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Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › SETTLEMENTS › Section 31.01.01.276 - SETTLEMENT NOT BINDING

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission is not bound by settlements. It will
						independently review any settlement proposed to it to determine whether the
						settlement is just, fair and reasonable, in the public interest, or otherwise
						in accordance with law or regulatory policy. When a settlement is presented for
						decision, the Commission may accept the settlement, reject the settlement, or
						state additional conditions under which the settlement will be accepted. In the
						last instance, the parties will have twenty-one (21) days to state their
						acceptance or rejection of the additional conditions imposed by the Commission.
						If the Commission rejects the settlement or if the Commission's conditional
						acceptance of a settlement is rejected by the parties to the settlement, the
						Commission will notify the parties of procedures to be followed to decide the
						issues for which settlement was rejected by the Commission. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › SETTLEMENTS › Section 31.01.01.277 - CONSENT AGREEMENTS NOT SETTLEMENTS

Current through August 31, 2023
Consent agreements under Rule
						58 are not settlements under Rules
						271-277. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FILES › Section 31.01.01.281 - RECORDS FOR DECISION - RELATIONSHIP TO OFFICIAL FILE

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission bases its decisions and issues its orders
						on the hearing record (excluding exhibits denied admission), the Commissioners'
						record and items officially noted. The hearing record and the Commissioners'
						record are part of the Commission Secretary's official file. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FILES › Section 31.01.01.282 - THE COMMISSION SECRETARY'S OFFICIAL FILE (RULE 282)

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Documents in File
. The
					 Commission Secretary's official file for a proceeding is the public file
					 maintained by the Commission Secretary. This file includes all documents filed
					 by parties or other persons regarding a proceeding, and includes pleadings,
					 discovery and related materials, briefs, proposed orders, statements of
					 position, correspondence concerning the proceeding directed to the Commission,
					 a Commissioner, or the Commission Secretary (whether by parties or persons not
					 parties), prepared testimony and exhibits, workpapers, transcripts, exhibits
					 presented at hearing, orders, notices, press releases, and other matters
					 related to a proceeding and included in the public files of that proceeding by
					 the Commission Secretary. (3-31-22)
02.
Public Records
. Except as
					 provided in Rules 26,
					 67,
					 233, and
					 287, which refer to statutory
					 exemptions from disclosure, all material in the Commission Secretary's Official
					 File is subject to inspection, examination and copying under Section
					 74-102, Idaho Code. Information
					 obtained in an application for a certificate issued by this Commission
					 inquiring into a person's fitness to be granted or to retain a certificate is
					 not exempted from examination or copying under Sections
					 74-106(8)  and
					 74-106(9), Idaho
					 Code. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FILES › Section 31.01.01.283 - THE HEARING RECORD

Current through August 31, 2023
The hearing record in a proceeding consists of all
						transcripts of hearings, conferences, arguments and other proceedings on the
						record and of all exhibits identified, offered, admitted or denied admission at
						hearing or prehearing conference. Workpapers, requests for discovery, answers
						to discovery and other documents filed with the Commission Secretary and served
						on the parties, whether or not discussed at hearing, are not part of the
						hearing records unless introduced as exhibits at hearing. The Commission or an
						individual Commissioner may add to the hearing record by reference to any
						document in the Commission Secretary's official file, but only after notifying
						the parties of that intention and giving them reasonable opportunity to object,
						review, examine, and rebut or contest the document. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FILES › Section 31.01.01.284 - THE COMMISSIONERS' RECORD

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Documents in File
. The Commissioners' record in a proceeding
					 automatically includes all pleadings, orders, notices, briefs, proposed orders
					 and position papers. The Commission may add documents officially noticed to the
					 Commissioners' record. (3-31-22)
02.
Materials Available at
					 Hearing
. The Commissioner(s) or hearing examiner(s) conducting a hearing
					 will have the Commissioners' record and all prepared testimony and exhibits
					 available at hearing. Parties desiring to refer to additional documents at
					 hearing should notify the Commission Secretary and all other parties of their
					 intention so that these other documents will be available to the
					 Commissioner(s) or hearing examiner(s) at hearing or should themselves provide
					 copies at hearing to all other parties and to the Commissioner(s) or hearing
					 examiner(s). (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FILES › Section 31.01.01.285 - THE REPORTER

