to
					 Government Code section
					 11351(a)
					 (Register 2006, No. 37).
2. Amendment filed 6-4-2009; operative
					 7-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 23). Submitted to OAL for limited review pursuant
					 to Government Code section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h).
3.
					 Amendment of subsection (c) filed 5-9-2011; operative 6-8-2011. Submitted to
					 OAL for limited review pursuant to Government Code section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h)
					 (Register 2011, No. 19).
4. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
					 1-8-2014; operative 4-1-2014. Submitted to OAL for limited review pursuant to
					 Government Code section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h)
					 (Register 2014, No. 2).
5. Amendment of subsection (c), repealer of
					 subsection (d) and subsection relettering filed 3-15-2021; operative 5-1-2021
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3).
					 Submitted to OAL for limited review pursuant to Government Code section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h)
					 (Register 2021, No. 12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1701,
						Public Utilities Code; and Section
						2, Article XII, California
						Constitution. Reference: Section
						311.5,
						Public Utilities Code; and Section
						11104.5,
						Government Code.