Rule-making Authority: Procedures and Fees

Rule-making Authority: Procedures and Fees. In the hearings before it, the Commission may establish its own procedures for the conduct of hearings and the admission of evidence. The Commission shall not be bound by the strict rules of the common law relating to the admission or rejection of evidence, but may exercise its own discretion in these matters with a view to doing substantial justice. (a) The Commission may establish and amend a schedule of reasonable fees and costs for copies of papers and records requested by interested parties, and for the filing and serving of papers and documents required of entities by this Chapter. (b) All such fees and costs charged and collected in accordance with this section shall be paid into the Public Utilities Commission Operational Fund as established under Section 8427 in this Chapter. Source: PL 12-39, § 1(b) (8308), modified; repealed and reenacted by PL 1535, § 2 (8420), modified; amended by PL 23-29, § 6 (Nov. 18, 2024).