Current through August 31, 2023
The reporter at all hearings, conferences, arguments and
						other proceedings on the record must transcribe all oral proceedings on the
						record and collect all exhibits identified at hearing. Except as otherwise
						directed by the Commission, presiding officer at hearing, or the Commission
						Secretary, the reporter must file the complete hearing record of transcripts
						and exhibits with the Commission Secretary within fourteen (14) days of the
						close of hearing. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - POST-PLEADING PROCEDURE › OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FILES › Section 31.01.01.287 - SEALED TRANSCRIPTS

Current through August 31, 2023
At the direction of the Commission or the presiding
						officer, the reporter shall prepare a separate transcript volume(s) of closed
						proceedings involving trade secrets, confidential information or other matters
						exempt from public disclosure. The reporter shall file the separate transcript
						volume(s) under seal. Sealed transcripts shall be separately stored in a secure
						location with limited access and safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › DEFAULTS › Section 31.01.01.301 - FAILURE TO ANSWER OR APPEAR AT HEARING - DEFAULTS

Current through August 31, 2023
If an applicant, petitioner, complainant or moving party
						fails to appear at the time and place set for hearing, the Commission may
						dismiss the application, petition, complaint or motion. When a properly served
						respondent fails to answer or otherwise respond as provided in these rules or
						to appear at hearing, including a show cause hearing set by the Commission, the
						Commission may order any relief against the respondent authorized by law.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › DECISIONS AND ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.311 - SUBMISSION FOR DECISIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
A proceeding is fully submitted for decision upon filing
						of the hearing record with the Commission Secretary, filing of timely briefs,
						filing of timely orders proposed by the parties and timely written comments or
						exceptions, oral argument, or receipt of recommended findings of fact of the
						hearing examiner, whichever is last, but no later than twenty-eight (28) days
						after hearing is closed when a hearing is held, except when all Commissioners
						participating in the decision have heard the case themselves, they need not
						await the filing of the hearing record to consider the case fully submitted for
						their decision. The Commission (or a hearing examiner presiding over an
						uncontested matter) may issue a final decision earlier or rule from the bench,
						but a bench ruling will be followed by written order. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › DECISIONS AND ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.312 - PROPOSED ORDERS BY COMMISSION

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission may issue a proposed order in any
						proceeding. Any party may file exceptions and briefs to a proposed order within
						twenty-one (21) days from its service date, unless the Commission designates a
						different time. Any party may file and serve answers and briefs to the
						exceptions within seven (7) days after service of the exceptions. The
						Commission may adopt or revise the proposed order in response and issue a final
						order. The proposed order is not an order of the Commission unless it is
						adopted by order. In that case, the adopting order is the final order for all
						purposes. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › DECISIONS AND ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.313. - 320 - RESERVED

