Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 1 - GENERAL › Section 860-001-0170 - Filing Requirements in Contested Case and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Every
			 pleading or other document submitted to the Commission in contested case or
			 declaratory ruling proceedings must be filed electronically with the Filing
			 Center on or before the date due. All filings must be labeled with the
			 applicable docket number, a description of the filing, and the date filed.
			 Electronic copies of non-confidential documents must not be password protected,
			 or have any PDF security features enabled.
(a) Documents may be electronically filed by
			 sending the filing as an attachment to an electronic mail message addressed to
			 the Filing Center or by personally delivering or mailing a portable data
			 storage device to the Filing Center. If a portable data storage device is
			 delivered or mailed to the Filing Center, it must be received on or before the
			 date due to be considered timely filed.
(b) Electronic copies of documents must be in
			 text-searchable format and provided in either Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,
			 or .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format, unless otherwise permitted by the
			 ALJ.
(c) An electronic mail message
			 to the Filing Center and its attachments must be less than 20 megabytes in
			 size. Filings larger than 20 megabytes may be divided into multiple electronic
			 mail messages. Each message must be numbered sequentially, and the subject line
			 of the message must include "E-mail x of y," where x equals the message number
			 and y equals the total number of messages. Filings larger than 20 megabytes may
			 also be provided to the Filing Center on a portable data storage
			 device.
(d) The subject line of
			 each electronic mail message to the Filing Center must include the docket
			 number (if one is assigned), the party name or identifier, and the title or
			 type of filing. For example, for a brief filed by the Citizens' Utility Board
			 of Oregon in UE XXX, the subject line is UE XXX CUB Brief; and for a new
			 application from NW Natural for financing authorization, the subject line is
			 NWN New UF Application.
(e) If a
			 document relates to multiple dockets that are officially consolidated, then the
			 filer should file the document in the lead docket only. If a document relates
			 to multiple dockets that are not officially consolidated, then the filer must
			 file the document in each docket, even if all dockets are following the same
			 procedural schedule.
(f) When
			 electronically filing a redacted version of a filing that contains confidential
			 information, the filer must file the confidential version so that it is
			 received by the Filing Center within 2 business days after the date the
			 redacted version was electronically filed.
(g) When filing a document that is entirely
			 confidential, the filer must electronically file a cover letter. The filer must
			 file the confidential version so that it is received by the Filing Center
			 within 2 business days after the date that the cover letter was electronically
			 filed.