1. (a) The commission shall give notice of a prehearing conference or hearing, which shall contain the information required by RSA 541-A:31, III and the following:

   1. (1) A statement of the date, time, place, and nature of the hearing or prehearing conference;
   2. (2) A statement of the legal authority under which the hearing is to be held;
   3. (3) A reference to the particular statutes and rules involved, including this chapter;
   4. (4) A short and plain statement of the issues presented; and
   5. (5) A statement that each party has the right to have an attorney represent them at the party’s own expense.
2. (b) The commission shall direct the petitioner or other party to the docket to disseminate a notice issued pursuant to this section to the general public by causing the notice to be published on the petitioner’s website or by such other method as the commission deems appropriate and advisable in order to ensure reasonable notification to interested parties.
3. (c) The cost of publication required by (b) above shall be borne by the petitioner, or the party being investigated.
4. (d) A petitioner required by the commission to publish notice shall file a sworn affidavit of publication, with a copy of the notice as published appended thereto, by a date specified in the notice.

Source. #2011, eff 5-4-82; ss by #2912, eff 11-26-84; ss by #4998, eff 11-26-90; ss by #6365, INTERIM, eff 11-18-96, EXPIRED: 3-18-97 New. #6559, eff 8-19-97, EXPIRED: 8-19-05 New. #8420, INTERIM, eff 8-23-05, EXPIRED: 2-19-06 New. #8657-B, eff 6-10-06; ss by #10797-A, eff 3-18-15 New. #14184, eff 1-24-25 (formerly Puc 203.12)