Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-3

Affected: IC 5-14-3; IC 8-1-1-8; IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5

Sec. 2.1. (a) In an instance where a utility or interested party is required to or wishes to submit to the director information or documents a utility or interested party reasonably believes should be exempt from public access under IC 5-14-3, the utility or interested party may instead, on the applicable date, do the following:

1. (1) Submit a public version of the IRP, comment, or other submission with information the submitting party believes is exempt from public disclosure under IC 5-14-3 omitted or redacted.
2. (2) Concurrently with the submission of the public version under subdivision (1), file a petition for confidential treatment with the commission in accordance with the procedural rules in 170 IAC 1-1.1.

(b) Information the commission determines shall be exempt from public disclosure shall be provided to the commission under the commission's procedural rules or based on a commission order.

(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a utility or interested party from sharing information with each other subject to a mutual agreement concerning confidentiality.

(Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; 170 IAC 4-7-2.1; filed Dec 5, 2018, 11:49 a.m.: 20190102-IR-170180127FRA; readopted filed Apr 11, 2019, 9:04 a.m.: 20190508-IR-170190136RFA; readopted filed Sep 12, 2025, 11:43 a.m.: 20251001-IR-170240381RFA)