119.1 Parties shall submit filings including attachments in Portable Document Format ("PDF").

119.2 Parties may not submit electronic information that contains programs inserted within their electronic filings (e.g. embedded macros, viruses, and other general file corruptions).

119.3 Parties shall submit filings in at least an 11-point minimum font. All pleadings shall have double line spacing, and one-inch margins with a common type font.

119.4 For purposes of electronic filing, all electronic filings will be signed using the "typed" signature assigned to a particular user ID and password. The typed signature requirement for electronic filings will cover certificate of service signature requirements, and the signature requirements stated in Sections 104.1 (e), 114.1, 114.2, 114.3, 114.4, and 114.5 of the Commission rules and regulations.

119.5 Parties may not use auto-date features, which adds the current date to the document whenever the file is opened.

119.6 Parties may not include hyperlinks to external documents.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 8721 (September 20, 2002).