Current through August 31, 2023
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.321 - INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Defined
. Interlocutory orders are orders that do not decide all
					 previously undecided issues presented in a proceeding. The Commission may,
					 however decide some issues and state that its decision on those issues is final
					 and subject to review by reconsideration and appeal, but is not final on other
					 issues. An order is interlocutory unless it contains a Rule
					 323 paragraph or a substantially
					 similar one. (3-31-22)
02.
Certain Orders Always Interlocutory
. These orders are always
					 interlocutory: orders suspending rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges,
					 classifications, contracts, practices, rules or regulations under Section
					 61-622, Idaho Code; orders
					 initiating complaints or investigations; orders joining, consolidating or
					 separating issues, proceedings or parties; orders granting or denying
					 intervention; orders scheduling prehearing conferences, discovery, hearing,
					 arguments or deadlines for written communications; orders proposing modified
					 procedure; orders compelling or refusing to compel discovery.
					 (3-31-22)
03.
Review of
					 Interlocutory Orders
. Interlocutory orders may be reviewed under Rules
					 322,
					 324 and
					 325. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.322 - REVIEW OF INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
Any person may petition to review any interlocutory
						order. The Commission may rescind, alter or amend any interlocutory order on
						its own motion, but will not on its own motion review any interlocutory order
						affecting any party's substantive rights without giving all parties notice and
						an opportunity for written comment. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.323 - FINAL ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Paragraphs Designating Final Orders
. Final orders are all orders and
					 only those orders containing one (1) of these paragraphs or a substantially
					 similar one: (3-31-22)
a. THIS IS A FINAL
					 ORDER. Any person interested in this Order (or in issues finally decided by
					 this Order) or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this case may
					 petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of this order's
					 service date regarding any matter decided in the orders. Within seven (7) days
					 after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may
					 cross-petition for reconsideration in response to issues raised in the petition
					 for reconsideration. See Section
					 61-626, Idaho Code; or
					 (3-31-22)
b. THIS IS A FINAL ORDER.
					 On reconsideration (or denying reconsideration). Any party aggrieved by this
					 Order or other final or interlocutory Orders previously issued in this case may
					 appeal to the Supreme Court of Idaho under the Public Utilities Law and the
					 Idaho Appellate Rules. See Section
					 61-627, Idaho Code. Orders may be
					 final on some issues and interlocutory on others. If so, the orders will
					 explicitly designate the issues upon which they are final.
					 (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.324 - STAY OF ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
Any person may petition the Commission to stay any order,
						whether interlocutory or final. Orders may be stayed by the judiciary according
						to statute. The Commission may stay any order on its own motion.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.325 - CLARIFICATION OF ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
Any person may petition to clarify any order, whether
						interlocutory or final. Petitions for clarification from final orders do not
						suspend or toll the time to petition for reconsideration or appeal a final
						order. A petition for clarification may be combined with a petition for
						reconsideration or alternatively stated as a petition for clarification and/or
						reconsideration. The Commission may clarify any order on its own motion.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.326 - RESCISSION, ALTERATION OR AMENDMENT OF FINAL ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Petition to Rescind, Alter or Amend
					 a Final Order
. Any person may petition to rescind, alter or amend a
					 final order under Section
					 61-624, Idaho Code. The petition
					 to rescind, petition to alter, or petition to amend must state: (3-31-22)
a. That it is filed under Section
					 61-629, Idaho Code, after an order
					 has been set aside or set aside in part on appeal, or (3-31-22)
b. Circumstances have changed or new
					 information has become available since the order was issued, or other good and
					 sufficient reasons exist to rescind, alter, or amend the order. The Commission
					 may dismiss as defective any such petition not complying with this rule and
					 with Rule 53. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.327 - SUBSTANCE OF ORDERS

Current through August 31, 2023
Unless prohibited by statute, the substance of orders and
						the relief provided by orders may differ from the relief requested or proposed
						by any party. The Commission's order may provide for any result supported by
						the record without regard to whether a party recommended any component of the
						order. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS - FINAL ORDERS - REVIEW OR STAY OF ORDERS › Section 31.01.01.328. - 330 - RESERVED

Current through August 31, 2023
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › RECONSIDERATION › Section 31.01.01.332 - PROCEDURE AT RECONSIDERATION

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission may grant reconsideration upon petition of
						any interested person or upon its own motion. Prehearing conferences may be
						convened before reconsideration. Reconsiderations by rehearing are conducted in
						accordance with the procedure at other hearings, except that parties whose
						petitions are granted are treated as complainants or petitioners under Rule
						249. When the order for
						reconsideration finds that the grounds upon which the petition is granted
						present only issues of law and not of fact or issues of fact not requiring
						hearings, the Commission may direct that these grounds be considered on
						reconsideration without further submission of evidence or a hearing, and on the
						record before it with no further submissions by the parties, or by submission
						of briefs, memoranda, written interrogatories or written statements, or
						otherwise. Grounds for, or issues on reconsideration not supported by specific
						explanation may be dismissed. Rule
						311 determines when a matter that
						is reconsidered is finally submitted for purposes of Section
						61-626, Idaho Code.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › RECONSIDERATION › Section 31.01.01.333 - EFFECT OF FILING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION

