Ind. Admin. Code tit. 170, r. 1-1.5-1 – Definitions

Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-32.5; IC 8-1-34

Sec. 1. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.

(b) "Commission" refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission.

(c) "File a report" means written testimony filed by or oral testimony presented by, or both, a technical employee in a pending proceeding.

(d) "Formal public hearing" means a hearing contemplated by IC 8-1-2-61.5.

(e) "Proceeding" means a formally docketed proceeding before the commission. The term does not include nondocketed matters, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) A rulemaking.
(2) A thirty (30) day filing under IC 8-1-2-42(a).
(3) A filing under IC 8-1-2-61.5(a), even if a public field hearing occurs.
(4) A document related to integrated resource planning submitted pursuant to 170 IAC 4-7.
(5) An informal investigation including, but not limited to, investigations permitted by the following until a time the matter may become a proceeding:
1. (A) Information and answers submitted under IC 8-1-2-52.
2. (B) Examination of records under IC 8-1-2-53.
3. (C) Complaints against a public utility under IC 8-1-2-54.
4. (D) Investigations of public utilities under IC 8-1-2-58.
(6) An investigation and disposition by the consumer affairs division of the commission under IC 8-1-2-34.5.
(7) An application or notice of change form filed under IC 8-1-32.5.
(8) An application or notice of change form filed under IC 8-1-34.

(f) "Public field hearing" means a hearing conducted in a county in which the utility provides service for the purpose of allowing the utility's customers and others with a substantial interest in the matter who are not parties to offer comments. It is not a formal public hearing contemplated by IC 8-1-2-61.5.

(g) "Technical employee" means an employee within one (1) of the commission's technical divisions.

(Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; 170 IAC 1-1.5-1; filed Dec 9, 1996, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 938; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m.: 24 IR 4233; readopted filed Apr 24, 2007, 8:21 a.m.: 20070509-IR-170070147RFA; filed May 24, 2007, 4:15 p.m.: 20070620-IR- 170060514FRA; filed Dec 3, 2007, 10:30 a.m.: 20080102-IR-170070379FRA; filed Sep 29, 2009, 3:49 p.m.: 20091028- IR-170090212FRA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2014, 8:39 a.m.: 20140827-IR-170140181RFA; readopted filed Apr 15, 2020, 12:02 p.m.: 20200513-IR-170200084RFA; filed Jun 10, 2020, 7:38 a.m.: 20200708-IR-170190378FRA)