1. (1) Upon motion of any party, or on its own motion, the Commission may serve all parties to the contested case with a notice of proposed administrative dispute resolution procedure. Such notice shall state the type of proceeding proposed and give the parties a stated time within which to indicate their agreement or disagreement with the use of the proposed administrative dispute resolution procedure.
2. (2) All parties to a contested case may submit a proposed agreed order for the use of an administrative dispute resolution procedure; in such event, no notice of proposed administrative dispute resolution procedure shall be served. Any such proposed agreed order shall state the procedure to be followed.
3. (3) If all parties agree to the use of the proposed administrative dispute resolution procedure and the Commission determines that such use would not be contrary to the public interest or to the statutory policies governing the Commission, the Commission shall issue an order initiating the administrative dispute resolution procedure and specifying the procedure and the schedule to be followed.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-105, 65-2-102, and 65-2-108. Administrative History: Original rule filed June 30, 2000; effective September 13, 2000. Administrative changes made to this chapter on April 27, 2018 pursuant to Public Chapter 94 of 2017; “Tennessee Regulatory Authority” references were changed to “Tennessee Public Utility Commission,” “Authority” references were changed to “Commission,” “Authority Director” references were changed to “Commissioner,” and “Chief” references were changed to “Director.”