Current through August 31, 2023
Filing a petition for reconsideration does not excuse
						compliance with any order nor stay the effectiveness of any order, unless
						otherwise ordered. Petitions to stay may accompany or precede petitions for
						reconsideration. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › RECONSIDERATION › Section 31.01.01.334. - 340 - RESERVED

Current through August 31, 2023
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › APPEAL › Section 31.01.01.341 - PERSONS WHO MAY APPEAL

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Parties
					 Aggrieved by Order Following Petition for Reconsideration
. After a
					 petition for reconsideration is denied, or, if the petition is granted, then
					 after the decision on reconsideration issues, the state of Idaho or any party
					 aggrieved may appeal from the Commission's order by filing a notice of appeal
					 with the Commission Secretary. The notice of appeal must comply with the Idaho
					 Appellate Rules. See Section
					 61-627, Idaho Code.
					 (3-31-22)
02.
Parties
					 Aggrieved by Denial of Petition for Reconsideration
. No person is a
					 party aggrieved by an order denying reconsideration unless the person is a
					 party that petitioned for reconsideration and presented the grounds and issues
					 on which it contends it was aggrieved by earlier orders of the Commission as
					 issues on reconsideration under Rule
					 331 and the Commission denied
					 reconsideration on some or all of those issues. (3-31-22)
03.
Parties Aggrieved Following
					 Reconsideration
. No party is aggrieved by an order issued on
					 reconsideration unless: (3-31-22)
a. The
					 party petitioned or cross-petitioned for reconsideration, its petition or
					 cross-petition was granted, and the order issued on reconsideration did not
					 grant the relief requested in the party's petition or cross-petition in full or
					 in part; or (3-31-22)
b. The party
					 did not petition or cross-petition for reconsideration, but stated on the
					 record, by motion or brief, that it opposed any change to the Commission's
					 earlier order(s) on grounds associated with issue(s) on reconsideration, and
					 the order issued on reconsideration changed the earlier order(s) with regard to
					 grounds or issues on reconsideration that the party opposed.
					 (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › APPEAL › Section 31.01.01.342 - NOTICE OF APPEAL

Current through August 31, 2023
The notice of appeal must be filed with the Commission
						Secretary as provided in the Idaho Appellate Rules. A notice of appeal is not
						considered filed for any purpose when it is mailed, but is only considered
						filed when it is received by the Commission Secretary. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › APPEAL › Section 31.01.01.343 - PREPARATION OF APPELLATE RECORD

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission, by order, may correct the title of an
						appeal to properly designate all parties as appellants, cross-appellants,
						respondents, or cross-respondents and to omit those designations for parties
						before the Commission who are not parties on appeal. All requests for a
						transcript on appeal must be served on the reporter and on the Commission
						Secretary. Reporter's fees under Idaho Appellate Rule
						24(c)  should be
						paid directly to the reporter, not to the Commission Secretary. The Secretary's
						fees under Idaho Appellate Rule
						27(b)  for
						preparing the agency's record are the same fees provided in that rule for the
						district court clerk to charge for preparing the clerk's record.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.351 - DISMISSALS

Current through August 31, 2023
Dismissals are settlements in which appellants or
						cross-appellants from Commission orders agree to dismiss appeals,
						cross-appeals, or issues on appeal or cross-appeal without requiring the
						alteration, amendment or rescission of any Commission order. Any party may
						dismiss any appeal, cross-appeal, or issue on appeal or cross-appeal without
						Commission involvement. The Idaho Supreme Court's procedures govern dismissals.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.352 - SETTLEMENTS CALLING FOR COMMISSION ACTION

