170 IAC 1-1.5-1 Definitions

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: (A) Information and answers submitted under IC 8-1-2-52. (B) Examination of records under IC 8-1-2-53. (C) Complaints against a public utility under IC 8-1-2-54. (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.