North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-02 - Practice and Procedure › Chapter 69-02-04 - Hearings › Section 69-02-04-01 - Notice

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In those proceedings in which a hearing is to be held, the
				  commission will assign a time and place for hearing. Notice of the hearing must
				  be posted in the office of the commission, and must be served on the parties
				  and other persons entitled to receive notice at least twenty days prior to the
				  date set for the hearing except in cases of emergency or as otherwise provided
				  by law.
In any proceeding, except rulemaking proceedings, involving
				  the rights of persons who are members of the public generally, notice of
				  hearing must be given by legal publication in the North Dakota daily newspaper
				  of the affected area. Notice must be published at least twenty days prior to
				  the date of the hearing.
An electric, gas, or telecommunications public utility shall
				  provide individual customer notice as required below by billing insert,
				  newsletter, or other appropriate method approved by the commission. The notice
				  must indicate the place and date of the commencement of any hearing, informal
				  hearing, or public input session that has been ordered by the commission, and
				  that the public is invited to attend. Subject to the power of the commission to
				  modify its contents and when applicable, the notice must include a summary
				  sheet describing the absolute dollar and percentage impact of any proposed rate
				  or price changes by the various classes of services offered by the utility and
				  must include a list of the utility's business office locations where the
				  proposed rate or price schedules and a comparison of present and proposed rates
				  or prices can be examined by the public. The notice must also contain in bold
				  type the following statement when applicable: The rate changes described in
				  this notice have been requested by (specific utility).
For electric and gas utilities, individual customer notice is
				  required for an application for approval of a rate increase, purchase or sale,
				  merger, or acquisition filed by the utility, and applications by the utility
				  for alternative regulation. For electric and gas utilities, the commission may
				  require the utility to provide individual customer notice to potentially
				  affected customers in other rate proceedings, complaint cases, advance
				  determination of prudence cases, and fuel and purchased gas adjustment
				  proceedings.
For telecommunications utilities, individual customer notice
				  is required for an application for a certificate of public convenience and
				  necessity resulting from the sale, merger, or acquisition of an incumbent
				  telecommunications company. The commission may require a telecommunications
				  utility to provide individual customer notice to potentially affected customers
				  in complaint cases.
The individual customer notices required by this section are
				  separate from and in addition to any other customer notices required by law or
				  rule, unless the commission authorizes the utility to satisfy multiple notice
				  requirements with one notice.
General Authority:
NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC 28-32-05, 28-32-08,
					 49-01-07