Current through August 31, 2023
Settlements in which one (1) or more parties agree to
						dismiss an appeal, cross-appeal, or issue on appeal or cross-appeal in
						conjunction with the alteration, amendment or rescission of a Commission order,
						are called settlements calling for Commission action. If any party to an appeal
						wishes to negotiate a settlement calling for Commission action, it must notify
						the Commission and all other parties to the appeal of its intention to do so.
						If the Commission believes that settlement negotiations are in the public
						interest, it may authorize the Commission Staff to enter into settlement
						negotiations. In conducting those negotiations, the Staff must abide by Rule
						272 regarding active settlements of
						issues before the Commission. Settlement negotiations are confidential, unless
						all participants to the negotiation agree to the contrary. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.353 - SUGGESTION FOR INQUIRY ABOUT SETTLEMENTS

Current through August 31, 2023
In authorizing the Staff to enter into settlement
						negotiations for a settlement calling for Commission action, the Commission may
						invite settlement of the entire appeal (including cross-appeals) or of certain
						issues. The authorization must be in writing and served upon all parties but
						need not be done by notice or order. In authorizing negotiation for settlement
						calling for Commission action, the Commission or individual Commissioners may
						indicate acceptable ranges of settlement, preclude certain issues from
						settlement, or otherwise inform the parties of its views on settlement of an
						appeal calling for Commission action in aid of securing a just, speedy, and
						economical settlement negotiation. Neither the Commission nor individual
						Commissioners will indicate ex parte their views on a proposed settlement's
						merits. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.354 - CONSIDERATION OF SETTLEMENT ON APPEAL

Current through August 31, 2023
When a settlement of an appeal calling for Commission
						action is presented to the Commission, the Commission will prescribe procedures
						under which the Commission will consider the settlement. For example, upon the
						parties' written request, the Commission might summarily accept the parties'
						settlement of an essentially private dispute that does not significantly
						implicate regulatory law or policy or for other utilities or customers
						summarily upon the affected parties' written request But when one (1) or more
						parties to the appeal is not party to the settlement or when the settlement
						presents issues that significantly implicate other utilities, other customers
						or the public interest, the Commission may convene an evidentiary hearing to
						consider the settlement's reasonableness and whether accepting the settlement
						would be in the public interest. In all cases, the Commission will follow the
						procedure established by Section
						61-624, Idaho Code, with regard to
						altering, amending, or rescinding any order affected by the settlement.
						(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.355 - BURDENS OF PROOF

Current through August 31, 2023
A proposed settlement's proponents carry the burden of
						showing that the settlement is reasonable, in the public interest, or otherwise
						in accordance with law or regulatory policy. If parties or affected persons
						oppose the settlement, the settlement's proponents should be prepared to call
						witnesses and argue for the settlement. Settlement opponents should be prepared
						to examine supporting witnesses, offer opposing witnesses, or argue against the
						settlement. The Commission may require the development of an appropriate record
						in support of or opposition to a proposed settlement as a condition of
						accepting or rejecting the settlement. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.356 - SETTLEMENTS NOT BINDING

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission is not bound by proposed settlements.
						Rather, it will independently review and determine whether a proposed
						settlement is just, fair and reasonable, in the public interest, or otherwise
						in accordance with law or regulatory policy. When a settlement is proposed, the
						Commission may accept it, reject it, or state additional conditions under which
						the Commission would accept it. In the last instance, the parties will have
						twenty-one (21) days to say whether they accept or reject the Commission's
						additional conditions. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter B - CONTESTED CASES › Part 4 - ORDERS AND REVIEW OF ORDERS DEFAULTS › SETTLEMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE COMMISSION › Section 31.01.01.357. - 999 - RESERVED

Current through August 31, 2023
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 31.12.01.000 - LEGAL AUTHORITY

Current through August 31, 2023
These rules are adopted under the general legal authority of
				the Public Utilities Law, Chapters 1 through 7, Title 61, Idaho Code, and the
				specific legal authority of Section
				61-524, Idaho Code.
				(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 31.12.01.001 - TITLE AND SCOPE

Current through August 31, 2023
The name of this chapter is "Systems of Accounts for Public
				Utilities Regulated by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission." This chapter has
				the following scope: All Class A and B electric, gas, telephone, and water
				public utilities are required to maintain their books and records according to
				the systems of accounts adopted by this rule. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 31.12.01.002 - WRITTEN INTERPRETATIONS - AGENCY GUIDELINES

