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 › EVIDENCE › Section 31.01.01.267 - EXHIBITS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Exhibit Numbers
. Exhibit
					 numbers are assigned to the parties before hearing according to Rule
					 230. (3-31-22)
02.
Form of Exhibits
. Public
					 exhibits offered at hearing must ordinarily be typed or printed on eight and
					 one-half by eleven inch (8 1/2" x 11") white paper. But maps, charts,
					 photographs, and non-documentary exhibits may be introduced on the size or kind
					 of paper customarily used for them. Exhibits that are trade secrets,
					 confidential information or otherwise exempt from public disclosure shall be
					 printed on yellow paper. The party offering the exhibit must give a copy of it
					 to each party present, to the reporter, and to each Commissioner or hearing
					 examiner. A party who offers an unusually bulky or voluminous exhibits should
					 allow the parties to inspect it before offering it at the hearing. Copies must
					 be of good quality. (3-31-22)
03.
Timely Filing of Exhibits
. Exhibits offered as part of a party's
					 direct case (except exhibits offered on redirect) must be timely filed.
					 Exhibits filed pursuant to any order, notice or rule requiring their filing
					 before hearing are timely filed as specified in the order, notice or rule.
					 Otherwise, exhibits must be distributed or made available to all parties long
					 enough before their introduction into evidence to allow the parties a
					 reasonable opportunity to review them and to prepare to examine their
					 substance, except exhibits that update exhibits previously timely filed may be
					 filed if the other parties are afforded fair opportunity to examine the
					 sponsoring witnesses. (3-31-22)
04.
Objection -- Admission
. Exhibits identified at hearing are subject
					 to appropriate and timely objection before the close of proceedings. Exhibits
					 to which no objection is made are automatically admitted into evidence without
					 motion of the sponsoring party. (3-31-22)
05.
Labeling of Exhibits
. All
					 exhibits accompanying prepared testimony, exhibits introduced during direct
					 examination, and, to the extent practicable, all other exhibits introduced at
					 hearing must label the exhibit number, case number, party and witness
					 sponsoring the exhibit, and any subdivisions within the exhibit, such as
					 separate schedules or charts. Examples of labeling required by this rule are:
Exhibit No. 101
Exhibit No. 507
Case No. XXX-X-XX-XX
Case No. XXX-X-XX-XX
P Engineer, Staff L.Accountant, ABC Comp
Schedule 1, p. 1 of 3
Exhibits prepared for the proceeding must contain this
						labeling on each page of the exhibit. Exhibits reproducing previously existing
						documents may contain a cover page with this labeling, but need not be labeled
						on each page. (3-31-22)
06.
Sources for Exhibits
. Exhibits prepared from data in workpapers,
					 answers to discovery, periodicals, reports or other documentable sources of
					 information must contain a statement of sources. Examples of the statements of
					 sources required by this rule are: (3-31-22)
P Engineer, Workpapers -- Answer of XYZ Utility to First
						Tab A, pages 1 - 47 Production Request of ABC
Company, Question 13
Moody's Public Utility -- XYZ Utility,
FERC Form 1 (1993)
Manual p. 402a 1993 Vol. 1, p. 606
Exhibits especially prepared for introduction into
						evidence in a proceeding (i.e., exhibits not otherwise prepared or in
						existence) should be descriptively titled to show their contents and purpose.
						(3-31-22)
07.
Certain
					 Exhibits Require Presiding Officer's Approval
. Neither motion pictures,
					 slides, opaque projections, video tapes, audio tapes nor other materials not
					 capable of duplication by still photograph or reproduction on paper shall be
					 presented as exhibits without prior approval of the presiding officer.
					 Writings, or drawings by testifying witnesses are not an exhibit or evidence
					 unless reproduced, photographed, or otherwise preserved for the record.
					 (3-31-22)