170 IAC 4-7-2.1 Confidentiality

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) 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) 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.