Current through August 31, 2023
Written interpretations to these rules can be obtained from the
				Secretary of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and are available from the
				office of the Commission Secretary. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 31.12.01.003 - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Current through August 31, 2023
Any person requesting a waiver from any provision of the
				Uniform Systems of Accounts pay petition the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
				for a waiver pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA
				31.01.01.000 et seq. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 31.12.01.005 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
The terms "electrical corporation," "gas corporation,"
				"telephone corporation," and "water corporation" have the meanings given to
				them by statute in Chapter 1, Title 61, Idaho Code and orders of the Idaho
				Public Utilities Commission and decisions of the Supreme Court of Idaho
				construing those statutes. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 31.12.01.008 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Current through August 31, 2023
Rule 101,
				102,
				103 and
				104 incorporate by reference
				various federal accounting regulations and accounting standards issued by the
				National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Each applicable rule
				identifies the issuing entity for each regulation or standard and indicates
				where the incorporated materials may be obtained. Incorporated materials are
				also available for inspection and copying at the offices of the Idaho Public
				Utilities Commission and the Idaho State Law Library. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › UNIFORM SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS › Section 31.12.01.101 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission adopts by reference the Uniform System of
				  Accounts for Major (previously Class A and B) Electric Utilities contained in
				  the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 101 (April 1, 2007), viewable
				  online at
www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/2007
.
				  For payment by credit card, call toll-free 866-512-1800. The accounts adopted
				  by reference are adopted for convenience of establishing uniform systems of
				  accounts only for accounting and reporting and do not bind the Commission in
				  any manner to any particular ratemaking treatment of items in those accounts.
				  All Major electrical corporations subject to the regulatory authority of the
				  Idaho Public Utilities Commission are required to maintain their regulatory
				  books according to the system of accounts adopted by this rule.
				  (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › UNIFORM SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS › Section 31.12.01.102 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission adopts by reference the Uniform System of
				  Accounts for Major (previously Class A and B) Natural Gas Companies contained
				  in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 201 (April 1, 2007),
				  viewable online at
www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/2007
.
				  For payment by credit card, call toll-free 866-512-1800. The accounts adopted
				  by reference are adopted for convenience of establishing uniform systems of
				  accounts only for accounting and reporting and do not bind the Commission in
				  any manner to any particular ratemaking treatment of items in those accounts.
				  All Major gas corporations subject to the regulatory authority of the Idaho
				  Public Utilities Commission are required to maintain their regulatory books
				  according to the system of accounts adopted by this rule. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › UNIFORM SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS › Section 31.12.01.103 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR TELEPHONE UTILITIES

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission adopts by reference the Uniform System of
				  Accounts for Class A and B Telephone Utilities contained in the Code of Federal
				  Regulations, Title 47, Part 32 (October 1, 2007), viewable online at
www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/2007
.
				  For payment by credit card, call toll-free 866-512-1800. The accounts adopted
				  by reference are adopted for convenience of establishing uniform systems of
				  accounts only and do not bind the Commission in any manner to any particular
				  ratemaking treatment of items in those accounts. All Class A and B telephone
				  corporations subject to the regulatory authority of the Idaho Public Utilities
				  Commission are required to maintain their regulatory books according to the
				  system of accounts adopted by this rule. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.12.01 - SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › UNIFORM SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTS › Section 31.12.01.104 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR WATER UTILITIES

Current through August 31, 2023
The Commission adopts by reference the Uniform System of
				  Accounts for Class A and B Water Utilities, 1996 Edition, published by the
				  National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), available at
www.naruc.org/store
. The
				  accounts adopted by reference are adopted for the convenience of establishing
				  uniform systems of accounts only and do not bind the Commission in any manner
				  to any particular ratemaking treatment of items in these accounts. All Class A
				  and B water corporations subject to the regulatory authority of the Idaho
				  Public Utilities Commission are required to maintain their regulatory books
				  according to the system of accounts adopted by this rule. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.000 - LEGAL AUTHORITY

