Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart A - General Provisions › Chapter 5 - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS › Subchapter E - EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES › WITNESSES › Section 5.412a - Electronic submission of pre-served testimony

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General requirement for
						electronic submission.
A party serving pre-served testimony in
						proceedings pending before the Commission under §
												5.412(f)
						(relating to written testimony) is required, within 30 days after the final
						hearing in an adjudicatory proceeding, unless the time period is otherwise
						modified by the presiding officer, to electronically file with, under §
												1.32(b) (relating
						to filing specifications), or provide to the Secretary's Bureau a compact disc
						or technology prescribed by the Commission containing the testimony furnished
						by the party to the court reporter during the proceeding.
(b)
Form of electronic
						submission.
Electronically submitted testimony must be limited to
						pre-served testimony documents and be in Portable Document Format. Exhibits
						attached to pre-served testimony documents may be electronically submitted to
						the Commission in accordance with subsection (a). Exhibits not electronically
						submitted with pre-served testimony shall be submitted in paper form to the
						court reporter at hearing. The electronic submission requirements in this
						section do not apply to discovery requests or responses, or pre-filed
						testimony, including testimony filed under §
												53.53(c)
						(relating to information to be furnished with proposed general rate increase
						filings in excess of $1 million).
(1)
Electronic submission.
Each piece of pre-served testimony
						filed through the Commission's electronic filing system shall be uploaded
						separately. Each piece of pre-served testimony submitted to the Secretary's
						Bureau on a compact disc or other technology as prescribed by the Commission
						may be uploaded onto one compact disc, pending file size limitations.
(2)
Electronic submission of
						testimony modified at hearing.
Pre-served testimony submitted to the
						Commission must match exactly the version of testimony the presiding officer
						has required to be submitted to the court reporter at hearing. When a presiding
						officer requires a party to make hand-marked modifications to testimony during
						the hearing before submitting the testimony to the court reporter, the
						pre-served testimony electronically submitted to the Commission shall be marked
						to reflect the modifications. When a presiding officer does not require a party
						to make modifications to testimony at hearing before submitting the testimony
						to the court reporter, the pre-served testimony electronically submitted to the
						Commission may not be marked. Testimony not admitted into the record during a
						hearing may not be electronically submitted to the Commission.
(i)
Electronic submission of
						testimony striken at hearing.
Pre-served testimony which was stricken
						at hearing shall be revised to reflect that which was stricken by containing
						hand-marked strikethroughs or electronic strikethroughs on the testimony. A
						party may not completely electronically delete testimony which was striken at
						hearing.
(ii)
Pagination of
						electronically submitted testimony documents.
Striken or modified text
						on electronically submitted pre-served testimony documents must appear on the
						same page as the striken or modified text on the pre-served testimony documents
						submitted to the court reporter at hearing.
(3)
Labeling of electronically
						submitted testimony.
Pre-served testimony electronically submitted to
						the Commission must be labeled consistent with the following examples:
(i) "__St. No. __Direct Testimony of __
						."
(ii) "__St. No. __-R Rebuttal
						Testimony of __ ."
(iii) "__St. No.
						__-SR Surrebuttal Testimony of __ ."