South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Article 8 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 103-833 - Written Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents and Things

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. Any material
			 relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending proceeding may be
			 discovered unless the material is privileged or is hearing preparation attorney
			 work product prepared for the pending proceeding or in anticipation of
			 litigation.
B. Unless under special
			 circumstances and for good cause shown, written interrogatories shall not be
			 served less than 10 days prior to the date assigned for commencement of
			 hearing. Any party of record may serve upon other parties or parties of record
			 written interrogatories to be answered by the party served. If the party served
			 is a public or private corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
			 association, or governmental agency, any officer or agent who possesses the
			 desired information may respond to the interrogatories. Copies of
			 interrogatories served shall also be filed with the Chief Clerk. Each
			 interrogatory shall be answered separately and fully in writing, unless it is
			 objected to, in which event the reasons for objection shall be stated in lieu
			 of an answer. The answers are to be signed by the individual making them and
			 subscribed by an appropriate verification. Objections are to be signed by the
			 authorized representative or individual making them. The person upon whom the
			 interrogatories have been served shall serve a copy of the answers and
			 objections within the time period designated by the party of record submitting
			 the interrogatories, but not less than 20 days after the service thereof,
			 unless the time is extended or shortened by the Commission for good cause
			 shown.
C. Unless under special
			 circumstances and for good cause shown, requests for production of documents
			 and things shall not be served less than 10 days prior to the date assigned for
			 commencement of hearing. Any party of record may serve upon other parties or
			 parties of record requests for production of documents and things to be
			 answered by the party served. If the party served is a public or private
			 corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, or
			 governmental agency, any officer or agent who possesses the desired information
			 may respond to the requests for production of documents and things. Copies of
			 requests for production of documents and things served shall also be filed with
			 the Chief Clerk. Each request for production of documents and things shall be
			 answered separately and fully in writing, unless it is objected to, in which
			 event the reasons for objection shall be stated in lieu of an answer. The
			 answers are to be signed by the individual making them and subscribed by an
			 appropriate verification. Objections are to be signed by the authorized
			 representative or individual making them. The person upon whom the requests for
			 production of documents and things have been served shall serve a copy of the
			 answers and objections within the time period designated by the party of record
			 submitting the requests for production of documents and things, but not less
			 than 20 days after the service thereof, unless the time is extended or
			 shortened by the Commission for good cause shown.