Current through August 31, 2023
These rules are adopted under the general legal authority of
				the Public Utilities Law, Chapters 1 through 7, Idaho Code, and the specific
				legal authority of Sections
				61-301,
				61-302,
				61-303,
				61-315,
				61-503,
				61-507, and
				61-520, Idaho Code.
				(3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.001 - TITLE AND SCOPE

Current through August 31, 2023
The name of this chapter is "Customer Relations Rules for Gas,
				Electric, and Water Public Utilities (the Utility Customer Relations Rules)."
				This chapter has the following scope: These rules provide a set of fair, just,
				reasonable, and non-discriminatory rules with regard to deposits, guarantees,
				billing, application for service, denial of service, termination of service and
				complaints to utilities. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.002 - WRITTEN INTERPRETATIONS - AGENCY GUIDELINES

Current through August 31, 2023
Written interpretations to these rules can be obtained from the
				Secretary of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and are available from the
				office of the Commission Secretary. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.003 - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Current through August 31, 2023
This rule governs formal complaints and requests for exemption
				under these rules. Any person requesting and receiving an informal staff
				determination with regard to a complaint may formally request the Commission to
				review the staff's determination. If unusual hardships result from the
				application of any of these rules, any person may apply to the Commission for,
				or the Commission on its own motion may order, a permanent or temporary
				exemption. A formal complaint or request for exemption must be filed with the
				Commission pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000
				et seq. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.005 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
The following definitions are used in this title and chapter:
				(3-31-22)
01.
Applicant
.
			 Unless restricted by definition within a rule or group of rules to a particular
			 class of service, "applicant" means any potential customer who applies for
			 service from a utility. Utilities may require an adult or minor competent to
			 contract to join a minor not competent to contract as an applicant.
			 (3-31-22)
02.
Customer
. Unless restricted by definition within a rule or group of
			 rules to a particular class of customer, "customer" means any person who has
			 applied for, has been accepted by the utility, and is: (3-31-22)
a. Receiving service from a utility; or
			 (3-31-22)
b. Has received service
			 within the past ten (10) calendar days prior to termination by the utility; or
			 (3-31-22)
c. Has assumed
			 responsibility for payment of service provided to another or others. If the
			 person receiving service is not the same person as the person assuming
			 responsibility for payment of service, the latter is the customer for purposes
			 of obtaining or terminating service, receiving refunds, or making changes to
			 the account. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.008 - EXERCISE OF RIGHTS BY CUSTOMER

Current through August 31, 2023
Utilities will not discriminate against or penalize a customer
				for exercising any right granted by these rules. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.009 - INFORMAL COMPLAINTS AND INTERPRETATION OF RULES

Current through August 31, 2023
Commission staff may informally interpret these rules and
				utility tariffs and investigate complaints filed with this Commission. The
				Commission reserves the authority to issue orders interpreting these rules and
				utility tariffs, and resolving formal complaints. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › Section 31.21.01.010 - CONFLICT WITH UTILITY TARIFFS

Current through August 31, 2023
If a utility's tariff denies or restricts customer rights
				protected by these rules, these rules supercede the conflicting tariff
				provisions. (3-31-22)
Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.21.01 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES (THE UTILITY CUSTOMER RELATIONS RULES) › RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL; DEPOSITS › Section 31.21.01.100 - FURTHER DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
As used in Rules
				  101 through
				  109: (3-31-22)
01.
Applicant
. "Applicant" is
				restricted from its general definition to refer only to applicants for
				residential or small commercial service, unless further restricted by the rule.
				(3-31-22)
02.
Customer
. "Customer" is restricted from its general definition to refer
				to a residential or small commercial customer, unless further restricted by the
				rule. (3-31-22)
03.
Deposit
. "Deposit" means any payment held as security for future payment
				or performance that is reimbursable after the customer establishes good credit.
				(3-31-22)
04.
Residential and
				Small Commercial Classes
. The Commission will maintain on file a list of
				which customer classes of a given utility are residential and which are small
				commercial. (3-31-22)